New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-19


Prince Lie7en anl others had accordingly receive,
order, to denounee Ausis, as the s.upiA ay Of a,
sultan Lord Palmerston closel OF course ia Il.
beaten t7sek: by the narrowness Of Der views II.
unfoEtuusts prsiudices Of Der policy, Austria IA,
rrost REDUCED herself 10 TIE level Of sec,al,,..
power. and in consequence OF the temPorliag pole,
al Aberdeen. Ensland is now representa- a. q.
"keys;cne Of that arch OF which Miguel aai Son,
ard Austria and Mahnud, are the eomp,1eat pan.
Iis thus that people see in the delay in execu.,,
81 the treaty OF July nos much fear Of rgrkiA p.
sistssce as inyincibls repuguance to GssciAs free
dom.
For hslf century enc psrsse has stool IS barrir
between Rasss snd Cons;snfnople-shc phrase Of IA.
integrity Of tie Turkish EmPirebeng necessary to u.
balsnee Of Pewer Il object sxelAims Palnerssoa On
Feb 8 1880. to the policy OF making the integrity q
the Turkish dominion in Europe Oejec. esseaiIny
Necessary to tie interests OF Christian AID cvlr.i
Europe Again he returns TO assacS Aberdeen. I
for one shall net be satisfied with number Of dis
patches iron The Government Of Englaal which
will no doubt read Wei aud smooth enough urgtagh
general terms, the proprety OF concliating RisA
but accompanied perhaps. by stroog expressiOa,d
the regard which England bears 70 Turkey. wAicA
when read by sn interested party, might easigA
made to appear more than was really intended |
should Ike TO see that while England adopted 6ra
resoIation-alrost the only course she could adopt
upon no considerations and in no event 10 take Pat
with Turkey in that war that that decision was fairly
and frankly communicated t. the Turk. There are
three merciless things tine IRE AMI the sultan
Before proceeding further, lct recall 70 memoya
few historical facts Russia Saying seized ON GOkchsk.
strip of land bordering tie lake OF reherah tho
uudisputed possession Of persia,) demanded, IS tho
price of It's evacuation the sbandOnm nj OF ClPan-
another portion of the Persian territory Persia no,
yielding. was oyerrun, yanquished and forced 10
subscribe 10 the treaty OF TurcOmaneha in February,
1928 According this treaty, Persia had to pay an
indemnity Of two millions sterling 20 Russia to ceds
the provinces Of Eriyan and Nukchivan including the
ortresses OF Eryan and Abassabad In order 70 define
the common frontier by the AraHes this being the
only means as Nicholas pretended, OF preventing any
future disputes between the two empires But at the
sane time be refused to give back Tash aud Moghsn
situated beyond the Russian eide OF the Arixes
Finally Persia was also bound To maintain navy
the Caspian Sea Such the origin and the results
Of the Russo Persian war. As to the religion and the
liberty Of Greece Russia cared then, as much about
them as the God of the Russians" cares now about
the keys Of the Holy Sepulchre, and the famous Gu
poa II the traditional policy OF Russia to excite
the Grecans TO revolt aud then TO abandon them 10
the Vengeance Of the Sultan. SO profound was her
sympathy for the regeneration Of Hellss, that abe
treated them rebels at the Congress of Verona,
acknow edcing the Sultans right to exclude all foreign
Intervention between himself and his Christian sub
iects In fact the Car offered 70 aid the Porte In
'suppressing the Greek rebelliOn'-a proposition
which was OF course, rejected. Having failed in thls
attempt he turned round upon the great Powers, BY
proposing to march an army into Turkey, for the
purpose of debating peace under the walls OF the
seraglio' But, in order to held his hands bound By
common act, the Powers concluded with him
treaty at London on July g. 1929 BY which they mu.
uay engaged TO enforce the adjustment of the differ
ences between Turkey and Greece few months
after sl ming that treaty Kussa concluded with Turkey
the treaty Of Alderman, on the express understanding
that she should renounce all interference in Greece
This treaty had been brought about after Russia hal
Induced the Prince Royal OF Persia 20 invade the Of
toman domuions and after she had inflicted the great
est injuries On the Porte in order 10 drive Il TO q
rupture All this having taken place, the resolutions
Of the London treaties Of July G. lS27 were presented
one fine morning, to the Porte in the name of Rassis
and the other Powers.
In consequence Of the complications resulting from
the Russian lies and frauds the Car at last foani
pretext 20 begin the war of 1873 and 1922 This WA
terminated by the treaty Of Adrianople, whose sub
stance is contained u the following quotation frgn
o Nes celebrated pamphlet on tho progress Of Rus
sia in the East:
By u treaty OF Adrisnople the Car acquired Anaps
and Poh ID a considerable extent II the Blsek
See portion Of be PRcbeAk Of Akhllska, with the tso
OTtresses OF Akhka and Akhiklak tho Islands formed
BY The mouth Of the Danube The destruction OF tho Turk
sh fortress of GeOrgOya and tho abandonment by fur
key of tie right bank 0f the Danube to tbs distance u
several miles from the river stipulated partly By
force and partly by the influence Of the priesthood many
thousand families Of the AnneBians removed from
the Turk IN provinces IN Aea 10 the Cars territories.
lie established his subjects in Turkey an sxem1
ton from al responsibility % the national authorities aat
burdened The Pore with an immense debt under the
q e1pen6s Tor Tie AMI for commercial losses and g.
lally retained Moldayia and Wallachia aud Sistns In
hedge or is payment Having by this treaty imposed
IoB Turkey the acceptance of the protocol OF March ~
which secured 70 her the suzerainete VI Greece and
yearly tribute from this country, Russia used all her naa
.nce TO procure the 'adpeaeeace II Grece which ws IN
Iced ereced INTO Independent state vi which Count
Capo lstra, rho had bern Russian Mnss nsnst
PresideHt'
These are the facts. Now look at the picture drawn
IF them by the masterhsnd Of Lord Palmerston 10
speech in the House of Commons on Aug 7. 1872:
Ii il perfectly true that the war between Rasss
and Turkey srose out Of sggressions made by Turkey
the commerce and rights Of Russia AMI violations
% Of treaties" We find him. however, as the Wing
Minister Of Foreign Affairs improving this thensi
u The honorable and gallant member (COl Evans has
rePres, nted tie conduct Of Russia ofuagaying
ogre.sp non o.be States frofo 1915 10 the present