NEWS BY CABLE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5317, 11 April 1878, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

SPECIAL TELEGRAM. London, April 9. Disraeli, in the House of Lords, and the Chancellor of the. Exchequer, iu the Commons, moved an address to the Crown, thanking the Queen for calling out the reserves. Disraeli, in referring to England’s Eastern policy, said it was .based on England’s interests in the East. He powerfully criticised the treaty, and said it was not binding, because it had been negotiated secretly. Every article deviated from the treaties of 1856 and 1871. It subordinated European and Asiatic Turkey to Russia. ' By it the British Empire was imperilled ; England’s road to Asia might be closed; and it was resolved, as a necessary precaution, to call out the reserves, which would furnish 70,000 men. If England engaged in a great war, her forces would be largely iu. creased, and an immense revolution in her array 'effected. The liberty of Europe was imperilled, and the British Empire must be maintained in its integrity. Earl Granville left the responsibility with the Government, and the Lords l agreed to the motion without a division. In the Commons the debate was adjourned.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS. ' (RKUTER'S SPECIAL TO PRESS AGENCY.) Sydney, Wednesday. Amotion has been carried in the Legislative Assembly in favor of printing a “Parliamentary Hansard.” Sailed—Rotorua.