The Sun.
London, England, 1870-11-21 00:00:00

SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1876.

r HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-NIGHT
of a NEW AND ORIGINAL FAIRY COMEDY.—THIS
\TRYING, at Seven. LODGINGS FOR SINOLIi GENTLEMEN ;
after which, at Eight o'clock, a new and original Fairy Comedy,
in Three Acts, entitled THE PALACE OF TRUTH. Charactex;s
by Mr. Buckatone, Messrs. Kendal, Everfil, Clark, Rogers,
Braid, Mesdames Robertson, Chippendale, C. Hill, Fanny
Wright, and Fanny Gwynne. After which the new Comedietta,
UNCLE'S WILL—Mr. Kendal and Miss Robertson. Conclud-
ing with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST. Box °ice open daily
from 10 till 5.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole
Lessee, BENJAMIN WEBSTER. Managers, B. WEBSTER
and F. B. eIIATTERTON.—LAST FIVE NIGHTS.—THIS
EVENING, at 7.0, HANDY ANDY, supported by Messrs. Shia
Barry, H. Crellin, Voltaire, Murray, Marshall, 11. Westland,
Lilly, Miss Seymour, Mrs. Addie, and MiasJane Lovell. At 8.15,
PEEP 0' DAY, by Edmund Falconer ; supported by Messrs. W.
Rig,nold, 11. Crain'', A. Rayner, E. F. Edgar, S. Barry, Worboys,
J. Murray, Voltaire, Marshall, Morris, H. Westland, Lilly, and
J. Clayton ; Miss It. Leclereq, Mrs. It. Power, Miss Lennox Grey,
Miss Le Thiere, and Mrs. Addie.—Box-oitice open from 10.0
till 5.0

NOTICE. - Mr. BENJAMIN WEBSTER will
appear in his great impersonation of IN APOLEON THE
FIRST in the Military Vaudeville of THE PRETTY GIRLS
OF STILBERG, on SATURDAY NEXT, Nov. 26.—PRINCESS'S
THEATRE.

PRINCESS'S• THEATRE.—Lessee, B. WEB-
STER. Managers, B. WEBSTER and F. B. CIIATTERTON.
THIS EVENING at Seven, HANDY ANDY Messrs. Barry,
Crellin, Murray, Mesdames Seymour, Lovell. And PEEP 0'
DAY Messrs. Rignold, Rayner, Edgar, Crellin, Barry, Marshall,
Voltaire, Mesdames P. Leclercq, L. Groy, R. Power.

GLOBE THEATRE, NEWCASTLE-STREET,
STRAND.—Manageress, Miss ALLEYNE.—BOARD AND
RESIDENCE at 7. Last Six Nights of MARCO SPADA, at 7.40.
Grand Ballet Divertissement at 8.50, entitled THE THREE
ROSES, or tho CHOSEN ONE, as danced for 250 consecutive
Nights by Madame Colonna and Troupe. THE TAMING OF
THE SHREW at 9.30. Great success of Miss Alleyne as
"Katherine." " Petruchio," Mr. Fairclough. Concluding with
the celebrated characteristic DANCE, by Madame Colonna and
Troupe. The dresses designed and made under the direction of
Miss Alleyne. The new Comedy entitled ECARTE will be pro-
duced on Saturday, November 26.

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treaties are " not made to be eternal." This is, ii
possible, a still more extraordinary manner of consi-
dering the question than the way in which Mr.
FitOUDE regards it, because it seems to imply that'
any signitary to a treaty may violate its provisions
with impunity according as interest or infatuation
may incline him to do so. Allowing, for the sake of
argument, that some revision in this treaty were
rendered necessary by the pressure of circumstances,
Russia has chosen neither a suitable time nor
manner in which to prefer her request for
a change to be effected, She has laid her-
self open to grave suspicions, and appeared'
before Europe in the light of a scheming calculator,
inten t on making the misfortunes of her allies the
opportunity for her grasping ambition. It is sur-
prising that anyone should advocate so time-serving
and short-sighted a policy for the Ministers of this
great country to pursue as that of shrinking from
the difficulties and dangers of a given
position, it that position is one which
public honour and political faith alike call
upon them to take. It would be most mistaken con-
duct on their part to let Russia think that with any
ally to back her up, any material advantages she may
lay claim to, or any power she may possess, she can
succeed in persuading our Government to yield to
might against right, or let the name of England
become a byword among nations. Thera is
yet time to consult and consider as to
what may be the best thing to do under
the circumstances ; but one thing is certain, and
needs no hesitation on the part of our statesmen to
make it known, it will never do for us to draw back
from our pledges at the instance of a haughty and
arrogant Power, or to forsake those weaker allies
who rely on our justice and judgment to
make good the work we have undertaken
and fulfil the promises we have made.
Mr. MILL blames England for the continuance of the
struggle between France and Germany, because he
holds that we should have declared war against the
first Power which invaded the territory of the other.
Had we done so, we should have laid ourselves open
to the charge of undue interference with the rights
of other nations. Should we enter upon a war,
we should neither desire increase of territory, as
the Germans do, nor be animated by the
spirit of boastfulness Iv hick was the prelude
of French defeat, but we should at the cost
of much that we value go forward to protect what
we would have the world to understand, we value
still more than men, money, commerce, or worldly
goods, the maintenance of our national honour, and
the respect that should be shown to those engage-
ments which are intimately connected with the
interests and welfare of the nations of Europe.

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

ONE WAY OF FIGHTING.

The prospects of peace may not perhaps be
diminished by estimating the cost of a war. It is
in the first place necessary to assume that Russia
would have the co-operation, as soon as prac-
ticable, of Germany, in her defence against
an assault by Austria, Turkey, and Eng-
land. All the information tends to confirm this
presumption ; and the Prussians have not yet made
known anything to the contrary. Moreover it is
prima facie improbable that Russia would have
embarked in such an enterprise without support.
Suppose, then, that England declared war against
Russia. The winter would prevent operations in the
Baltic ; there is nothing to attack in the Black Sea ;
an invasion of Russia in the midst of her severe season
would be out of the question. It is not pro-
bable that Austria, even if successful, could get
as far as Warsaw before the terrible weather of the
Moscovite plains would put a stop to all further ope-
rations. Business must be suspended until the
spring. By that tine France would be " finished,"
and the two great military Powers would be free to
act against us, with probably the Alabama question
in full swing to help them. It is difficult to imagine
a more discouraging prospect. Such an enterprise
might not end disastrously; but there is no.seeing
at present how success is to be assured.

Russia. Treaties are not made to be eternal; and
before we go to war for the maintenance of one, we
ought, he says, to at least consider whether the
nation would enter into it afresh at the present
day.

MR. FROUDE ON THE CRISIS.

Mr. Fronde reminds the public of the frightful
character which a war with Russia would assume,
and significantly points to the fact that the Alabama
claims are unsettled. Privateers would doubtless he
fitted out in American harbours, under the Russian
flag, and the Government at Washington being unable
to prevent it, war with kmerica would be the result.
Mr. Froude does not defend Prince Gortschakoff's
note. The manner of it, he confesses, is so stu-
diously offensive that it looks as if Russia had calcu-
lated the chances, and desired either publicly to
humiliate us or to provoke a collision. Although
this is his view, he holds at the same time that great
nations have no right to appeal to the ordeal of
battle for a fault of manner, and the ofllance as yet
has proceeded no further. Is it too
late, he asks to reconsider the entire atti-
tude which England has assumed towards Russia ?
He was one of those who deplored the Crimean war
as a mistake, if nothing worse. Russia and England,
he observes, are the two great civilising Powers in
the East. Both have an identical mission, namely
to carry peace among races who are incapable of
governing themselves. The overtures of the
Emperor Nicholas to Sir Hamilton Seymour ought
to have been met in a loss jealous spirit. Mr. Froude
suggests whether even now it might not be
possible to change front without any undue sacrifice
of dignity. So far, the present war has been
localised, and England has taken credit for having
prevented its spreading. Surely then, he exclaims,
we ought to hesitate before we give the signal, iu
resentment at an affront to ourselves, for a struggle
which will envelope the world and inflict an extent
of misery on the entire human race, which the wildest
imagination would probably under-estimate.