. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. -ber of 1852, secured from the sultan permission to place the silver star in thesanctuary of Bethlehem, and to have the keys of both church and mangerThis concession was resented by the Russian ambassador, and the cza-declared that the change contemplated in the management of the holy placewas unjust and would be resisted.
. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. -ber of 1852, secured from the sultan permission to place the silver star in thesanctuary of Bethlehem, and to have the keys of both church and mangerThis concession was resented by the Russian ambassador, and the cza-declared that the change contemplated in the management of the holy placewas unjust and would be resisted. The thing conceded by Islam to Romwas hateful to the Greek cross. Meanwhile the czar had in a conversation with Sir Hamilton Seymoideclared that we [meaning England and Russia] have on our hands a srman—a very sick man ; it will be a great misfortune if one of these days * FRENCH ALLIANXE AND WAR. 219 should slip away from us before the necessary arrangcvtents have beenmade. The necessary arrangements to which Nicholas referred hintedat what England and Russia ought to do in a friendly way on the occasionof the funeral! It was thus that Turkey, in the parlance of the day, and evento the present, came by the czars wit to be called the Sick Man of the ALBERT, OF SAXE-COBLRG AiVD GOXHA, IHK LAIE PKINCE CONSORT. But the overtures of Nicholas to Great Britain were not acceptable;the alliance of France was chosen instead, and the czar sent an army corpsinto the Danubian provinces as a precautionar\- measure, demanding at thesame time of Austria that the Turkish troops should be required to withdrawfrom Montenegro. At this juncture it was believed that both Austria andPrussia would join the alliance in support of Turkey against the aggressionsof Nicholas. But the central German powers decided to remain neutral, at the 220 LIFE AND TIMES OK WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE. same time declarin^r against the policy ot the czar. Tiie alliance contenteditself with receivinij Sardinia
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