THE PREMIER ON THE PEACE TREATY. London, 9th April.

Evening Post, Volume XVI, Issue 100, 10 April 1878, Page 2

THE PREMIER ON THE PEACE TREATY. London, 9th April.

Disraeli, in the House of Lords, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in 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 185 C 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 seventy thousand men. If England engaged in a great war, her forces would be largely increased, and an immense revolution in her army effected. The liberty of Europe was imperilled, and Britirh Empire must be maintained in its integrity. Earl Granville left the responsibility with the Government, and the Lords agreed to the motion without a division. In the Commons the debate was adjourned.