The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-07
The EurOpean News.

We had yesterday the arrival Of another
mail steamer from Europe, and find that up to
the time OF departure the Eastern question had
assumed no more decided character for war or
peace. Hostilities had not as yet been openly
entered on between Russia and Turkey; but the
attitude Of those two barbarous and .inimical
Powers and the agitation ariong the diploma
fists consequent upoI their fruitless exertions
on behalf ofpeace are gradually producing the
same effect on popular opinion and on the COM
mercial interests of Europe and America as if
the hordes of the Russian Emperor were in open
conflict with the soldiers of the Crescent. Still,
every step taken in the matter appears to be
one more in advance towards ensuring, more or
less quickly, a rude, sanguinary barbarian war
on the shores of the Black Sea, and in each
such step Russia seems to obtain the advantage.
The mediatory Powers have begun to grow
disguised with the i'll success Of their pacifica-
tory efforts, in which they have only succeeded
in postponing for time actual hostilities. to
the equal annoyance and modification of both
parties to the impending combat. And now Aus
tria evinces an evident inclination to abandon the
position she has heretofore occupied in the matter
as one Of the conciliatory Powers and seems re-
solved to range herself the side Of her old ally,
Russia; and Prussia, too, will most likely fol-
low the same lead. In fact, it may be said that
the whole Of Germany, from the Alps to the
Baltic, has been for some years past Russian
lied under the influence which the Gear has
been able to exert on both sides of the Rhine
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wealth, have been flooding that part of the
Continent and affecting public sentiment in
favor of Russia by means of their influence and
gold and even France and England have not
been free from the same operations Those things
bode i'll for the permanenee of the Ottoman
empire.
1t is now even doubtful whether the British
government will not make for itself an oppor
tunity to withdraw from the alliance, and leave
Turkey to fight her way out of the difficulty
as she best may. Indeed, present appearances
indicate that England has resolved on pre-
cisely that course. If this indication be veri-
fed, then all real opposition to the progress Of
Russia towards the south is at an end, and
Constantinople will soon experience like fate
| to that which Granada underwent three or
| four centuries ago. when the last Of the
Mahometans in that portion Of Europe were
driven out by the monarchs of CASTLE and
| Aragon. The march of events towards that ca
tastrophe is inevitable. Nothing can save Tur-
key from ACKNOWLEDGMENT and absorption by
Russia; and all the diplomatic efforts made by
France and England in opposition to that de-
cree of fate were and could only be puerile, in
| significant and useless. This is sufficiently APP
parent to European diplomatists, and therefore
| tits that Turkey is to be abandoned to her ir-
| revocable doom.
| But the truth is that the western Powers
have begun to recognise the existence of a
new a~' more important danger. which has
heen Tor some u--. nenacing western and CEN
trail Europe and the per,canence of the present
governments in that portion ID the world This
peril has recently presented itself to their ap.
preb,nsion in a strong and very remarkabl