Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-09

could not snow themselves 6aISneQ tho
result Of their INSTANCES.
The despatch of Count Buo to Count Esterazy put
relief the two following points
l. The necessity of eVacuatiDg within short delay
the Principalites of the Danube.
The mpossbilty of subordinating that evacuation,
claimed in the Of the essential interests Of Germa
ny, to conditions independent Of the win of Austria.
Now no limit is fixed to the occupation of Modavia
and Walachia and the proclamation of armstice il
considered as the condition qua Of the retreat OF
the invading armies beyond the Pruth The prejudice
which Russia according to the testimony Of Austria and
Prussia bears to the Germanc Confederation by not
entering within its territorial limits subssts consequent
y in full and not only does it become aggravated by ts
Duration but also by the fin de receUo Of which the
legitimate representations which it had raised have just
been the object. a@ ...A
The Cabinet of ST. Petersburgh it is true address, t
says the principles laid down in the protocol of the
9th of April but the presence of the Russian troops
the Ottoman territory already takes from that decara
ton which wish to examine closely the greatest part
of its value. The evacuation of the Princpates 10 in
fact the primary condition of the integrity Of the Turkish
Empire and the fact of their occupation constitutes
fragrant violation of European rights.
The crisis which troubles the verdi will repeat it
the readily because an attempt is made 20 contest
itarose from the passage of the Pruth and Russia
no longer can render subordinate to the exactons Of
position in which she has deliberately placed her-
self the preliminary reparation of an act which gen
eral opinion has condemned. do not understand,
/ own it, what M. de Nesselrode means to say i'm
announcing that the integrity Of the Ottoman Empire
evil not be menaced by Russia as long as shall be re-
spected by the Powers which occupy at this moment the
waters and the territory of the Sultan. What similarity
is there between the invader and protector! What
analogy whatever is there between the presence Of allied
troops demanded by the Sublime Porte authorised by
diplomatic act the effects Of which must cease by COM
act and the violent entrance Of the Russian army
into the Ottoman Territory?
Finally, NJ lie Baron the paragraph of Count Nessel
rodes despatch which the situation of the Chris
tan subjects Of the Sultan signifies, very much
mistaken that the Cabinet of ST. Petersburgh places in
the number Of the ancient privileges that the Greeks Of
the Oriental rite ought to retain all the consequences
civil and religious at the time of the protecorate
it claims them; and in admitting that this protec-
torate should be founded upon European guarantee,
in vain endeavored to find how the independence and
sovereignty Of the Sublime Porte could with such
system. The Government of his Imperial Majesty as
suredy does not wish to say that Europe can show itself
Indifferent to the ameoration Of the condition Of the
the contrary it thinks that it ought to cover
those populations with its active solictude and to
understanding to encourage the benevolent DISPOSE
tons Of the Sultan in their favor but it firmly be
eved that the reforms Of which the system Is susceptible
to which the different communities of Turkey are sub
mitted ought to be saluary and ecacous to emanate
from the Ottoman Government and that, if their accom-
HIishment requires foreign assistance it should be
amcable action shown by good End wel-meant advice,
and not by interference founded upon treaties which
State could subscribe to without nbdicang Its lnde-
pendence
This examination of the reply Of the Cabinet Of st. Pc
tersburgh would not be complete, NJ le Baron, unless
observed that Count Nesselrode avoids with extreme
to make the slightest auson to that of oil the para
graphs of the protocol of the 9th Of April which deserves
attract his attention, and the only one, in our
opinion which has capital Importance, implies the
necessity of European revision of the ancient relations
of Russia and Turkey.
France and England could not therefore consent to
suspension of arms the vague assurances given By
Count Nesserode touching the pacific dispositions Of the
ST. Petersburgh Cabinet The sacrifices made by the al
lied Powers very considerable the object they have
in view great enough for them not to stop on the way
before having the gertrude Of not being obliged to re-
commence the war The particular conditions they will
put for peace depend upon too many eventuaites for
them to indicate them at and In this respect they
reserve their opinion
However, NJ. lie Baron, the Government of his Impe-
rial Majesty is perfectly willing to make known at once
Of the guarantees which appear to it
Europe against the return Of and prox
mate perturbation These guarantees result from the
very situation which pointed the dangers Of their alb
Thus Russia has taken advantage of the excln
sive right Of surveillance which treaties conferred upon
her in the relations Of Moldaya and Waacha with the
sovereign power to enter those provinces rs If they were
her own territory Her privileged position in the Euxne
has allowed her to form establishments in that sea and to
develop there amount of naval forces which, from
want Of all counterbalance, are perpetual menace
against the Ottoman Empire The possession without
control Of the principal mouth Of the Danube by Russia
has created moral and material obstacles to the
Of that great river which affect the commerce of all
tons. Finally the articles Of the treaty of Kutchuk
Kanard relative to the religious protection have become,
in consequence of abusive interpretation the original
cause of the struggle maintained by Turkey.
On all these points there regulations to be
tabishcd and important notifications to be made to the
status quo ante 6eum 1t may be said, think that the
common interest Of Europe will demand
J. That the protectorate exercised hitherto by the I'M
perial Court of Russia the Princpaties Of Moda
VIA Walacha and Servia shall in future and that
the privileges accorded by the Sutans to those depend
ent provinces Of their Empire should in virtue OF an ar
rangement concluded with the Sublime Porte be placed
under the collective guaranty of the Powers.
q That the navigation of the mouths Of the Danube
should be free from all obstruction and subject to tho
application Of the principles consecraed by the acts Of
the Congress Of Vienna.
g. That the treaty Of the 18th Of july 1884, should b
revised by agreement of the high contracting Powers in
interest of European equilibrium and in the OF
limitation Of the power Of Russia in the Black Sea.
A. That Power shall claim the right Of exercising
official protectorae the subjects Of the Sublime
Porte, matter to which right they belong, but that
France Austria Great Britain Prussia, and Russia shall
give their mutual to obtain from the ina
the Ottoman Government the conservation and OBJ
of the religious privileges Of the different re
gious communities and turn to account in the recip
rocal interests Of their the generous nen
infringement upon the dignity and independence Of his
crown resulting therefrom.
The Conference, if it meets, will, fater myself to
hope recognise that Of the ideas have just express
ed contrary the protocol of the 9th April and that
it difficult to contain within more moderate
limits the investigation ia recArche) which France Aus
ria Great Britain and Prussia have, at this period,
formally engaged themselves to make in the
subject Of the most proper to consolidate the ex
stence of Turkey by attaching it to the general equ
brium Of Europe. The recent communications of d. de-
Hubner authorize already say that the opinion OF
Count Buo comedies with mine and that he takes tina