The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-21


NeapolItsn concerns She Is Russian because COM
Ioct has been recently signea "a oiinu,s oi' ing
Austria TO keep neutral a. iong y l9ssioie eho 70
ur1pasb herself only in the event OF he coaquering
Turkish army thIeaten,ng 70 cross we frai1 or OF
berent OF the Turkish empire. She Is Russian because
lie .sre dangers which would be threatened BY hosti-
lbs III the Western Powers impending on her from
Russia whilst, the other side Enclsnd and France
Cannot Russia alone can, assist her in crushing H'n
tarian iusurrectonary movement. she 70 Ru sian be-
cause nearly the half Of her subjects belong rs tho IT,
vouian stock and could be easily subyerel ~ Russian
intrgues, geld and tendencies. Austria win adopt the
plan CT an armed neutrality she will avail herself % the
first symptoms OF agitation IN ssrvia and IN Bosnia for
the purpose Of invading those provinces. She vii say
that she Is holding them for Turkey and PROTECTING them
iom the consequences OF tho GreeE movement Govern
men may choose 10 call this alliance; it Il subter.
fuge An armed neutrality. supported BY large body
Of troops on the IransylSanian froater must keep in
allegiance equal number Of Turkish forces and divert
them from the field Of battle. Marx this too: the two
provinces which she i bent occupying for Turkey
really the two which, in Of diimenberment, she
would claim for herself.
SO much for the mere politician we should take higher
ground Arc about TO fight against Russian despo-
tism, while uphold Austrian dospotsms Arc we
going TO assert the nonnererense principle against
Russian encroachments while allow the right of ia
difference behalf Of Austrian tyranny in Italy else
wheref Is Englands banner TO be the terror of the auto
roper Do we mean TO embark in that most solemn
dertsking war, without principle to teach us whore
lies right or wrong; with nothing 10 guide our Efforts
but temporary policy and mistaken INTEREST," This
indeed . drifting through Ia there moral
left throbbng in hearts Is the confidence Of
the nation morgagei 10 Austrian Kaiscrs This is the
question have all esrnestness, to ask country
this is the question which free people msy surely
ask OF a responsible government. Let the statesmen
who answer for Tsgand remember that the reply given
while il yet night viii have to be defended swhen the
dawn of intelligence has risen. French diplomacy has
spoken out abruptly with reckless boncs well beh
ting power based the December coup deidt II
slams the wild goddess theory, Long live liberty FOR al
oppressed nations il Austria sides with Russia Let right
and liberty be crushed il Austria joins Russian
policy Are We to endorse this theory Are We doomed
TO this viz, that cannot revolt against the ounipo
ence OF the knout without bowling at the time to
the cano OF the Austrian cerporals What going
TO Turkey forS to cancel confirm two obseIse
reaties simply to repudiste the status que ante b.u M
for should We far succeed should beat back
the Russian ferces nothing real would be achievedae
OF the struggle would powerful perhaps
before two three years had passed No should 90
to Turkey to end and for thxt state OF things dsn
gerous well wicked, which has arisen from the vo
ation by others of that prsepls Of non intervention
proclaimed by us in 1881 The principle vaueless,
and worse than valuelesO il not equally binding all
of every advance that be desired by England
any other liberal power and pledge OF security to all
despoc powers in any wrang 1t suited them to attempt
One violation succeeded another Every noble attempt
at hberty's name stHed. The European continent
YVES considered as field open to xe'oluti,t
encroachments Poland, Hungary, Italy, crushed.
We held back for peace.sa sake. We
rally and politically wrong had we mado our stand
against the first violation Of interna onal liberty many
noble nations would by ths time be free and friendly to
England many noble victims would have been spared
aud ne should not have to throw British gold and
Turkish question the last the determining incident of
struggle the object Of which must be decisive change
OF system in the European international policy. Russia,
hereafter is for mere exponent OF abso,usn. Eng
land has taken with great reluctance she
not she must not lay them dewn until series of propo
stons have been solenny adopted by all the European
Powers foundation for all future international
actions, and the first Of these should be''No Power
shall ever interfere except by peac.ful and friendly ad
vice. with another peoples internal concerns la the
event Of any Power violating this rule all other Powers
will interfere in opposition and rcestabsh the balance
fight for Turkey is if Turkey it is is doomed to
perish We cannot revive corpse, If Turkey is, as
many believe, corpse But the dissolving work
must be left to the free spontaneous action OF its !
internal clements We cannot permit external
force TO into the field to Kill, and then say
God and not to Russia. On this ground war will be
just ssacred, and victorious one any other we
shall be wrong and shall fail And this principle OF
nonineryention, which rot principle (Which at
any rate, is certainly not the fermulary by which
should express OF national right and national
duty this principle OF non intervention ct least
demand shall be acted upon by the existing governments
who make it the first article of their creed and shall be
applied not less to the Greek movement [very much mis-
understood by press. The Greek movement is q
national not Russan The true tendencies OF the
party may be found in pamphlet published in 1853 at
TO Hungary, 10 Italy than TO Turkey England quAilsd
before the frown OF absoutsm and gave before each
onward step it made till fear to the aid Of
principle and policy and We hght because We dare
longer yield.
To leave every people free to manifest spontaneously
permit foreign and therefore unntellgent hand to
crush its budding liberty rudely to hasten its trans
formaton-such and none other, should be England's
programme