New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-09

II is signal instance of historical justice that le
Governments Of France aud England, WIOse temper
ling diplomacy has andy let slip the oppor uniy
on decisive action against Russia must assume the bur
den of the now inevitable just their own course
has deprived the Turks Of the only advantage hey pos
seesed The advantage Of numbers must Of course finally
be On the side ofthe Russians hut ofa armies In Europe
tlers is The worst organized for moving and the most
deficient in us commssarsts II thus the worst for
rapid action Turkey on the other hand h4s comParl-
lively great facilities for concentration, grester naar-
ness Of the capital to tle heater Of and superior
fitness for movement Space and numbers being On
tie side Of Russia time was all on the side of the
Turks. Tie ingenuity of the Western Powers, on tho
curious plea of preventing the Gar from Selling Con
otsntnope at once have given the Turks tmstc lose
this their only advantage
Ever since the Pore declared war. and concen
trated IT, forces on the Danube il has been in posi-
ton to commence hostes by the brilliant exploit Of
driving the Russians entirely out Of the Princpae'
Not only were the Turkish soldiers the equals Of the
Russans-as has been proved in every conflict between
them-but for months they greatly exceeded them IN
numbers. Nothing necessary bit jus, such vigor
GUS and skillu action has always characterized the
Turkish Commander LIN Chief to accomplish the task
But this diplomacy has prevented is abundautly
proved not only by the patent facts OF the case but o
the blue books lately laid before Parliament. The
Turks by their greater facility of movement, and their
advantage in point Of time, might have struck
decisive blow before the bulk of the Russian forces
could be brought TO the of That they can
do no longer On Jan. 81, the vanguard of the sixth
Russian corps ddrmfe passed the Pruth and should
have reached Bucharest about the goth of February
Before the end of February il was to be followed by
the whole of the sixth corps. This corps is com
manded by Gen TscheodaIef and was concentrated in
and around Moscow whence il set out at the beginning
of November. These 10000 to 45 900 men, backed by
the cavalry reserves likewise under orders to proceed
to Wallachia must turn the balance entirely in favor
of the Russians With the corps of Tscheodaef, they
must now number at least 10000 or 10000 men in
the Prncpslities if we include the reserve cavalry
This mass Of troops, supported by the field works
erected round Bucharest and at other places make an
attack upon Kaafat perfectly warrantable: $1,000
may be used for that purpose, and yet their rear
and TANKS will be sufficiently protected. After the
Eth of February, therefore, we may say that Omer
Pasha could not count any great chance of success
in passing the Danube; but if he waited TIL the end
Of that month he must have forfeited every chance OF
attack and probably lose Kaat and be reduced act
ing on the defensive alone.
- Such is the state of things when the allies begin
their campaign. How different it would have been
had they allowed Omer Pasha to follow up his victory
of November at Otenitzs by annhilating the entire
army of Gorchakof as then he might easily have
done