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&l W AsGfScroS, Nov. 20, 1888. Z
Elders Of tie Isst,s, and Ameritan:
Since wrote yen last, tie news from Europe is
of extreme interest Hostililies have actually com
menced, and the FIRST onset of the Turks has been
characteristic Of the yalor which they have 50 often
displayed, bat for The last hundred years generally
in vain. They have defeated the Russians in three
! battles The permanent passions Of people haYs
been too powerful for diplomacy, as IS eer the case
in the complications of a crisis The dplomatists
Of Europe at their wits end, in their efforts to
patch up-(that is the whole they could do if to
certain extent successful Ia peace As predicted
in former letters all their efforts have failed and for
the reasons that have there assigned. The per
manent passions of people-of whole nations-are
not to be controlled by mere Diplomacy. Even in
Russia absolute (almos0 as the autocratof Russia i,
IN theory-he isnot So in any great crisis in prac-
tice. He is obliged to follow instead of leading
The national passions control Butunfortunately fer
diplomacy for this time, the national passions of
the Rnsstaa people and the tcW of the Russian sore
reign, are heartily accord 1t is the Greek Church
and Russian ambition against the Koran of Ma
homed and Turkish stationariness For the moment
the Mutt and the Imauns have been victorious in
fastening the war; which, in fact was only the
last alternative to their gradual, but peaceful ex-
tinc-ion But the avalanche of Russian military
power is in reserve The Turks by no means can
be victorious in this contest-unless France and
England come to her support with powerful land
as well asRaugl force. There is scarcely an expe-
rience more deterninate in history than that which
III. L.,
success of the Russians, unless France and England
supply considerable force on land as well as sea.
The Russians have sixty millions Of people to fall
back upon the Emperor is possessed of autocratcal
power and governs a people to whom the possession
Of Turkey in Europe, and especially of the Danuban
Provinces and of Constantnople, is an habitual
dream of glory--a cherished passion. There are
as get no revolutionary elements in Russia The
Russian soldier, at the encouragement and command
of the Russian clergy, will throw himself into the
battle, and perish without regret AT Smolensko,
as Napoleon advanced with the finest army that
was ever mustered under one chief in modern
times-when he saw the dead bodies Of the tlus-
SLAMS piled up in such numbers indicating the fury
Of the resistance-he exclaimed *These men fight
against all the laws of self preservation" At
Ismail about 70 years ago, the Russians were less
in number than the Turks, who occupied strongly
fortified tower-aiter eight unsuccessful assaults,
they carried it at tie NINTH and there was but one
Turk escaped 1 am as much opposed, asyou will have
seen from the tenor Of my letters, TO the progress
of Russian ambition and despodsm one well can
be- but am obliged by the past to perceive how
dangerous that power is likely TO prove to the ma
tious of Europe The Turks may drive the Rus
SLAMS out of the principalities q wish they may)
during the winter: but they will return from Bessa
rabia, an adjoining Russian province, in overwhelm
ing force in the spring. But doubt even whether
they will be driven out Of the municipalities this
winter. Their commissariat no doubt is bad, but
in all my reading in DISCREPANCIES we may except
the Roman-not more than one commissariat in
ten is good. Through the disastrous effects OF bad
commissariat, it usually happens that as many men
are sick as are wounded in battle, and half many
perish as fall by the sword.
The Atlantic Collins line) is now due; but the
Telegraph of the morning informs us that there
no signs of her appearance.
The Illinois has arrived from California with the
mails, and S8OO,OOGin gold dust on freight, and
100000 in the hands of passengers.
The Southern route to the Pacific for the project
ed Railroad gains additional favor and strength by
the recent explorations, Of which are just APP
prised-of Nj. AUBRY, 'the Telegraph of the
PEairies, as he has been called, from the number,
success, and rapidity Of his journeys across the M
You will find very interesting sketch Of them in
the Union Of this morning.
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