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LETT Con.tsnlinaple last We dnesday 10 lay al The
throne of his E nprras the most Important C M
cessins.s that have perhaps ever been Welded by
Turkey since she signed the treaty Of Adrian
ople. We have since 1880 seen bow, 10 the det-
r!npnt If Turkish independence. Russia has
protected the Christians of the Dinnban pro-
r;ncss. ws have now To observe a similar re-
suit ON the Adsiat;c, under the Tag Of Austria
In my last communication ! mentioned the
terms of the Austrian ut;matum; tkesa and
more also have been wrung out Ut the treble.
ness nf the Ot'oman ministry, and the very it-
tcrrity of ,ht, Otarnan empire violated The
invasion III Montenegro gave Austria ih. oppor
tunify of complaining that large force had
been assembled on her frontiers without due
notice given her: more than this she demand.
ed BY her envoy the instant evacuation Of that
ornyiuce bY The Turks, and the re establishment
III In. ,.aius gao auto Getinzn, which also has
been conceded.
Austria complained that number Of fIunga-
rian and Polish refugees and renegadea had Ia
ken service in the Turkish army near her from
tiers, aadl she has had these removed u distant
parts oe the empire. Tint important question
cnncernin the territories of Kleck aud Su,or-
nm tht, only points Of land where Turkish Her
zsqovn, touches the Adrialic, is also c,ncudee
entirely IN favor Of Austria. Il is true these
plaees ,,v. not coded 10 the latter power, hut
,ney are not to b. in any way made use Of by
~'y, a tn ha Ohsprya oil
and M Turkish vessels to approach them. More
than this, numerous Austrian consula'es ar. III
be established in asnia, S.rvia, Herr gowns,
and uther parts Of Roumrlia, and indemniiies
for several real or imaginary grievances towards
Austrian subjects. amounting 10 large snni o'
money, have been also demanded aud obtained
On this occasion.
Lastly, General I4einingsn demanded, in tie
name rt his Emperor, that an inquiry should be
made bY two commissioners INTO the acts oil
ta4aticai oppression committed ny MuSsIi;naas
il z isn!a aud Herzegovina The Turkish mia
listers Oh tsis occasion had recourse Ia all iht
fsiu,s aud delays Of p,werless government -
Thev ware uGwilliag TO believe Ia a seriou. de-
TERMINATION on the part # Austria IT, have re-
coarse to arms, aad yielding al once the less i'm
plrtant points Of indeniniiies and rcnavl o
The political reflgees, they resisted strongly tht
evacuation &c Montenegro and he abandonment
OF CLICK aad Iter;na, while the insutn,. de-
nand cnnccFniag be acts Of Mussnlmla opprcs
sion was still more strongly resisted.
I'm their distress they turned to The represen-
,atyes Of England and France, bn' found them
selves bal cody supported bat when they re-
ceiyad The answer # General i.einin Ien-af
answer which gave them delay of forty ii h
hoars, and which said that on their dsi.rmina-
ton depended the very existence of the empire
moreover, when the General refused an audi.
ence OF leave oil the Sultan, and made his de.
pasture, The Turks, unsupported ny Englaad an,
France, we're tain ta Surrender. They yed
on every point except that of the inqairy int,
Mussu,n.an tana,cism, which, however
,hey threw themselves the generosity of ;h
General, cauiaring him not 10 dvbase ihrIn, no
throw 50 great contempt Gu the Caph =
Leinngen Yielded on this point, aud consent !,
thai no mention shoala be made Of this IN ans
wer Of tie Por &, but with the r:asrve that f,
she future every act OF ianaticisu u! whch In
Christians might have to complain shanld b.
Immediately punished by the Austrian auihari
ties on the tronter. This latter au,.st inc ei
Die Stipulation direct violation of the in egri
OF the Ottoman empire, docs Mt appear in ih
official nate fsrwardrd u the foreign rIh6assles
II is strange that this OCCASION the Tux
should not have had greater cat leace in tn
strength which their vary weakness asf ,-ds, az,
have mol bg resistance made appeal 10 tn
synpataits of the so called protecting powers
The Old siusSultuan party wished to show
bold trnnt, and have recourse u a..as, u he!
would have aroused Europe; hat they wrr
oyeFrnlef by the present weak and conclliaso!
advisers OF The Sultan. The Chrs.ians o. B..s
MA may now be said 10 be free from thei
aliseiauce 10 the Sultan, since they will To- ts
future be n der the military protection Of Au,
i.s. THIS may,a, first sight,ap2ear satis'acior,
20 those who see but Christian popuiioi
u,aan!n 7 under Massnlman tyranny; nat Aus.
tfa : aiui is not so much the protection ot Chris
.iaas rs the establishing al once claim TO tw
Of the finest provinces Of a falling empire. w
see that Bosnia and Herzegovina are ike larg
promon,ory, stretching into Austrian territory
narrower. Da.matia depends fer us existence o.
these provinces, and this last successful con;
digiomqtigut is Austria first step in her caree
Of encroaahment Russian nute, d. NADIA!
also HE evacuation Of Montenegro, arrived jus
when Tint evacuation had been accorded |,
Austria II the Turks had refused to yield t,
the demands 1T Vienna, General l.. inngen hat
orders his return 10 say at Ca,taro, and I,
order he advance III the Austrian troops int,
Montenegro, 10 drive out the Turks. Al ,ht
same tiqie Austrian troops, already conccn; rat,.
on tie frontier, would have invaded Bosnia an,
called 10 araas all the Christian populations o
Tutl,ey in Earopc. TINS would have been ,hs
entire destruction of Otto,naa power in Europe
sand would have been the signal far Europear
war. General Marmara, aud tn. Russian Colo
mel Kovraiesski, had, before the cancu>ion ~
General l. ningen's mission, landed at Cat
,aFo, AID proceeded to the headquarters Of One
Pasha 10 demand his retreat from Mon,en