The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-01
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION.

The telegraph gave us very interest
ing report OF the speech upon the Euro
peon situation made by Lord Salisbury
at the Guildhall, but that report was in
adequate. The English newspapers.
which have now reached this country,
show that the speech was even weighter
and more important than the telegraph
led rs TO believe It lad been.
The London Spectator IN an elaborate
and most approving article upon IT. uses
the following language
Lord Salisbury's literary training is
sometimes mischievous TO him. an cpl
gram which he has thought of burning
his mouth as a shilling burns a school
Boys pocket. almost compelling utterance
without reference 10 time or place
Sometimes. however. the training stands
him in good stead. and II did so in the
Guildhall on Saturday. Only the expe-
rlenced critic can fully perceive the ex-
quisite felicity Of the method in which
he contrived. without ever breaking the
even flood of his words TO combine re-
assurance to Europe with solemn me-
mace 10 the Sultan; TO write Meme,
meme, tekel, upharsin" on the walls of
the Turkish audience chamber, and vet
never utter a sentence forbidden by the
strctest code of European diplomatic
etiquette. The Sultan
must do justice to his subjects, or his
dominion. and therefore, that of his
caste, will become one OF the many evil
memories of the past. a clearer menace
was never uttered, or one in which the
speaker felt more deeply the impact OF
his words. They pledge all Europe 10
terminate the anarchy In Turkey. amidst
which the cry Of suffering" is now COM
ing up from all her provinces even II the
consequence should be the substitution"
OF a new regime for the Ottoman do
minion. That is the end which all reason
able Englishmen desire, and so long as
he seeks It Lord Salisbury may be sure
OF their united support. They are not i'm
patient. they are not eager for war. they
are not anxious 10 secure anything out
OF the falling ediice. they are not even
DESTROYS thar the Srltanate, If IL could
be remodelled, should disappear: but they
are resolved that Turkish misgovernment
OF Chrlstians--that "negaton OF God
erected into a system"-shall come 10 a
final end.
We have this very conservative jour
nal. therefore, declaring all Engishmen
to understand that the Prime Minister
nOtlIcu tbt tildt Ht must pTO1lps-
ly bring TIE disorders of his empire to an
end, or that he must prepare himself TO
be dethroned, and to have his dominions
disposed of as the great Powers of Eu-
rope may determine. along with the
further most important announcement
that Lord Salisbury will have a united
England at his back in the position he
has taken.
What will be the effect OF this warning
upon the Sultan? The Constantinople
correspondent OF the London Times says
1t will have absolutely no effect. except
TO intensity the idea. now held by every
Turk. that England is the one formidable
enemy the Ottoman has. Yildiz Kiosk is
not accustomed TO believe diplomatists,
and its inmates. he says. will not be-
lieve Lord Salisbury any more than they
believed the English Ambassador. Sir
Philip Currie. The Sultan himself has
played of the Powers against each other
for seventeen ysA.a With suceasA And