The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-24 00:00:00

AUSTRIAN VIEW OF THE WAR.

The Lloyd, of Vienna, publishes another article
advocating strong measures with the object of
bringing Russia to reason. It is, however, Eng-
land and France that are to carry them out. The
Lloyd says :
" Russia will not conclude a peace disadvantageous
to herself, until the prospect of one still more disad-
vantageous dawns upon her. The Western Powers have
recognised this truth. Before winter sets in they will
try their luck in Asia and the Crimea in earnest. In the
Baltic the capture of the Aland Isles will probably be
their last feat of arms for this year. Whoever possesses
the Aland group can protect Stockholm and menace St.
Petersburg. The conquest of these islands gives winter
quarters to a portion of the fleet, an excellent locality
for equipping troops for landing, compels Russia to
maintain a large army in cantonments along its
Baltic shores, and, what is the chief thing of all,
shortens the term when Sweden will come to a rup-
ture with Russia. The more lowering the clouds
gather over St. Petersburg, the nearer is peace
at hand. In point of fact, the Western Cabinets
are now to be looked upon as peace-makers,
and the Berlin Cabinet as the general disturber.
Had Prussia months ago taken up a position antagonis-
tic to Russia, who can say that Europe at this moment
would not have been pacified ? In St. Petersburg they
still rely on Berlin—they still hope there that the war-
cry raised by the Krcuz Zeitung folks, of 'Prussia with
Russia,' will triumph, and mainly for this very reason
do they arm for the renewal of the combat.
"The official organ of the Prussian Government
lately promulgated the axiom that it was impossible to
subdue Russian territory, because nobody would dare
to take it ; and pretended to know what parts of it
would be imperilled by an unsuccessful war on the
part of Russia. If Russia were so situated that it
could never lose anything by a war, but
only win, why then indeed it would bs going too far
to expect or require from her a disposition for peace.
Everywhere but Berlin the opinion is entertained, that
if Russia desires a contest and should get the worst of
it, it ought then to pay as dearly as possible for its mar-
tial appetite. Finland and the Aland islands, when in
the possession of Sweden, make the Scandinavian king-
doms a bullwark for the north-west of Europe, and if
Sweden is willing to hold these possessions solely under
the guarantee of the Western Powers, such guarantee
will be accorded. An independent Circassian state, with
a wide littoral domain on the Black Sea, would help
capitally to guarantee its own freedom and that of the
Asiatic continent. The Crimea, restored to its ancient
master, would be the best outwork for Constanti-
nople and the strangest protection for European
Turkey. The Danube is free so soon as with its
neighbourhood it shall be entirely released from Rus-
sian supremacy, so soon as this river shall be encased
solely by the German, Austrian, and Turkish dominions.
There was a period, when Bessarabia did not belong to
Russia, and this province might easily relapse.
"It is true, or at all events probable, that Russia
might at this moment conclude a peace without any ter-
ritorial sacrifice, but this probability has assuredly but a
limited duration. A peace, relatively cheap, may at
this moment be attained by the cabinet of St. Peter-
burg, but the same price will not always be affixed to it.
If it should be always valued at the same cost, we should
indeed have to wait long for its conclusion."