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Show EusIhimI on the Earner ii tuelloii. London, 11. In the house of commons com-mons last night, Charles Monk, liberal lib-eral member from Gloucester city, persistently pretaed th question on the government whether it would couaider the temporary occupation ol i Constantinople by Russian troops to 1 far incons stcnt with British interests I lis to disturb tho relation! of amity I between England and Ruseia. I Though Sir Stafloid Northcoto, chan-jcellorof chan-jcellorof the exchequer, refused to answer this hypothetical Question, it j had the ellect of drawing from the Right Honorable William Edward Koreter, liberal, a statement expressive expres-sive of the greater confidence which is fell by the opposition of the improbability im-probability of England becoming involved in-volved in the war. Furster said : We should not have yielded to the government's desire lo avoid debate on the eastern question if we had any reason lo leur that the government was likely to drag the country into war or involve it in any breach of neutrality. We have most oarelully considered everything that hay been wmien ant) said by the government, ;mhI looking at their last disjjiitcheB we let I convinced that they intend to abide by the policy of strict neutrality. That being tbo case I dc not think it necersary lo do more than remind you ul tiie responsibility under which they lie. This statement state-ment seeius indicative ol easier feelings feel-ings generally prevalent, which iB largely due to E.ir! Beaconsfield's recent re-cent statement in the house of lords. |