The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-10
POLICY OF PEACE
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or worry the Turkish government,
Great Britain had abundant means of
doing so; but if they had a higher wish
to rescue the Christian and Moslem
people from atrocious misgovernment,
they must seek to draw into co-opera-
ton as many nations of the world as
possible. If it was desired to use force
in Turkey, the fleet would not suffice.
Military occupation alone would not be
effective and the latter would be Il
large undertaking. He would not pre-
tend to say what Great Britain might
do If she exhausted all her forces, but
II they wished military occupation re-
curing a very large army, Great Brit
ain must begin by establishing a con-
Scription. The talk of Great Britain's
exhibition of incapacity was absurd.
Great Britain could not use a great
army If she did not have one. There
fore, said the prime minister, he hailed
with great satisfaction the indications
that public opinion had been aroused
by the atrocious horrors of which the
Turkish government had been guilty.
Yet he recognized that the most fitting
instrument Of reform was not an army
in an island 1900 miles off. 1t might be
done by others. Therefore, the only
wise course he saw was an adherence
to the European concert If the Eu-
ropean states were willing to act, they
had means Of action which Great Brit
ain did not possess. II they were I'M
willing to act and if they objected to
isolated action by Create Britain, there
was not only great risk of failing in
the undertaking, but the risk of bring
ing about the frightful horrors of an
European war. 1t was nonsense to say
that Great Britain was Inundated if
she could persuade the other five pow
ers to adopt her particular purposes.
Lord Salisbury demurred, he said,
t1ak o1N1 ~
bend the counsels and forces of gigan-
tic empires to whatever course Great
Britain thought desirable. He denied
that they were acting from selfish prin-
ciples In not interfering actively in
Turkey. They were the trustees of the
would be deeply culpable If those in
terests were neglected. A general
European war might involve territorial
changes vitality affecting the nations
of Europe. Continuing, the premier
said:
You cannot expect those nations to re-
gard the problem in the same emotional and
philanthropic spirit as you i'm your splendid
isolation. You may consider them dilatory,
but you must confess that they have good
motives for prudence. We have been told
by Mr.. Courtney and Mr.. Morley Opposition
leaders, that might influence the powers
to our way of thinking by abandoning Egypt
and Cyprus. That is a pretty and almost
l do not believe in it. And | may say, in
connection with the Eastern problem, that we
see 10 cause to abandon the policy hitherto
pursued or to relnquish a single acre of
the land We now occupy.
Having warmly eulogized the work
of Sir Herbert Kitchener, the sirdar
of the Egyptian forces, and Lord Gro
nler the British agent at Cairo, in con-
nection with the Soudan expedition,
Lord Salisbury said that he could not
say more than that the concert of
Europe seemed to be more real than
ever before. He was very much pleased
with the eloquent speech of M. Hano-
taux, the French minister Of foreign af
the powers would insist upon from the
Sultan He believed, he said, that
France would do nothing to battle
European action.
Lord Salisbury's remarks contained
only a guarded reference to the dis
closures made by Prince Bismarck
through his newspaper organ of sec
ret treaty between Germany and Rus
sia which existed prior to 1890. The
premier alluded to Prince Bismarck as
the greatest statesman which the lat
ter part of the century had produced.
Lord Salisbury demurred absolutely to
the presumption Of the existence Of
a permanent and necessary antagoniSm
between Russia and Great Britain. On
this presumption, Lord Salisbury said:
''That is a superstition of antiquated
diplomacy / have good grounds to
believe that Russia entertainS the same
views and pursueS the same object as
ourselves concerning the terrible events
In the East"