Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-07-11
DISRAELFs TRIUMPH.

The triumph of Disraeli in the Berlin peace
congress crowns life the most remarkable
known to English history. Possessed of but
one of the qualifications genius-which in
one of his novels he laid down as essential to
political success in England, he has
triumphed over all the obsta-
ces which those who have not either
wealth or blood aregsure to encounter. He
has risen from an humble position to the
highest in the British empire by the exercise
of genius, supported by rare energy and tact.
In 1882 he first essayed 10 enter parliament
but was defeated, as he was subsequently in
1884, succeeding at last in 1887, when he was
elected to the first parliament of Victoria.
His maiden speech was a failure, but in 1889
he redeemed the promise he made on that
occasion, when he said, IN response to the
brutal rudeness with which he was greeted:
81 shall sit down now. but the time will come
when you will hear me-" From that time
forth he has constantly grown IN pub
lie esteem, becoming in 1849 the
recognized leader of the conservative
party, and in 1852 entering the ministry of
Lord Derby as chancellor of the exchequer,
which office he held under the same premier
in 1853 and again in 1866, becoming prime
minister in 1868, in which year he refused a
pserage for himself, but accepted it for his
wife, who was created Viscountess Beacons-
field. In 1874, on Mr.. Gladstone's resigna
ton, he was again made prime minister, and
has ever since held the posltion, accepting
last year the title of Earl of Beacons6eld,
which secured him a seat in the house of
lords. His management of British affairs
during this last official period has been
marked by a consummate ability which even
his enemies must concede to him. From the
inception of the eastern difficulty which
ripened into an exhaustive, blood; and in some
respects, atrocious war, he had definite
policy mapped out which nothing could turn
him from. Gladstone's opposition and the
clamor of the extreme religious element he
withstood with determination, coupled with
Skill that made for him many friends
who could not then see what he
has since made plain, that his at
titude OF neutrality, which suddenly changed
to preparation for war with Russia,
was in the best interests of the empire in the
east, of which he had just proclaimed Victo-
ing sovereign over what had hitherto been
held only as conquered provinces, and by the
next-the purchase of the khedive's inter.
est in the Suez canal-he became pos
sessed, for England, of a controlling interest
in her shortest route to that empire. Next
step was his refusal to permit Russia to enter
COnstantinople, and preparation to resist
such a movement on a scale far SURPRISING
anything England has ever known. He
knew that Russia was exhausted, and that
Turkey would consent to any terms for help,
and he stubbornly refused to yield. The
powers intervening, the peace congress was
suggested. Agreed to by all the treaty pow
crs, it assembled at Berlin, where, from the
first hour Of his appearance, he has been the
admitted master of the situation
Fond of dramatic effects, he could mo-
allow so great an occasion to pass without
some startling exhibit of the adroit statecraft
of which he Is the acknowledged living mas
ter. While making and accepting conces
zions in the interest of peace, he astonished
his confreres of the congress by the announce
ment of the Anglo-Turkish treaty. 1t fel
with the effect Of a shell in a camp, anC
for time it was feared that confusion would
follow and that the work don,
would 90 for naught; but, sustained
by Bismarck and Andrassy, and even b,
Gortschakoff himself, he has been enabled t
obtain assent to it, and already one of its pro
visions-the occupation of Cyprus-has bee
enforced by Lord John Hay, commanding
squadron detailed for that duty. The tele
graph informs us that at an interview Wit
the Russian minister Disraeli ''fuly an
- frankly defended the Anglo-Turkish treaty
g and that Prince Gortschakoff replied tina
Russia saw nothing Objectionable in til
Z" convention, as she entertained no project
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT on the coast of Asiat
Turkey. He perceived no difference b,
a. tween England's occupation of Cyprr
and her occupation of Malta. He woul
" always be pleased with everything tendln
d" to strengthen Englaud's road to India, b,
cause it was calculated to promote the pro
" perity of the whole world The roa
to India. That tells the whole ST
ry. BY the occupation of Cyprus Englar
completes her control of the Mediterranea