New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-11

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Interrupt English commerce on the DAnuOe'
Tt.rs had appeared on February :, 1895 an uAase
IN nv virtue of the treaty of AdriAnoPe' es'a0-
80 Quarantine on one of the islands formed oy
the mouths of the Danube. In order to execute INC
-.,,;na rsr,latious. Russia claimed right oil
Lila and search. of leyying fees and seizne a"'
marching of to Odessa refractory saiio's' P'o0eee
- ,to;r voyage ND the Danube. Before the quaran
Vn o.t.blishea or rather before, under the false
- g a quarantine a fort and custom house
.,ao,ed the Russian authorities had thrown ou'
20 ascertain what risk they would run win the
p.s.;.h covarpu,ent Lord Durham, acting upon lh'
..r.,ioDs received from England, demonstrated win
a. prss;.n Government for these hndersnces TO br's-
~ .,.da He was referred to Count Nesselrode'
emit Nesselrode referred to the Governor of South
Prussia. and the Governor of South Russia again ~
ferred to the Consul at Galatz, who communicates
with the British Consul at Ibrala who was instructed
TO send down the captains from whom toll haaOeen
e1acted 10 the mouth of the Danube the scene oil
their injuries, in order that inquiry might be made into
the subject it being well known that the captains re-
ferred to were then in England.
The formal ukase Of Feb z, 1886, aroused however,
the general attention of British merchants since as
Mr.. Stewart stated in the House of Commons on April
90, 1896 many ships bad sailed and others were
going out to whose captains strict orders had been
&" given not to submit to the right of boarding ana
! search which Russia claimed The fate OF these
ships must be inevitable unless some expression OIL
"opinon was made on the part of the House. Unless
that we're done British shipping to the amount OF not
less than 5000 uns would be seized and marched Oh
" 70 Odessa until the insOlent commands OF Russia
'were complied with"
We have stated that Russia acquired the marshy
islands at the mouths Of the Danube IN virtue OF tue
treaty of Adrianople, which treaty was violation oil
that which she had previously cOpcuded with Ensiani
and the other powers on July o. 1877 Her brstiing
the mouths of the Danube with forthcatons and these
Notifications with guns, was also violation OF tue
treaty of Andranople which expressly prohlOited
any Notifications to be erected within SIX miles
of the river The exacting of tolls and the obstruction
of the navigation was violation OF the treaty oil
Vienna. which declared that the navigation OF rivers
along their whole course, from the point where esch
of them became navgable to its mouth shall De en-
tirey Free" that the amount of the duties SHALL In
"no case exceed those now Gin 1879 paid, and that
"no increase shall take place except with the COM
mon consent of the States bordering on their river
Thus then, the only points on which Russia could
plead not guilty, was inractiOn of the treaty OF
1877 by the treaty OF Andrianople an open violation
by herself of the treaty of AndranOpe and an nsolen
rupture of the treaty of Vienna
1t appeared quite impossible to wiring out of Lord
Palmerston any declaration whether he did or did not
recognize the treaty of Adrianope. AS to the treaty
of Vienna he had received no official information
that any thing had occurred whichis not warranted by
II -4oA ~ houlI ha do
"by the parties concerned it should be dealt with in
such manner as the law advisers of the Crown should
deem consistent with the rights of the subjects Of
England"
By Art " of the treaty of AdrianOple, Russia
guarantees the prosperity of the Danuban Principal
50 ties and full liberty of trade for them" Now Mr.
Patrick Stewart proved that the Prncpalities of Mol
dayia and Wallacha objects of deadly Jealousy to
Russia as their trade had taken sudden development
since 1884, as they We'd with Russias own staple pro-
duction as Galaz was becoming the great depot OF oil
the grain of the Danube and driving Odessa cut of the
market. To this Lord Palmerston answered in these
words:
"If nv honorable friend had been able to show that
whereas some years ago had had large and important
commerce with Turkey and that that commerce had 3y
the aggression of other countries or by the neglect OF the
government of this dwndled down to an nconsiderabe
trade then there might have been ground to call upon
Parliament In lieu OF suehpn occurrence my honorable
friend has shown that during the last few years the trade
with Turkey has risen from next to nothing to very con
siderable amount.
Russia obstructs the Danube navigation because
the trade of the Principates is growing important
saws Mr. Stewart. " But she did not do when that
trade was next to nothing answers Lord Palmers-
ton. "YOu neglect to oppose Russas recent encroach
ment on the Danube" says Mr.. Stewart. - But did
awe do 10 before these encrOachments ventured
dupont" asks Lord PalmerstOn. His LOrdship sue
ceeded in preventing the House from coming TO
luton BY assuring that there disposition OF
Her Majesty's Government to submit to aggressions
the part of any power be that power what it may
and be it more less strong" and by warning the
House that they should also cautiously abstain from
"anytLng which might be construed by other powers,
and reasonably so, as being provocaton on their
part
week after these debates had taken place in the
House Of Commons British merchant addressed a
letter to Lord PalmerstOn with regard to the Russian
ukase. lie was answered by the under-Secretary at
the Foreign Office as follows:
81 directed by yiscount Palmerson to acquain you
that bis ordshp has called upon the law adviser for the
for his opinion to the regulations promulgated by
the Russian ukase Feb T. 1896 but in the meantime
Lord Palmerson directs acquant you with respect
the latter part Of your letter. that it ia the opinion
His Mojestys Government that toll is Justly de
manded by the Russian authorities the mouth OF the
Danube and have acted properly in directing your
agents TO refuse 70 pay it,
The merchant actiAg according to this letter was
abandoned to Russia by the noble lord Russian toll
az Mr. Urquhart states is exacted in London and