Untitled

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3905, 3 May 1877, Page 3

The Duke of Argyll bandandged Lord Derby to some purpose in a recent debate in quoting the following remarks from a speech made by the latter in 1864 :— " I think that we arc making for ourselves enemies of races which will very soon become in Eastern countries dominant races, and I think we are keeping back countries by whose improvement we, as the great traders of the world, should be the great gainers, and that we are doing this for no earthly advantage, present or prospective. I admit that England lias an interest, and a very strong one, in the neutrality of Egypt, and some interest also, though to a less extent, in Constantinople not falling into the hands of a great European Power; but these two points set aside, I can conceive no injury arising to Great Britain from any transfer of power which might affect the Turkish Empire."