The Sun.
London, England, 1855-06-15 00:00:00

the Governincnt of Vienna, ani.l conciliatinf;

important Power. In deference to 11,...r
we gave Russia a new chance of conetudin

peace on the most favour:o;e terms—far too
vourahle indeed, so far as the. honour a

interests of the Westuit Powers were
concerned ; end, deceiied by her apparent acces-
sion to the cause of the Allies, the abortive
Conferences were held, which for so many months
paralysed the energies of France and England.
When the friends of Germanisui so loudly exulted
is the se-called Treaty of the 2d of December we
pointed cut that it was entirely one-sided, binding
the Allies to everything, and Austria to nothing.
It was, in fact, a mere nudism pacturn, that should
have been absolutely null and void for want of
consideration. If Austria was attacked, sit': was
to be assisted by France and England ; but she
was not called on to render any material
aid in the arduous struggle in which they were
engaged. If her territories were invaded or her
interests jeopardised, we were pledged to enter
into an alliance offensive and defensive. If, on
the other hand, Russia refused to accede to a
pace on the 14a.ii,s of the Four Points, so cordially
approved of by Austria, she was only bound to
deliberate on the mode by which the objects of
the contracting Powers could be carried into prac-
tical execution.

Her trickery and duplicity are now openly
avowed. She prides herself on the finesse (we should
use a more homely term), by which she converted
the Allies into tools to work out her own selfish
views, and to induce Russia to connive at her indi-
vidual aggrandisement. This she has accomplished
by the most flagrant disregard of her plighted
faith and of the spirit of the solemn engagements
.into which she has deliberately entered. Prussia
has justly earned for herself the contempt of
Europe by the short-sighted policy which induced
her to abdicate the high position she once occu-
pied, and which she still aspires to fill. But Aus-
tria has merited something more than contempt,
inasmuch as it was by grossly false pretences that
she obtained ad mission into the Allied councils. Had
she in Decemberdeclared her intention of remaining
neutral under any circumstances she would na-
turally have been placed in the same category as
Prussia. And now that her pusillanimity is com-
bined with treachery and duplicity there is no
reason why she should occupy a better position,
or reap the reward of her shameless mendacity.

We trust that the Cabinets'of France and Eng-
land will at length exhibit becoming indignation
for infamous deception that has been prac-
tised, and adopt effectual means to place Austria
in her true Position. She can certainly no longer
have the slightesi •
pretensions to the occupation of
the Principalities. That r, most unwise and
impolitic, conceizion
should be forth-
with withdrawn, and the unfortunate inhabitants
rescued from a thraldom- more irksome even than
that of Russia itself. There
much
is now too
reason to believe that step was taken by Austria
rather against the Western Powers than against
Russia. We witnessed its first fruits in the re-
fusal to allow the Turkish troops to pass throne,
their own territories, and the consequent libera-
tion of the army of Bessarabia to take part in
the proceedings of the Crimea. To this we owe
the sanguinary conflicts of Balaklava and Inker-
n'ali, which, although they shed fresh lustre
on the Allied arms, wero intended to
terminate in a very different manner* By
holding walk,in •
a and Moldavia she would
be enabled to extend protection to Russia if de-
feated, and to obtain a share of the booty should
the aggressive Pc'wex in any degree be successful,