The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-07 00:00:00

THE OLD GAME OF IZUSSIA.

VIENNA, SEPT. `2.—The following summary of
to-day's leader in the Wanderer• is worthy of at-
tention. The writer of this article has the repu-
tation of being a "dreamy politician," but no man
can question his being a first-rate historian, and
certain it is that his opinions and general views on
the present war, from the time of Menszhilioff's
offensive appearance at Constantinople, in the
spring of 1853, to the present time, have almost
invariably proved correct. It is but justice to the
writer in question to say this much by way of in-
troduction :

" Beneath the oft apparently tranquil surface, a pro-
found agitation pervades the general affairs and aspects
of nations. Whether we look upon the old or the new
world, upon Central Asia, upon the African coasts, or
upon the American slave-holding states, everywhere in-
visible powers are at work to undermine the existing
state of things, and everywhere there are powers exist-
ing who are ready to grasp the inheritance of expiring
states, even at the imminent risk of severe conflicts. It
appears almost certain that, if some unforeseen accident
in the midst of this process of general fermentation
should not happen to bring forth vast and serious ob-
structions, a new formation of things must necessarily
arise, in course of time, from out this mighty dashing
of the political waves of our days.
" All reports agree that Russia is
playing her old
game, notwithstanding much apparent tranquillity and
inaction. Whilst England traverses the world with
offers
of subsidies, Russia makes the same tour with newahereand
ter-
ritorial map in her hand, making promises
menacing there, complicating and arab:olg existing
relations until the political atmosphere is heavy g
to enable her to repeat the iron grasp which
has but
once miscarried.
men, feel the fearful danger, the
gigtaances as these, Oe
"The English nation, even more theatnieEeanrgeleisehteseteastees-f.
the situation. 'Under such circumstances
policy of Great
of orep t i
one-
Wh-n Pitt reassumed
assume a terriblyf regardlessei:
character, and then the part Russian
i
Europe will be an unenviable
Britain may
of Amiens, his first measure
opensspain— her
attack upon the
rpeaatche-
the reins of Government aftertheeeersuieptteudreioef
d British India, Russia refused
Tilsit, which menace
I nd the conditions of the same,
And when, after the peace of
file:est andbtlt cßoamngumeirnre.Y
to communicate to Eugta
to
pounce upon Denmark,
Gaining' hesitated
the
ofwitiihcihs
nnolairnitdiemmensifitactae.
were the irreparable
situation is preparing beneath
and the fleet.
aarnedwet
sae cerifikresie,Bfor
" We fear
the atisaical veil and the apparent quiet of our days,
tion has
similarii'ade si
andPtblat the constraint which characterises the relations
since
ethat been
a
between the CAbin.ts of London, Naples, and Berlin
may lead to unexp cted events. The nzithics of the vo-
taries of peace I,euni to be norrished by a state of things,
which may possibly call forth an electric atmosphere on.
the Thames very similar to that which exploded there in
the ye tre 1804 and 1807. Neither Pitt nor Canning
declared the war against Spain or Denmark previous to
the it,fliction of the blows adverted to above, nor does it
appear that this tradition is altogether extinct on the
Thames. We repeat, it is not advisable in these times,
merely as a matter of taste and sympathy, to side with
Russia or her plans, whicb, it may be,- are not even per-
fectly understood."
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