THE ARMENIAN QUESTION.

New Zealand Times, Volume LVIX, Issue 2928, 18 September 1896, Page 2

THE ARMENIAN QUESTION.

Gladstone on the, Armenian Atrocities. Lord Brassay Does not Value Constantinople. By Tffegfmph. —-Press Association, — Copyright. London, September 10. In tho oourse of a speech at Liverpool, Mr Gladstone, in referring to tho Armenian atrocities, expressed' pleasure at the prospect of a national movement being stirred up, and urged that America and Great Britain should unitedly intervene with the view of bringing about reforms in Turkey. Ho also mentioned that the Lutheran press in Germany was agitating for tho Government there to take action. Meluquune, September IG. Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoria, speaking at Horsham, ’referred to tho petition drawn up, by the Presbyterian Federal Assembly for presentation to the Queen protesting against the treatment of tho Armenians, and said that the tottering Turkish Government could not muci> longer stand, and would not stand oven anw? hut for the jealousies existing between the, European Powers. He had formed a deliberate opinion that it was a matiau- of no. concern to Great Britain what lower was. master at Constantinople. Received September 3sT. 10 p.m. London, September: lot Tho Russian, French and Turkish Ambassadors have had interviews with Lord. Salisbury, Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Iteooived September IS, AtU a.m, London, September 17. Sir Charles Dilko considers tho fleet andl army weak in the highest degree, and that it would he dangerous for England to. intervene in Turkey alone.