Until that has been done, the very things which we believed before to be reasonable, which we were ready to discuss with you, we refuse to discuss now, and we must wait until Moloch has been appeased”?
Morley highlights Gladstone's insistence on appeasing the consequences of military actions before resuming discussions.
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