New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-21

ple O529) that the abovenamed prncpalties are now
more subject to Russia than to Turkey When, in
1904, the Servan revolution broke out, Russia took
the rebel Kayaks at under her protection aud in
two treaties after having supported them in two wars
guaranteed the internal independence of their country
When the Greeks revoted, who decided the contest
NOT the plots and rebeons of Ali Pacha of Janna not
the battle of Navarno, not the French army in the
Morea not the conferences and protocols of London,
but the march of Debtchs Russians across the Bakan
into the valley of the Martha And while Russia thus
fearlessly set about the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Turkey.
western dplOmatists continued TO guarantee and to
hold up sacred the status quO and the inviOabty of
the Ottoman territory
/ So long as the tradition Of the unfolding at any
price OF the status quo and the independence of Tur
key in her present state is the ruling maxim of West
ern diplomacy. so long will Russia be considered by
nine tentbs of the population of Turkey in Europe.
their only support, their beratOr, their Messiah
Now, suppose for moment that Turkish rule in the
GrGcoSlavonian peninsula were cot rid Of; that gov
eminent more suitable to the wants of the people ex-
listed what then would be the position of Russia
The fact is notorious that in every of the States
which have sprung up upon Turkish soil and acquired
either total partial independence, powerful anti
Russian party has formed itself If that be the case at
time when Russian support is their only safeguard
against Turkish oppression what, then are we to ex-
pect, as the fear of Turkish oppression shall
have vanished
But to remove Turkish authority beyond the BOsphO-
rus to cmancpate the various creeds and nationaties
which populate the peninsula; open the door to the
schemes and Vaccinations the conflicting desires and
interests of all the great powers of Europe why is
not this provoking universal war? Thus asks dplo
matte cOwardice and routine.
OF course, it is not expected that the PamcrstOns
the AbeIdeens the Clarendons the Continental Foreign
Secretaries, will do such thing They cannot look at
it without shudderng But whOsOever has in the study
of history learned to admire the eternal mutations of
human affairs in which nothing is stable but Instability
nothing constant but change whOsoever has followed
up that stern march of history whose wheels pass
lentessy over the remains of empires crushing entire
generations, without holding them worthy even of a
look of pity; whOsoever, in short has had his eyes
open the fact that there demagOgic ap-
peal nsurgeDt proclamation revolutionary as the
plain and simple records of the history of mankind;
who ever knows how to appreciate the eminently
dictionary character of the present age, when steam
and wind electricity and the printing press, artillery
aud gold discoveries cooperate produce changes
and revolutions year then before brought
about in century will certainly shrink from facing
historical question: because of the consideration that
its proper settlement may bring about European
No, diplomacy Government according to the old
fashion will never solve the difficulty The solution of
the Turkish problem is reserved with that of other
great problems TO the European Revolution And there
is presumption in assigning this apparently
question to the lawful domain of that great movement.
The revolutionary landmarks have been steadily ad-
yancing ever since 17o9 The last revolutionary out
posts were Warsaw, Debreczin, Bucharest the adj
vanced posts of the next revolution must be Peters
burg and Constantinople They the two vulnerable
points where the Russian anti-revolutOnary colossus
must be attacked
II would be effort of fancy to give detailed
scheme as to how the Turkish territory in Europe
mielt be partitioned out Twenty such schemes could
be invented every ole as plausible the other. What
We have to do u.s. not to draw up fancifu programmes
but 10 seek general conclusions from ndsputabe facts
Aud from this point of view the question presents dou-
bic aspect.
Firstly then it is an undeniable reality that the Pc
ninsula commonly called Turkey in Europe forms the
natural inheritance of the SOuthSlavonan race That
race furnishes seven millions out of twelve of les in
babtants 1t has been in possession of the soil for
twelve hundred years. Its compettors-if we except
sparse population which has adopted the Greek Ian
cuage, although in reality of Slavonic descent-are
Turkish or Aaut barbarians who have long since been
convicted of the most inveterate opposition to all pro-
cress The South. Slavonians on the contrary, are in
the inland districts of the country the exclusive repre-
sentatves of civilization. They do not yet form ma
ton but they have powerful and comparatively en-.
lichtened nucleus of nationality in Serya The Servi
ans have history literature of their own. They owe
their present internal independence to an eleven years
struggle carried on vaantly against superior numbers
They have for the last twenty years, grown rapidly in
culture and the means of civilization They are looked
upon BY the Christians of Bulgaria, Thrace, Macedo-
mia and Bosnia as the center around which, in their fu
ture efforts forndependence and nationality all of them
must rally In fact may be said that the more Ser
via and Seryan nationality has consolidated ITSELF the
more has the direct influence of Russia the Turkish
Slayopiaps been thrown into the back ground for Ser
yin in order TO maintain its distinct position as a
Christian State. has been obliged 10 borrow from the
West of Europe its political Institutions, its schoolSlt
scientific knowledge its industrial appliances and thus
is explained tie anomaly that in spite OF Russian pro-
lection Sera ever since her emancipation has formed
a constitutional monarchy.
Whatever may be the bonds which consanguinlty and
common religious belief may draw between the Russian
and ,be Turkish SlGyonians their interests will be de-