The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-09 00:00:00

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FRANCE;

The AFFAIRS of the EAST—The AFFAIRS of BELGIUM
—And the PROSECUTION of the TRIBUNE by the
CHAMBER of DEPUTIES.

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To the EDITOR of the IORNING CHRONICLE.
PARIS, Arair. 6.
Sir,—My predictions are realised—and that not
in substance, but to the very letter ! Mehemet Ali
has refused the conditions proposed to him by Ad ts;,:,-
miral Roussin in the name of the Porte !,,Meherne:(‹).
Ali has refused to direct his son to arrest lifataiies.tsz---
rious march on Constantinople ! Mehemet Ali
has expressed his surprise and indignation at the
terms offered him, and Mehemet Ali has given
orders that his fleets be increased, his armaments
augmented, and that to Ibrahim and his successful
army be left the decision of the eonfl]ct ! This is
all official.
Ibrahim ['ache, in his turn, has refused to listen
to the ignominious and unacceptable proposals of
the Porte—has refused to arrest his progress—has
refused to pay attention to the English Charge
d'Affaires, or to the French Admiral; and feeling
and believing that he would be hailed with gratitude
and transport by the population of Constantinople,
he is pursuing his original plan, and paying no more
attention to the remonstrances of Mahmoild and his
allies, than if they were the mere barbarous chiefs
of some helpless but savage Arab tribe !
The Emperor of Russia, whilst issuing doubtful
and deceiving bulletins and manifestos in his jour-
nals of St. Petersburgh, is approving the conduct
of his commander in the Bosphorus, who has re-
fused to set sail or to pay any attention to the pro-
test of the French ambassador. The Emperor 0
Russia, whilst leaving M. Pozzo di Borgo in a curl
tain degree, and to a certain exient, in a state of
suspense, is ordering large bodies of troops to cross
the Danube and proceed to Constantinople ; and
the Emperor of Russia, whilst he assures the Ca-
binet of Vienna that his sole intention is to preserve
the integrity of the Turkish empire, and yet assures
Ibrahim that he will not interfere against him so
long as France and her ambassador shall oppose him,
is at the same time preparing for a large and most
formidable expedition both by land and by seass--amd
is assuring the Porte that if it will follow its advieee
and require on the part of Mehemet Ali and his sonJ
a complete and unconditional submission, that it,
the Porte, may rely on the assistance of the Rus-
sian Cabinet—the Russian Arms—und the Russian
Treasury. The object of Nicholas is evident. He
wishes to save Turkey exclusively by his interven,
tion—to add to the debt due from Turkey to Rus-
sia—to obtain, in lieu of such debt, the cession of
certain Turkish provinces; and when he obtains po:
session of those provinces, at a future day to at-
tempt what would then be most easy—the conquest
of the Turkish empire. Thus from the Arctic
Ocean to the Deserts of Africa, Russia would ex-
:end her territory—and would dictate to the rest of
Europe its policy and its forms of Government.
The Ottoman Government being superstitious,
ignorant, and barbarous, is naturally suspicious,
timid, and easily deceived. The Ottoman Govern-
ment, perceiving that the conditions offered to the
Viceroy of Egypt by Admiral Roussin have been
rejected, has no longer any confidence in the French
Ambassador, or the Government which he repre-
sents. The Ottoman Government, being in a state
of debt and ruin, peateives with horror the advance
of Ibrahim in Caramania—the occupation of Smyrna
by Egyptian troops—the anchoring of the Egyptian
fleet in the Waters of scio—and the refusal of
Ibrahim to listen to either the counsels or the
threats of Admiral Roussin. And the Ottoman
Government, feeling that the Mussulmen are them-
selves wearied both of the Sultan and the Divan,
and that an insurrection in the palace or in the
streets may each hour arrive, dares not take any
energetic measure of its own accord ; but perceiving
that a Russian fleet is there—and that Russian
troops are there—and that nobody else, except
helpless and isolated Ambassadors, are really there
to help it, has thrown itself into the arms of Russia
—has pressed to its bosom its bitterest enemy—
and, to escape from momentary danger, has secured
the utter fall of the Turkish empire!
These are the facts of the case, not the " on
dits"—not the probabilities—not the possibilities—
riot the rumours afloat; but these are the facts of
the case and the foregoing is an accurate though
succinct statement of the position of the Turkish
and Egyptian question on the 6th April, 1833 !
The French and English Governments are too
late in the field! Now they are preparing—now
they are arming—now telegraphic despatches arc
sent to Portsmouth and to Plymouth, to Brest and
to Toulon But all this movement is too late.
Months and months ago I urged those measures in
the columns of the .Morning Chronicle. When the
Duke de Broglie and Lord Palmerston told their
friends, the Peers and Deputies of England and of
France, that the affairs of the East were settled—
and then that they were settling, you will remember
that I told you—no, they were not settled—no,
they are not settling ; and then I urged that Russia
should be categorically and distinctly interrogated,
and informed that never would she be allowed to in-
ierfere, either as a friend or as an enemy, in the
nrairs of the East I The Duke de Broglie thought
there was plenty of time !" Lord Palmerston
thought " the affairs of the Pays Bus of more pres-
sing importance ;" and now, when the Porte is
,bliged, really compelled by its situation, to have
exclusive confidence in the Russian fleet, and in the
Russian Admiral, and in the Russian Ambassador,
and in the Russian Government and Emperor—wily
Lord Palmerston and the Duke de Broglie would
give their ears and their hands to have had both
French and English fleets in the Bosphorus.
But what is now to be done ? It is late, very late,
but not too late to repair the errors which have been
committed; but I confess to you I do not believe
that either the Cabinet of Lord Grey or the Mini-
sters of Louis Philip will adopt that line of pro-
ceeding which could alone secure Turkey from ruin
—give ample and just satisfaction to the victorious
Pacha—satisfy Egypt, Syria, and the interests of
commerce and civilization—and compel Russia to
feel that she can no longer expect to make any more
hypocritical expeditions and jesuitical manifestos—
that she can no longer hope to gain another inch of
territory in either Europe or Asia, and that the
mundaries are everywhere fixed, with the excep-
riot, of Poland, which she must be compelled to re-
store to its former state of independence and na-
tionality. The moment has arrived when all this
nay be effected—perhaps without war—perhaps
,vith—but at any rate, when it may all be effected;
old if Lord Palmerston and the Duke de Broglie
shall at such a moment fail to do their duty, history
,will record of them that they lost Turkey—lost
Europe—anti lost one of the most important op-
portunities ever offered in the history of the world
to effect a vast amount of good for the cause of
civilization and true liberty.
What then should be done ?—France and Eng-
land should declare to Russia, that they required the
atithdras,val of the Russian fleet—the arrest of the
march of the Russian armies—and the immediate
return of both fleet and armies to their former sta-
tions and cantonments. To support this manifesto,
'arge naval expeditions, and an army of at least
.50,000 men should be sent to the Bosphorus by
France and England. If the Russian fleet did not
retire, it should be attacked and compelled.: If the
Russian army should advance into Turkey, it should
be opposed and driven back. And when Russian
bets and Russian armies had been defeated, as they
would be by the combined fleets of France and of
England—then might those Governments settle the
rurkish•Egyptian question—secure the Turkish
land from
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sion—make to the Pacha of Egypt all the conces-
sions to which he is most justly entitled, and at the
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