Speech by the Marquis of Salisbury.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 139, 12 November 1887, Page 2

Speech by the Marquis of Salisbury.

PEACE WITH THE WORT D

Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright

reuter’s telegrams,

Received Nov 11, at 10 p.m. London, Nov 10

At the Ministerial banquet at Gu'hlhrJl last night the Marqu’s of Salisbury in replying to tho toast “ Her Majesty’s Ministers ” referred to the surrender of Ayoub Khan as ha\ rig removed a serious danger to peaco in Uentral Asia. The settlement of the Suez Cannl question and the arrangements concluded for the evacuation of tho New Hebrides were of especial impoi fence as removing the thorns wh’ch had sprung up between England and France. His Lords 1 , p knows of nothing to causo uneasiness regarding the peace of Europe beyond the ono. nous a. Ramenfs at present kept up by severe 1 Continental Powers, and expressed a belief that overy ) e’er in tho world was intensely anxious to maintain peaco and the only danger to which might amso from the possib’e outbursts of popular passion. Tho policy of England ho declared would be to maintain ueace and adhere to the existing treaties. To uphold tho present Game work of Europe and secure tho autonomy of free nations. Lord Salisbury believed that the Austrian and Italian Governments were ''u harmony with England and that sympathies with those powers were deeply bound in aiming at tlio same objects. Healing with the Irish question his lordship declared that Her Majesty’s Government were more determined than ever to subordinate everything to tho enforcement of law and order in Iceland, and add'ng that a marked improvement in the spate of that country had set in sines the Co-ercion Act had been put in operation, though up to tho present time only glow progress had been made.