New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-07

Austria, who would, undoubtedly, join the former
In masses. There Is Tesson 70 believe tha, tbs
majority Of the Serbs. Stimulated b. their Clergy.
pot~ outstanding the o9posi aon Of Alexander.
their Prince, have been READY ever since the 90
ginning OF hostiiitits, to take up arms At mo-
mebt's notice declare against tae Turk, aai
thus create powerful diversion Ia favor of RE
tia. The Serbs-a warlike nation c)adguou. 70
Austrio, nv noeTiBg more thaG a milton s0uls-
form the principal fIeus OF the Slavic aoi Creek
Christians uDoer toe Turkish ppser Goa.
fsgratiop, butstog out there, wOgld s)Oo extend
to tbe Adriatic. and through Bulgaria TO toe very
gates of Constantinople. Russia, 70 con;iii,ts
Austria, sent Sir. FODton, Russian Co IOselor
of Legation, to Belgrade, the capital OF Servia.
TO quiet the people. When, afteeward, Austria
began TO accumulate troops on the frontier Of
Seryis, Prince Alexander, made very violent
Official protest against it. stating the aainosiy
and distrust OF the Serbs toward the Aastri,as
to be unmaDsgesbe.
Events CONTINUALLY prove thai Russia exercises
powerful Influence over the entire Creek Church
in Turkey. This iDhuence acts not ODy o. the
kindred Slavons, bu. on the Creeks. Tae in
surrecricnin Epirus and AbsDia vas stirred up and
supported from Greece. Tne excitement stall pre-
vailiDg 10 that Kingdom at the Court as we'll as
amorg all classes of the population, nOtwilhstand-
ing the occupation OF Athens and OF the Plraas
BY the French-the secret or open opposition eI-
peiiebcec by the Allies from the Greeks At 8slak.
lava as well SIS at Warns and Gallipoii-dnaliy.
the r, ioiciug of the Greek merchants on the Lon
don exchange, occasioned by the nc vs. of tho par
tisl success of the Russians on the hi lhts OF Sc
yastopol, an outburst of feeling warmly aud nat
uraly rebuked by The London Tmcs-all this at
fsrds striking insight into the feelings aud sym
patbies of the Eastern Christians. 1t sho VS. how
easy it will be for Russia to avail hereet OF these
feelings Above ALL it SHOWS that II she should
make aD appeal TO the Slavonc tribes ct Turkey
end, crossing the D,uube with powerful army.
set FIRE to Servis, Bulgaria, and Greece, the con-
hspraton would undoubtedly extend to the Aus.
TRAN Slavons. 1t would be not a Revolutionary,
but religious and national war, of which no ons
con foresee the results. One thing, however.
seems certain, and this is that Nicholas
fears to evoke such tempest and to
kindle passions which, in the long-run he
is not sure to master. For this reason and
because be hs, hoped to win over Austria, he has
Sbstoned from moving the elements We have refer
redto. Reluctantly, ndoDly in che utmost exsreu-
ity, if at al, he will decide to appeal to these
natural alice. No other alliance, not even that
Of Prusis, would equal in efficiency for the Rus
sian cause, or in magnitude, one formed with the
Eastern Christians. They would furnish my
RAIDS of fauatical warriors ready to fight to tho
last.
Austria has clear foresight Of all these eventu-
alities, aud hesitates to force Russia t, this
tteme step. Nicholas himself shrinks iro Civ
ing to the contest such an Ombousturn-aud from
thus breaking wholly with the resources Of d.
plOmcy. Such are the dangers and diff 'ades
surrounding Austria, aud preventing her from
giving free. uDhindered course to her real sen
timents OF hostility toward Russia.