The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-05

there those which, by Ottoman fanaticism have short
time since been extended Bulgaria. Bosnia and the
Herzegovina gave the other Christian provinces of the
Porte only too much to anticipate that the
fate awaited them They calculated to provoke the
general rising of the Christians who live under the scep
tire of the Turkish empire and to hasten its ruin 1t is
not then by any MEANS an idle and imaginary question:
contingency too remote, to which the anxiety Of the
Emperor has called the attention of the Queen his ally
In the face of the uncertainty and decay of the exist
ing state Of things in Turkey, the English Cabinet
the desire that the greatest forbeaance should
be shown towards the Porte The Emperor is conscious
of never having acted otherwise. The English Cabinet
itself admits it. 1t addresses to the Emperor with refer
to the proofs Of moderation which he has
given to the present time praises which his Majesty
will not accept because in that he has only listened to
his ovcrbearng conviction. But in order that the
Emperor may continue to in that system of for
bearance to abstain from any demonstrations-rom any
reremptory language-it would be necessary that this
system should be equally observed by all the Powers at
once France has adopted another. By menace she OBJ
aned in opposition to the letter of the treaties the ad
mission of ship the line into the Dardanees At the
lannon's mouth she twice presented her claims and her
mands for indemnity at Trpo and afterwards at Con-
stantnope. Again, in the contest respecting the Holy
Places, by she effected the abrogaton of the
frnan, and that Of the solemn promises which the
Sultan had given the Emperor. With regard to
all these acts of violence, England observed a
complete silence. She neither offered support to the
Porte, nor addressed circumstances to the French
government The consequences very evident The
Porte necessarily concluded from this that frem France
alone it has everything to hope we'll everything to
fear and that it can evade with IMMUNITY the demands
Sds q s aYs seen
compelled, in their turn against their will, to act by
intimidation, since they have to do with government
which only yields to peremptory attitudes and it is
thus that by its fault rather by that of those
who have wakened in the first instance the Porte is
urged in which enfecbles it still Let
Engand then employ herself in making it listen to
SON Instead of uniting herself with France against the
lust demands of Russia let her avoid supporting,
even appearing to support the resistance Of the Otto
man government Let her be the first to invite the lat
ter and size herself considers it essential to treat its
Christian subjects with more equity and humanity.
That will be the surest Of relieving the Emperor
from the obligation Of availing himself in Turkey Of
those rights OF traditional protection to which he
has recourse but against his WILL and Of posponng in
definitely the crisis which the Emperor and her Majesty
the Queen equally anxious to avert
In short, the Emperor cannot but congratulate him
self on having given occasion for this intimate inter
clprrc Of confidential communications between her
Ma csty and himself. He has found therein valuable
assurances OF which he takes note with lively salts
faction. The two soveregns have frankly explained to
each other what in the extreme Of which they have
been treating their respective interests cannot endure
Tpeand understands that Russia cannot suffer the
taiishmen at Constantnople of Christian power suf
Gently strong control and disquct her She declares
that for herself she intention or desire to
posess Consantinople The Emperor equally discaims
any wish design Of establishing himself there, Eng.