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Show The kv (tueHtiou " 1'nrlla meul. London, 13. In the house of lords this afternoon the porte'a circular in reply to the protocol wua laid on the table. Lord Derby said he regretted to say that it was not of such a char-actor char-actor as would lead to a peaceful settlement. set-tlement. Earl Granville gave notice that he would call attention to the subject next Monday. In the house of commons Sir Stafford Staf-ford Northcoto denied the statement of the lirussela Nord of April 11th, that Derby had written to Constantinople, Constanti-nople, categoricallydeclaring that the porte must in no way rely upon England. Eng-land. Tbe Marquis of Hartington complained of tho moagreness of the papers presented since the protocol. He said the papers produced contain much that is highly unsatisfactory and appear to mako England directly responsible for the preaeut situation. The attitude of England was not justified jus-tified by the papers before the house. He said if there is justification there is nothing in the papers to bIiow it. |