SPEECH BY LORD SALISBURY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2394, 12 November 1887, Page 2

SPEECH BY LORD SALISBURY.

[liKinaiV IKI.KoKAV']. I.oN I*. i\. November ft. At the Ministerial l»tii|.»ut-t at the < Olil'ihaii this evening. la>r.l Salisbury announced that tlit* Covern-nir-nt had just received intelligence trom India Mating that Avooh Khan. tlir* Afghan u-he!. had viehh-d liiins.-if ;; jiii-s.in.-i- to tin- Indian I loverniiient. In replying to tietoast of " Her Majesty s Ministers" ho referred to Ayooli Khans sur-P-ii'lcr as having removed a serious danger to th«- peace of Central Asia.

The- s-uk-mc-tit of the •''at-/ Cdii’ii ipiestion, and the arrangi-mont concluded tor the evacuation of the New Hebrides were of special importance, as r.-movni" the thorns which had spruit" up bet a ecu England and France,

His I -ordslrp knew of nothing to cause uneasiness regarding the peace of Europe, beyond the enormous armaments at present kept up by several of the Continental Powers. He expressed his belief that every ruler in the world was intensely anxious to maintain peace, the only danger to which arises from possible outbursts of popular passion.

The policy of England, ho declared, would he to maintain peace, adhere to existing treaties, uphold tho present framework of Europe, and secure tho autonomy of free nations. Lord .Salisbury believed that the Austrian and Italian Governments were in harmony with England, and that the sympathies of those powers were- deeply bound in aiming at the same object. IA-aiing with the Irish rjuestion. His Lordship declared that Her M.ip-lv's Government were more determined than ever to subordinate everything to the enfon ene-nt of law and onl«T in Ireland, adding that a marked improvement in the state of that country had set in since the Coercion Act had been put in operation, though up to tho present time only slow progress had heeii made.