Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11

The war Queatiss before Psriis.
msss-G iadstVse's Attack aad
ueaoous0eldsn nefsuse.


The war Questiss before Pariia.
msss- 0iadssVse's Attack aad
nescsssneld's Defesse.
LONDON. Dec. l0.-In the House OF
Commons the debate on whitbread's
resolution ~csnsuring the Government
for their Afghan policy was resumed.
Lord John Manners. Postmaster Gen.
eral. after q general justification Of the
Governments policy. declared they
must prosecute the war until the Amoer
submitted. The Government would
then be prepared TO grant terms rs gon.
erous as were consistent with the SO.
eurity Of India.
Gladstone pointed out the probability
that the Amesr would flee instead OF
submitting. In which case the Govern.
msnt would DO placed in the dilemma Of
having to occupy the country. He de.
clArsd that the official correspondence
concerning Afghanisian contained gross
misstatements OF fact, involving unprece-
dented negligence. He directly chal.
lenged several statements OF the Viceroy
| Of India concerning the Peshaiwer con-
conference. on which the Government
based the charge OF hostility against the
Amcsr. He quoted from the dispatch
| OF Sir Lewis Petty the words OF the
Afghan Envoy in support Of his asser.
| tons. He showed that Lord Lytton,
In remarkable contrast with the Govern.
mont's alleged respect for treaties. had
ut Pcshaiwer disavowed certain prom
isss OF protection made by Northcots
aud Lord Mayo. Only when these
promises were annulled aud every
token Of amity withdrawn. bad the
Amer unwillinRly accepted the Russian
mission. The Governments acceptance
OF Russia's transparent excuses enabled
Russia to send q mission TO Cabool
Whenever she chose. Ho compared tho
new aggressive policy. Of which the
Ameer Is the victim. with that which
led to the former Afghan war. He
prayed God TO avert the melancholy
omen. and hoped that different viceroys.
II not different Governments. would
undo the present evil work, even. II the
country Endorsed II. I. was a'solemn
duty OF those who believed that truth
and Justice were the only true foundations
Of nolicy TO record their protest.
When Gladstone concluded his speech
there was prolonged cheering.
After several minor party speeches
tone. He urged that frontier relations
hal bten getting worse every wear. and
would have resulted In a war with Russia
unless this Government had assumed a
dstermined attitude. We sbould be In
Constant danger from Russia until a
Rri,i.b residence Was placed In Herat.
Una dsbsts wa. adionrn.d IN Tbur.jav.
In tbe House Of Lords Earl Grey re-.
opened the debate In behalf OF the oppo.
si,ion.
Iord c.;,n. ,.pIi.d ~. dsf.ndeJ the
.oa.,;,n,;on.I;, =, ,hs n-ovsrnmsnt.s
so,ion anil snole .nn,ovinolv M ths
noIicv ,orm.rIy aJ,oca,sI Inv I.orI Law.
rence fiat Rpssia shon,d Iva notified
ibat sny iptsrfsrenos with the affairs Of
II,hsnis,an vonId Ina 4 cams belli.
Lords sslborns and Ripon attacked
,ha Gov.,nmsrt
Lord Houob,on. Liberal. defended
the Goyernmsnt.
Lord Besconsaeld warmly attacked
IN. onnosi,ion,s missrablo criticism of
dstaiis, Eiobt months 400. when a war
betveen ENGLAND and Russia was moro
than probable. Russia's Asiatic prepa.