New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-26
THE STATE OF EUROPE

srtunnal rains and storms. The English public
srs therefore about 10 strike balance, and TO con-
saaer whether the result Of two campaigns Is in
proportion with the sserihses entaled upon the
nseion. Cshden was the first in this respect to
spssk cut but he is still sbus up in his narrow
sirsie of peace arguments, and without developing
ssy ssys striking view. He rsterates his recon-
neBdatens Of peace, his Russi.n leanings, his de-
annexation Of every war, and especially the present
ere What h more important is that The Press,
- weekly organ sfthe Tories, finds, likewise, that
psase may be practicable now, bat will not be
vrastssble for many years if the next campaign is
- spen fer the conquest of the Crinea. Still,
sssh are lst the views Of the leaders Of the Tory
party. The Press, though originally founded with
q concurrence Of DisraeG and Sir E. Balwer
L. ton, now represents principally the fraction OF
yossg Tsries who follow the lead Of young Lord
Stanley, and may soon altogether desert from the
camp Of the Earl Of Derby. In any case,
4 n remarkable that Disrsei remains silent
sySer the present circumstances; and the
rvmered mopstroUs coalition between Gladstone
Lord John Russell, Sir James Graham, Dsraeli
and Brisht may after all not be devoid of fouDda-
Son. Should this really be the case, and should
opposition grow serious in Parliament, then an
appeal would be made TO the people by cissolu-
xsp, ,nse the Cabinet is fully aware that the cleo
6ont would oil be in favor Of Lord PsimerstOn and
Of q serious prosecution of the war Golden,
BRIGHT, Gladstone and Lord John RUSSELL would
probably fDd some difficulties In search OF con-
stitpency bold enough TO return them to Parlia
pent. The nation is, on the whole, pretty we'll
satsfsd with the result Of the first campaigns.
Though the great majority cannot deny that even
hsm the most favorable point Of view, the exped-
Gon TO the Crimes WAS only the second best
scheme, since the most effective, a campan either
d Poland or in Besarsbis was frusIated by tho
hapoI lance attributed to Austris's good WILL fret
By England during the Aberdeen Ministry, and
subsequently BY Napoleon. They acknowledge
that On the whole the coDquests Of the Allies do
net extend beyond few square miles Of barren
ground in two outlying prosinces Of Russia
still the Black Sea feet of the Cars has been de-
ports and their protecting land batteries; Russia
cannot any longer claim q rank among the
naval powers of the world But the
prestige even OF her army hes vanished . success
siOn Of defeats not relieved by single victory
Has destroyed the halo which, since the great
French war and the campaigns Of Persia, Turkey,
Poland, and Hungary had surrounded the arms Of
he Gear the glory Of the Russian infantry has
been eclipstl by the ZJusves and Highlanders.
The old army Of veterans, the pride Of Nicholas,
Hes buried in the steppes OF Southern Russia aud
Of the Crimea, and with the exception OF the regi
nents Of Guards and Of the Dragons the great
bulk of the Russian army now consists of re-
crafts. The present levy is already the eighth
since 1854 The frat was ordered by the ukase of
February 10, levyiDg nine soldiers from every
shsusapd male Inhabitants Of the Western Prov
hees. and Was extended On the 9th of May to the
Eastern Provinces On tbs 9TH Septenber aud
18th Dee. mber Of the ssme year, ten soldiers
more to the thousand were ordered 70 be furnished
n the West ss well ~ In the East The present
wear brought, on the 10th of February, manifesto
Of the Gar organizing the mtia in eighteen prov
hces 10 the number of twenty three men 10 the
Asssand, and the uksses Of May 81, August IL and
October T. extended the same measure over oil the
other provinces Of the Empire On the 9th Of May
again twelve men In the thousand we're ordered 70
eater the ranks throughout the We,t, and now ten
men more are demanded for every thousand all
ever the Empire.
Accordingly 6fty two men in every thousand male
hhabitants have been drafted into the army In
Che eastern provinces, aud sixty -four In the west
err. This lie . serious d'sn, indeed, for an sgrl-
cultural country like Russia, where the principal
wealth Of the landowners cOnsists In ableoOdled
serfs. Still the English are apt to attribute too
great On Importance to the Russian waste of lite.
IHey should remember that the French nation
carried ON war on . gigantic scale al most " thout
Interruption for more than twenty years from 1892
TO 1913 and a. before il grew weary and exhausted
Loss Of life does not act upO, the Imagination with
with the same force as loss Of territory. The
Russians boast that the two great Western Powers
allied to Turkey and Sardinia, and morally sup
ported by Austria, could not wrest the Crimes
from the Gar, though the flower of their army
Vas sacrificed for that object. The results Of
campaigns not being reckOned according to the
loss Of life and expenditure OF money, but by the
loss Of territory, the Russians do not feel them
selves BUNDLED defeated in spite of slistris and
Eevastopel, Of Oltenitzs is the CherDaya, and Of
the hss Of their prestige > ever Europe
But If Russia has lost her prestige, England
sarely has noe gained any lsurels and France
alone has maintained her military reputation.
But Austria and Prussia are on the whole the
greatest losers by the Oriental crisis. They have
lst caste among the great powers Of Europe, and
the policy of &c fshness, advocated by Austria with
shameless impudence, has resulted in general dis
trust. leither the Allies nor Russia feel any SYM
PATTY with the house of Austria, which has always
sixnalized itself by double dealing and treason.
The temporary occupation of the Principalities
ean scsrsely make up for the loss In estimation
among the conservative statesmen Of Europe, or
for the loss Of Russias protecting friendship,
Arehduke haximilisn Of Austria brother to the
reignipg Emperor, Was driving the day BET re yes
terGay in trieste when the horses 10 * fright and
ran away He jumped out of the carriage, Injured
Amsksl and 10 not expected to survive. Ii was pre-
sisely the same msnner that, thirteen years back,
the Duke of Orleans was killed. The Archduke-
Of the head Of the naval department Ia Austria,
and kno~n a. tool Of the Jesuits-wss still more
popular than his imperial brother swhose heart
bessness is revolving. Nothing can better charsc-
sexize the Austrian system than the order in Coun
cp about public Instruction, which excludes al
lectures on the history Of Hungary, Poland Isaly,
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