New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-22
TURKEY.
FEELING TOWARD THE ALLIES.
coueTrerd' nee OF The Lonaos Times

Corregpccdf OF loe LcndoS Times
CoSsTANTISOPLE, Ibursdsy Jan. %, 1893.
Every cay that secs the strife cootinue sad the
cspitsl IL the Ottoman occupied by neA arriving
forces witnesses also the eniDg OF the intepeud
EFT seton Of the Porte and the substitution for It OF
the will Of the ses IL is necessary for the safety OF
Europe and the final settlement of thus question, that
the ueLce Of the West should continue 10 increase
The lin Z bss not come fcf an abandonment OF ths
position gained by so many sacrifices. la this lies
lie chief cause Of difference with the ally whom We
protect Now tina, immediate danger from Rdssis Is
LAT. and the enthusiasm Of q lev months siDce las
died away be-n dro ~nej in blood sad losses .
feelings OF the Turkish race hAve been much changed
Every oti er impul.e il swiO sci up ia tue de
Ie to get rid OF the Western armies. The terrible
image ~bich is ever before the eyes Of Musssln<ns
il the elevation Of the Christian races 70 IN elatty
with themselves This they believe tie West wi IN
,i-t mon aid they have not unnatural feeling thst
the presence Of two armies in their territory viii give
m, lutte choice 10 the principle or "details of any
changes No one who has any acqus lance With
the urks coubt their utter clscour.s nent IS to
the result of the present occupation, aud OF their
wish AZ sny cost 10 bring il to a close. The feeling
il de. pc among those in po yer, Who have most q
!ose in the shspe Of unworthy iDhu noes ana illegal
gains IT, when peace Is concluded, the sl'-s shoid
URGE further stay Of their armies on Turkish soil It
l. ost cer,sin that the project will he opposed with
ali th. De -pe rate peTtsacy which is characteristic
o. the race aud which hiss 50 often oat7d the most
Wig ,rous dipomaists armed with the Justest srgu.
mems AZ 10 the future the world may be assured
III at the Turk will uevercsl in allies aga
man so ambitious and far.sghted "a the Rassi an
En- n.ror will rot be slow 10 turning to hIs own ad-
ya tsee the dstfust which may arise between the W
,omAn and his somewhat cavalier protectors. There
are already symptoms Of the courss OF policy on
which be has resolved Since the struggle before So
yastopo bss b. gun the called Russian party a1ons
the urks has gained no little strength ms IS oi
course Dot party with any real preoe ,tion Tor hus-
sia ar one which wishes 10 the Car a. Constan-
tinople but it consists chiefly Of the least advanced
abs most fsnatical of the weslthier PaAbss. BY
Russian party is ueant those wac think II most pru-
dent to lean MuscoSite protection, and 10 s'iow
Tie Gar right Of interference snd tie chief voice
| in the councils of the empire through conhdent
hope that he will for his interest preserve the
preseIt system, al lesst during their own time Inc
TUX hss now ceased TO look beyond the present
generation. The absence of the idea OF family gu
courage. ,be state OF feeling which 10 expressed IN
the phrase After me the deiuge' The great body
Of the richer Turks are chlldessi their wives c'n.
stsutly practice abortion siLce, win tnis sonsua
race y yoman who has had child generally loses
the affections Ut Der husband The consequence 10,
that these men look only to their own time, snd fancy
that Russian as seJdaDcy will give them, during tue
next tw4 nty years the tranquility and authority
which they have always enjoyed, wnile tbs reform
ing aud umar tsrian Wes will destroy the systsn
| under which td-y have become rich, and RAISE
/ to a troublesome equality the energetic races
whom they ars beglnhlng 10 lear. ine OAar
will now pose himself the protector OF the
Muss uluan. Should the CnristIsns rights be placed
ubo er protection guarantee Of the Five Powers
Nicholas will be found using every arsu nent agaiass
cen changes, or too great Interference ~n mat
rGep.Ld.ut PrIbce the Sultan while the represent
atves Of Western civilization will be obtaining
frnaDs couched ID language OF high toned morality
or cODgrgulstiDg Ministers a. home, III disps Oh
,JohnsoDian periods the Car viii DO ever ready TO
frustInie eacn screme OF improvement and he viii
find wilir Instruments ia any council that may be
formed By tho Porte, go soon a. the pressure OF
" extern occup stion is At an end. Nor vii Nichols
lore bis Ruebce over the Chrs.i6R race, by such
policy. The attachment which the r. tstorn Cnarca
bears 10 lie head is founded feaon but ~ IKE
the devotion Ct cOtng mistress-nOt TO be shaken
by any amount of ILL., treatment OF neglect. The Gar
did lot lose single Greek partzsn by the deci<ra-
ton that he would suffer no Christian Government Ia
CoBstaLiinople AID DO extension OF the limits OF tue
Eeleie Kingdom. He has his co-feliglonsts wen ID
hand: they are content to wait his pleasure ADD the
failure OF schemes for their benefit which he may
have frustrated, will only in their minds be another
proof OF the i'll = i'll and mslignity Of tho Western
Powers
tits an unfortunate circumstance that Eogsnd and
France have not conclated, or even tried to concl.
late apy of the races which nhabt this land. In oil
the ronp and price OF civilization they came here to
see matters by the sword and during the last year
every Western PRINT has been ful OF the worthless
ness and deprsvty Of Oriental races, from the Pruth
TO the Persian Gulf. The Turks, indeed, were tue
subjects of temporary asissm, bur the fight OF
few hundred Of them from an Ill constructed battery
was sufficient 10 wipe away the trumphs OF Cit.te
ard SstIs and since that time they have been lie
u.eo rdiculed, ana beaten In manner thai mas
or. ared most bitter feeling among high and 10 In
STEAMBOAT. As to the Christians, il Is well kno w
what las been the usua tone in speaking Of them Tor
the isst two years The result IL that no good vii Is
borne TO US by either Mussolnsn or R.yah and there
i ID. more reason that We should materially hanois
tie .Lemy, aid place our influence On sLOng oa's'
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