The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-28
THE RUssO-TURKIsH WAR.
The Operations the Danubc-The Details
of the last News-The Question in England
and France &C., dc.

and France, &C., &c.
THE QUESTION IN ENGLAND.
tFrcm The LONDON Globe, lPslmerstoas organ) Noyem
osr II, p.
If hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to
virtle seldom has that homage been paid more IL
lustrousy than by the Russian imperial manifesto
of the 2lst ul.. Russia is challenged to the com
bat according to that most extraordinary state
paper, '.aud she hes 10 other course left her than
putting her trust Ill God to have purse to force
Of arms, and SO to compel the Ottoman government
TO respect treaties ana to obtain reparati0n for the
insults With which il has responded TO our most
moderats demands. ana u our legitimate socituie
ior tie dsitnee u the orthodox faith in the East
protested also by tue people Of Russia"
IL must ~ obce strike every interrupted intellect
that this false statement ot the u the par
tyseulo be, with yery slight changes, perfectly
tue statement Of tie case Of the other One OF
the parties, which have now at length met in arms,
was sssuledly challenged to the combat and that
party assur6dly was not Russia. If ut any Period,
since these transactions commenced the latter power
had eeea desirous 10 enforce sect For treaties
thius more necessary ttau to set the example of
res ectrZ tbem htrseli-ao example which Turkey
would only have been 700 happy to follow. The
Turkish government anyiously disc!ained every
intention 70 lAiTla-e existing treaties, and offered
every pledge OF its good faith short OF yIrnil
suITetder of It's own sovereignty over its own
subjects. To compel respect for treaties By
breaking treaties, betrayed singular inconsis
tepcy between means and ends. Such, however,
the means Russia had recourse 10, before
Turkey armed at all and the recourse to tbs
force Of arms" by tue former Power, in fragrant
contempt OF treaty and tue menaciog military oocu-
patton oil provinces, which existing treaties for
bid her 10 hold, is The protracted provocation by
Which the suppo ed weaker Power has been at
length forced into the field.
Al the date of this manifesto from St Petersburg
nothing could have been known CT the commence
nent Of the campaign on the Danube. 1t would
be premature TO anticipate what effect may he
produced by the Of military events or Rus
sian, councils-or, indeed, to anticipate with too
much confidence what the future course of those
events may be. The Russian recourse tn arms y
was commenced before il was known that the Turk.
ish I" recourse to arms" would follow promptly
and efficiently on the final decision of the council at
Constantinople. II is row toierably manifest that
Omer Psshas generalship, and the enthusiasm Of
bis troops. bave taken the Russian Army OF o:cupl-
ton IN Nallt3hla, III mspner, by surprise, and
found II VI prepared 70 meet Their advance With ee
fec'Ne re istalce morning clntempor t.hesa
information is good or tbs suhjecs (the T3st1 ur.
derakes 70 stale With certaiutytn The force OF
Hussians that has crossed Jas Pruta amounts, on
papsr. 70 lie5l ive ,hoasaa lien, ana IN re lily
hulnpe.s forty thousand, of whom many are i'll"
Ire total liable force sao ants TO upwards Of thirty
thousand meg. whose headquarters at Bucharest.
OF TINS force rine thousand have been defeated With
loss of upwards If seyec sundred killed ana wo a.
at Otentza ard ab Al twenty thous Id with Prince
G rtsehsktg s9rnswnegs soout Krajova. We have yet
TO lea hos 0lner pALa sil deal rather by this ime
hes cealt, Nih these. His army far ont Sulnber them
end full Of health ara enthusiasm in viii h their half
starved opponents nEerably deficient. Tee series
of ssirrsss and tbs baits IN Aich the Turks have
already been Victorious most gse them an immense
raj force; and shan be surprised ~ hear
that the army Of the Szas has bean driven ba :k into
Moldsyia.
Our opinion, on the question Of Tnrkey 5 strength
or weakness, Is neither that Of the uuIueasured
seIiors Of her Independent vig0gr, such a. Mr. Ur-
quhart nor that OF the not less fred soornars
IT iicr alive energies and resources. What she HIS
5dveDtWed and achieved already a. the opening OF
This campaign and hitherto without aid from foreign
osrs. or nom foreign arms, proves that size is
the mere piece u - proud weakness" decribed 10
Russian dispatches. On the Other hand, We Ger.
fanny 30 not teiieNe. any more thac her enemies,
that she could withstand. for 3 len9theDed period,
the OF the whole military 20 o. Russia.
n heAtTnggk, hoaceoey should be Protractcd, Turkey
may promise herScif more auriaries besides France
and Engiand, md other ineu1ta6ie diversions of
Russia for cs, than those ON the eastern shores Of
The Btotk SCI Gnd ON the Caspian.
From ii London Times Novemberl2l
The Turkish question has experienced an add
tional complication. The Emperor of Russia has
row followed the steps Of Zoe Sultan, in publishing
formal declaration Of war His manifesto, after set
ting forth the proSoeatioo " which Russia had re-
ceivea and The a. insults with which Turkey had
replied TO the Gers most moderate demands"
announces TO the world the I'm serial intention of eg
acting iuli satisfaction by toree of The terms
and purport o. this document most extraordinary.
In the first place it is ssid ID have been issued 81
The hrst OF November, the identical day to which the
sultan, at the earnest Instances Of the mediatiag
Powers, bad consented - adjourn hosties. % that
While var w5s suspended By one of The belii-
gsfenrs il Tas proclaimed Dy the other: ard
the Court o. 81. Petersburg was resolving UJJu
eXtlemlles At tee very moment That it, own
tative, among otners, was exerslng himself
10 otyiste these ekremies in presumed Gccor lance
with lie Car desire. Il any CONT Appeared - be
csrtsin in the perpleyit-es CT hs affair it va that
the Car with what motives re Iced no. q preset
Dqlirewas undoubtedly anxious 10 esca = from hLs
position without war. nor was there indeed mgs1
difficulty il uDders'S ndng such a fact. Nor e11ll
Ire rLaIFp Quey .uupuGced 10 i1a N
Any degree to the recent transactions 10 @alll.
CHA for at the time This resolution must have
ben taken at st. Petersburg it could scarcely
have been known that 0mer Pasta would cross
the Danube. TIE passage Of the river by the
lHks-or, Ia other words, the commencement Of
hosullties-did not occur till the 9th or 28th OF
0otottr; up to which time it generally sur
missed That hositiss would 40. commence at al the
Ottoman government having actually agreed 70
eounfcrorder them. The Car, too was represented
as having declared that, even Il the moa,gn should
be opened be would be prepaied 20 overlook the ia
cdeht. Yet, If the present report 70 he creiIj5d
the final resolution Of had been pos lively ada IT.
ed by The Russian government a, The BiOacd. tnit
he best efforts Of European States were exetsd IA
tbe common cause Of peace.
IN the next place. discern, by tie light
If our recent dispatches, that the Car nas eX
changed his assumed attitude 81 forosaragce Tor
mat OF arrogant mef ace, exactly at toe minute |
when the emptiness Of his threats ap peacs to be !
We speak with hesitation o. this point I
for canrot pe.suace ourselves tnaE Europe /
ras been laboring fT half century und-r
a gigsntc do!ution Respecting the p9~er snd re-
sturces Of The Russian empire. Nevertheless, it is
bow beyond question thai the relative qualities Of
the Russian and Turkish forces the banks Of the
Danube have been considerably msc1nCeived; and |
unless indeed, the whole tenor Of the late reports
sbOul5 prove 70 he false, the Cars declaration oi
war will have become known ~ Europe al the very
minute when The yrtue discontinue If his gensrals
and bis troops was known also. IL is true that we
have received no absolute information of she engage
inert Letween X alaat and kraiova; but The very
absence Of intelligence suggests tue conclusion tn.t
the Turks have qoitted the ordinary line Of Euro
Desn communication by advancing into the late ror
If Waacbia willie, if a contradiction could nave
gwen to the report, it would probably b. this
ime have reached us.
With respect 70 the arguments Of the imperial
Danfesto We need be OF no pains to expose the fa
acy Of the reasoning or the audacity OF the assec
ions. Turkey had committed offence whatever |
yanst Russia had the Porte offered the smallest
'provocalion' insult 70 its powerful neghbor.
IN the contrary all the insults and proyocatons pro-
eeded from the opposite side. Whether the demands