Mr. Fawcett is evidently weary of the reticence on Turkish
affairs which the Liberal leaders have maintained, and which we cannot but think with him they have carried too far. He there- fore on Friday gave notice of the following adroit motion :—"To call attention to the evidence afforded by the despatches of Lord Derby and Lord Salisbury, that it is the opinion of her Majesty's Government, that any promises of reform made by the Porte without guarantees for their execution will be fruitless ; that the Powers have a right to demand, in the interest of the peace of Europe, adequate securities for better government in Turkey; and that the misrule which has brought such misery on the Christian subjects of the Porte will continue, unless the European Powers obtain some such guarantees for improved administration as they agreed on at the Conference."
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