The Crises in Turkey.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 76, 26 September 1896, Page 2

The Crises in Turkey.

i GREAT SPEECH OF MR GLADSTONE. (Per Press Association.) , London, Sept. 25. Mi* Gladstone addressed a public meeting at Liverpool on the Armenian question, Fully 4000 people were present, , and the Earl of Derby presided. Mr ' Gladstone spoke vigorously for an hour and a half, and was in splendid voice. At the conclusion of his remarks he was vociferously applauded. He urged suspension of relations with Turkey, if a peremptory demand failed. "If Great ■ Britain," he said, ll passed ft BBlf-denying ■ ordinance before acting separately, it would remove the chance of Europe going to war as the Concert of Europe in the matter had proved a failure, and wholei sale massacre, instead of reform, had been paraded before the Embassies, while treaties were broken, and orovinces desolated. With due prudence war could be avoided, but they were entitled to threaten and coerce the Sultan for breach of special treaties with Great Britain," In con-, elusion, Mr Gladstone said he did not believe Europe would fight to ensure the continued massacre of Armenians. A resolution was carried amid cheers, supporting the efforts of the British Government to secure protection he the Armenians. Mr Gladstone's speech is treated by the press from many points of view, but all agree it was delivered with the fire and vigor of his early years. The Turkish Embassy telegraphed Mr Gladstone's speech to the Porte. Paris, Sept. 25. Two French battle ships and two cruisers reinforce the Levant. The occupation of Syria is mooted in Paris. Berlin, Sept. 25. Four German warships have been suddenly sent to the Levant,