Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1877-05-10

the country, had ventured in the name Of the
country to rebuke the power which had made it.
self the organ Of the united governments and the
solemn conclusions of Europe. He (Mr. Glad
| stone) looked with some suspicion on the move
ment of Russia alone. The settlement of the
question by Austria and Russia would be unsatis-
| factory, because, as neghborlng States, they are
| exposed to great temptations. But the conscience
| of mankind would no longer be content with re-
| monstrances and eypostulatons. "lt we are I'M
prepared to 90 further said Mr.. Gladstone, Eve
must be prepared to see the duty pass into other
| hands" Mr.. Gladstone declared that the Porte,
especially Midhat Pacha, directly instgsted the
| Bulgarian atrocities cit Is, said he, "lncompat-
| ibe with the honor Of England to he content with
protests aud circumstances after the atrocities had
| been mentioned in a royal speech. No B'itish
| interest is endangered. Russia was not mad
enough to touch British interests, She knew we
| had gwen her magnificent ro,ition. She could
| plead that what she asked was what all Europe
asked. But others were content with refusal and
.he was not" 1t was terrible thing to intuse
mo the minds Of the Turkish Christians that
Russia was their only hope. The Eastern ques
| hon could no longer be inhed win. IL coulo
only be satisfactorily settled bv the united action
| of Europe His compliant against the govern
| meut was that whenever they had seemed to con-
| ear in promoting united action they had ALWAYS
done 80 under conditions that rendered II thtlie.
| He personally adhered to all the resolutions he
| Nad Oii1ludlN IlaCtu bu IaPtli but was IA
! for Lord Hartlngton's aid a far as 1t went and
would feel even more thanetul for the aid of the
| government because he fully recognized the IN
| pOltance of unanimity. The cause OF those VINO
revoted a. ainst their Turkish oppressors was one
of the noble,t that ever animated a human bl east.
Whether England now defended or deserted the
cause of oppressed nationaltles, the knell of
Turkish tyranny had sounded; ITS gniall come
from whose hands it might, would be gladly &C
ccpted by ChrstendOm and the world.
Sir Henry Wo Il CONSERVATIVE deprecated bind
ing the country to a hard and fast line of conduct.
He moved that the House decline to entertain any
resolution which might embarrass the government
in its maintenance OF peace and the protection OF
British interests without indicating any alerna-
tive line of policy. Sir Henry VOLTS motion
| emanated directly from the government, Sir STAFF
ford Northcote having suggested its terms during
the preliminary debate.
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, radical member for
Birmingham, said the House had right TO know
to what length the government considered Russia
should be allowed to 90 without English inter
| ference.
Mr. Cross, the Home Secretary believed the
| country would be astonshed at Mr.. Gladstone t
| the last moment dropping the most material point
| of his resolutions. The governments policy had
been throughout consistent and straightforward.
There had been some time back an attempt made
to sepa ate Lord Salisbury from his colleagues till
the blue books showed that they were united.
The charge now made, that there was a power be.
hind which determined that Lord allsbury should
not succeed, should not have been ventured by a
man in Mr.. Gladsone's position without some
| foundation Mr.. Gladstone burst not tell the
House or the country that he was not prepared to
20 to war against Turkey as the ally of Russia
and yet that was the point to which his policy
would tend. The very basis of the Constsntlnople
Conference was that the independence and integ-
rlty of the Ottoman Empire should be maintained
and 1t would have been gross breach OF faith ii
| it had been declared, as Mr.. Gladstone seems to
think il should have been, that the decision OF the
| Conference would be enforced by war. Turkey $
| reply to the protocol was blind and foolish. She
is pow suffering for her folly. But there was
nothing to justify Russia in holding the protocol
like pistol to her head and acting in contraven-
ton of the treaty of 1871. The power response
BILE for breaking the united action of Europe is
Russia. Turkey is now engaged in death strug-
gle God alone knows what may be the result.
But the whole efforts of the British government
must be directed to locaizing the war and pre-
serving strict neutrality. If the Car keeps his
work. pledged to Lord Lotus, that he had no in
tention to take Constantnople, but only to obtain
the amelioriation of the condition of the Chris
tisns, there would be no question of interference
with British interests. II the opposition adyocat-
ed war against Turkey they should plainly say so
but ii they only intenned to bark loudly and not
bite, such policy is wholly unworthy and would
never have the sanction OF the public. The OPP
position appeared to attach more importance to
having the liberal party united than having The
country united in view of the dissensions OF Eu-
rope.