A debate occurred in the Italian Chamber on Thursday which
enabled the Goveinment to state clearly its position in the East. It is one of absolute accord with the other five Powers, and of menace to the Sultan, who was distinctly warned by the Foreign Minister, Baron Blanc, that the situation "remains troubled;" that "Europe cannot allow herself to be exposed to a danger which a renewed outbreak would produce ; " and that, in particular, he would "make a mistake," if he "added to his peculiar responsibilities in respect to these dis- orders," the responsibility of declining to allow the Powers to increase their fleet in the Bosphorus. "Peculiar responsi- bilities " is a happy and significant phrase; but we are getting rather sick of so many words. Shells, not words, are needed in arguments with Sultans.
