The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-28
The Credit Voted.

cheered to the echo. both during the
delivery and at the close of his speech.
He was most enthusias tically cheered
when leaving the House OF Commons
after the speech.
In moving the vote OF credit, Mr..
Gladstone said that government con-
slider it necessary to have the entire
resources or the empire well in hand for
use and application wherever they
the fall of Khartoum have shown
that 81 Mahdis power has
collapsed. England's possession of
KhartOuIn would not put stop 10
the slave trade and therefore, it would
be useless to shed blood and treasure in
the Soudan. In regard to the alleged
smallnesS of the vote, he reminded the
House that it is the largest that has
been asked since the Crimean war, and
it is also coincident with the large in
crease In the annual army and navy
votes. Furthermore he said. the
case relates primarily to India.
In order TO fully appreciate the amount
entailed, it is requisite to know the ex-
tent of the measures being taken in
India. The case is not one of war
actual, or, perhaps, proximate. He did
not feel called on to define the degree
gard to the sad contingency of an
outbreak of war or rupture
of |. relations with Russia, that Her
Maiesty's government has striyen to
conduct The controversy in such way
that if it is unhappily ended in violent
rupture, they might at least be able to
challenge the verdict of civilized man
kind. wether or not they had done all
that men could do, and had used every
just and honorable effort to prevent
the plunging of two such countries
into blOodshed and despair. (Cheers.)
The question before the committee, he
said, was simple, and even narrow,
although an important one. Ghe nego-
tiations continue. but to give Parliament
partial information gonly would
mislead them. The government
submitted its case upon the facts with
which the whole world is acquainted.
There exists abundant cause for the
war preparations, which are being car
ried on. (Cheers.) The starting point
should be fulfilled in no stinted man
ner. cloud cheers.) The covenant
with Russia, of March 10Th, was
one of which England hoped
and believed would be recog-
nized as one of the most sacred
ever made between two great nations,
and if any deviation occurred, there
should be jealous rivalry between the
two nations to sift to the bottom all that
remained In suspense. A bloody en-
gagement occurred on March Both,
| showing that one or both failed to full
fill the covenant. England considered it
| the duty of both countries to ascertain
| how the calamity occurred He would
not anticipate that the British were
right. He felt perfect confidence in the
British officers, but he would not as
sumo that there might not have
been misleading. He could not
say that government possessed
all the facts in the case. They
possessed facts which created an i'm
preston averse to those formed by the
| other party TO the covenant, but they
could not deviate from the strictest
principles of justice by anticipating any
of the ultimate issues OF the fair inquiry
they were DESTROYS of prosecuting. The
cause of the collisions, perhaps doubtful,
but it is certain that Russians were the at
lacking party and that the-Afghans
suffered in life, spirit and repute.
! Knowing that blow has been struck at
the credit and authority of our ally,
we are unable to close back and
to say that we will not look
into it any more. We must do our best
to have right done in the matter. There
is cause for war preparations He
hoped the House would not delay its
assent, which would only tend to propa-
gate there and elsewhere. There was
some indecision in the mind of Parlia-
ment, whereas, he believed that one
heart and sole purpose animated them.
He believed that while reserving alb
solute liberty to judge the conduct
of the government and to visit them
with its consequences, they would go
forward to meet the demand of Justice
and call of honor and the call subject to
| Justice, honor, and labor for the pur-
pose of peace. At the conclusion of the
speech, the delivery of which occupied
one hour, the house broke out in loud
aud prolonged cheers. Mr.. Gladstone
was listened to with deep attention and
silence, and his words created a pro-
found sensation.
LONDON, April 27.-The opinion in the
Hobbies tonight is that Gladstone's
speech shows that war is inevitable.
LONDON PRESS ON GLADsToNE's SPEECH.
LONDON, April 2s.-The Post editori-
4 ally says: 1.-The fact that the war credit
was voted on without anyone venturing
a reply to Mr.. Gladstone, is I'M
precedented in this or any
other country. Mr. Gladstone's
language is too significant to require
comment. The attack upon Penjdeh
must either be justified or atoned
for"
The Telegraph cannot believe that
such spectacle as the decision of the
House will be lost upon Russia. Such
speeches as that delivered by Mr.. Glad
stone raise politics to higher level.
The Times says, editorially: eff Rus
sla's policy is founded upon the belief
that England will submit to any exac-
tons rather than rupture of relations,
Mr. Gladstone's speech must dispel the
illusion. The cheers with which the
speech was received will be reechoed
through the country
The World is All Fleeing Show,
And a very poor show it is to the mar
whose head swims with vertigo. and
whose stomach is powerless to digest a