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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 22, 1871
Page
19
A parliamentary discussion weighs replacing dual Army control with a single authoritative War Minister. The plan keeps the Commander in Chief at Horse Guards but seeks parliamentary supremacy over armaments and defense funding, signaling rising public demand for executive accountability.
A House of Commons discussion on Mr Forster’s election reform bill paints a future without electioneering revelry and publican influence. It argues for secret voting, proper cost accounting, and removal of public-house nominations, urging Liberal unity to push through a comprehensive, purifying reform.
The article surveys Britain's wartime diplomacy under Earl Granville, noting cautious mediation, neutral powers' reluctance, and Russian and American positions. It argues the government avoided alienating France while resisting coercive mediation, concluding with Gladstone's hope to ease postwar terms and Bismarck's rebuff of external advice.
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