New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-20

81 Bssardjik. Whether paraguay dHlers's orders
VIII be approved remains questionable, especially as
neither Marshal st. Arnaud nor Lord Raglan have as
yet arrived at the seat Of war and their plan Of cp-
Grafton has not been communicated TO the Porte On
the whole, 1t matters little VIVA. the 100 900 aaxiia.
sies Of the Porte are to do They can Of course
silly expel the Russians from the Principaites they
can take Crimea and Transcaueasia; but this done,
the Gar lie not likely to yield to the western powers
and to make peace. Should even Seysstopol be bom-
barded Cronstsdt taken, and both bic fleets in the Bal
tie and the Euxine be destroyed he is well that
England and France win soon be unwilling to expend
millions upon millions, and that the western powers
may take, but cannot occupy the Crimea and Trans
saHcasia permanently without ncurrng the most enor
nous expenditure. The Gar feels that he ia unss-
sailable in his country and that England aud France
must give way even when victorious since they are
unable to carry leng war. Russia 10 only valner
able two points, but long as Lord Aberdeen re-
mains Minister the Car will not be attacked those
points which are Finland aud Poland Finland
taken from Sweden in 1900 and the Fnlanders have not
yet forgotten the ties which bind them 10 Sweden
II would therefore be easy TO reyolutionze all the
tent from Tornea TO ST. Petersburg, aud the move
ment, supported by the English feet and by Swedish
army would shake the Russian throne Again, a
movement 10 Poland is easily organized, that it
would only require encouragement from England
and supply Of arms, and Middle Russia would soon
feel the force Of the western powers and Of the
western ideas. But such policy is not that of the
Aberdeens aud Russels and Palmerstons oil of whom
prefer Despotsm to the triumph of popular
rights and Of Democratic ideas. The war;
therefore, viii go on lingering, destroying
the Mussulman institutions of Turkey without impart
ing vitality 70 the Christian population ofthe Eastern
Church. and therefore ending in partition of Turkey
which at the present moment is not intended by
the Ministry, but which must inevitably follow the
downfall of Turkish supremacy, since the Slavonc
elements in European Turkey have not the energy of
the nations of Central and Western Europe In order
10 give YOU an accurate idea of the different interests
Of the nationalities in the Turkish empire copy the
following figures from the work of Mr. Ubicni, the
best author Oh Modern Turkey:
Population of European Turkey 15 800 600, including
Mussulmans, Turks, and Bosnidk land
Iords| NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $780, 900
Roman Catholics (Abanians, Mirdtos
and Bosnak peasants. ........... 100000
Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Armepians NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100000
NOIdo- allacbians. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 100000
SlavOnc races Of the Eastern Church,
Serbs and Bugarians .............. 600 600
Greeks in Thessaly, Epirus, and in the
cities NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 9oo0Oo
Population Of Asatic Turkey II, 500 600, including
Hussulmans Turks and Arabsl -. IL 100000
Greeks in the cities and on the islands. 100000
Armcnians. Observation-Disclosures. 100000
Different nationaliiies, Druses, Maron-
ties, &c--.-. i,OOD,oOo
A. I. C..