The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-20

BRIGHTON, Nov. 19-Lord Salisbury
the prime minister. addressing the an
nual conference Of the National Union
OF Conservative associations here today
said among other things:
allow me to say a word in answer IN
very distinguished distant correspond
eit' L may term him so, who re-
quested me to make a statement in a
speech TO the country. This correspond
ent is no less a person that the SuItan
OF Turkey. Nothing would have induced
me to read this august message here
except the distinct commands oe ~
sender. In that speech at the Guild han
on the occasion of the lord MAYORS din
ner, expressed the opinion that 7 had
little confidence that the reforms prom
lsed FOR the Turkish empire would be-
carried into execution. The sultan sends.
me a message saying this statement has
palhe9 MN very much, as the Carrying
OUT OF these reforms is matter already
decided upon by him, and further tFar
ne IS desirous of executing them as soon
as possible
He then proceeds:
1 have already told nv ministers +bis
ana SO the only reason why Lord Sails,
bury should thus throw doubts on NV
s9ou intentions must be due to the in
Ilsues OF certain persons here or else
Ialse statements must have been made
TO cause such an opinion"
Will Do 1t.
The message then proceeds, after soma
intermediary observations. L repeat
VIII execute these reforms. [ will take
the papers containing them and see nv
self that every article is put in force
This is my earnest determination and T
give you my word of honor. | wish Lord
Sallsbury to know this, and 1 beg and
desire that his lordship, having confi-
dence in these declarations, will make
another speech by virtue of the friendly
feeling and disposition he has for me
ana my country l snail await the re-
suit of this with the greatest anxiety
Lord salisbury then concluded: These
last words VIII acqutt me of any impro-
prfety IN what l acknowledge to be a
very Unprecedented course-the reading
of message of this kind at a public
meeting L could not abstain from do
ing what have done without discou1--
tesy 10 the potentate from which this
message is issued but, of course it
would not be seemly for me to comment
directly upon those words. Great Britain
forms part of a concerted Europe which
has resolved so far as it acts, 20 act
with unanimity. Some persons seem to
imagine that We the. people of Great
Britain can dispose of all the decisions
of all the European powers. This is
crediting us with more influence that we
possess. Whatever is done must be done,
in behalf of one of the powers which
will concur, if the powers do concur, in
any action which may be taken. l will
not admit that the responsibility of anV
of the decisions taken rests entirely or
mainly on this country. The responsible
ity is upon us and upon all the powers
in common. All those who have this
responsibility must act together. so if
there are others who cannot agree to
act with the powers. those others can
rot have their own way. But L am in no
GpGiT Ftf int if114t
slightest grade of disagreement up to
this moment has arisen between the
powers
ExaIts the Pasha.
Lord Salisbury then proceeded to ex-
toI Rustem Pasha who he feared. would
not recover from his present illness. The
prime minister spoke especially of the
former administration Of Ftustem Pasha
al Lebanon.
He said he was convinced if men like
him had been placed in charge of the
districts where all these horrors have
occurred the conscience of Europe
would never have been racked by all
these tales Of suffering and terror. IF
there had been men around the sultan
like Rustem PaSha, present conditions
would not exist. The present problem
ton of the advising powers. This Lord
Salisbury pronounced clumsy device
at best.
Continuing he said the problem should
have been solved by the natural opera
ton of the working councillors of an
enlightened monarchy acting through
efficient and competent instruments.
LORD Salisbury added: Il do not see who
the men are who stand as representa-
tives of the Rustem Pasha type of Off
Gals at the sublime porte. | exhOrt you to
consider that the terrible Armenian prob
lem is quite as much one of competent
men as of adequate law; that the mere
writing of new provisions upon fresh de-
crees cannot supply the place of gov
ernorS who know how and what is
equally important, who have the cour-
age and integrity to do their duty [
have no doubt the powers Will do their
hest. but do not imagine that deep
seated disease in an empire can be
cured by the wave of Il magieians wand.
The results of long years Of error will
have TO be paid for and cruel and mex
orable is the law that those will pay who
were not originally guilty of the Of
lenses. | have taken you for the moment
into the unaccustomed field Of foreign
policy. Nothing but the circumstances
which l have explained would have per-
suaded me to do so, for 1 maintain that
a foreign minister. above all others. is
bound to value and cherish the virtues
of silence"
Domestic Affairs.
Lord Salisbury then turned to domes-
tic affairs and said the Conservative vic
tory was mainly due to the fact that
the magnetic influence of a great states
man which had been exercised in a sin
lister spirit, had been removed. In con-
clusion he dwelt upon the divisions
among the Irishmen and said if they
were left alone they would cut their
own threats.