New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-02

,os fror, sucb struggle should it come to pass Tine
rory act If the threat having been uttered. miy eau
9Th nartsl iusurrectonary movements in Italy watch
.,r1 not hut make Austria still more dependant and
s,HI more subseryieut vassal OF Russia And then.
,fet all has not this NapOleouic game been played
opce alreadyl Is il TO be expected that the
usp who restored the Pope to his temporal throne
sra who has candidate cut and dried for the NeaPoi-
itsn monarchy, will give to the Italians what they
want As much as independence from Austria-unity :
Is il TO be expected that the Italian people will rush
besdlepc into such snare No doubt they are soreiy
oppressed by Austrian rule but they will not DO very
anxious to contribute to the glory of Empire which
is already oterDg in its native soil OF France and Of
8 man who was the FIRST to combat their own reyOlu.
ton The Austrian Government knows all this aud
therefore we may assume that it will be more ntiu-
epced bv its own financial embarrass nents than by
these Bonapartstic threats we may also be certain
that at tie decisive moment the influence OF the Car
will be paramount Vienna and will entangle Austria
on the side of Russia.
Prussia is attempting the same game which she
played in l7oO 1860 and 1895. Her plan to form
league Of neutral Baltic, or North German States, at
the head of which she perform part OF some i'm
portsuce and turn to whichever side offers her the
greatest advantages The almost comical uniformity
with which all these attempts have ended by throwing
the greedy vscilatng and pusillanimOus Prussian
Government into the arms of Russia belongs to his
tory 1t is not t. be expected that Prussia will now
escape her tabitua fate. She will put out feeer in
every direction offer herself at public auction, in
trieue in both camps, swallow cames and Strain at
cpats, lose whatever character may perchance yet
re lie to her get beatsn n, and at last be knocked
down to the lowest bidder WHO in this aud every
other instance will be Russia. She will not be an
ally but an incumbrance Russia, for she will take
care to have her army destroyed beforehand for her
Owl account and qualification
Until 1T least one OF the German Powers is involved
in European war the conflict can only rage in
TUrkey on the Black Sea and in the Baltic. The ma
val struggle must, during this period be the most i'm
rortaut That the allied fleets destroy Seyast0po
and the Russian Black Sea feet that they can take aud
hold the Crmea occupy Odessa close the Sea OF Azoh'
aud let loose the mOuntaneers of the Cauci there
is no doubt With rapid and energetic action nothing
is more easy. Supporting this to occupy the hrst month
of active operations another month might bring the
steamers of the combined fleets TO the British CHANNEL
leaving the sailing vessels to follow; for the Turkish
feet would then be capable OF doing all the work
which might be required in the Black Sea 10 coal
in the Channel and make other preparations, might
take another fortnight aud then, united to the Allan
tic and Channel fleets Of France and Britain, they
might appear before the end of May in the roads OF
Cronsadt in such force as to assure the success OF
an attack The measures to be taken in the Baltic are
as selfeyident as those in the Black Sea They con-
sst in an alliance. at any price, with Sweden an act
of intimidation against Denmark if necessary an IN
surrec,ion in Finland which would break ont upon
landing sufficient number of troops and guarantee
that no peace would be concluded except upon the
condition of this province being redmted to Sweden
The troops landed in Finland would menace Peters
burg while the fleets should lombard Cronstadt This
place il cerrsnly very strong by its position Inc
channel of deep water leading up to the roads will
hardly admit of two n-Of war abreast presenting
their broadsdes to the batteries, which established
not only on the main island but smaller rocks banks
and islands about IT, A certain sacrifice not only OF
men but of ships is unavoidable But if this be taken
into account in the very plan of the attack if it be once
resolved that such aud such ship must be sacrificed,
and If the plan be carried out vigorously and unanch-
inpy, Cronstadt must fall The masonry of its battle
ment cannot for any length OF time withstand the con-
central Ire vi beG'! dAh"h guns thab n''s' uO
structve Of ali aims when employ ed against stone walls
Large screwsteamers, with full complement of such
guns an idsbps would very produce an irresist
Die effect though of they would in the attempt
risk their own existence. But what three or four
scrowships of the line in comparison with Cronstadt,
the key OF the Russian Empire whose possession would
leave St Petersburg without defense
Without Odessa Cronstadt Riga, SevastOpO with
Finland emancpated, and hostile army at the gates OF
e capital with all her rivers and harbors closed up,
what would Russia be giant without arms, with
out ey with other than trying to crush
her opponents under the weight Of her clumsy torso,
thrown here and there at random wherever q hostile
battlecry was heard II the maritime powers of Eu-
rope should act thus resoutely and vigorously, then
Prussia ard Austria might far be relieved from the
control of Russia that they might even join the allies
For both the German powers secure at home, would
be ready TO profit by the cmbarrassments Of Russia
But il is lot 10 be expected that Lord Aberdeen and
NJ Drown de L Hugs should attempt such energetic
steps Tie powers that be not for striking their
blows home and if General breaks out the energy
of the commanders viii be shackeed as to render
them innccuous Ii nevertheless, decisive victories
occur care will be taken that it is by mere chance
and that their consequences harmless as posi-
bic for the enemy.
The var on the Asistc shore Of the Black Sea might
at orce be put an erd 10 by the fleets that the Eu
rorean side would 60 on comparatively uninterrupted
Tie Russians beaten Of the Black Sea, deprived of
odessa and seyastOpol, could Tot cross the Danube