The Marquis of SalisburyHarper & brothers, 1891 - 224 pages |
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Page 32 - ... 2. That although the Lords have exercised the power of rejecting bills of several descriptions relating to taxation by negativing the whole, yet the exercise of that power by them has not been frequent, and is justly regarded by this House with peculiar jealousy as affecting the right of the Commons to grant the supplies, and to provide the Ways and Means for the service of the year.
Page 160 - that it is an essential principle of the law of nations that no Power can liberate itself from the engagements of a Treaty, nor modify [Views on Proposed Congress.] the stipulations thereof, unless with the consent of the Contracting Powers by means of an amicable arrangement.
Page 161 - By the other portions of the treaty analogous results are arrived at upon other frontiers of the Ottoman Empire. The compulsory alienation of Bessarabia from Roumania, the extension of Bulgaria to the shores of the Black Sea, which are principally inhabited by Mussulmans and Greeks, and the acquisition of the important harbour of Batoum, will make the will of the Russian Government dominant over all the vicinity of the Black Sea.
Page 32 - That to guard for the future against an undue exercise of that power by the Lords, and to secure to the Commons their rightful control over taxation and supply, this House has in its own hands the power so to impose and remit taxes and to frame bills of supply that the right of the Commons as to the matter, manner, measure, and time may be maintained inviolate.
Page 94 - I quite admit — every one must admit — that when the opinion of your countrymen has declared itself, and you see that their convictions — their firm, deliberate, sustained convictions— are in favour of any course, I do not for a moment deny that it is your duty to yield. It may not be a pleasant process — it may even make some of you wish that some other arrangement were possible ; but it is quite clear that, whereas a Minister or a Government, when asked to do that which is contrary to...
Page 161 - Batoum, will make the will of the Russian Government dominant over all the vicinity of the Black Sea. The acquisition of the strongholds of Armenia will place the population of that Province under the immediate influence of the Power which holds them; while the extensive European trade which now passes from Trebizond to Persia will, in consequence of the cessions in Kurdistan, be liable to be arrested at the pleasure of the Russian Government by the prohibitory barriers of their commercial system.
Page 117 - I don't suppose there is any one who is prejudiced against a member of Parliament on account of such qualifications. My noble friend knows the House of Commons well, and he is not perhaps superior to the consideration that by making a speech of that kind, and taunting respectable men like ourselves as being a
Page 161 - The most important consequences to which the treaty practically leads are those which result from its action as a whole upon the nations of South-Eastern Europe. By the articles creating the new Bulgaria, a strong Slav State will be created under the auspices and control of Russia, possessing important harbours upon the shores of the Black Sea and the Archipelago, and conferring upon that power a preponderating influence over both the political and commercial relations in those seas.
Page 144 - ... scale. As with such maps you are able to put a thumb on India and a finger on Russia, some persons at once think that the political situation is alarming, and that India must be looked to.
Page 139 - My noble friend fell only into one error, which I should have fallen into myself, and I believe every member of this House would have done the same. He gave too much credit to the Turks for common sense, and he could not believe that when he made so admirable an arrangement in their favour they would have lost so happy an opportunity.