The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-20

January has been officially confirmed. II Lord
Beacons1elds wishes had been fully consulted
Parliament would meet at q much earlier
tit or the counsels OF tue nation in the proposed ar
rangements for peace. Seeing that there was no
hope OF carrying majority OF his colleagues with
HIM in his Eastern policy, Lord Beacons6eld desired
to rely upon his old influence in Parliament, for.
apart from the utility Of such course, 1t relieves
the Prime Minister OF much responsibility.
DIFFERENCES IN THE CABINET
1.-TWO or three prominent members OF the Cabinet
take their stand on the plea that no questions which
are beyond the competence of the Ministry have
yet come before them. There lib the further and
more substantial reason that the Premiers in.
nuence with the bulk Of his party would bring upon
them an uncomfortable pressure in favor Of
his personal policy The point has now been
fought in the Cabinet with the result OF COM
promise. Instead of December session, which
the Premier was known to desire, Parliament Will
meet three weeks earlier than usual. The date,
however, will be too far Off to assist the Ministry
attention and.which have induced them to sit this
week en- pe,nsanence.
MEDIATION HOPELESS.
''The mediation proposal is already dead, even
though Turkey may yield to the pressure which is
now being applied to her to accept the Conference
proposals to the full instead OF her present offer to
place her own reforms under the guarantee Of
Europe. Russia Is backed by tho more influential
Powers in her demand that Turkeys overtures Tor
peace shall, in the first instance he addressed to
her. One OF the projects with which a section of
the Cabinet is credited Is that i Russia will consent
to refer the ultimate terms OF settlement to the
approval Of the Powers her amour propre shall be
gratined by direct appeal from the vanquished
enemy.
ENGLAND WANTS TO HAVE A VOICE.
"But 1t IS more than doubtful whether the Cars
government will agree to this arrangement, so
that the real difficulty Lord Deaconsded has to
confront is a slnglchanded peace, which would not
be objected provided it respected the views Of the
Cabnet and the laDors OF the Foreign ONCE OF late
have been mainly directed not simply to ascertain.
Ing definitely what proposals beyond those OF the
last Conference will satisfy Russia, but in what
respect she IS prepared to respect those
other British interests which were not
hausted In Mr. Cross enumeration They are
understood to relate mainly to the extent Of
Armenian annexation, the fate OF the Turkish
deet and the naturalization OF the Dardanclles.
I'm ttp NJ Dut thu
to Russia's allies are not precisely British inter-
ests, and are outside OF those issues which, &C.
cordng to the views Of section OF the Cabinet,
make 1T absolutely necessary that this country
should have voice in the terms OF peace
HOW ENGLAND NAY DRIFT INTO WAR;
eThough the government are Wiling to fcrcgo
their treaty right to a hand in the settlement II
their views and interest be fully admitted there is
ut present no sign from Russia thar she Will
in any way bind herself The Premier thus
comes to be credited with personal policy,
Of which the leading idea is to compel
Russia to respect our interests in case OF single.
handed peace. No one suggests that Lord Bcacons-
hcld would go TO the extent OF an immediate
declaration OF war; but he would enter on course
Of warnings and threatenings which would In.
evtaby lead to war II Russia did not give proof OF
unexpected moderation IL is this phase OF the
, question which has occupied so much time during
the Cabinet sittngs OF Friday, Monday and Tuesday.
COALITION CABINET
"So little asperty has been shown in these dis.
cussions In consequence OF what may be regarded
Us an act OF Migrant party disloyaity by very
prominent member Of the Ministry 1t Is
,tated that one OF the most active oppo.
nents OF Lord Beaconsneld's policy has recently
exchanged opinions with Earl Granville and the
Marquis OF Harrington as TO the prospects o. co.
Anton Ministry In order 70 carry out the Gladstone.
Salisbury policy. The two liberal leaders are said
TO have thrown cold water upon that sug.
gcston.r At the present moment office is
not particularly desirable. and, II | Judge
rightly, neither OF the noble Lords Is likely 10 be
ovcrtures above referred to has but just oozcd out
and If the incident has caused as much indignation
in the Cabinet as u has III the conservative clubs
Downing street must have been very '.warm cor
uerr during the past few days"
ENGLAND sSUBBED by GERMANY.
The foregoing probably gives very fair Idea Of
the political situation here Though there are many
other and conflicting rumors. one OF which Is that