The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-10

cabinet which is interested In the maintenance Of
peace and the restoration of order He would
himself become the accomplIce of the revolution,
as completely as Alexander became at Tllslt the
accomphce Of Napoleon in his worst projects. The
conduct OF the Russian court IN these circumstan-
ces will determine whether it is governed by prin-
ciples or by ambtion-bya firm adherence to the
cause of authority, or an INSCRIPTIONS pursuit Of
traditional conquest.
Subsequently to the disturbances which occurred
last summer in the Moldo- Walachian provinces,
and to the occupation of those provinces by the
Russian and Turkish troops, the Russian Embassy
at Constantlnople was instructed to urge the Porte
to accede to modification OF the existing regula
tons for the nomination of the Hospodars of those
municipalities. BY the treaty of Ackermann, con-
cluded in 1926, it was stipulated that the Hospodars
should be nominated for seven years, and might be
deposed by the suzerain or the protecting powers
by the treaty of Adranople, signed three years
later it was agreed that they should be appointed
for life The Russians required, for reasons of
their own, that the Sultan should consent to revert
to the former conditions OF the treaty of hermann.
We shall not attempt to examine the precise merits
of such question: but certain it is that this demand
was vigorously resisted by Sir Stratford Canning,
and was, thereupcii, rejected by the Porte. The
Turkish Ministers were probably well aware of the
danger of this species of opposition to the cabinet
Of ST Petersburgh for they instantly proceeded to
arm the whole frontier Of the emire, looking at
the same time to England and to France to sup
por them in the course which they had been Pin
duced TO adopt. The Emperor of Russia, on the
other hand, has sgnhed his extreme dispeasure
and irritation at the measures taken by Turkey
and her other allies TO oppose his views on Mol
davia and Wallachla, and has intlmated, in In
direct language, that the next time he makes a
campaign across the Balkan, it will not terminate
at Adrianople.
Although we no not entertain a very lofty OPT.
Mon of the military resources of Turkey, 1t would
be an error to estimate them no higher than they
were during the campaigns of 1928 and 1929. At
that period the fleet of the Sultan had Just been
destroyed at Navarino, and Admiral Grelgh. was
complete master of the Black Sea-. The reforms
of the Turkish army were in their infancy, and
Egypt contributed little to the defence of the en-
pre. At the present time the Turkish arsenass will
send out 40 ships, of which or 10 are three-deck-
ers; the army now In preparation amounts to SOo,-
GOO men, of which about half are lrregulars, who
are already on their way from the Asiac Pashalics
to Constantnople; the revenue of the Ottoman en-
pre has prodigiously increased since the abolition
of monopoles in 1888; and there is every reason to
suppose that Abbas Pasha, now hereditary ruler of
Egypt, who has just received his lnvestiture at
Constantnople, would place the whole naval and
military force of that dependency at the disposal of
the Porte, his suzerain. Such aforce, animated by
religious fanatcsm the defence OF the cities and
provinces which they have occupied for four hun
dred years, not to be dcspised by the great
est military power of Europe; and we still infer that
the Emperor Nicholas will not push this contest to
eXtremltles. ....r
The real advantage of the Russian party, at this
moment, lies in the division OF the European pow
tween the two most pacific of them-Austria and
Great Britain. Were the ancient bonds of union
between the courts of st. James and Vienna in
full force, and still more, if the government of the
French Republic were Induced TO cooperate with
Austria as well as with ourselves in the formidable
questions which are agitatng the South of Europe,
the progress of Russian absolutsm on the Danube,
and the permanent triumph of anarchy in Italy,
would be alike impossible We have no doubt that
the language of Sir Stratford Canning has been
that of statesman manfu[y resolved to defend the
traditional policy of his country, to support the in
tegrity and INDEPENDENCE Of the Oticaian Empire,
and to avert an aggression which must be fatal to
the general peace, But it is of extreme importance
that not word should have been said at Pera with
more energy than will be shown in Downing
street hnd if Russia construes the preparation Of
Turkey into pretext of war, it must not be for
gotten what responsibility rests with powers who
have countenanced those preparations. For our
selves, we should deeply regret the occurrence at
this crisis in the affairs of Europe of an event cal
culated to disturb the harmony of our relations
with the head of the Russian Empire, and to add
so large an element of discord to the chances of
war; Such an event would be disgracefu, and in
the end calamtous, to Russia herself; but it would
be still more fatal the restoration of order the
continent of Europe, and possibly to peace through
out the world