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Show LONDON LORD MAYOR'S BANQUET. Salisbury Makes a Little Speech Decided De-cided lj- Interesting to .Englishmen. .Eng-lishmen. . London, November 10. The Marquis of Salisbury made a speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet at the Guildhall last evening. Ke-fering Ke-fering to the Burmese troubles, he said that the action of the government against Bur-mah Bur-mah had received the approval of all the reat Powers. . ... Regarding the Balkan conference, he foretold fore-told its decision would be adverse to English "views. "However, this country, he said, was not primarily interested in the dispute. He predicted . ; . . -, ; , : - , the conference would end in failube. . He thought if statu quo ante were restored the Bulgarians would take Greece and Ser-via Ser-via into their confidence, and Turkey would then have to combat three powers instead of one. Concerning the struggle of political parties par-ties in Great Britain, he could only, as the meeting was a non-partisan one, say that he hoped certain doctrines would not develop class hatred that might lead to a civil war and the ultimate downfall of England. |