The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-25

sne could be- The old treaties have not been viola
ted for if they had, Russia would not be drivvn to
We are perfectly aware that she has not demanded
political protectorate of the Greek Christians In
Turkey; she contents herself with what M. de Nss>
selrode himself terms "a sort OF religious patron
age." But nobody knows better than the Russian
Cabinet Whist the political effects of this religious
patronage 1t is by the distinctions Of creed and
Of ecclesiastical institutions that the Christian sub
ects of Turkey form social body the patrarchs arc
their chiefs; and whoever b the acknowledged head
Of their church is head Of the nation These preten-
sons however are now reduced to their very lowest
expression Count Nesserode says that all he requires
is the confirmation of them. II that be So the solution
OF this difficulty will be easy and will be pacific. No
power will object to sign recognition and confirms.
ton OF rights and privileges granted under existing
treaties which have never been disputed. The Porte
has already pubsheds recognition in the Lrade
of the 7h june and the Porte would certainly not
hesitate to in identical terms the engagements
of Kainardj and Adrianope. But this line Of argu-
ment implies that the Russian government does net
rely on the validity of its own treaties; it speaks of
the rights alleged to be conferred by them If they
needed further confirmation and it even tells tis
world that this religious patronage, based, it says,
great treaties dictated in the hour of victory is
lost or impaired II the Porte refuses to corroborate
its existence by the note propounded by Prince Mems
chikofon the 18th of May We can only retort the
authors OF this bunglng argument their own dilem-
ma If they have this religious patronage over ths
East they do not want this note; and if they have il
not, this note will not give it them. -
The concluding passages of Count Nesselrode's
note are an eloquent and impassoned declaration
OF the ardent desire of the Emperor Nicholas pre-
serve the Turkish empire. The sincerity and the
wisdom of the Russian government would have
stood higher if it had omitted these ASSURANCES: for
If they were true, the whole conduct OF the Cabinet
of st. Petersburg would be at variance with what
it represents to be its interest and its invarable
objects; and, as its policy has, on almost every oc
casion for upwards of century tended to precisely
the opposite result must conclude that the
it has adopted is not that of repairing the ills OF
Turkey or OF abandoning the remedy of those ills to
what Count Nesselrode calls the blind accidents
Of chance" On the other hand, we are distinctly
told in this document that If Turkey pcrsevsres u,
refusing tohat the Russian government still urges
as ats fred demand, the Emperor tciH think himself
circle to rhich he means at present to confns them.
lFrom the London Post. Qerd pame,stou's orgAn,)
1t will be seen that at Constantinople much
alarm exists, and that it was feared there that
the Russian fleet was on its way to the Bos-
phorus. AS we have received no intelligence con-
frmatory OF ithis it is to be hoped, as it is most
probable, that rumor was in this instance mistaken
The fact Of some portion Of the Russian armament
having left Sebastopol, possibly for the mouths Of
the Danube Is likely to have given rise to such
report as that which produced SO much excitement
at Constantinople and induced the Sultan to inquire
of the ambassadors of England and France whether
in the event of Russian fleet appearing before the
Bosphorus, the English and French fleets would pass
the Dardanees to this, of course, the reply a.
prompt as the action would be IL the event anioi.
pated should, unfortunately, occur.
The new aggression upon the territery Of the
Porte will, we should imagine, cause the Sultan 20
request the immediate presence of his allies at his
capital. For we can hardly believe that whilst tho
Russian eagle is planted at Jassy and Bucharest and
the Austrian standard waves over Bosnia and Servia,
the combined fleets will any longer remain neu-
tral shores. II IS time that the protecting flags of
England and France should float over tie Bospho
rus firmly torbddimg spOlaatiom and freely Offering
peace.
[From the London Standard, July III
Doubts are entertained in France as to the part
Austria is playing IN the Russo Turkish dispute.
1or uhlie Il has been stated on the hand that the
Emperor Joseph acds anr'ous to conciliate the DIFF
.fe,ences bdrcen the Gear and the Sultan. and had o.
feIed his mediation to accomplish that object on the
other hand it has been credited that Austr7a scas
secretly aiding the rork of Russia, and that she wovld
ertntnatly meade Serid and Bosnia ~ prosecutions
las come to hand this morning, dsbelieyes that Aus
tria has any evil designs in her interference in the
matter, and repudiates the notion that she should
enter either of the provinces above named. S,ngx-
tarty enough, hcwerer, teiegraphic dispatch from
Vienna announces the fact that the Austrian forces
had taken possession Of Bosnia. The passage Of the
Pruth Jy Russla has been promptly INITIATED By the
passage Of the SdUe by the AtstrfanS.
1t may be true that Austria has much to fear from
the aggrandizement of the already overwhelming
power of the Gar, and more especially from aggran
dizement by acquisitions In her own immediate
peiebboihood but then Austria, whatever her fears
OF ultimate danger may be, has much to hope from
the faror Of prince ,cho lately saped her sopceigw
fy Of Hungary, and erea secured the Imperial Cro0n
itself TO the Representatives Of she House of Haps-
burg.
The Austrian government, without any pretext OF
wrong suffered nvades contemp0raneously, If not in
concert, with power to which she owed the deep
est obligations, and which she dares not to offend,
i'll disposed and towards whose allies and protectors
she has exhibited every possible proof Of i'll will.
Can there be doubt Of the motive for this invar
sion Must it not recall to every one acquainted
with the history OF modern Europe lively recol-
lection of the events in Poland from 1772 to 1875
a PROJECT of a ner pdytiion-a partition of IurksY
SIN lar tohe partition Of Poland.
From the London Herald, July Ill
We see no reason to medify or retract anything in
the views we have already put forward. We still think
that the moment the Russian forces crossed the
Prutb, our fleets should instantly have anchored
within the Dardanelles. We believe that three weeks
on the occupation Of the princpalities, they would
do So Bat Lord aberdeen managed that no instruc-
tion TO this effect should be sent No person can pro-
fess ought to profess to tell with accuracy what
was the result OF a cabinet council which was held.
Still think may venture to say that majority,
although narrow majority, determined that our feet
should instantly enter the Dardanelles, but should
main there quiescent until further events might de-
mand new movement. Upon this Lord aberdeen
determined to resign. This resignation was only OBJ
waited by the determination Of the majority being
left in abeyance-probdby because one or tso of that
majority dad not icish to press matters to reSigpa
ton Of iheir chef When the feet was sent to Besiks
Bay, our ambassador was instructed that the fleet
would enter the Dardaneles defence Of Constanti
nople, if they were requested by the Porte Upon
these instructions he is left to act, Lord Aberdeen
and his friends being perfectly persuaded that he will
not advise the Sultan to invite the fleets on the mere
ground Of the occupation of the provinces Lord
Palmerston and his associates, on the other hand, ,
hoping that Lord Stratford may take more manly
view Of the crisis, and invite the fleet to the Dardan
ellesor, at all events, believing that they their
ready to go whenever the Sultan asks for -content
to wink at the fact that the Sultan will ask not
exactly the ambassadors of France and England adj
wise. Ecey hour that our fleet is lying IN Beska Bay
is locering our character IN the eyes of the tcorld-
is adding strength to the ,nsoe,sce and authority to
the intrigues of Russia. For what, in the name Of
Heaven, did we send our fleet to Besika Bay To
enter the Dardsneles the moment Turkey was the
object of an aggressive war. Is she 30 now I? If not
she is tameiy submitting to barefaced act Of spol,a