The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-27

spatby aud dss ust in the public mind of Great
Br rVtain but we have FEVER read history rs hty n
We ave not discovered that passveDess produced ny
such questionable Nesns, hes been met by reaction
which swept away the cloud which darkeped tbs
path OF the liberal cause ana left all mod oderaAon ex-
posed to the mort violent popular indignation.
listed the moral feeling Of all classes in favor Of the
unonendipg Turks while the political chsracter
and cocss gueaces Of the contest we'd by all
interested a. osc which presents golden opportu-
nifty tor The rulers OF Europe to show the world that
q OF aggression shall henceforth be impossible.
But instead Of doizg this With bold hand and open
heart, we have volume OF secret notes flying from
court to court-telegraphs publishing uninteigible
reports secret despatcbes. disclosing just enough to
give the public relish for the orhcoing falsehood
secret DIPLOMACY measuring silence by the SO tc
acre-wbile Lord Aberdeen is wnking at the Mus
covy ducks In st JaDess park.
But what order OF administration Of public p1sirs
IL this! Is government at ALL that leaves the mast
vital interests Of the empire exposed to all the osses
and dangers OF long protract<d seaeon OF doabt
10 Paris. the public excitement produced by the
ported dt feat Of the Turkish naval force Is fast a
preaching climax. We have already warned our
readers OF the dangers to be apprehendsd from snch
defeat; aud we again repeat that Europe is not in
Q temper to be tr1lsd with by mere ambitious auto
Gratis. France cannot wait for long string Of acct
dents 70 decide her course. The frst must, In all
probability, be seized safeguard against the
sequences OF second shock; and once France takes
the field, Europe may be said to be in blaze; when
Ecgiands consolation will be- she had an inbeci'e
OF passveness equel to her destruction
TIE Lonoon organ OF the Foreign Office gives ms
the fol0wlpg information, which we think sufficient
in isefto show what we may expect for the unhappy
Turks at the hands of their savage invaders- "rha
Emperor Of Russia does not demand more now than
he did three months ago, but he will take nothing
with Austria, all idea OF assisting the Turks In an
nnlltng ~he treaties with Russia, which exist
ed before the present war, is abandoned. Ths
Turks will, therefore. have gained nothing by their
ho fy,ynO had hair
ces have lost portion of their navy, have sacrificed
lives for conqucsts IN Asia which tney must surren-
der; and the Emperor OF Russia will be very magnani
nous II he does not under the influence of the pr@
tectDg Powers, compel them to pay largely for tho
inconvenience to which be has been put by their
obstinacy" London is the home Of political toadies,
dealing. Let the North be the antdote to their ini-
guilty and the real friend of the sufferer this case
From the London Ness, Dec 1871
In one part OF Napoleou's strategy the Russians
ing bulletins. The message trannlited from Odessa
20 Vienna, announcing an advantage gained by tha
Russians 0vsr the Turks Rt sea, il APPS illustration
OF this The de truction of twelve Turkish vessels BY
Elk Russian ships Of the line in the roads Of Sinope
the Ruesinns having to contend against violent re
nom land batteries, in addition 60 the fra of tho
Turkish ships, has o most imposing, sound. Bat
leaving for the present unquesti0ned the averments
of the Russians that they haze gained naval victo-
ry, there known facts which place il out OF doubt
that their account of It s exaggera ied-tbat they
have been idealisng tier own hegoim by represent
ing themselves as trumphipg over OBS acles which
did not exist. In th first place it isceltlin that the
great force of the lu sn navy IS within the Bospho
rug. The only Turk ships oi gar kaoxn wish GER
tsinty TO be in the cS Sea- at least in the direction
Of Sinope, where the battle is said to have beer
fought, a squadron of seven frigases, two cor.
vetes aid a steamer or two, despatched as convoy
TO the transport ships conveying reinforcemerts to
Batoun. In the second place, Siuooe, Cor 5inoao,)
the birthplace of DiopeGes, who, mad he live IN our
day. might have found rich field for the exercise Of
MS peculiar vein IN the Russian braggad,cio, is
dccayed port of 10 great strength. Trade has de-
serted it in favor Of Trsbizond, which is more vor.
bly, situated for intercourse with the interior. Siaops
has an arsenal, we believe, but secondary one to
which no great attention has been paid by the
Turkish government; and the coast defeuces, OF
little importance In themselves, had, until the CON-
mencenens OF the present nosites, been neglected.
Admitting, then. that SIX Rusteu ships Of the limo
convoy in the reads OF Sinope, it Ia clear that the
superiority 10 guns and was greatly on the side
OF the Rnssiars; and that the TURKS could derive
but slender aid Fl r,m the batteries on shere. That an
extremely probable. The distance from the mouth
OF the Bospbous to Basoun is about six hundred
miles, Snope being situated about half way. Sebaa-
topo the principal station Of the Russian Black
sea navy, is only about two hundred sea miles
distant from Sinope-a little to the west
OF north The Russians profess to have blockaded
the coast from Sukum Kaleh to Trebizond-
that is their ships have been lowering OF the coast
10 is therefore, easily 70 be believed that they have
kept considerable navl force of the portion Of Lh
Asa'c cotrfe nearest their great naval station to
intercept struggling Turkish vessels, or such
squadr0ns as they could master. All circumstances
considered. 1t is difficult to acqut the Turkish
authorities OF considerable rashr in having s3rt
their reinfOrcements to Batoun-seeing how i'm
portant It was to keep up the as,endancy obtained
by the Turkish arms in tDat quarter--sO weakly
guarded-whena a course Of no less than six hundred
miles had to be run, ana when the principal station
OF the Bussan navy was only two hundred to tho
north OF this course, about midway. 1t will, there
fore, probably bc found when the exact facts OF the
rencontre are ascertaned that the Turks have lost
at the utmost the wsrships composing their convoy
and few Of the transports, eight of which said
by the version OF the story accredited at the Turkish
embassy IN P sris to have escaped. II such be the
case, 1t will be smart rap over the knuckles to ths
Ottomars, but by no means an irreparable loss. On
the contrary, 1t may prove to them useful lesson TO
be more cautious in future In the matter Of trans
ports md conveys In war au alteration Of success
and mishap Is always to be looked for. The nation
that cannot bear up under temporary reverses Is in
capable Of waging war with success. Now, tho
whole tenor Of furkih history goes to prove that II
the Osmanli is marked by one characteristic moro
than ano,her, 1t Ia that OF dogged, pertinaciOua
power offghting under adverse circumstances. Even
had the losses Ahe Black Sea fallen entirely to tho
lot of the Turks there be little doubt that they
would only have spur1ed them to redo1bled exeF-
tions. But the Russians also have had their share.
In their unsuccessful sea attack Fort Skefkatil
steamer with 500 troops on board was stranded,
ard the whole Of the men either drowned or made
prisoners by the Turks. They have also encounter
ed other misadventures which, when o balance il
fairly struck, Will probably bring the losses suffered
by Turks and Russians on the Black Sea since tho
commencement of hostilities some what near to an
equality.
So much for the relative positions of Russia ar Z
Turkey, on the nssumptlon that the Tvs Of naval
victory gaif ed by the former Power transmitted 70
Odessa, shall ultimately prove to be founded ON TACT
But on this same assumption, what figure do tho
fleets Of Ems land and France cut? Were they sont
up the pardanelles and the Sea Of Marmora into
the Bosphorus to look idly on while the squadrons
Of their ny were being bestn by superior force oe
the eLemyf England and France have told tha
% aid him in the assertion ~ i Of his rishts: snS
yet, though they have = combined force on the
spot more than amply sufficient to keep tho
Russian navy in check, they allow the Power
try the fortune Of war 10 be thus roughly handled.
The relation Of France and England to Turkey "a