CABLEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 605, 10 April 1878, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS. (kectf.r's special, per press agency.) London, April 8. During the debate on the local message calling out the reserves, the Premier made a powerful speech, and said the tremendous changes in the East were imperilling the Empire. He trusted the justice of the British demands would bs admitted by Europe, and concluded with a globing eulogium on the greatneES of the Empire. Sir Stafford Northcote's speech in the House of Commons was moderate and firm. There is no real Opposition, the Goyernai,ep£ are sure of a majority.

It is expected at Berlin that Russia will yield everything; it depends upon Austria. It is believed she adheres to England. The debate in the Italian Chamber was strong, and anti-Russian. ♦ VERY LATEST NEWS. [itEUTER's SPECIAL, PER PRESS AGENCY.] London, April 9. Earl Beaconsfield, in the House of Lords, and Sir Stafford Northcote, in the House cf Commons, moved addresses to the Crown, thanking Her Majesty for calling out the reserves. Earl Beaconsfield, referring to England's Eastern policy, said it was based on England s interests in the East, He powerfully criticised the Treaty of Peace, and said it was not binding, because it had been negotiated secretly. Every article in it deviated from the Treaties of 1856 and 1871. It subordinated European and Asiatic Turkey to Russia, and by it the British Empire was imperilled. England's road to Asia might be closed, and it had been resolved, as a precautionary measure, to call out the reserves, which would furnish 70,000 men. If England engages in a great war. the forges would be largely increased, and an immense revolution in the army effected. The liberty of Europe was imperilled, and the British Empire must be maintained. Earl Granville left the responsibility with the Government. The House of Lords agreed to the resolution without a division. In the House of Commons the debate was adjourned.