New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-10
ENGLAND WARNS THE PORTE
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undertaking may be. II he will not nearby
resolve 10 do Justice TO them the most ingenious
constitution that can be framed will not aVaii
70 protect or assist the Arnlenans Only through
the Sultan can any real, permanent dressings oe
conferred on his subjects. what II the oui'a"
be not persuaded? am bound 10 say
that the news reaching us from CohstahUnopie
does not give much cheerfuness In that respect
You will readily understand that can Only
speak briefly on such matter IL "ouio pe
dangerous to express the opinions that are Oh
my lips lest they injure the cause OF peace ana
good order. which, above all things. nave a'
heart But supposng the Sultan VIII not give
these reforms what is TO follow? The first an
swer | should give is that above all treaties All
combination Of the Powers. in the nature OF
things is Providence God II you please to put
n so has determined that persistent and con-
slant msgovernment must lead the government
which follows II to It's doom. and while readily
admit that 1t is quite possible that the sultan
II he likes can govern with justice ana can oe
persuaded he is not exempt any more thah any
other potentate from the law that inJusuce VIII
bring the highest one on earth to rum IL Is no'
only the necessary action Of the law OF which
speak on which may rely. There Is inc au
,boritv Of the great Powers Turkey is in the
remarkable position that she has now sloou io'
half century. mainly because the Powers re-
solved that for the peace OF Chr!stendom IL was
necessary that she should stand The DANGER i
that If the Ottoman Empire falls 1t would not
be merely danger that would threaten us yer
ritorv II would be the danger that the lle
there lit would spread to other nations involvihe
all that is most powerful ana c'NiIl1eu III 4>'''fN
in dangerous CONNECT.
POWERS DISPOSED TO STAND TOGETHER
Lord Salisbury deprecated INDUCING in the iu-
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treaty and try to settle the question in Its own
manner He believed that the Powers were never
more disposed than now 10 stand together by me
European system they had themselves devised.
Danger existed that the Sultan should imagine
that under pressure Of necessity the adhesion OF
the Powers was such that no abuses In the QUO
man Empire would ever receive punishment.
That was a great delusion. Lord SALISBURY de
clared that he believed that the Powers We're
thoroughly resolved to cooperate in everything
concerning Turkey How they would act was not
for him 10 prophesy. He ola not Kno" whaI con-
tineencies might arise. but man would say
that 1t was impossible for them to arise. Ihey
might become weary Of the cry OF suffering that
goes up in their ears and ind other substitutes
for that which does not fulfil the hopes enter
tanned forty years ago. There was therefore
nothing in the concert of the Powers to console
those who woIld perpetrate misgovernment or 10
silence the voice Of those who would impress on
the Ottoman rulers the one burning necessity
of the hour that they give the common oless!hs
OF good government to those under them (Cheers)
In conclusion Lord Salisbury said: Through
out the negotiations nothing was impressed more
strongly upon my mind than the disposition Of
the Powers 10 act together, and their profound
sense of the appalling danger any separation
Of their action might produce. Those among
them who are popularly reputed 10 be restless.
have We'd with the others In their anxiety TO
conduct the difficulty TO favorable issue, ana
have conducted themselves in manner that
should better bring all the Powers into line.
moved by the common ambition and noble aim
of preserving the peace Of Christendom This
IS very cheering symptom. ! nope II may De
last for many years TO come. and That IN tnls
sense Of necessary cooperation, imposed by
the dangers and exigencies Of our time, we snail
find solution Of some Of the formidable PROB
lens that Cypress us and shall in due time be
able to put a stop TO that condition or armed
peace which presses now on the industries or
the world
Upon the conclusion Of his speech the Prime
Minister greeted With LOUD ana prolonged
cheering.