Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-26

resented the Intentions OF the Goycfnmcnf;
Lord Carnaryon stalled that, when the Iarl
of Ro,consGeld condemned hli language 10 me
denutation of January 2. he alter taxing Tine
~ oonsidrr his course, handed TO the Premier
u,;tIcn statement of the position lie Lord Gar,
narvonl had taken upon that occaslon, ard
there The matter for time rested. tbs Ian
cnaee not being publicly disaVowed, ne let
;nsIiied and still considered himself ju5nhed IN
believing that he could not have seriously mis-
renrescnted the opinion OF the Government,
The Cabinet on Japurry y, discussed the dc
STABILITY oil sending The hoetto the Dardanellea'
| and he EXPRESSED decided option Against inc
proposal. No decision was then arri7eG
at but on the 18th the CABINET dec'ueu
| to send the feet. Tic thcreup0n wrote TO the
Premier reminding him that be had previously
renuested that bis resignation be Submitted TO
,ha Queen az soon as the feet was ordered to
the DardaDelles.
Lord Bacons6ald's reply led him 10 believe
that the intention to send the fleet was aban.
doned. and stated that his resignation would
not be submitted to the Queen, and should at
anv rate. be reserved until there was some I'M
nortant difference between him (Lord Carnar-
| von) and his colleagues. These conmunlca.
tiops passed On the day after the opening OF
| Parliament. A few days afterwards the pro.
nossl TO send the feet was removed and decided
affirm atively. II thcreupon Immediately wrote
to Lord Bcacons6ald that believing that the
circumstances were not changed to an extent
| TO render such step necessary. he saw 10 al
Tentative but to ask the SUBMISSION OF his reslg.
nation to The Queen. lie to day received Lord
| Beacons6cld' s reply that the Queen had accent
| ed his resignation. Although the order to the
| Admiral to proceed TO the uardanellcs mad
since been countermanded, he could not help
saving that this was not through the lack OF
agreement Of opinion upon the proposal, put
bscause of some suparVening accident. NO
one rcjoiced more than he at the countcrmand-
| inc of the order, but there had been for some
time very wide divergence between himself
and the Cabinet. His slject in making this
statement was to show that ho had not acted
precipitately or capriciously, nor had Lord
Beacops6eld hastily snatchca at his rcSlEua'
ton when first offered lie objected TO
moving the feet, because If followed by active
measures it would be departure from the neu'
| trality to which the government WAS pledged.
| Also. because it would be unfortunate that the
feet should be moved at the NEST critical po0t
of the negotiation, ard dangerous TO place the
| feet in position where, at any moment. the
CONTINGENCIES of war might lead us into dltiicul.
ties we could not fOrcsec or measure. In adopt
ing such course it seemed We were cxchang-
ing an attitude OF observation for one OF me-
mace. lie did not swelva in the slightest FROM
tie opinion he expressed on January "a, that
it was Epgland's night to have voice in the
final settlement, as far as European interests
we're concerned, but he saw no Intention Ct dis
putting that right. lie expressed great regret
at separating himself from his colleagues, but
there we're some questions With such mighty
issues regarding which it Was wrong that one
man should reject the actions OF government
majority. Equally wrong if one ln the desire
of compromise should be dram into measure:
of which be disapprovca.
Lord Carnarvou 90 taking his seat was much
cheered by the opposition.
Tue Earl of BaaaonsfeId said that after lis
tcniog to Lord Carnarvon's speech orc was at
loss to understand why he resigned. lie re-
minded his bearers that the government when
laying down British interests had declared tina,
the occupation of Constantinoplc would not be
regarded with Indifference, and that England
desired the maintenance of existing treaty reg
ulations as to the straits. In ordering the fleet
to the Dardanelles 10 certain contingencies the
government desired simply to guard these 10
tercsts. Unless they acted up to it their dis
patch defining Fog glands iutercsis nigh: be
if the conditions OF their neutrality We're v!o
lated with respect to any of the foregoing
points, all his colleagues were resolved 10 DO
the best, as their duty to their country and
their sovereign required. to maintain the policy
they had laid down. Relative to Egypt, if
those who said the government had taken need
less prccauton 10 stipulating fJr the exclusion
of Egypt from tho theatre of war had heard
all the wild and pcrilous propositions that the
government had heard they would be OF a diff
ierent opinion. The Cabinet never hesitated
or differed regarding adhesion to the policy Of
conditional neutrality, although the method OF
carrying the policy into effect was Of course j
question open to discussion. The government
should at tho proper moment be perfectly pre-.
pared To vindicatc the measures which they
had taken. lie believed these measures were
likely to have most salutary effect. He MUS
tell the House frankly that these measures were
part Of CONSTANT policy that the goVcrn-
ment had resolved to pursue and which they
originally announced, namely, to observe ncu.
trality. But if that neutrality were to depend
upon their allowing their greatest interests not
to be defended, he would say h. Was DO longer
in favor Of neutrality, Dut cf the interests of
hia country and the honor of his sovereign.
Earl Granville asked whether an armiStce
had been arranged, and what lis terms WERE
Lord Baacous6eld replied relative to the date
and form of what he (Earl GrapvllIe) termed
az armistce. There was no such instrument
10 existence. He added that it was only decd-
ed on Tuesday last to send the feet to the Dar.
danelles, therefore the government were not
concealiog anything when Parliament opened
The London Standard says: I'VE under.
stand the Duke of Buckingham will probably
succeed Earl of Carnarvop. The same journal
says: Lord Derby is still at the Foreign Office,
and We shall be slow 10 believe he will find it
consistent with his duty to abandon the Cahi
net ct such moment.
| An informal Cabinet council vas held 10 con-
sequence of this surprise, and as it appeared
the Cabinet was 10 danger of disruption it was
for that reason decided to countermand the Or
ders for the feet to enter the Dlrdaucllcs,
though the Admiral has been Instructed to re.
main in position from which he can cover
Gallipoli. Extreme Mnisteriais's think that
after Lord Bcaconfeld statement 10 the House
toe Il, LAT Il.