Mr. Gladstone reappeared in his place in Parliament on Saturday,
amid a tempest of welcome, just in time to set down Mr. Cowen, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett, and the rest who, under different disguises, are afraid that the Government mean to release more provinces from Turkish oppression. Mr. Cowen was all anxiety lest Albanians should be oppressed, or Bulgarians armed by Russia; Mr. Balfour wanted more informa- tion ; and Mr. Ash mead-Bartlett could not bear the incessant disturbance of Turkey. Mr. Gladstone, in a most forcible speech, declined to give further information, exposed Mr. Ashmead- Bartlett's ignorance of geography, showed that Mr. Cowen's care for nationalities was care, in this instance, for Turks only, promised that nothing startling should be done by England single-handed without application to Parliament; declared that the object of the Ministry, in concert with Europe, was to carry out the Treaty of Berlin ; and laid down more distinctly than ever the thesis that, whereas previous Governments had de- manded good government in Turkey, but allowed Turks to perceive that they would be supported whatever they did, this Government made substantive reform in Turkey the con- dition of support. The Turkish Government was just begin- ning to understand that change. The effect of the speech was that Government would go on resolutely with its policy, which is to compel the Sultan, by the pressure of United Europe, to carry out the beneficial clauses of the Treaty of Berlin.
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