New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-07


stantinople IN the most theatrical style on FEB.
p, attended by suite Of II persons, incluiins
the Admiral Of the Russian squadron IN the
Black Sea, General Of Division. and several
staff officers. with NJ de NeSselroie Jr., rs Sec.
Rotary Of the Embassy He met with such a ~
ceptiOu from tie Greek and Russian inhabitants
as be were the orthodox Car himself entering
Tsarigra3 20 restore il 20 the true faith.
An enormous sensation was created here
and az Paris, BY the news that Prince
Menchikof. not satisfied with the dismissal of
Fusd. Effendi. had demanded that the Sultan
should abandon 70 the Emperor Of Russia, not
only theeOtectOn Of all the Christians IN Turkey,
bur also the right Of nominating the Greek patri.
arch that the Sultan bad appealed TO the pro
lection of England and France that Colonel
Rose. the British Envoy, had dispatched the
steamer Wasp in haste 10 Malta 20 request the
immediate presence Of the English fleet in the
ArchipelaCo and that Russian vessels had an
chored at Xii, near the DardaRelles. The
Paris MOniisHr informs Us that the French
squadron az Toulon had been ordered 70 the
Grecian waters. Admiral Duniss, however, is
still at Malta From all this, il is evident, that
the Eastern Question is once more on the Eu-
ropean or4Tc dH jOHT," fact not astonishing
for those who are acquainted with history.
Whenever the revolutionary hurricane has
subsidized for a moment, one ever recurring
question is sure to turn up the eternal
Eastern Question" Thus. when the storms
of the first French revolution had passed, and
Napoleon and Alexander of Russia had divided,
after the peace of Tilsit, the whole OF COntlnen-
tai Europe betwixt themselves, Alexander pro-
flied by the momeutary calm to msrch an army
into Turkey and 70 give lift 10 the forces
that were breaking up from within that decay
ing empire Again. no sooner had the reyou'
tionary movements of Western Europe been
quelled by the Congresses of Laibach and We
roma, than Alexander's successor, Nicholas,
made another dash at Turkey When a lew
years later, the revolution of July, with IT'S con-
comtant instructions in Poland, Italy, Bel
GUM, had had It's turn, and Europe, as re-
modelled in 1881. seemed out OF the reach ot
domestic squalls the Eastern question, N
1S40, appeared on the point of embrolllng the
great Powers" in q general war And now,
when the shOrtsghtedneSs otthe ruling plgmles
prides itself in having successfully freed Europe
from the dangers OF anarchy and revolution, up
starts again the everlasting topic, the never
failing difficulty: What shall we do with Iur'
kew
Turkey is the living sore OF European legitl-
macy The impotency oflegtimate. monarchl-
cal government, ever since the first French
Revolution, has resumed itself in the one axiom:
Keep up the status quo. A tesiimoHiRm PaHPer'
taiis. an acknowledgment of the universal In
competence of the ruling powers, for any pur'
pose of progress or civilization, IL seen In tins
universal agreement 10 stick 70 things as by
chance or accident they happen to be. Napo-
leon could dispose of a whole continent at
i. a Al fNA N
A manner that showed both genius and fixed
ness of purpose the entire collective wisdom
Of European legitimacy, assembled in Congress
at Vienna, took a couple OF years to do tho
same job, got at lOggerheads over It, made
very sad mess, indeed, OF lt, and found It such
dreadful bore that ever since they have had
enough of il, and have never tried their hands
again at parceliDg out Europe. MyrmdOns OF
mediocrity. as Bennger calls them, without
historical knowledge or insight into facts with
ont IDEAS, without initiative, they adore the
status quo they themselves have bungled to-
eether, knowing what bungling and laundering
piece Of workmanship IL Is.
But Turkey no more than the rest of the
world remains stationary; and just when the
reactiOnary party has succeeded in restoring IN
civilized Europe what they consider TO be the
status quo ante, il is perceived that IN the mean
time the status quo in Turkey has been very
much altered that new questions new rela-
tons, new interests have sprung up, and that
the poor diplOmatists have 10 beginaga where
they were interrupted by general earthquake
some eight or ten years before. Keep up the
status quo in Turkey Why Won might as we'll
try to keep up the precise degree OF putrdity
into which the carcass of dead horse has
passed at given time, before dissolution is
complete Turkey goes on decaying, and will
% on decaying as long as the present system
of balance Of power and maintenance OF the
status quo" goes On, and in spite of Congress
es, protocols and ultimatums IL will produce lts
yearly quota Of diplomatic difficulties and in
teruational squabbles quite as every other pu-
trid body will supply the neighborhOod with q
due allowance of carburetted hydrogen aud
other well-seented gaseous matter
Let US look at the question at once. Turkey
consists Of three entirely distinct portions; the
yassal priL CAPABILITIES OF Africa, viz. Egypt and
Tunis Asiatic Turkey, and European Turkey
The African possessions, Of which Egypt alone
may be considered as really subject 70 the Sui
tan. may be- LETT for the moment out Of the qnes
ton; Egypt belongs more 10 the English than
10 anybody else, and will and must necessarily
torn their share in any future partition OF Inr
key Asiatc Turkey is the real seat OF Whatever
strength there is in the Empire Asia Minor aud
Armenia for Ourhundred years The chief abode
Of the Turks. form the reserved ground from
which the Turkish armies have been drawn,
from those that threatened the ranparts OF
Vienna, 20 those that dispersed before Die
bitsch's not very skillful mauTC7'rs at Ku.
lewsha. Turkey in Asia, although thiLly pOp1-
lated, yet forms TOO compact a mass OF Mussul-
man fanaticism and Turkish nationality 10 invite
al present any attempts at conquest and IN
TACT whenever the Eastern Question il moot
ed, the only portions OF this territory taken
into consideration, are Palestine and the Chris
tian valleys Of the Lebanon.
The real point at issue always IL, Turkey in
Europe--the great peninsula 70 the south Of
the Save and Danube This splendid territory
has the misfortune 70 be inhabited by con
gloInerste Of different races and natiOnallties,
of which it is hard to say which IS the least