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Show Carnarvon and the Question at Issue. Loudon, 4. The Daily Telegraph, Pall Mall Gazette and other anti Russian newspapers take the same view of tho Earl of Carnarvon'i speech as did the Standard this morn' jng. The Standard stated that Eng land cannot, with due regard tc English interests, accept the position lhat Russia and Turkey can settle the terms of peace subject only to Europe's ratification. If thia claim waa allowed, al-lowed, England would be debarred, except under serious disadvantages, of interfering in tho defence of her legitimate legit-imate interests. Tho Earl of Carnar-vou'b Carnar-vou'b speech, it now seems, was delivered deliv-ered on Wednesday, before a cabinet council, which had to consider the Russian answer to England's note relative to tbe peace negotiations. Manchester, 4. A Guardian's Lon-doc Lon-doc dispatch says the supporters of Lord Benconsfield'a policy contend that Earl Carnarvon's speech was intended in-tended not to expound, but to influence influ-ence tbe cabinet's views. There is Borne justification for this judgment. It is no secret that the Earl of Derby's November speech was a surpriso to the premier and also a source of intense in-tense annoyance, but it is likewise well known that tho premier has beon giving instruction to Layard, the ambassador am-bassador at Constantinople, over the head of tbe foreign secretary. If Earl Derby attempted to force the hand of one section of the cabinet in November, it is equally prob able that the Earl of Carnarvon may be resorting to a similar expedient, now the dangers of the situation have become definite. Sduh are the views of those who believe that the Earl of Carnarvon's speech expressed no more than hia person aI opinion. The correspondentsays: 'I am bound to say tbey aro in tbe minority. Some of Etrl Carnarvon's colleagues may differ from him on such questions as the justice -or wisdom wis-dom of the Crimean war, but they are perfectly unanimous as to the necessity necessi-ty of this country having a voice in the final settlement." Ou Wednesday Wednes-day and Thursday the cabinet are understood to have uddressed themselves them-selves to some ol tbe difficulties involved in-volved in ;be means lor bringing tho unanimity to a successful issue. The terms of peace are not now unknown to thrm, and, as represented here, they are much more moderate loan was expected. According to one account, which is accepted in well-informed well-informed quarters, the neutralization of the Dardanelles is not even mentioned, men-tioned, but there is a cession of territory terri-tory in Bessarabia to the old froutior. The correspondent further says : "I suppose the independence of Servia and Roumania'a accession of territory to Montenegro and the cession of Batoum and Kara aro a pnrt of the scheme. With tbe new light thus thrown upon the situation it would not be surprising if our government advised the sultan to make a direct appeal to Russia." The Times, referring to these conflicting con-flicting interpretations, aays: "There ought to be an end to the mystery and ambiguity which have of late shaken every interest in tbe country. The time has more than oome when government Bhould cease, whether at home or abroad, to have two voices. Tbe public hav& no wish to inquire too curiously into the idiosyncrasies of individuals or the seoreU of cabinets, but the serious and vital interests of tbe country would be imperilled by any prolongation of this ambiguity, and the public would justly resent any fresh encouragement to the recent agitation. The policy upon which the country is reuoled, and to which the ministry are pledged, ia one recommended, re-commended, not only by expediency, but by justice and honor, and any menaco or deviation from it oan no longer be endured." |