New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-21
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
A cuiyrrR or MODERN HISTORY


sessarss and rnfe,s negotiations to act with energy
an effect nysiDg The Muscoyite invader buck from
t, me, pad from n universal dominion be dreams Of
gseL On rps taoB may not be without come ground Of
sitirsr probability nd policy 10 jG'hfy IT. tat DO"
se real r-son there IL for II will sppear to whoever
Dsrdsfs tie aets below sct forth with regard TO tho
pct oondue, 81 tist FBgish Minister who is thought
- 10 ost hostile 20 The siganee OF Russian despotsm
IN Europe Inbred mot people in England WHO are
di.hiiifsd with the policy Of the Government in the
contest between Turkey and Russia, foniiy believe
thai matters would be in a very different state if Lord
PA MIrsTos bad the control Of them Such persons.
IN recalling tie uobIe yisconnts history must leave
hlsrk the whole ltful period from 1892 to ls7-a
brusk which we will gu up for their instruction
The great and everrecurring theme of the Palmers-
pan selfrorifcation is the services rendered to tho
cause Of Constitutional freedom all over the Continent
II must be admitted that the world is indebted to him
for the constitutional moielkingdoms of Portugal.
Spain aud Greece Having placed Portugal st the dis
position Of that latest fwomeR Maria da Gloria backed
By Coburg be exclaimed in the House Of Commons:
Portugal must be looked upon of the sub
"stantiye Powers Of Europe" The noble Lord had
hardly uttered these words when, at his command, six
British shiys ofthene anchored at Lisbon in order to
Portuguese people and help her destroy the const
tuition she had sworn TO defend Spain, crushed beneath
tie woke Of another Mara-the she wolf of Naples
holds ont to u.s. according to bis sanguine view ofthe
case fair and legitimate hope that she may yet be-
come what she has proved in former mes-a flourish
ing and even formidable power among the European
Kingdoms" Nor was he short of apologize reasons.
even for having placed the native country of Percles
- l. ,,f Raw. -.
boy King Ohio belongs to a country whore there
exists free constitution" \ free constitution In
Bavaria, the German BGotia This passes the ieeata
poetca of rhetorical flourish the legitimate hopes held
out by Spain and the substantive power of Portugal.
As to Belgium all Lord Palmerson did for 1t was
to burden it with part of the Dutch debt, while dock
ing it Of the province of Luxembourg and adding to 1t
Coburg dy nasty. But let us come to the Turks and
Russians
One of those facts which hardly sdverted to BY
coteuporaries, but which broadly mark the bouuds-
res OF historical epochs the military occupation Of
Constantinople by the Russians in 1888 The eternal
dream of Russia was at last fulfilled The barbarian
from the lev banks of the Neya held in his iron grasp.
however temporarily the luxurious Byzantium and the
sunlit shores of the Bosphorus AS Sir Robert Peel
declared in the House of Commons in 1884. The os-
equation OF Constsntinople by Russian troops sealed
"tbe fate of Turkey as an independent power. The
." fact of Russia having occupied Consantinope even
for the purpose of saving it, decisive blow
to Turkish independence, as if the flag of Russia now
waved on the Seragio.'
In consequence Of the unfortunate war OF 1873,
1929 and the treaty OF AdrsnOpe, the Porte had lost
its prestige in the eyes of its subjects AS usual
with Oriental Empires where the paramount power
ia weakened successive revolts of powerful Pashas
broke ont against the Sultan and Mehemet ALL Pasha
Of Eqypt. who had supported the Porte during tho
Greek instruction marched his troops, under the
command of Ibrahm Pasha, his son, into syria
The transactions between Mehemet Ali and the
Sultan commenced as early as October, 1881. In
the spripg of 1882 Syria invaded by lbrahim
pssba; in July the battle OF HONS decided tho
fate of that Province Ibrahm crossed the Taurus the
last Turkish army was annihilated at Konieh In De-
eember 81 and the victorious Egyptian forces moved
on the way to Stambu On February 2 1888, the Sui
tan was forced apply to st. Petersburg for succor
On February H. the French Ad0iral R0ussin arrived
at Constantnople, demonstrated with the Porte, ana
engaged to bring about retreat OF the Pasha on GER
tain terms including the refusal OF Russian assist
ance but unassisted as he was, he could not hope
10 vie with Russian influence You have asked for
me and you shall have me-" On February 20, Rus
alan squadron suddenly sailed from Sebastopol and Dis
embarked a large body of Russian troops upon Tho
shores Of the Bosphorus, ID occupy the capital
So eager Russia for the protection OF Turkey that
uultaneously Russian Off dispatched to the
PasLas of Erzerum and Trebzond to inform them that
in the event of Ibrahims army marching toward En-
zerum both that place and Trebzond should be imme
diately protected by Russian army Some months
later Count Oro arrived ntimating TO the Sultan that
without the concurrence Of any Minister and without
the knowledge Of any diplomatic agent at the Porte he
was TO subscribe q little Bit of paper lie had brought
With him from ST. Petersburg. Thus originated the
treaty Of UDkiar Skeess According to 1t the Porto
entered for eight years upon alliance, offensive aud
defensive with Russia precuded itself from contract
ing during that time any treaties with other pow
err except with tie concurrence Of the Car and con-
lrned all her former treaties with Russia. by SO
cret article appended TO the treaty the Porte obliged
itself in favor of the Imperial Court OF Russia 70
close The straits of the Dardaneles and not to allow
auy foreign msn-ofwsr 70 enter them under any pre-
text whatever
To whom was the Car indebted first for materially
holding ConstAninople BY bis troops and then for
morally Transferring by virtue Of the treaty OF unkisr
SAeessi the supreme seat Of government from Con-
stsrtlorle tsS, Petersburg To nobody else than tho
Rlsht Hon Henry John viscoani Pslmerston. Baron
Tsu pie Peer II lrclani = member Of Her Majes'ys
NEST t,s,rall, Pri,y Ceanc knight Great Cross OF
h. sssst honorable Oder u che RATA, Member of
Ts Sex; sra shea he principal Secretary Of State
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