New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-21
THE WAR.

The most interesting feature Of the news brought by
the Asia yesterday is the made in the
City article Of The London Times of April 3, that she
Turkish loan had failed after all, ald that Nauik Pasha
tad gone home without any money. This is stated by
the City writer of The Tunes with postiyeness and
Enthusiastically, but we cannot give it perfect
credence. In the first place our own correspon lent
at London, who is almOtt certain TO be exactly
informed whatever relates to the transactions of
Turkey, there and at Paris, st,tes the contrary
with equal miDuteness IL the second pla,e, Namik
Pasha had brought his negotiations 10 a conclusion,
whatever It was, ano started for home on Monday, and
it is not till Friday after he hal been gone four days
that the writer In The Times learns that he has failed
and that the loan is withdrawn from the market
Certainly II he bad gone home in disapp ointment this
fact would hardly have remained unknown, aud the
loan would hardly have been kept for sale four
days longer. Such are the circumstances viii n
initiate against this important statement; still
there is an evident possibility of its truth,
as well as OF the inference of The Times that the
French Government has not advanced to Turkey the
sum of 100000, as stated in the journals of Paris
should all this prove true, and should what is suggested
by the sane writer ALEC prove lue, namely, that the
allies will not come forward to guarantee the proposed
lOan il would 90 far to confirm the suspicion that they
DO not mean honestly by the Sultan. The only aterDa
tive to this inference is to be found in the fact that the
Ottoman Governu ent have taken possession OF the
mosques of the Empire and OF their funds which are
believed 70 be considerable undertaking on the other
hand hereafter to support the priesthood and the other
expenses of worship from the imperial treasury, Just
as is done in France and other countries of Western
Europe. This measure whose execution as we learn
from Consan,inople is being eneygeticaly pushed for
ward, may possibly put the Porte at ease financially
for tie time being otherwise it has no resource bu,
in loan, and if defeated in obtaining it, mus be ter
ribly embarrassed in prosecuting the war at the sa ne
time that is exposed to the danger OF serious ont
breaks the part of the mos. ilous and ras worthy
portion Of its Mussulman subjects.
Our CORE spondent st Vienna announces the eoucu-
SIGN of an alliance between the German powers, by
which the entire Confederation including Austria and
Prussia of course undertakes 10 maintain neutrality
through the Whether they can succeed in keep
Ing cut Of the quarrel for so long q time is question
on which positive opinion cannot be formed q. pres
ent The complications which may arise, and the
new interests which may may be developed in the
course of the struggle may very easily render nugato
~ the most exact calculations that can now be made
Certain it is that but for dread of revolution again.
which Russia is supposed to offer protection, the
German powers, and especially the German people,
must all desire the humiliation Of the Gar whose pre-
ponderaDt iDhueac6 hey hate and whose aggrsndize-
Hent they spontaneously incline 70 resist Bat on
the other side, snch is their pecuniary weakness
and so entire is their doubt OF the loyalty
of their subjects that they must regard the risk Of
permanent Russian supremacy as Gar less formidable
than that OF engaging in universal war with the reyo
luton }ng in ambush behind the eyeaiualiies of the
contest So they viii remain neutral as long a, they
can, sni will hold themselves ready when they 6oally
decide to 60 into the fight TO embrace whichever side
cferStbem the greater advantages We 10 not believe
they viii be sed either way by any other motives than
regard for their interest. All the era ude Aus
tria owes Russia will indeed only prove a reason for
her to attack the Czr should other causes seem TO
render it the more profitable course; aid the sane
is true of ali Germany as well
FROM the seat of war on the Danube there i. 40