Chapter XXI: The Reign of Jingoism

Opening of Parliament--Sir Stafford Northcote’s Leadership--The Prisons Bill--Mr. Parnell’s Policy of Scientific Obstruction--The South Africa Confederation Bill--Mr. Parnell’s Bout with Sir Stafford Northcote--A Twenty-six Hours’ Sitting--The Budget--The Russo-Turkish Question--Prince Albert’s Eastern Policy--Opinion at Court--The Sentiments of Society--The Feeling of the British People--Outbreak of War--Collapse of Turkey--The Jingoes--The Third Volume of the “Life of the Prince Consort”--The “Greatest War Song on Record”--The Queen’s Visit to Hughenden--Early Meeting of Parliament--Mr. Layard’s Alarmist Telegrams--The Fleet Ordered to Constantinople--Resignation of Lord Carnarvon--The Russian Terms of Peace--Violence of the War Party--The Debate on the War Vote--The Treaty of San Stefano--Resignation of Lord Derby--Calling Out the Reserves--Lord Salisbury’s Circular--The Indian Troops Summoned to Malta--The Salisbury-Schouvaloff Agreement--Lord Salisbury’s Denials--The Berlin Congress--The _Globe_ Disclosures--The Anglo-Turkish Convention--Occupation of Cyprus--“Peace with Honour”--The Irish Intermediate Education Bill--Consolidation of the Factory Acts--The Monarch and the Multitude--Outbreak of the Third Afghan War--The “Scientific Frontier”--Naval Review at Spithead--Death of the Ex-King of Hanover--Death of the Princess Alice 513