TURKISH QUESTION

Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 35, 29 September 1896, Page 2

TURKISH QUESTION

London, September 26. Mk Gladstone , ; addressed a public meeting in Liverpool on the Armenian question. Fully 4000 people were present. Earl Derby presided. Mr Gladstone spoke vigorously for an hour and a-half, and was in splendid voice. At the conclusion of his remarks ho was vociferously applauded. Mr Gladstone urged the suspension of relations with Turkey, if a peremptory demand failed. If Great Britain, he said, passed a self-denying ordinance before acting separately, it would remove the chance of Europe going to war, as the concern of Europe in the matter had proved a failure, and wholesale massacre instead of reforms had been paraded before the Embassies, while treaties worn broken and provinces desolated. With due prudence war could be avoided, but they were entitled to threaten and coerce the Sultan for his breach of special treaties with Great Britain. In conclusion, IMr Gladstone said he did not believe Europe would tight to ensure the continued massacre of the Armenians. A resolution was carried amid cheers supporting the efforts of the British Government to secure protection for the Armenians. The Turkish Embassy telegraphed Mr Gladstone's speech to the Porte. Mr Gladstone's speech is treated by the Press from many points of view, but all agree it was delivered with the lire and vigor of his earlier years. Constantinople, September 2G. A thousand Armenians were massacred in Kharput recently. PARIS, September 26. Two French battleships and two cruisers reinforce the Levant Squadron. Berlin, September 2G. Four German warships have suddenly been sent to the Levant. The None Weiuec Tageblatt declares that Europe is opposed to either Russia or Great Britain taking isolated action with regard to reforms in Turkey.