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A.D. 1720.

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THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTION IN THE CRIMEA.
(From the Times of this day.)
If we now look back on the errors which have
been committed in the course of this expedition we
do not doubt that one of the gravest of them was
the decision not to attack the enemy after the
battle of Balaklava: Our fire had opened on the
17th of October, and the result had speedily shown
that Sebastopol was not to be taken by the works
and siege train then at the disposal of the allied
armies: The Russians, under Liprandi, embol-
dened by our want of success, hung about our
rear on the 25th and 26th of October, on which
latter day they were dtfeated,
_mainly by the skil-
ful dispositions of General Evans and the courage
of the Second Division. Had the allied Generals
decided at that moment to throw their whole force
upon the Russian army—for we had still at that
time theneCessary supply of horses for the artillery
—the results might have been decisive. Instead of
that, they waited until the Russian reinforcements
arrived, and on the sth of November our imper-
fect intrenchments were attacked by superior num-
bers, and we' suffered the frightful carnage of In-
kermau.-
We allude to this incident now, because it offers
some resemblance to the present position of the
armies. There is great reason to suppose that the
allied forces are about to repeat the attack of the
17th of October, on a much more formidable scale.
This intention has, at any rate, been constantly
announced, and a great part of the toils and hard-
ships sustained by, the army during the winter arose
from the preparations incessantly carried on for
this long-expected attack. We must assume, in
spite of the delays which have intervened, that
the same intention still exists ; for, if it were
otherwise, the perseverance of th commanders iu
prolonging these arduous siege operations would
be wholly inexplicable. Nor can the moment be
much longer deferred at which such an attack
may still be practicable, for the enemy has already
shown with what incredible activity and vigour he
has found means to bring up his reinforcements
against us. We will suppose, therefore, that the
attack by a prolonged cannonade is- to be made,
and to be made soon, and that if we succeed in
silencing the fire of any of the fronts of the place
it will be followed by an immediate assault. God
grant that such may be the case, and that while
we are discussing the adverse as well as the favour-
able chances of the war some glorious and triumph-
ant achievement may terminate our uncertainty !
But it is not the less our duty to consider the
other alternative, and to contemplate our position
in the event of the failure of such an attack. That
would indeed bring us back to the situation the
armies were in on the eve of Balaklava and of
Inkermaun, with this difference, that we could no
longer entertain hopes of success against the south-
ern side of Sebastopol by the means hitherto em-
ployed to reduce it, and that, instead of the ap-
proach of winter, which served to impede the move-
ments of the enemy, we must now prepare for the
approach of summer, which exposes our troops to
a new class of dangers, and leaves our adversary in
full possession of his resources. Such a state of
affairs is at least so far possible that it ought to be
provided against, and we ought to foresee by what
means these difficulties may best be overcome and
the campaign successfully carried on. A multi-
tude of expedients instantly suggest themselves to
the mind, for the large naval force constantly at
the. disposal of the Generals, and the facilities
offered for every sort of operation on the southern
coast of the Crimea, might enable them to pro-
ceed by means which have not hitherto been at-
tempted. We abstain from mere speculations
on this subject, which would be valuless if they
were unfounded, and might be injurious if they
were correct. Bat we protest against the sup-
position that an Anglo-French army upwards of
100,000 strong has done all that can be done for
the attainment of our objects when it has suc-
ceeded in maintaining an intrenched position
against the enemy, and in opening a fire of great
power but of doubtful effect upon the town. Such
troops, handled by the Duke of Wellington, or by
one of Napoleon's Marshals, would sweep the
country before them ; and, though we despair of
nothing when we see tke courage they have on all
occasions displayed, yet even that courage is wasted
when it is not guided by military pains. in the
chiefs of the army.

HOW RUSSIA OUGHT TO BE DEALT WITH.
(Prom the Morning Chronicle of this day.)
We are required to subscribe to the doctrine,
that, in considering the question of a peace with
Russia, the sincerity of that Power is not a neces-
sary element of the discussion. The only guaran-
tee, we are told, for the permanency of such a
peace, is the power to enforce it !
If this be the view of her Majesty's Government
we congratulate them on having arrived at the only
satisfactory solution of the question which now
agitates the country. It is a remarkable fact, how-
ever, that no contradiction has yet appeared of
the very circumstantial statements that have been
published, to the effect that a peace was at least in
contemplation which would ahnoit wholly have left
out of view those material and substantial guaran-
tees which are provided by " the power to en-
force." There are two kinds of " power to en-
force"--the one arising from the positive weakness
of your enemy, the other from your own supe-
riority in strength. Between these two modes of
providing against future contingencies the Allies
are now called upon to choose. Evidently, if Sebas-
topol were reduced to the rank of a mere mercan-
tile port, and if the Russian ships of war in the
Black Sea were limited to a harmless number,
there would be created such a positive weakness in
the enemy that the future independence of Turkey
would receive an additional guarantee. On the
other hand, if a treaty were concluded which left
Sebastopol as it. is, and permitted to Russia the
means of augmenting and concealing the extent of
her naval power, it is equally clear,' according to
the doctrine to which we are required to subscribe,
that the Allies would be compelled to maintain
forces in theneighbourhood—or that Turkey would
have in some corresponding way to be protected—
to an extent equal to the means of annoyance thus
left at the disposal of the enemy.
To men of ordinary common sense the question
of sincerity appears a very important one. For
instance, suppose we had a quarrel with the United
States, and that it were arranged by treaty, should
we entertain any doubt of the honour and integrity
of our American neighbours ? Should we think it
necessary to provide a force which should Constantly
be on the watch to prevent infringements of solemn
engagements ? Is there any Power in the civilised
world with respect to whom we should think it ne-
cessary to adopt such precautions, after the signa-
ture of the Power had once been appended to a
treaty ? We will go farther. What is European
international law ? Much of it, no doubt, rests
upon the letter of treaties ; but how much more on
the sense of honour and the national pride which
prevent States from breaking engagements, lest they
should find themselves excluded from the family of
nations ? Surely, in this view of the case, it cannot
be said that the question of sincerity is beyond the
scope of the argument. On the contrary, the
weight and value of such international arrangements
depend upon the mutual confidence of the various
States, and the reliance of each on the public honour
of the others.
There are many States in Europe whose inde-
pendence has survived wars of conquest and of
revolution. Some of them are so insignificant, in
a military point of view, that they could net pro-
long their existence a year if they were not pro-
tected by the sincerity with which greater States
adhere to their mutual engagements to respect the
neutrality of their weaker brethren. The sincerity
with which a State enters into an engagement is the
inducement to another State to propose it ; and
England, more than any other European Power,
has reason to uphold this doctrine, because, if this
moral law of Europe were once set at naught, she
would have, to an indefinite extent, to augment
her " power to enforce" any treaty to which she
might be a party.
In dealing with Russia, we have to combat one
of the most extraordinary combinations of fraud
and force of which the annals of mankind afford
an example' There is the fraud, the disciplined
cunning, of the Orientals, with all the organisa-
tion of force which the civilisation of Europe
teaches. If we were dealing with pure Orien-
tals, we should frustrate their cunning by the
use of force—if we were dealing with pure Euro-
peans, we should exercise a moral influence over
their force by the action of that international law
which, by common consent, has been established
among States. As it is, we are engaged with a
hybrid race, who have too long been indulged with
the courtesies of diplomatic intercourse, and who
have shown that they only adopt its forms in order
the better to succeed in effectuating a scheme of
conquest to which there would be no limit but that
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