New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-19

"kLblitne Iofte The tOuTt
'oi Austria will make arrangements to withdraw his |
forces as .oon possible The details connected with
the withdrawal Of the Austrian troops Will form the
object Of special arrangement with the sublime
Porte" by the former Of these articles Austria re-
to herself the right to an arrangement win NUS
ala based simply the status quo as embodied IN the
Vienna note. BY the latter Austria promises not 10
withdraw her troops after an arrangement between
herself and Russia, but only after the conclusion OF
treaty between Russia and Turkey. The material
guaranty no longer safe in the direct keeping of
Russia, is transferred 10 Austria, and Austria
powered to hold it for herewith the consent of the
Porte-until Turkey shall have adhered to the
"commodation between the two Imperial Courts"
Article VI entities the Austrians to feed, without
even semblance of payment, upon the remainder
left by the Russians in the Prncipalities. The ad
vantages Of this arrangement only be appreciated
in Germany, where the people are wont to receive
Austrian garrsons for the punishment of their revo-
lutienary SINS and where they grazed off whole dis
tricts in 1880.
The treaty is a virtual surrender of the Prncipali-
ties to Austria, and an abandonment of the Turkish
suzeraiDty over them The Turks have committed
thereby as fragrant violation of the rights OF the
Moldo- Wallachian people as any previously com
United by the Russians. The Turks have as little
right to surrender the Principates to Austrian &C.
cupatcn as they have to declare them Russian prov
inces.
The claims of the Porte to the suzerainty of Modo
Waachia are founded on the treaties OF 1893, 400
and 1913. The treaty concluded in 1893 between
Wnlocba and Turkey contains the following articles
"Art l. We Bsazct, etc determine by extreme
dsceDdence toward Waacha, which has made It's sub
mission nvncible Empire with its regning Prince,
that that country to continue to govern itself by ITS own
laws and that the Prince of Walacha shall have The en-
tire liberty of declaring war or making peace with his
! neigbbors, how and when il may please him.
"Art ILL., The Princes Christians Will be elected by
i the MetropolaDs and Boyords.
! Art ~. The Prince of Wallacha will have to, pay
aDDuely Imperial Treasury 800 piasters OF our
money"
Tie treaty concluded in AGO between Ulad V,
Prince of waschia, and Mahomed ii stiPulates'
Art l. The Sultan and engages, for himself
and successors, TO protect Walachia ana 70 aeiena
against every enemy, without exacng anything but me
enzeranty over this sovereign Principally, OF which the
Voyvodes will be expected TO pay to the Sublime Porte
Att IT, The sublime Porte will in no way interfere
in the local administration of the said Princpaty and
no Tux will be allowed to come into Walachia without
Art. III The Voyvodes will continue to be elected
by the Metropolitan Archbishop the Bishops and Boyard'
and the election will be recognized by the Porte.
AIT. ~. The Wallachan nation will continue to en-
Joy the free exercise of its own laws, and the Voyvodes
l Wi
as also that OF making peace or war; without being sub
jeced any of their acts TO any kind of responsibility
toward the Sublime Porte.
| The third treaty is that of 1873 in which Media
via acknowledged the suztra inty of the Porte, OBJ
tanning even better conditions in exchange than Wal
/ lachia had obtained.
/ The treaties which interviewed between Russia and
Turkey could not of course nvaidate the treaties con-
cuded by the Modo- Wallachians themselves with the
Porte snce this treated with the Russians
nor gave the Porte power to treat for them. 1t may
be stated besides, that Russia herself recognized the
above mentioned capitulatiOns in the treaty of Ad
rianople, art of which says "The Prncipaities
"of Wallachia and MOldavia, having placed them
"seves by capitulation under the suzeranty of the
"Subljme Porte and Russia having warranted their
property, O. it is understood that they continue to
"enioy all those privileges and mmunities which
"haye been granted to them in virtue of their ca
"ptulatiOn."
1t follows, then, from the above-cited capulations
which, not having been superseded by any subsequent
treaty, still remain in yigor, that the Prncpalities
form two sovereign States under the suzerainty of
the Porte, to which they pay tribute on the condi-
ton that the Porte 81 all defend them against every
and any external enemy and not interfere at all in
their internal administration. So far FROM being en-
titled to surrender wallachia to foreign occupation,
l the Turks themselves are forbidden from entering
Wallachia without IN osensible motive Nay, more;
Since the Turks have thus violated their capuation
with tie Waachians and forfeited the claims OF SUI
trainty the Russians might even, when appealed to
BY the Wsachians found their right of driving the
Austrans out Of the Princpalities on the show OF
broken treaties. And this would be by no means
surprising as it has been the constant policy o., Russia
to encourage and oblge the Turks to violate the
rights of the Wa.chians to produce hostilities
between them and create for herelf pretex for in-
tervcntion. What happened, for instance, IN 1915
Some Boyards in the sprirg of that year had pre-
f scented petition to the Prince Of Moldayia demand
ing certain reforms, which request was, by the in
Hutnce of the Russian Consul, not only refused but
v caused its authors to be thrown into prison. The
# commoton produced by this act furnished the Rus
slams with pretext to the frontier, June %,
and to march upon Jassy. simultaneously the hOspo
+ dar Of Wallachis like the other continental govern
4 ments granted number of reforms demanded by the
Liberal party of the Wallachan Boyards. This was
on June 49, 1t is scarcely necessary TO remark that
these reforms nringed in NO way upon the suzerain
G ty of the Porte But they happened h destroy en-
trey all the influence Russia had obtained through
the fundamental law decrecd during their occupation
# of 1922 which the reforms abolished. The consttu
is ton replacing ii suppressed serdom, and portion
the land occupied by the peasant ceded to him
y property while the landlord was be Unidentified by
the State for the land given up aud and for the loss Of