CHAPTER XI

THE ARMENIAN QUESTION

A Fatal Treaty--Gladstone's Opinion--The Concert of Europe--The Unspeakable Turk and His Methods--England's Responsibility--Mr. Gladstone's Energetic Action--Lord Rosebery Resigns--Gladstone's Astounding Letter--"I Shall Keep Myself to Myself"--"Abdul the Damned"--"A Man whose Every Impulse is Good"--The Convention of Cyprus--Russia and England