The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-18


game hostile to the Turks. We hear several accounts
Of armed predatory bands crossing the er and also
Of some suspicious movements IN Thssay and Albania.
These Of less consequence perhaps that France
and England will not permit any national act OF hostility
Ut the present juncture
STATE or PUBLIC FERLIyG IN ENGLAND.
La political news theIe 10 little stirring beyond surmiss
hopes and fears growing out Of the complicated positions
of Eastern affairs Public expectation has been SO long
ON the stretch that the announcement that hosttiss
have actually broken out received with less excitement
than mere rumor would have teen some months ago.
From the London Times Nov.
We remain still without any positive intelligence either
OF the military operations the Danube or of the elect
most Immediately interested in the dispute but ndca
tons are happily, observable, both at no nd abroad
of general inclination 10 disregard this outbreak ofe
rocty mpatence and 10 look rather at the attitudes
of European government than 81 the incidents OF
malous It is well known that the Emperor Nicholas
was DESTROYS OF escaping the exremes he had provoked
and the Ottoman government had actually assented to
conditions Of peace at the moment that the OF
toman army was beginning hostllties Under or
dinarv circumstances, might anticipate that
compagu 30 opened would terminate with the ar
rival Of the first courier from Constan nops; but
ardour could only be satisfied frat by declaration, and
then by commencement Of war, in opposition TO the
views OF their government now be stopped ia mid
by the inunetons Of adstant authority Possibly
the orders Of the Diyan may reach the Turkish com
manaer before the oceurance Of an actual collision
possibly his army may be rendered less warke BY the
reception encounters possibly the Russians may
advisedly make way for the Ottoman columns, in pur
suance OF some settled pthcy; but considering the avow
ed resolutions OF 0msr Pa to drive the enemy before
him. and pass the LIST Of November in Bucharest do
not see that any event probable that Of
gagement.
The conuncture shows how difficult il il to reconcile
the two theories Of protection and independence, and
what embarrassments may result, when a State which
notoously depends the support Of others for its pre-
gorvaon assumes nevertheless the regulation OF its
policy, without Difference TO lis protectors. The Turks
have clear Of sganst Russia and most abso
lutte right to fall upon the Russian army they doing
now But tx asmuch their ultimate reliance must be
placed upon the co operation Of foreign governments
some attention incon esby due to the interests Of
the governments thus engaged in the quarrel 1t Is the
interest of Europe to maintain peace it the desire
the Turkish population TO crafty themselves with tt
indulgence Of and this desire has bsca satisfied
Ut the expense Of those upoa whom the eventual repons
blity must fall. The Turks have thus combined the
privileges of sefsuprorting government with the ad
vantsge OF protected state and have gone 70 war with
out mourning the fall risk Of its penalties On the sup
position that they, unaded can e,pel the Russians from
the Principaes, their course Is usfabe but on this
supposton our whole trouble for the last six months has
been utterly grauitous. On the contrary hypothesis,
they hardly be warrasted In attempting TO do after
their fashion what they must ultimately leave 70 be
done by others under conditions OF greater per
plsxty than before Europe had taken the response
biliy of protecting the Ottoman epre, IL should have
been left 10 pursue its policy OF peace or give It's
signal for whereas now charged with the
obligation Of preserving Turkey and yet threatened at
The same tins with the loss Of that for the sake OF
which the obligation assumed In ordinary trans
actions the safeguard against such embarrassments Is
the conditional character affixed 20 the protect on Afford
Cd, which naturally mad coaselt upon Tia proper
tPortmsr Of the protected party Here, however, this