New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-05
TIVE WAR IN EUROPE.


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w.sHneTos, Saturday, Feb. ., 800
r.,ope !. the subject Of lively Sisqsr
...,., here in diplomatic circles, WINE sm'us o~
-, men il hardly receives q tnc"sns uo go
~ Of our Legislators are engAged VS." 49,
- and especially in cuih'a''s ." -, -.eoo
~, -. ,aans,,, and designs Of a mythical person
zoe Of strong revoiuu'"a'y
aepcies whose name - ....u;,. o,,;,
a;,c,es referred to, the most Intelligent opin-
- -, 20 are TO have peace. And here lot me
"' =. A.. INTEL gepce OF the American press on
~. .,..,;ou il not regarded in complimentary man
T,e IGNORANT avdity with which our ne wspa-
-. oo,, and swallow .be ,tupiGitles and absurdifiss
a.. ,Li,drate writers for the English press, and
~ constitutes a very considerable proportion oil
a.. commentators is criticised vito becoming irse-
A., aud r,o;culed In the most appropriate manner
~. ,he English assertion 30 confidently put forth tn"
D.. hu,ohes herself in accepting the four Ponh 40
nsace md backs out Of her previous position
49, !. ,egard.d o. a wnsckiDg stupidity. Inc
80. H., IN the yolurniDous correspondence winch
900 hetr, the belligerents since the con-
0,rs,,. Mt Of the existing complications, and which
A.. beeo from time TO time given to the world, toe
C,ur points have been at one ZINE and ano.aer fay
.c,eded 10 By Russia if perhaps we excep. the free
Russ. On this question in not lorg ago making treaty
spul.rg for this very ihog, SHOWS that 10 no" CON-
.ed;no Il he Il forced from her owe desires in re-
lstion thereto. In gard TO the suoshtahon Oh l"e
;.t protectorate of the FIVE powers over the Danuo Al
Pr,pcipaites and the Christians in Turkey instead of
Me exclusive one exercised by Russia, il has been
standing proposition Of Count Nts'thoee IRON 'h9
start As respects the only re1ainlng point o. me re-
vision Of the treaties between Turkey aud ha'i', IN
The interest Of the existing bsepce OF Poser 10 Eu'
rome the Emperor Nicho'as declared SIX mph'nH aSo
That he had not the least objection to II II the ou'-n
had none Ia his opinion 1t concerned INC rof'e' "uu
,o.h;m If Turkey chose to open the Black Sea to
he armed fleets Of other naiions, ana mus expose
herself 10 future peris that Der concern ani not
his. The subsequent naval assault Oh SsVasto2'i' %
utterly Ineffective. has demonstrated the soundoess of
hin convictions that his naval position IN the black
Sea was not to be ecparded by the presence OF hostile
nayies there, while Turkey would lie at their mercy.
II /, in view Of there considerations that peace
h ptcipated on the offer of the Allies TO ne
yoti,,e on the basis of the four points As to the
pretended demand Of the Allies for compensation for
var expenses and for the razing Of the fortress of
Sevastopol and the Limitation OF the Russian Black
Sea feet to fixed number of ships aud guns, not
syllable IL believed to be true Or any such thing
n contemplated the opinion is dxed that Russia nas
not the most remote idea OF submitting TO any sucn
terms. Neither party is vsnquShed ard il Is to be
treaty Of equals If treaty at all. AS neither P''y
desired TO enpege in the war II the onset, anu as us
prosecution involves enormous complication, and the
bloodest and most o1baustiog results, from wiz"
advantages can accrue to either party 'u'' "" w
contrary. must entail evils of the graz. Isa.a5
al,
M, The vienna ConeTenoc must result in the speedy
.e,.,,;on If ho.,i,t,s without any reference to the
fan Of sevs.iopol-an event which seems now even
ro,s ais,snt ,b,n ever Such, may say is the most
htslligent oninion in Washington under the adviccs
reee;vsd nv the las, steamer. ''S'r'