The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-25 00:00:00

TSB WAR CREDIT.

( From ate Daily News.)
To a full House of Commons, and a " thin" House o:
Lords, the Ministers last night addressed their request
for aoredit of theft, sniffle's's.. The Premier made one of
his tieual small, speeches; well described by Lord Fitz=
william immediately-immediately-afteriVaideUAßß :a .speech. " which
conveyed scarcely , a single iders'to -the ;Parliament to
which it was addressed." It was asharrangue very much
in the style that was to be expected from the man who
made it—meagre, sulky, 'bloodless, and urisatiefitetery-
There waif no ehadow of manly outspoken fritekness,
such as the constitutional-chief of a cnnetitutional,coun.-
try might be expected to address to Parliament towards
the close of a session% rinsing which he had been sup-
ported with great liberalttOs with funds for a war which
his incompetence is belieiedste have brought about, and
at a moment when he was asking for a new lease of na-
tional confidihice, and new millions from the public
funds. His speech was utterlffildelAnte of all states-
manlike breadth, all generous feeling, all comprehensive
grasp, in short, destitute of each, and every of those
characteristics which it, should have exhibited. The
chief meaning that may be gleaned from it with
anything like clearness, is -this :---" Hand over r
you
money, and let me close Parliament, and then,
with the concurrence of -the other Powers; I will show
you how we will settle. the Russian war.",. This last
expression shows what is passing ,* tkes;grsousier's
mind, and exposes the secret leaningseind isitrotiaus of
the Cabinet—leanings which Vac ‘loagef harangue of
Lord John Russell depicts. 'stall more openly. Lord
Aberdeen and Lord JohtFltt*Sell delay the progress of
the war because )theywesit "for Austhria. LhordJohn
tells UR, in reference-;to :Vienna, all a out t . troubles
sruaffnecrishyJoßseupshs.ianHaeggrexepsslianinn—s
aggression—how
the Czar will do, if he can,
and
Austria difficulties
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Austria
' pleasure of Russia—to run With the hare and hunt
English
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with the hounds -- and all the time the
pleasure. Ministry • (said Lord John
It has been the policy of Austria .
wait Austria's and. (through her) Russia's
Russell last night) declaring that she concurred with us
in our object to attempt, as long as possible, by negotia-
tions to obtain a settlement of these questions. She has
more than once declared that, although the principles
that her Majesty has laid down and the object that her
Majesty had in view met with her full approbation, she
did not despair of the Emperor of Russia evacuating the
Principalities and agreeing to fair and equal terms of
arrangement, so as to.maintain the balance' of power in
Europe ; and lately she has sent a message, Which has
been published in the newspapers within these few days,
asking Russia to evacuate thee Principalities, asking her
to fix a term for that evacuation at no remote time, and
transmitting also to St. Petersburg the protocol of April
agreed to at Vienna between the Four Powers, in which
it is declared that it is the object of the Four Powers
that Turkey should be attached to the system of Europe,
that that empire should form part of the general balance
effectoF
Powers
fafonlp wl Russia.o
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evasive. It
and
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France
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et
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now that war has been declared—now that England and
fleetsto her
dare i n the
not B la c
leavekdh
the Principalities.
ports, there remains only the
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seat of war in the Principalities and the neighbourhood
of the Danube, where she can hope to restore the balance,
and by the success of her arms obtain victory for herself.
She therefore declines on those terms evacuating the
Principalities.lie 9th of April, and those principles she pdope-
rtenandolyn
tfota
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clares to be the evacuation of the Principalities, the
privileges in
. to
garteiTurkey
aniitnug t by the
of
th
rights, eSultan
and likewise that a treaty or conven-
Lion should be entered into between the Four Powers
and Turkey assuring those rights.
Here, then, we have all the explanation we. need ask.
It is plain enough to the humblest understanding. Aus-
tria has her despotic ends to serve, but does not at pre-
sent see quite clearly how she may best work them out.
Of course she waits—and as she waits we wait—and
more than that, we help to keep France waiting too.
We went into the war nominally to help Turkey, who
was said to be weak, against Russia, who was declared
to be strong. We 'were anxious to support civilisation
against the inroads of the Barbarian Despot of the
North. For that purpose the Coalition drew funds from
the people of this country, and an army and two fleets
manned from the ranks of the people were sent out upon
the errand of saving the Turks and vanquishing the Rus-
sians. Before these forces had come in contact with the
Russians, the troops of the Sultan had beaten back the in-
vading
hordes of the Autocrat, and it needed only that the
troops and fleets of England and France should do the
work they were nominally sent to do. But in place of
action we have delay ; instead of blows we have negotia-
tions ; instead of going forward we hang back; in place
of despatches telling of victories we are offered estimates
demanding more money. To the repeated inquiry, what
tdo all these delays meant 'there
_cornea at last the