The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-18 00:00:00

AUSTI?I AN DELAY AND PRUSSIAN

DUPLICITY.

Whatever may be the motives which appear to have sus-
pended the direct action of the Austrian Government and the
German Powers at the very moment when it was confidently
supposed that General Coroniniis division was about to enter
the Principalities, the first and most important consideration
for ourselves and for the world is that the operations of the
Turkish army, backed by the forces and the generals of
France and England, are not in the slightest degree de-
pendent on the intrigues of Berlin or the hesitations of
is not to be envied in the discharge of the duties he will have
to perform. But the Cabinet of Berlin still hopes to play the
game of Russia iu Germany, and it is zealously seconded by
several of the petty Courts. From what is passing before our
eyes, it is not too much to assert that if the policy of Germany
had depended on the secondary Sovereigns of that country,
and if Austria had not advocated a more independent line of
conduct, the whole German nation would have been sold to
Russia in this contest. It is felt throughout Germany that the
Emperor Francis Joseph is the only Prince who has shown
sense and spirit at this crisis, and that he has been thwarted by
every influence which could be employed to warp his judg-
ment and to shake his courage. We can conceive no event
so fatal to the interests of Germany and of Europe, no resolu-
siou so disastrous, no treachery so suicidal, as a decision
e
on the part of the Austrian Government to recede from the
engagements it has contracted on these momentous questions_
with the belligerent Powers. Then indeed the war
cease to be a struggle for the existence of the OttomantoEmts
-
pirewould ; it would ere long shake every State in Eureozeceedlin
pslliiicfetsinagntdhehipes
vriilestitmos7hich he is now exposed his accom-
plices of the Austrian
Hitherto, although the expected
army into
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and Transylvania, has
provinces of Gallicia, the
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exercised
presence ceero- f importanttc troops
fortified by tEhmepte-arougreofortfotshec Carpathian
iaeodii is(ehMeraloutta
sitainrs whichitainal
compels the
the finest troops of the Russian army iu the kingdom of Po-
land, in Podolia, and in Moldavia, iu CO much that only a
part of the 3d and 4th corps can be said to operate at all
under Prince Gortschalcotf iu Wallachia. The last accounts
state that he has not at this moment more than 60,000 men,
and very probably this estimate is correct, for each of these
two corps is supposed to be reduced to about half that num-
ber. With this force, already much discouraged, weakened,
and shaken, the Russian commander may have to fight a
battle ; but the reason that he cannot look for any effi-
cient reinforcements is that the bulk of the Russian army
is kept in check by the formidable array upon the Aus-
trian frontier, and this obstacle can only be removed by an
assurance that Austria accepts the humiliating and insecure
position in which the policy of Russia would place her. Until
Austria enters the Principalities not only as the declared ally
of the Sultan, but as one of the declared antagonists of Russia,
we have no desire to see her move at all. A neutral occupa-
tion would only be a general embarrassment, and must give
rise to distrust and animosity on both sides. In the mean-
time, the course of events has become so rapid, and thus far
so successful, that the decision of the Austrian Government is
losing the important influence it seemed likely to exercise a
few weeks ago over the results of the campaign. In the pre-
sent state of this campaign, with Omer Pasha advancing on
Bucharest and the allied armies ou the Danube, it is a mere
puerility to address another ultimatum to Russia demanding
the evacuation of the Principalities in a month, for in
less than that time the fate of the invading army ought
to be decided ; and, although the weight of the forces
and influence of Austria iu the war must still be 44?,_
siderable, every day that she loses in giving effeeLtfl_Lt7
Convention of the 14th of June transfers to the.sew.77;
Powers a large share of the power she might exercise
eastern provinces of Europe.
communicated
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Ministers
rethaotf tFhrkeaeßeweussein'adn
Englandauswer waons.
Wednesday and Thursday in last wee
that the Conference would be summoned t
but that Austria could
(in pursuance of a former agreement), oithdealinheirantteimoatnieint
mnot n
taffectsoftheto belligerents. exercise
The
announcement, to the effect
Government contained a similarrimperfectly
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must
tsofia
official atuheor the Aryulnostairae;
satisfies the de-
influe
that, although the Russian answer
alone as the basis of g
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peace, yet
theane decision of the Western Powers,
wands of the Court of Voiteiuont.iio,nafnodr
course depend on
the
etileas
height of p
That undoubtedlytionis
in any degree or by
in the
thecajeen,
yet incuriedrenenomnepof the risk or responsibility of the war, to
any means deter
suppose. that
othreylecass
the allied Governments of England and France from the course
'lto share in the glory and the advantage
they are resolved to pursue. It rests with the Cabinet of
Vienna more
of this alliance—to shorten the war or to prolong it—to strike
a blow which shall at once restore the Imperial army to its
ancient renown, or to bumble it by a useless demonstration.
But, although the German Governments may regulate their
own conduct, and may sacrifice even their national indepen-
deuce to their jealousy of each other and their servility to a
foreign Power, their policy, be it weak or resolute, false or
sincere, will neither obstruct nor control us. We are ready
to advance with them in the only course which can speedily
terminate this war, but theirlesitation will not induce either
England or France to relax their ezertions or to retrace their
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