Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-09-14

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shoaid be guaranteed ~ forrsgn feses.
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ned out unless our Gsscrnment have alb
solute authosifyf II thai he conceded,
then Fngland Incomes the ruler Of ASA
tic Turkey; and the Eext step 10 snasra-
tiou. II il he not conceded, hos are ne
to insure good government Why should
the Sultan, when his dominions are guar
snteed by Us, he 10 . hurry to fulfil the
conditions annexed to the engagement
II he should happen to he dePosed,
should We be bound to reinstAte him, or
should We have voice in the settlement
of affsirs should he be relegated to pri-
vatc iife3 What, under the new regime,
is to be done with tie tribe Of corrupt,
plundering, and, as Lord Salisbury desig-
mates them, the irreclaimable pashasi
Would they be miraculously reformed by
the knowledge that their country was
under British protectiona What would
they care for being guaranteed against
Russian aggression, if their regime should
be brought to an end by our interven-
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longer under their control; and what
would he the result if they found them
selves gradually superseded by British
administrator The relations that are
to be entered upon between ourselves and
the subjects of the Sultan are as danger
GUS, because undefined, as we'll could be.
Such relationship has never answered
its specific purpose in the history OF the
world. Either the pashas will be doml-
nant-in which case our good advice will
not be followed-or England will have
to govern Asiatic Turkey, that is an.
mex it.
Such are the fearful responsibilities
which have been suddenly brought upon
the British people without their knowl-
edge. Such is the development OF Lord
Beaconsfield's fantastic Oriental policy.
So far as we can see, it means larger mill
tary forces, q bigger fleet, and yearly
increase Of national expenditure which
would pay for the fee-simple OF the Island
OF. Cyprus ten times over. We shall be
6ifxsd up with aus.the troubles, the in
trigues, and revolts of the barborous
population of that vast territory. We
shall have earned the enmity OF Russia
and the jealousy of other European Pow
ers. We have taken upon ourselves to
make o nation out of the most varied
fanatical and heterogeneous materials.
The prospect is truly appalling. Modern
history does not record an instance IN
which 60 stupendeous q task has been
undertaken on such slight pretences.
And it is for this act of high-haaded I'm
peralism; this fat of Tory Government
which involves the present generation
in onerous engagements, and binds Eng
land for the future-that an audacious
Prime Minister is to be welcomed back
to England with reclamation, as though
by statesmanlike stroke Of policy he
had conferred an inestimablc blessing on
his cOuntry2"