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Show Press OpialoDs on Beacons- , lieid. I London, 10. Beaconafield's coup I has thrown into the shade all other I topics. Tbe limes Berlin says : j "When the Anelo Turkish conven-f tion was firBt announced there, ng lisb diplomacy enjoyed a prestige Bucb as it had not eojoyed for a long ; time, but later dissententa were j heard. The coup, said some, ia undoubtedly clevtr, but it is ques-. ques-. tioned whether in tbe long run it will redound to the honor and interet of England. Others still speak of the j event with unqualitied admiration." The Uuma JJrejse says: "We can-Inot can-Inot but bail with sincere satisfaction i thw victory won without bloodbeoby Euglieh policy over the eastern qaea tion. The existence o( Turkey's bo frail when she herseH is her sole support, will under ibe energetic protection pro-tection of England be able to be maintained main-tained lor long years." A majority of the Vienna papers speak in the t-ame friendly tone. Times' Paris represents public opinion tbere as about equally divided, while the newspaper comments com-ments are universally favorable. Some critics say Frauce ougnt to be satis fled, as it is now shown England has no deeigoa on Egypt, while others deciare England virtually virtu-ally in possession of Egvpt in securing secur-ing Cyprus. Tne Manchester Guardian's London Lon-don correspondent says: "Official liberals will not directly challenge the policy ot government, but will criticize criti-cize it, and may even propose a resolution, but in any case the eflect will be to throw the responsibility en - ureiy on tbe government, to fin-. s fault with them for the surprise, ant to bring into prominence the liaritlea obligations in which the country i: likely to be involved. Tbe moa remarkable feature of the situ ation is doubtful, in the view held of this stroke of policy bj the conservative parly. They regard it as a necessary result of the latt campaign, but many of them look upon.it as a necessary evil. As e party they feel heavily the responei bihty cast upon them." The same correspondent says: The Bystem upoo whicti Am Minor is to be adminis tercd will be generally based upon the Indian practice, of residents or agents. These representatives of tbe English government, will be placed in most ol the pashahes for ihs purpose ol watching and reporting on the local administration, but will have no ad ministrative powjra. The ambassador am-bassador at Constantinople will ait upon the information they supply aud the machinery to enforce what may be deemed requisite for a good government of tho country, will bs manipulated by the porte. In order that the demands of tho Eaglish auibusiador may receive needful material support, there will bo a large garrieou permanently fired in Cyprus. But ftf the objections of France, the British occupation would not have been in Cyprus, but in one or more towna on the mainland. I have reason for s-iyitig that the Anglo-Turkish convention con-vention wai considerably modified out of a deieieuce to the views of the French government and that over aud above tbe convention there is an arrangement by which the interests of France in Syria are guarded from interference. |