Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-17
THE QUEENS SPEECH
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
The qucen's speech at the 0pcnfns
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loNnoN. Jan. E.-Parlament met to-day.
As the Queen did not open the session in per
son There was no state ceremonial, and the
proceedings we've confined 10 what usually
takes pace when The opening il Ivy Ruyal
commission. 1he weather Was very fine
Deing clear and exceptionally mild. The
Queen speech states that she Summoned par
llahcnt before the usual time of meeting in
order that IL might become acquainted With
the efforts Sh" has made Ia terminate the war
and that She might have its advice and assist.
ance. She allUdeS Ia her having declared her
intention at the outbreak of the war ta oh.
serve neutrality in a contest which She la
mented, but failed Ia prevent So long rs The
interests OF her empire, as defined by her gov
eTnmcnt, were not threatened. The Russian
successes convinced the Porte that il should
endeaLor 10 bring hostilitieS 10 a close. The
SutanS government accordingly addressed
To The neutral powers, parties 10 the treaties
relating Ia Turkey, an appeal Tor their good
offices. II did NOT, however, appear 10 "a ma
lOrlty Ol them that thew colld usefuly comply
with the request, and the Porte was so in
formed. The Porte then determined to make
separate appeal 10 her government. and she
AT once agreed 10 inquire OF the Car whether
he would entertain peace ovCrtureS. The
Gar, In reply. expressed his earnest desire for
peace, and stated his opinion as To the course
winch should be pursued To attain IT, Upon
This subject communications have taken
place between the governments of Russia and
Turkey through her good officers. and she
earnestly trusts they may lead Ia, a termina-
ton of war. She will spare no efforts 10 pro-
mote that result. Hitherto i'm the war.
neither OF the belligerents has mlringed on
The conditions on which her neutrality iS
founded. She willingly believes that both are
deSlrouS 10 respect them as far as lies Ia their
power. So long aS her conditions are not in-
lrlnged her attitude viii continue the same
hut she cannot conceal from herself that
should hOStiltieS be unfortunately prolonged
some Unexpected occurrence NAV render A.
incumbent on her Ia adopt measures of preVen-
tlon. Such measures could not be ctiectually
taken without adequate pTecaution. and She
trusts to her Pdrliamcnt'S liberalitE Ia Suppy
the means which may be- required for that par
pose. The papers on these affairs viii be forth
WIN Iald before Parliament. Her relations
Win All foreign powers continue friendly
Her Majesty expresses her thanks that the
Indian famine il nearly ended. She refers to
the condition of native affairs i'm South Africa
which has caused her some anxiety The
troops there have been reinforced. but she
trusts for a pcaceable and satisfactory settle
ment shortly of all differences The estimates
oil The year viii soon he presented Iot the House
of Commons. Her Majesty, i'm conclusion
details a number of measures of a local char
acter that will be laid before Parliament
The Russians at PhiIippopIis.
LONDON. Jan. I.-There is no news from the
seat of warwhiCh has a bad look for the Turks
The Cologne Gu.ctte has a special djspatrb
which says that the Russians are before PhiIp-
popoliS. that battle is imminent, and that tile
foreign consular representatives had demand
Ell a suspension of arms for twenty four hours
to send away nOn-combatantS.
Not Likely.
Not much reliance can be placed on this nor
on a Con>talitInople dispatch in this mornings
Standard saving that Suleiman PaSha after
hghtIng his way from Tatar BaZardiik to
PhilippopoliS, found the Russians there in
great force. and fought a desperate battle On
Tuesday. finally succeeding i'm clearing the
road TO Adrianople and continuing the retreat
thither.
Any news favorable TO the Turks would Ice
officially reported from COnStamlinople while
Russian bulletins probably require several
days to get through.