New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-18
THE STRUGGLE ON THE DALrIc.


lew page is to be written in blood in the annals
/ of Europe All the political and dlplonitc questions
in which the Old World has been euangled Tor cenu'
res as in a winding sheet are to be again brought to
/ bear with deadly weight upon poor humanity We are
not DOW about to discuss their greater or less Import
ance There are the questions of the balance OF power
ard of supremacy, and by whom the hitter ia to be
exerced that Of emancipation Of tue Christians
under Mosem sway AID even that of the preponder-
snce OF the Latin and Greek confessions and churches
the former represented by England and France, with
Rome secretIy stirring the fires, the latter By
Russia and tie greater part Of the Scavc races aud
Others who worship under the shadow of the Greek
cross Fesdes tbese general and all perva1ng
causes OF general eruption there are others 10 be
sought in the lower regions OF politics and cunning dI
plouacy, ard in the desire of displaying military
proves and aby-all intensely interesting to an i'm
Iarial observer.
Who is 10 be outwitted-whO become the tool Of
anotLer's schemes England the tool OF France, or
France of England The latter power at first re-
luctant, but how pushed TO the Wall, will not as
snme the tremendous responsibility, merely for prin
cple or glory Should she be successful in what she
NAV der ab che have hope OF obtaining tor
ritoral aggrsndizement; her reward VIII be found IN
the destruction Of the russian navy $40 WY expen
svey and laboricusly created aud thus gripping for
lorg years to come her naughty antagonist assuring
to herself the maritime preponderance ia Europe aud
depryiDg France OF a powerful ally in some future
position of affairs France aids England, and the
only visible advantage thus gained is a possible
strengthening of the feeble roots OF the Bonapsrte
dynasty That house feels the necessity of military
Erar "a NJ. ofs
political creeds Russia, however for the Grst.time
will fnd herself forced to appeal directly TO the sym
paLies of race and religion that supposed to exist
in the Southern Scayic and other Greek Christian
races and these sympstties she must pat to the
test
Russia for the first time also will be forced seriously
to try her power element where she hitherto has
held less than secondary place She is to meet the
Queen of the Seas who stands fully armed and gigan
cay equipped for the spread Of death and destruction
From this point of view the struggle is plainly most
unequal Science, skill, experience, superiority in
every material respect, well in the capacity of
her seamen, from sailor to admiral all on the side
of England. The newspapers have already described
the feet-such a old ocean never yet saw
ready TO move from Spithead into tie Baltic. Every
improvement vessels their equipments to be found
there he old naval hero, Napier, is the Commander
Tie Baltic Is TO be the theater of the MARITIME
struggle. There Grea, britain will strike home into
the hearts Of her enemies.
Russia low guards the Baltic with three several
squsdrons Of nine men of war each ranging from 81 to
100 guns Fix frgates of variou. size, aud other smaller
craft. BY recent ukase, some twelve frgates OF
larger size be Immediately fitted out at the navy
Yards The Russian feet a vyboia ~ sry
deficient in stesn ships Of war there being few il any
propelled by screw. The ships are in general heavy
and upnauagable and the crews without experience in
working them beyond what may be acquired ia parade
exercise in fair weather As to fghting the men have
never faced enemy, the gunners are 40 Inarksaen
tie officers, even OF the higher grades ignorant of
actual service and probably not of them is able 70
pan order Of battle or if So to carry il out NJ
Nsysrino the Russian commander, Admiral Count
Hayden was Dutch BY BIRTH and had gained his expe
rience and knowledge in the East Indies The odds in
any encounter at grea, or small ganst Russia.
However great the degree of eonceit and pride ST
Petersburg the Government must be aware OF the
absolute ibierory of Russia 20 England it being im-
possible to suppose bst the Russian Cabinet is wholly
without common sense.
As early as july of last year Ia examine the O-en
tai quarrel We told the publ, that the difficulty
owed it's origin manly to the influence Of YOu-g In
"peral Russia"thst is of the four or az all events
be three younger sons OF the Gar Subsequent events
confirmed and are confirming this opinion The Grand
Duke Constantine, the second sou OF Nicholas. and
Grand Admiral Of the Empire, stands foremost as the
instgsor of the present momen;ous position of Affairs
by the last accounts the heir to the throne i. to Join
TIE aImx N tia Dannhe and The (,lanl Dntoa Nieh,