LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
A WARNING.
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
Sin,—A Conservative by family tradition, I also have voted with that party chiefly on account of their foreign policy ; but if it is to be that indicated in the last days of the Session, of bolstering up Turkey and enabling her to butcher and outrage in cold blood, I say at once, " Perish, Conservatism !" But why do not the Liberal leaders speak out? If they are opposed to such a policy, why do they not say so, and votes will flow in to them by the thousand, for the heart of England is deeply moved, and above the voice of party the voice of pity sounds loud and clear, and must be heard in the end ? But why not now? Must we look abroad for help ? Must we ask Russia to interfere, and tell her plainly that the heart of England is with her, if only she stops those atrocities, whatever the Foreign Office and Sir Henry Elliot-may say to the contrary?
It is humiliating to think that we must sit quietly during the Recess while our foreign policy is being interpreted to all the world as support to Turkey,—" si possis, recte ; si non, quocunque modo " Turkey. With all my heart, Sir, I re-echo Sir William Harcourt's words, and " wish to God we were done with the
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