, 1877-12-27

hctd, finds himself unable to formulate policy
which Will bc sure Of ! majority In tho Conf"
mons. Consequently, Parliament Wa yestct-
dar further proroRued, until Jan. II, to await
pOAes to do.
IT was complained Of the Aberdeen Ministry
Of 1813'54, that It allowed the country to trift
into war through indccislon. II display OF tho
England ia Tin for ~ ~ tier eaT here; but
this time 1t will be Without allies. without even
friends, and With q decidedly yrontcmptuousfcel-
Ing io1 let on q her od f. a.
many, 90 for lrom iuanlfeat!ng any 1saEfc to
curl, kussta's designs. arc much more likely to
render her moral support at least. and posshiy
field, through her own Internal dtscusuns;
Italy. would have nothing 10 gain .'} war with
Rassia, but she may TO atlc IL :. t. ahsorb" Irl-
poll By remaining OH friendly terms with
decides upon coming Is turkeys aid, must DO
81 alone.
hi. tlathorne Hardy, Member Of Parliament
and Minister Of Var. nhtlo speech Yesterday
double natIou.-an Eastern and Western; |
size had "intercsts" In the Mediterranean, In |
the suez Cam, IL the Red sca. an. IL lnda;
thst land he said that he Wns speaking for the
Mfnistersl lie "could not imagine such thing |
y anything like useful peace connected with |
Eastern affairs, Without proper and due inter-
fGHlt4N VI EIlXlAuI.'
Thcse arc tho most significant semarks yet
made Ly any Eug'Ish statesman Of the Con-
scrTativo purity; and they aFc especially lmpor-
tant owing TO tho speakers declaration that l,c
spoke as Minister, not merely as Member Of
The Solicitor General, Sir Iiardingc Gli1ard also
addressed Conservative meeting, yesterday, at
Oldham, and fo repeated tho neTer-cndlng noil-
sense about English interests. as II the mere
mention Of this phrase ought to be quite ado.
quate to account for everythEnx-c7en to q dec.
laration Of wsr-that sAieht be considered
necessary by Disrael!s Ministry: lxtl! quot,
took In tho Conference last winter, to show
how high q tribute Conservative part,san
! VAS forced (untntcnttonally and nnHtttiugly) to
Ea5rsn M IT, os1stope. IL ie .ad II sh.t
gland was not allowed to be Represented by her
accredited Government only, but that side by
| side With IL there was an unauthorized 1oyerll-
ct,cc; and tint Ill opin!ons were translated into
Russian IN order that the Russians might know
what wcro the principles Of tho Engliah pcoplc'
| This having becn done, there could be no won.
der that the influence 81 England was les'e'ied."
II anything murs childish or mure foolish
than tho foregoing has been said by any meIn-
Der q the dominant party. have not heard It;
but tE thoroughly illustrates the potitaon OF tho
! Cabinet. II is equivalent to = confession TINT
the late Prfme-Miulstes represents hts country
In tho cyca OF the world more truly and more
in1uenslally than the actual pritne-AInistcr;
that While the atts5 YOU'D n, hsvs goa' to to
was restrained by the k1iorledg dgc that sir. Glad
representative of The prtncipies Of The English
py feel 'at sd nSx Tue ass sssi assss''ss ssa n
tssfSa tactf ss.dit|opal IL ' polly, and their ns'
tionh pride, which =, has been, In
ss auls Sses tbsv
are In thu majority In tic natiou, and 50 they
hold back In nIastcrly inactivity.
0ne would think England bad chip On hsr
Int, apparently, rs often ~ Russla sends the
chip flylng, Just 10 often We learn TINT that was
mt tho clilp referred to. First sho liked the
Batkans as the limit Of Russian advance. Well,
consequence; but Russia must beware hoT she
sctzel kars, In Asia Minor. kars fell; and,
placing ricyna proudly on her shoulder, Eli
! Riand dared Russia to do It again. Nov PleYna
the point beyond which Kusaia must not
20. And inst now tho papefa Of this party hare
! begun to b!ackRuard poor little ser7ta at ter.
rtble rate bccause tne latter, aecing 6rllllsnt
es.ce. In effect, they act like = certain boy ID
New Jersoy, who, having wholesome fcar of 4
! | tnoro piuvky schoolmntc, thouted At him
"Wcll, ! can't lisk you, but can make 1aces al
But it Ia not only here, in England, that there
arc disgust and inpatlencc nt tue eh!llJ-sbally
ing policy of the Government. nor is It pcrhsps
, result. In india, particularly Mohamncdat
!. contempt for the English sahibs, wnicll
:. cannot fall to b most dangerous to brltlsl
4 Britain has becn regarded In the East a. Tur
keys cham plon, and ablow a. the latter Is ther'
= becvedt to ho Of equal insult to tho former; hene
Turkeys defeat ID Brttatn's humiliation. Thu 81
feet, thercforc.upon all tho latter dcEndencIe
IN india In to 1posen ter hold; and tho oil
r 1csldcn.s Of Iudta do not hesitate to soy that
4 even though Russia had no acslgas upon ln1t
herself, her triumph would seriously cripple k1
!. glands influence thcre. Il Is oYcsy war ptooa 81
J, sia In tho fcll 1t will be due 10 her schsl fear
!. upon this point, and not from .uy feeling Q
sympathy for tho Turks, or fear Of Nnssa'a as
:, tunl designs IN the East. Thu loss Of England
o YFolts Volts and dittculties Ii India, cspecIal'
. among the Mohanmedhn nationalitlcs, w'lo ar
q bouul to the Ports BY ttcs Of religion. Indeed
}, II, Is ia probable, the Sultan should ra!se tn
y Sacred Flag u will be difficult for Great bittal
!. in the fray, and giving such ail to Turkey ~
i tustlty Nlss{a Ia tosttble retaliation, making
3 declaration ot war inevitable. And Hhat
J glorious sight indeed # would 30 to geo Chril
!, Ing the follower u lA!aM and charging to th
Q crY Of 'Allah II AllahI"
II At the Csbact-mecting tomorrow. perhsr
q something may tFansptrc to giro some 1ua& (
o tho Intentions Ut tho uoYcrnmant; but, At pre-
l. ept, oyen members OF the Council seem 1
much IN the dark ~ the rest Of tho nation. :,
i TURKEY.
- CONSUMPTION or ouR1sr1ANs 10 1I0Hf RUssL
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