The Washington times., 1894-12-30
Celebration of the Great States
mans Birthday at HaWarden.
HIS EYESIGHT- is RESTORED
Gift of the Anglo Armenian AssOcia-
tion to Their Friend.
He Makes an Address Which Moves His
Hearers to Tears-If the Reports Of the
Atrocities in Little Asia Are Correct, he
Says, General Shout of Execration Should
Go Up from Outraged Humanity.

LONDON, Dec 29-At Hawarden to-day the
Right Hon. William E. Gladstone is cele-
brating the eighty-flfth anniversary OF his
birth, and. as is usual. he has received many
congratulatory kilograms. Mr.. Gladstones g
eyesight has been restored and his health is
good. He spends hours daily in classica
and theological studies. In addition to the
many friends calling upon him to-day, Mr..
Gladstone received deputation from the
Armenian Associations of London and Paris.
Miss Helen Gladstone, the veteran states
mans daughter; the Rev. Stephen Gladstone,
son of Mr.. Gladstone. and his wife; the Rev.
Harry Drew and his wife, formerly Miss
Mary Gladstone, also a daughter of the ex-
premier, and Mrs. William E. Gladstone
were with Mr.. Gladstone at Hawarden to
day. The Rev. Stephen Gladstone is rector
of Hawarden and the Rev. Harry Drew is the
curate of Hawarden.
The congratulations upon this occasion
of the Tory newspapers seem to be mingled
with fear that Mr.. Gladstone may be prevailed
upon to
RETURN TO ACTIVE POLITICAL LIFE.
CHESTER, Eng, Dec. 29-The Anglo-Ar
menian Association and delegates from sew
eral Armenian committees abroad, held a
conference here to-day. deputation from
the meeting proceeded to Hawarden. where
its members were received by Mr.. and Mrs.
Gladstone and their family in Hawarden
church. The deputation first presented the
Rev. Stephen Gladstone. son of Mr.. Glad
stone. and rector of Hawarden, with a beau
tifully chased gilt chalice. to be used in the
church in memory of Mr.. Gladstone's sympa-
thy with and assistance rendered to the Ar
menians. After the presentation of the
chalice, Mr.. Gladstone, addressing the depu-
tation, said in substance:
sit is not indifference which had thus far
led me TO do nothing in regard to the affairs
reported from Armenia. Rumors have gone
abroad of horrible and indescribable outrages
in Armenia, and the impulse of every man
has been to give vent to a burst of strong feel
ing. But am convinced that in grave case
of this kind every nation is most appropri-
ately represented by Its government, and it is
their duty not to assume that the allegations
are true, but to wait for the result Of the ex-
animation and see whether they are based
upon ascertained facts.
1.-The intelligence which has reached me
tends toward conclusion which, however, I
hope, may not be verified. and that is that
the outrages, sins. and denominations of 1876
in Bulgaria have been repeated in Armenia.
If this Is correct it is time that one general
shout OF execration directed against such
deeds of wickedness should rise from out
ragged humanity and force itself to the ears Of
the Sultan and make him sensible, Ii any
thing could make him sensible, Of the
MADNESS OF SUCH COURSE.
''If the reports are established 1t will more
tn an ever stand before the world that there
is no les 60 n however severe that could tea