The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-04-10

have arrived But the Gar may send distinct answer
affect TO refuse TO reply, the plea that there is no
British Minister at St Petersburg with whom he can com
muncate. This game viii be transparent; il viii be
PLAYED on the assumption that the Allied Powers Will
still allow him to daily and waste time hithertowi
not strike blow till they have had further parey and
aehting and strengthening his hold the Danubian
Prncpales. But surely France and England viii not
be so infatuated as to waste the brief northern summer
in waiting till the Car peases to declare explicitly wheth
er he will be honest or not.
II will be little short Of lunacy, after the fleet has an
ohored OFF Alsnd, to allow unnecessary moment TO
elapsc before earnest steps are commenced What the
governments OF France and England have in conempla
ton Il is OF course impossible to conjecture but what
they have not in contemplation seems pretty obvious
Cronst adj though strong must nevertheless fall seri-
ously attacked by the combined fleets but its capture
would be Of little value, unless first step towards
the occupation of St. Petersburg That would however,
require strong military force and the omission of this
element board the ships sent to the Baltic to
indicate that the Cars capital not in the first instance
at least, to be menaced
In the presence of the strong naval force of the allies
that will rendezvous at Aland however, there is
another of sensiby Gripping the Russian govern
men in the north 1t must be kept in mind that to the
north Of the parallel of latitude of Novgorod all the ter
tores apperanng to the Russians have been acquired
by conquest Northward and westward OF St Petersburg
the Russian element in her population becomes rapidly
less pyonONee and influential This holds true, to
siderable extent in the Russianzed provinces Of
Oonetz and Archange but indisputable in Finland and
ssnSnav;an Peninsula and Of the Russian territories
north Of Novgorod Kazan and Tobolsk and as far east
the ensei appear to have been all tribes Of the Fin
aborcines fed before or mingled their blood with or
became tributary to the Swedes and Norwegians to
the eastward Of Finland, and north Of Line drawn
from the mouth of the Neva to Tobosk they succumbed
like to the Russians. In the German Duchies
now subject to Russia the ascendancy Of the Germanie
established by the Teutonc knights and the
the Russian sceptre they divided between Sweden
tonality respected The three predominant nation
aes in the region We have been passing in review, the
pet s 9,
Scandinavia and Finland; the Germanc in Estonia,
Iceland, and Garland the Russian in the countries to
the east and southeast Wherever the Scandinavian and
Germanic cvivizaton nationates in the ascend
ant, Professionalism, with its accompaniments-mor
nd snd purely s Ssrv views on Al
early period, and have struck deep root In
Sweden and Norway the work was promoted by
in the German Ducbies by the influence Of the Hanseatc
towns and of the free mobiles (or knghts impatient of
clerical domination In the Russian provinces, the
oiess subjugaton and destruction Of Novgorod extn-
guished the free spirit which had been awakened by
nectcns with the IIansec eague and the Jealous pat
ronage of merely ritual and thought REFRESHING church,
by the governments Of Moscow and ST. Petersburg has
contributed to keep the mass OF the people at the very
country presided by rulers who have made some
advance in civilization. The most persevering and
scrupuous efforts have been made by the Russian gov
eminent Of late years to reduce the intelligent and
self respecting populations OF Finland and the Ger
man iuchies to the low Russian standards of reli-
Corruption, intimidation, exclusion Of foreign lera-
lures all conceivable means have been resorted
to- As yet the faint of Russansm not widely dused
ncradcable though it is rapidly spreading In Fin
land there upwards of 1000 Swedes doggedy cling
ing to their nationality and the Finnish population sym
ted and wealthy class is with the exception Of govern
nent oRcials( intensely German. Now, in countries
where the feelings of the intelligent the educated the
entrprisng decidedly antagonisc to Russianism,
the principal srongholds occupied by the allied
forces there can be little doubt that the inhabitants at
ha
These pinions plucked from the wing Of the Russian
eagle, would efectually its fight for the future
the days Of Peter the Great How 10 dispose Of these
provinces would be best indicated BY the circumstances
attendant on their disruption from Russia the warning
to consult the wishes of the people themselves and not to
attempt 10 fuse incompatible natonaes into by for
egn compnlsion Finland would probably wish to reune
itself to Sweden fom which it has been recently torn
the German uoies nay possibly be Influenced yet
BY traonary remembrance of their former connection
with Sweden and the conviction that Sweden is the
power most fayoraby situated to support them against
Russian gg1ession When Stockholm was the capital OF
Sweden Finland and the German provinces subject
to Russia, it the centre Of powerful empire As
the place gov ment for Swedes Fins and the inhabi
cannon character of Professionalism, and aspirations
Ter parliamentary government, Stockholm might again
tcome the seat of government able to hold Russia in
check. But to accomplish this desirable end must be
the work Of these populations themselves the allies
only afford them an opportunity to commence it.
In intimate connection with these is the
aciua position of the Swedish government Russia is
sid after much reluctant delay TO have recognized its
neutrality Let that this neutrality is honestly
and effectively carried out il far the allies and
pecaly Great Britain, concerned The question Of
protection for Orkney and other northern fsheries
mooed last night in the House of Commons has clio
bearing upon it. At Archangel there few ships
there is also rather numerous mercantile nayv
msrque. Now, the northern districts of Norway al
most exclusively supplied with provisions Especially with
meal and hour) from the Russian ports 10 the White Sea-
and in consideration Of this extensive privileges have
been conceded to Russian fishing and merchant vessels
in the northern Norwegian ports The admirable anchor
ages on the west coast of the Scandna Wan peninsula
must not be allowed to become stations where Russian
cruisers and licensed pirates may lie in wait to pounce
cancering descents our northern coasts Sir James
Graham and the Admiralty will Of course see t. this.
Operations of the Russians in Asia.
IRON the Paris Moniteur, March %.
journals have copied under the head Of sNews Of tho
Corps d0'mee of 0renburg the banks Of the Lake of
Ara in Central ASIA article relative to the attack
the fort Fetrowski by the troops of Khokhan feeble
garrison, il If affirmed repulsed with success, in the
month Of September last the efforts Of from twelve to
thirteen thousand enemies The following some pre-
else details the position taken by Russia in that expe
dition TO Khiva, OF which much mystery and much
noise have been mado And first of all, that denomna
ton which would lead the world to suppose that the
petition directed far the pal of the KLAMATH
khiva is calculated to lead into The fort of Pc
trows, named not long since honor of Gen Count
Petrowsk and which is other than the fort Akmesld,
commands, il is true towards the southwest vast
tent OF country OF which the Khgs tribes partially
subjected to the Khan of Khiva but its occupation by
Russia has quite another Importance from what It would
have If relating solely to the country Of Khiva It is
to be presumed that this name of petition to
Khya has been desgnedy accredited for the object Of
misleading public attention. In fact since 1910, the
period of The first expedition to Khiva, Russia kept up
on that point By the Lake of Aral easy and assured
communications and 1t is longer towards the east
that SIZE has thought Of extending her by taking
possession of territory IL easy for one to be
WINGED Of this by giving glance at map Of these inter
estipg countries OF Asia II will be that the fort
taken by the Russians last year. situated the
Sir Deria he ancient laxartcs) and that If from that
point four lines be drawn towards the southwest the
south, and the southeast nearly at equal distance
from the other the first will end at Khiva
the Mon Deria (the ancient 0xus the second at Box
ha o. the third at Samarcand and the fourth at Kho-
khan These four tow their terrific r;es
fr their wealth and commerce, form net
work, the importance of which, by its immediate
ua,ion between the Russian power and the Eng
sh rule, has need TO be demonstrated. The
choice Of Akmedd (Fort Petrowsk) has consequently
beer better combined than that Of any other position
10 the west to the Khanate Of Khva II by
Akmesdjid that for many years have passed the cara
yang which coming from Eokhara 20 nm far as Pc