The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-10
LONDONS NEW LORD MAYOR.
4 NOTABLE BANQUET AND INTER-
ESTING ADDRESSES.


Pacinc-The Demands Made ON
Turkey Practically Accepted by
the sultan.
London. Nov. s.-The usual ban
Quet given by the lord mayor
upon his i installation in office took
place tonight in the Guild hail. the oc-
casion being the taking over OF the chief
magistracy of the city of London by Sir
Walter Henry Wilkin. the successor OF
Sir Joseph Renals. Ii is the custom for
the prime minister and other members
of the cabinet TO attend the banquet,
and for the prime minister to map out,
more or less distinctly, the programme of
the government The greatest interest
centered in to-nights banquet, as it was
known that Lord Salisbury would be
present and that he would throw some
light on Great Britain's foreign relations
and policy, more particularly the course
that would be followed in the case OF
Turkey, whose contumaciOus behavior has
led to rumors of war, which have had a
decidedly adverse effect upon the various
bourses and excited a feeling OF uneasiness
not only here, but In the several European
capitals.
The banquet tonight was preceded by
a reception IN the library Of the guild hall.
AS the ministers, especially Lord Sails
| bury arrived, they We're loudly and re-
/ peatedly cheered. Lord Salisbury was ac-
/ companied by his wife. Among the other
/ guests present were Lord Halsbury. the
| lord high chancellor. and Lady Halsbury;
| the Marquis of Lansdowne secretary Of
| state for war: the Right Hon. Sir Michael
| Hicks-Beach chancellor of the exchequer;
/ Lord Ashbourne, lord chancellor of Ire
| land; the Right Hon. c. r. Ritchie pres
ident of the board Of trade; Lord James,
| chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster;
the Right Hon. Walter Long, president
| of the board of agriculture; the Spanish
/ ambassador and the Danish, Dutch Jap
/ anese, Servian and Swedish ministers.
| Ambassador Bayard was not present, be-
| ing on a visit TO Scotland.
| The tables IN the banquetting hall were
! spread with the customary aplendor. At
| the conclusion Of the feast, the loving
! cup was passed around and the lord mayor
1 toasted the queen and other members of
! the royal family. Sheriff Pound toasted
| the army and navy. The Right Hon.
George }. Goschen, first lord of the ad-
/ tAitalty, was 10 nave replied in behalf OF
the navy, but Mr.. Mccartney, secretary
| 10 the admiralty, responded In his stead
| after announcing that Mr.. Goschen was
| severely indisposed The Marquis Of
! army.
I
| ters and Lord Salisbury arose to respond
| lie touched briefly upon the result of the
| recent general election. The nation, he
| hdld, had spoken in terms that could not
be mistaken. In reference to home rule
ne argued period Of peace, as regards
| the integrity Of the empire He also
| lnought that the position Of the House
Of Lords in the constitution had been
| more exactly defined by the elections,
| but just now the chief interest was in
foreign affairs. He alluded to the Chi
| nese-Japanese war, which, he said, had
been followed with great interest, but
those matters had now passed, and he
| trusted that peace had returned. He ven
| tured to hope that whatever further oc-
| CURED in the far east the public would
, not view it with unnecessary disturbance
and alarm. lie was much struck by the
| remarkable sensation that was produced
| by the false news that appeared week or
| two ago, not because he thought the news
Of particular Importance, but because
| the opinion 1t evoked in regard to II was
a very noticeable phenomenon.
| Depend upon it, he said, whatever
may happen In that region be it in the way
of war, or in the way Of commerce. We
| are equal to any competition that may be
opposed to us, and may look with equal
absolute equanimty on the action Of any
persons who think TO exclude us from
that fertile and commercial region, or
who imagine that if we are admitted they
can best us in the markets or the WQrld
! (cheers). / should be sorry If we felt un-
due sensitiveness in the matter"
Lord Salisbury recalled the words Of
Lord Baconsheld TO the effect that there
was room for everybody in Asia En-
lishmen he added, might employ their
energies TO meet their competitors.
Continuing ne said there is another part
OF the world where matters are not so
peaceful as he hoped they are in the far
east. He recalled the action in May last
Of the British, French and Russian am
bassadors at Constantinope, and declared
that IL was designed to protect the Ar
menians, whose terrible and deplorable
sufferings had moved the feelings of the
British nation to their base. He paid a
tribute to the skill of the ambassadors, es-
pecially mentioning their leader, Sir
Philip Currie. the British representative
whose judgment skill and continuous la
Dor, he said, had done much to avoid the
most formidable dangers and to bring
matters, at all events for the time, 70 a pa
cihc phase. The demands made on Turkey
by the three powers had been substantially
accepted by the sultan. He had seen some
where under a great name. the assertion
that the sultan had won great victory
over the British. 1t could not be called a
victory, Lord Salisbury declared, because
he had given the British all they wanted
There had been an impression abroad
that he himself had added a demand
to those made in May, requiring that
| something in the nature Of an interna-
! tiOnal commission. That was a great mis-
| take He had never added to the de-
mands. He did offer as substitute de-
| mand as a simpler way Of obtaining the
! same end, that If ii were preferred the
present Mohamhedan machinery should
| continue and be supervised by q mixed
| commission. The demands Of the embas-
sizes were substantially that proportion
al number of Christian employees should
d be added to the executive of the prov
inces containing large number Of Ar
| menians.
He did not contend that his proposal
was the better The sultan preferred the
other proposal. and this naturally fell to
the ground. The reason that he pre-
ferred to be rid of his proposal to substi-
| tute Christian for Moslem officers was his
| great horror of the powers appearing in
these cases as partisans of one religion,
| rather than Of another That would be
| exceedingly dangerous He remarked
that the Queen Of Great Britain rules
| over more MOhammedans than the sui
tan, and that the British government
| would have been neglecting its duty IL
| il allowed itself to appear as a religious
| partisan in governing so vast an empire.
| The government had no other duty than
to show absolute impartialhy. Its desire
was to do entire justice, SO that Chris
| tians and Moslems should observe each
| others rights and pursue their own in
| dustries IN confidence and peace
| Continuing Lord Salisbury said II
| should have been glad II our proposals
| could have divested the negotiations Of
any appearance of Partially and could
have assured our Moslem fellow subjects
who are among the most loyal and or