The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 5, 1856.

to ~a
somewhat freer enjoyment of its rights
and privileges. Elcept at Ancon a -a'3 d Bologna
the Papal s6,jects aro left to the 101 Y Father—
and the French Army of Cocupati( ! A move-
ment, however small—this—in tholigh it direction.
A movement (notwiths'anding ma :alines's)
unmistakeably in that direction, that the friends
of Italy may really begin to breathe a little more
pleasurably the atmosphere of Hope, and to look
forward to the time when nobody, st +ye and ex-
cepting the Italian himself, shall any x sore have—
put his foot iu it ! Have put hl 5 fe)t in the
glorious Boot of Italy—the Boot -wit h its loos•
sened tassel in Corsica and Sard init t, its calf
swelling into the Adriatic from Sa n. Marino to
Ascoli, its heel at Otranto, and its toe 1 'ust quietly
tipping Sicily from the Gulf of Tars' n to into the
Mediterranean. 0 for the time wi uln we can
look for the happiness and comfort c d a good fit
for the Italians themselves ! For th e Italians
and no other than the Italians ! Wh et i the Blot
shall pinch nowhere—instead of (as :at present)
everywhere ! When it shall be no lon gi r botched
and cobbled by a variety of foreign ai id bungling
Citisrprs —but resume its own original a si 1 intrinsic
completeness ! When neither Freru k man nor
German shall undertake in its regard 11 le experi-
ments of an inefficient and inexperienc 1 tyro in
the art, instead of those evidencing th .e skill and
practice of a genuine Master-Cordvraine c ! At any
rate, here at length is something like a b eg ;inning in
the great labour of renovation. The , Austrians
have at last withdrawn in the direction of Padua
—they have re-crossed the Po—they I is Ne left in
the Papal States, as the latest vestive of their
odious army of occupation, a few tro' al is at An-
cona, and a few more at Bologna. .So far so
good. Better things, let us hope, mill follow.
Among those better things the ultim ii :e evacua-
tion by the Austrian soldiers, both of I to logna and
Ancona, preparatory to the withdra dof the
French troops from Rome, and to the, perfected
development of those liberal institutions which
Pope Pius the Ninth was himself the one, as far
back as 1846 (just ten years from th e present
time), or at any rate as long ago as the, beginning
of 18f17, to inaugurate. Please GOD„ the good
day will come in the fulness of time to the
Romans, and ultimately to the whole race of the
Italians. Political freedom—commerce--railways
—manufactures—improved. agriculture--revived
arts—and,, to sum up all in a single phrase,
general regeneration.

Ruin ! Ruin ! nothing but ruin for Old Eng-
land. The new Joint-Stock Companies Act came
into operation on the 3d ; it ought to have been
on the anniversary of Gunpowder Treason and
Plot, for, our capitalists being judges, the sun of
England's commerce has passed its meridian, and
will now rapidly set, of course to rise no more.
The Ruin to follow the Reform Bill, and, above
all, Free Trade, are nothing to the crash which
now impends ; little capitalists are now as free to
combine as great ones, and we await but one step
more, the abolition of the Threadneedle-street
monopoly, and then it will be the Deluge indeed.
Well, we shall see ; from the days of Lord ELDON
to the present hour we have become, so hardened
by such prophecies that we are now downright
sceptics. The plaints of the privileged of every
class fall unheeded on our ears. We verily be-
lieve that if the old Corporation of London were
dying, and its moans echoed along the Thames, we
should take our boat to London-bridge as uncon-
cernedly, and enjoy such fresh air as wind and
tide permitted, with as much pleasure, as if the
glory of London were not breathing its last.
Afflictions, all Divines agree, harden us if they
do not soften us ; and we have in the course of
our public life attended so many funerals of pro-
tected and privileged bodies, and vested abuses,
and seen earth, sea, and sky still where they were,
and the political and commercial world flourish
so ungratefully on the ruins of monopoly, that we
have forgotten to sigh at the sight and sound of
the mourners.

However, the new companies (Limited) will
start just now with a heavy discount clog on their
movements. Limited, both they and many others
will find themselves, whether they like it or not
and yet, strange to say, there is a good deal of
money seeking safe investment. Two great un-
dertakings have this week attracted our own
attention; one we would beggar if we could, in the
interest of European peace, and of our readers
pockets ; the other we would, if purposing invest-
ment, certainly look into as worthy of regard on
public grounds, and. we s'iould think on its pecu-
niary merits also. Percentage is, we know, the
inevitable barometer of these matters ; yet there
are some things into which, however profitable,
many an Englishman would. say—not a penny of
mine shall go into it. Such a project we conceive
Russian railways to be ; and as just the reverse,
both commercially and patriotically, we regard
our Indian railways.

Russia is now demanding of civilised Europe
some 40,000,0001. of its money, at the rate of
4,000,0001. per annum. We hope she may never
get it. We believe it stands a god chance of
being half lost. If she borrowed the money as a
loan, and stipulated for 5 per emit. interest, we
might believe she would pay it from motives of
prudence at least, for we never lad, and never
shall have, the least faith in her,TOnour,' Know-
ing herself, however, prelec,tined to be a beggar
for a century or two, and effectually.; called to
begging by the late war, she would, we doubt not,
be wiser than Austria, and not turn bankrupt
till (he knout had extorted the last rouble from
such of her serfs as ha,d one RasSia, however,
will try to make the railway, by some means
guarantee itself, and that her military lines will
never do. She will fix the allowed cost of con-
struction below what it can possibly be, or promise
material help and facilities which are not in
her power, or furnish some plausible scheme to
the great Jew money-lenders, with which they
may gull their customers ; or in some way beyon d
our cunning to invent, for we are not Russians,
she will construct th© railways with their money,
and leave them to whistle for their dividends.
No one ought to trust Russia except in the
straightforward way of a well-secured loan. Not

that we ever dirtied our fingers in Russian loans,
or ever mean to do ; but, as men of business, we
would
selddrevaeltwhietmh, eßonat na.l othero 0
terms
Why, the —OFFS
who
Why, even in the present case, Russia is now
abandoning the Riga Railway—one commercially
wanted—one which might have increased her cus-
toms at that port twentyfold in as many years.
And wherefore ? Because
milesshe
long,
constructed
road of
two thousand five hundred
w a n s
across her barren steppes from Moscow to the
-
South, that she may be able to move her troops a
little more easily for her next aggression. If we
understand its course aright, there is hardly a
whole way.
town of ten thousand people the
Steppes and plains, without population, and
without produce worth carriage, are to find the
shareholders a revenue for their railway. It will
be, in fact, a great inland military work, without
the means of paying half its working expenses.
If Russia wants a loan for such a purpose let her
come frankly forward and say, "Lend me the
money to enable me to resist you all, next time I

break into my neighbour's territory, and you want

to stop me."
As to our Indian Railways everything is re-
versed. They will no doubt have their military
use, like ours at home, and an important one.
But, like our English railways, also, the first con•
sideration is the commercial benefit of the coun-
try. Russia is unpoopled—lndia teeming with
population ; Russia has few large towns—lndia
many. Russia has no produce. India only wants
means of communication with the interior to sup-
ply all Europe with cotton, sugar, indigo, rice,
tea, hemp, wheat, with almost everything grown
in warm and temperate climates; even iron, as we
have recently shown, may be had abundantly.
The passenger traffic itself would pay in most
district; and in nearly all railways and irriga.
tion would develops such wealth as would surpass
all the things fabled of Golconda.
Happily, we are not left to general considera-
tions only. Railways have been commenced in
India, and, not withstanding all apprehension, they
have begun to pay, and to pay well, too. to the
letter from Calcutta in The San of the 30th ult.,
the reader may see a statement of the revenue and
expenditure of the railway, which, on the most
unfavourable calculation, shows a clear profit of
4-1- per cent., and on a better one, of .6 per cent.
The railway, too, has been but partially recently
opened, has by no means developed its resources
thus far, and when opened as far as Benares,

the writer has the fullest confidence that it will
easily pay 10 per cent. Here is a railway under
cur own Government, guaranteed, indeed, by it,
liable to no interruptions by semi•barbarous am-
bitious projects, and which, from the population
and richness of the country, must become remu-
nerative. If we must invest our money out of
England, why not employ it in our most popu-
lous and fertile colony, a colony for which, too,
every consideration of patriotism, as well as pru-
dence, would lead us to do our best ? _England
is responsible for her greatest conquest, and the
132 st she can do for it is to spend her money there
on civilising, and at the same time remunerative,
enterprises.

While the stock of bullion in the Ea.uks of
England and France has been rapidly diminishing
that in the National Bink of Austria has been
largely increasing. The Times' correspondent

tells us that the specie now stored in the Bank
at Vienna amounts to no less than 8,345,0001.,
being an increase of three millions and a quarter
(3,250,0001.) sterling since the beginning of the
year ; while the deficiency of the Bank of France
within the same period has been only 1,330,0001.,
and of the Bank of England 900,000/. ; showing
an increase in the amount held by the three great
banks of Europe of 1,020,0001. We confess,
however, that while watching the injurious con-
sequences of the continuous drain, it affords us
but scanty satisfaction to find that Austria has
been feathering her nest at our expense. Within
ten months she has increased her store
of the precious metals some sixty per
cent. ; while, despite the extraordinary ex-
ertions made by the Westiltrn financiers, they
have witnessel their stock growing " small by
degrees, and beautifully less." The old lady of
Threadneedle-street has raised discounts to a rate
highly injurious to the commercial and manufactur-
ing interests, and not only does she charge an ex-
orbitant rate, but she has materially limited the
accommodation previously afforded. No advances
will now be made on Government Stock. A de-
posit of 3 per Cent. Consols is rejected with as
much contempt as if it were a regular " kite
concocted by gentlemen in difficulties ; and the
Directors are busy in framing new schemes for
further restrictions.

The Bank of France has gone even further, for
they have purchased specie, which they have
forthwith disposed of at a loss—an operation that
would not elicit favourable comments from any
of the learned Commissioners in Basinghall-street,
should its affairs be brought into that agreeable
locality. But while the Western banks, with all
the advantages of the immense importations from
Australia, California, and other gold and silver
producing districts, are seeing the steady reduction
of their hoards, the Viennese managers aro laugh
ing in their sleeves, and hugging themselves at
the perverse folly of the French and English
financiers, while they are hoarding immense sums
as a provision for future calls.
There is an adage that declares that
" The children of Holland take pleasure in making
What the children of Etzgland take pleasure in breaking."
The child in this case is indeed " the father of
the man." The child of Austria is prudently
accumulating that which the child of England is
se recklessly squandering. But how does he
achieve this great desideratum. Simply by the
use of " worthless rags," an inconvertible impel
currency, which not only answers every purpose
of domestic circulation, but effectually checks any
protracted drain of the precious metals. Russia,
in like manner, has her p tper roubles, and she,
too, is roplenishing hez Stock of bullion at the
expensemof her quondam, opponents.
The monetary condition of England at this
moment is worthy of attentive consideration.
Notwithstanding the extravagant price for money,
or rate of discount, and the stringent regulations
respecting further advances, she had, according to
the last return for the week ending the 25th
October, but 9,637,5691. worth of bullion in
both departments. Should the drain continuo a
few weeks longer it may be reduced as low as
it was in October, 1847, when the celebrated
letter was issued, virtually suspending the Act of
1844. Even on the 23d of the mouth, the day
on which the panic reached its culminating point,
8,312,712/. sterling was still available, and yet
the distress and difficulty were perfectly unpre-
cedented. There was a wild, despairing cry for
money at any price or on any conditions. Those
who were perfectly solvent in their circumstances
made the greatest efforts. The only hope of
the comparatively weak men was to fail with
decency. Many gigantic fortunes were dispersel
to the winds, and thousands and tens of thousands
of respectable families reduced to the utmost
misery and privation.

The simple act of knowing that the Bank had
the power of getting rid of the so-called " self-
acting regulator" of the currency, if it thought
proper so to do, forthwith alleviated the panic.
Instant relief was experienced, notwithstanding
the usurious charges—for a share in which the
Government bargained. All that was wanting
was that money could be obtained even at an ex-
travagant price. And the only surprise enter-
tained was, that a measure so obvious, and FO
beneficial, had not been earlier resorted to. Ter-
rible, and, in many cases, irreparable evil would
have been avoided by the adoption of a timely
remedy.

The Act of 1844 has clearly and manifestly
failed in every respect. Its Parliamentary sponsor
(Sir R. PEEL), in urging the views of its putative
parent, " Mercator," declared that its great effect
would be to insure a more equable ,apply of
money arm at any former poriod. Never, how-
ever, within any similar period have there been
so many and such disastrous fluctuations. Alter-
nate contractions and expansions have taken place.

At one time there is a h:,~ce chmand that Ci
be supplied, and ere long it :)ecomes " a drug
iu the market." At one moment the prudent and
honest trader cannot obtain tie facilities indis-
pensable to the proper management of bi-, busi-
ness ; subsequently the wildest and most reckless
speculations are encouraged. The mercury in the
financial barometer changes rapidly, and the in-
terests that ought to be encouraged suffer under
every. change. As we have already repeatedly
urged there should be a speedy Parliamentary
inquiry. But something should be done at once
to arrest the evil. Parliament should be called
together before Christmas for the purpose of
authorising temporary measures, which Ministers
may shrink from adopting without a sufficient
indemnity in the first instance. Let England
for once secure the door before the valuable steed
has been abstracted.

THE DEPARTURE OF TII-E ENCLI,',H AND
FRENCH 1111VISTEPS FROM NAPLES.

The departure of the two Ministers is thus de-
scribed by the correspondent of the Timcs (second
edition), in a letter dated Naples, Oct. 30
At an early hour on Tuesday morning the
Commissary of the Quarter of the Liviera di
Chiaja made his appearance, with, perhaps, 50 of
his men, and dotted them about in the neighbour-
hood of the French Legation. These again were
supported by' spies in all directions, and still
more effectually by patrols of gensdarmes placed
within sight of each other, and extending full two
miles through the Toledo, and down the Foria.
Altogether there could not have been a display of
less than 2,000 men in the employ of the police.
The Government, therefore, made the demonstra-
tion, not the Liberals, and it is a proof of the arbi-
trary system which is practised in Naples, that so
great a force was deemed necessary to suppress all
expi essions of respect for the Ministers of two great
nations. Baron Brenier left the Legation at about
10 o'clock in a carriage drawn by six horses, with
au outrider, and followed by a fourgon with his
attmdants and his baggage. What is that paltry
little one-horse carriage which follows in the train
of the Minister of Imperial Franco ? That hired
carozzolla holds a Commissary of Police, and well-
known spy, whose name I forbear to mention.' This
guard never de,erts him till he arrives at the Cape
di Chino. It watches to see whether some poor
Neapolitan may address some icitimix verb/ to the
Baron ; and, having seen him safely beyond the
barrier, it returns. I kayo anticipated a little, in
order not to abandon the ridiculous group in the
carozzelia. On arriving at the entrance of the
Toledo and throughout the city there was the same
display of the civil farce : spies, policemen, and
gensdarmes every where. Many gentlemen were in
the streets, and many had retired within the shops,
but there was a general raising of the hats as Mons.
Brenier passed, and in the Largo di IVlercatello I am
told that flowers were thrown from the windows. In
the afternoon of the same day, at 3 o'clock, the
British Charge d'Affairs, Mr. Petro, accompanied
by Mr. Plunkett and the First Secretary of the
French Legation, left Naples. There was the
same display of force as in the morning, and pretty
nearly the same incidents took place, and so the
curtain falls on the first scene of—what? Tra-
gedy, comedy, melodrama, or what? Will all this
terminate in the acceptance of some paltry conces-
sions, which, as they are not founded on and con-
firmed by some principle, will be utterly valueless?
Or will the King be morally compelled to return to
legality, peace, and prosperity? Now is the crisis
in the fate of this country and of the whole of
Italy, and, if England and France be sincerely
united, moderate counsels will prevail, and chronic
discontent, disorder, and revolution be avoided.
But of one thing I am hourly more and more con-
vinced—that half-measures, slight concessions, pro-
mises here, will be worse than useless. My reason
br thinking so is this. The man does not rule here
n whom confidence can be placed morally or intel-
ectually.

LAT EST N E WS.

by-grofies,' and by dtgrees a good uadera an ling
was established between them. Just as the im-

portant question of the evacuation or non-eva-
cuation of the Black Sea and the Danubian Prin-
cipalities was being Settled at Constantinople, \
the abovementioued leader appeared, and the Au-
trians (erroneously supposing the paper in question
to be the organ of the First Lord of the Treasury)
asked each other how it was possible to work well
with an ally who chose such a critical moment for
making such a desperate onslaught. Information
has now reached me that the' Aus`rian Govera-
ment has recently received the assurance that
Lord Palmerston is in no connection with the
Morning Post, and it is well that such is the
case, for the Treaty of Peace would assuredly be
mere waste paper if any misunderstanding should
arise between England and Austria. A person
who is on intimate terms with many Russian
families of rank assures me that the flower of the
nation is now travelling in different parts of
Europe for the express purpose of making politil
cal proselytes, and he is of opinion that Russian
agents are not strangers to the alarming ferment
which there now, is in France. The Prussians
already boast that the Emperor of the French is
in their toils and unable to escape ; and in this
country it is not doubted that the star of Napo-
leon is on 'the decline, though naturally the
opinions differ as to the time at which it will set."

FRANC&
PARIS, TUESDAY.

The Moniteur publishes the official returns of
the gross receipts of the French railways for the
first nine mouths of the present 'year, . which
amounted to 204,121,074 fr., being an increase ('f
13,823,891 fr. on the corresponding period of 1855.
The Moniteur publishes a long extract from a
document recently published' by the directing Se-
nate of Russia, regulating the different lighthouses
iu the Baltic, the Gulf of Finland, and the Gulf of
Riga, and giving a description of the different
lights whether fixed or revolving, as well as the
hours of lighting and other details interesting to
navigators.
A letter from Constantinople, in the Gazette du
Midi, says :—"The Persian Ambassador Ferroukh-
Khan brings to the Emperor of the French the
decoration of the order of the Sun of the Lion,
worth 100,000 f.; to the Empress Eugenie pearls
and precious stones, worth 80,0001.; and to Prince
Napoleon a sabre richly set with precious stones,
of the value of 60,000 f. He is also the bearer of
Rye decorations, one of which is intended for Count

" A series of experiments," says the lifoniteur de
la Flotte, "have just been made, having for object
to test the qualities of a new kind of gunboat, spe-
cially intended for the defence of the banks of the
Danube. These boats are flat-bottomed, are moved
by oars, and carry guns of very large calibre. They
manoeuvre with extreme rapidity. The experi-
ments took place near Friebad, and wore perfectly
successful."

The following letter, with a subscription of
500 f., has been addressed to M. Mania :

"Master and Brother,—Until such time as, ungagged
and unimpeded, the ltoumans can speak and act, their
children, students in Park, have charged me to depost
in your hands, as an earnest of the future, their sub-
scription for the cannon of Ales-ardria. Yes, as an
earnest, for, united as we are to Italy by the bonds of
love and hatred, we, R )unlans of the Danube, shall
never forget that we have the same enemy to beat down
and the same c, untry to raise up. Piedmont has de-
fended us on the field of diplomacy : it is our duty to
thank her on the field of victory.

" Your devoted servant,

" C. A. ROSETV, (DC-Member of the Provisional
Government cf Wa!laclus in 1848.

" Paris, November 1."

The Siecte publishes a statement, which, if cor-
rect, is of importance. After describing the de-
cided refusal of Lord Palmerston to enter into any
transactions which had not for basis the complete
execution of the treaty of Paris,, that journal says :
" It has nevertheless been recognised on both
sides that no better alliance can ex!..-st for England
than that of France, and for France no moro fruit-
ful alliance than, that of England ; the discuSsion
on the execution of the treaty of the 30th of March
has therefore ceased. If we are well informed
despatches were sent off on the 31st October,
which will remove all the partial difficulties that
exist, which have moreover proceeded rather from
subordinates than the governments themselves.
The treaty of the 30th March will be exeguted in
all gs rigour, and afterwards if Russia or any other
government wishes to submit questions t. the con-
gress of Paris, the congress will examine them with
that spirit of progress beyond the range of which it
is now impossible to effect anything ih Europe that
is destined to last."

BOURSE, Nov. 4.—The following were the last
quotations :

Cash.
4} per Cents ..,
3_per Cents

NOw Lunn

Bank Shares

fr. c End of Month.
.. 90 75 —fr.
.. 66 60 66 83

66 50

.3,850 -

Roman

Credit Mobilier 1:380 Austrian
Belgian hive 5........ 974 Spanish Threes
Piedmonteso (5) B9 Homo Debt

RAILWAYS-FOB CASH.
fr. C.

Orleans 1,250 Western
Northern 940 -- Strasburg .. .....
Lyons 1,263 50 New Ditto
Mediterranean 1,665 -- Grand. Central .
Lyons Geneva
A Tests -
Cotta

855 --

86.1 50
. 772 50
~

lila MINISTERIAL UHANOES AT CON-
STANTINJPLLo.

The Ministerial changes at Constantinople are
brietly cowmen, ed on by the Paris journals. The
Dcbats expresses itself in the following terms
" We recently remarked that the European policy
of the present day is ftrtile in coups de theatre.
This is the only title that can be given to the new
ministerial revolution which has been accomplished
at Constantinople. The Ministry of Aali Pacha,
which had issued triumphantly from the recent
crisis, has been finally carried away by a second
crisis. A new cabinet has been formed under the
presidence of Reschid Pacha. This sudden event
must necessarily have its corresponding infltkifice
on the policy of the great powers. The head oVthe
defeated cabinet, Aali Pacha, represented the policy
of France, and consequently resisted the pretensions
of Austria and England. He was then author of
the announced demonstration against the occupa-
tion of the principalities by the Austrian troops
and of the Black Sea by the English squadron. The
revolution which has given-power to Reschid Pacha
must then be considered as a check sustained by
the policy of Franca, and as the triumph of the
policy of occupation. Thus are explained the
i contradictory assertions which have been exchanged
for some days past between the French journals on
the one hand, and the Austrian and English jour-
nals on the other. The news of the resolution taken
by the Porte, which we had given in common with
lother organs of the press, was exact at the time we
published it, only it has now ceased to be so."
The .AsseljnMee National/a sap :—" We must
await more ample details respecting the important
and by 110 means flattering news from Constan-
tinople before we express our opinion. • In the
actual state of matters, we believe that the Bocrsen-
halle-is correct in stating that the Vienna Cabinet
does not consider the present moment opportune
for the recommencement of the conferences, in
consequence of the differences of opinion which exist
between the Cabinets. On the question of the
principalities and on that of the limitation of the
Bwaarabiau frontier, France and Russia are ou
the one side, and Austria, England, and the Porto
on the other."
The Union offers the following remarks on the

same subject :—" The Turkish Ministry is defini-
tively overthrown. This important and regrettable
intelligence appears to be certain, without being
official, and no doubt can now be entertained of
its correctness. If, as is stated, the Ministry of
Aali Pacha was the expression of French policy,
whilst that of Reschid exclusively personifies that
of England ; if it is true that this change was pre-
pared by the influence of Lord Redcliffe, in order
to counteract the.influence which had hitherto pre-
dominated at Constantinople, we may await fresh
complications."

THE ALLIANOES OF ER GLAND.

The Gazette de France of yesterday contains an
article on the past alliances of England, from which
we extract the following passage :
"At the commencement of 1828 Prince de
Polignac, then ambassador in London; was seduced
by the Duke of Wellington into proposing to
Charles X. a treaty between Austria, France, an°.
England against Russia. The King refused, on the
advice of M. do la Ferronays, then Minister of
Foreign Affairs and former ambassador at St.' Pe'
tersburg. The latter minister then drew up. a pr.e"
ject 'of counter-treaty between France and Russia,
which was to give the provinces of the Rhine t°
France. M. Pozzo di Borgo, Russian ambassador
a& Paris, was charged by his sovereign to thaelc
Charles X. for the solidity of his friendship.' IYl'
de Polignac, when Minister of Foreign Affairs, aP'
propriated to himself this treaty, and it was found
in his papers in 1830. This projected treaty be"
came known in England and created violent anger,:
the revolution of 1830 preVented the necretia"
tions from being concluded. It is known that thf.
first shot fired on the royal troops in the clays°
July proaeeded from an Englishman in the Rued u,
Dauphin ; but what is not generally known is, OA"
the same thing occurred at Naples. It results frail.
historical documents that England has nevBr
ceased her endeavours to arm France against itos;
sia, and that she has always considered Austria an
Turkey as her natural allies. It must also be c('''ci
eluded that Russia. has mistaken her destiny e'P,,•
policy in endeavouring either, by treaties. with
France or by bold efforts, to establish herself 1°
the East of Europe. .llad she confined her exP.3ll;
Rion to the Asiatic continent, instead of menacing
Constantinople, we should not have witnessed the
last war with all its ulterior consequences.'