New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-10

the armies OF Ruseia were c0mpeeo 20 e'acHo'S '"o
Turkish territory without the smallest assistance rom
the forces of Eng land and France As the surrender OF
the integrity and independence Of the Ottoman Empire
was thus made before the expedition 10 Sevas'oPo5
follows that this expedition must have oeen ntenaeu ~,
the rurnoAe of enforcing that sunender-enioreing
II upon Turkey by exhsusing her resources enforcing
n uron England by representing it as triumph over
Rus,o We find this last view Of the matter support,
Oh nv Mr. Gladstone when be pointed out that Russia
reufed the -Four Points before the expedition to Sevas
touol and accepted them alterward. -
1--WE cannot for a moment suppose that the Engnsh
Cabinet was not aware that by substituting Austrian
for Turkish soldiers in Waachia and Modavia they
were setting free the Russian army TO support Sevas-
topol nor is the supposiion that this was concession
10 Austria made for the purpose OF obtaining her ad-
herence TO the Turkish cause tenable proposition IN
the face Of the two facs that the nominal objects OF
our interference were already the one hand secured
bv he Turkish victories the Russans, and on the
other hand surrendered by the terms Of peace already
offered TO Russia in the fourth and frst points.
"The second point was Ike free navigation OF the
Danube. The interruption of the navigation of the
Danube daee from the cession by Turkey 10 hua5o NJ
the Treaty Of Adranople in 1873, Of the delta OF The
Danube-a cession which was contrary TO the
Treaty of London fully 6 1927, which bound RUSSIA
TO acquire no tn ksh territory The acquiescence OF
England in this violation OF public law was defended
by her do sire for peace-a pretense which at ali III
stances Inconsistent with the existing state OF war The
cesson Of the DaBuban delta TO Turkey was an ndls-
pensobIe demai in any real war Of England against
Russia 1t has, on the contrary been mace means
of injury 10 Austria At the fourth meeting Of the
Vienna Conference, held March 25, 1885, Baron Pro-
kescb the Austrian Plenipoentiary, hsvng proposed
that Russia should admit the neutrality of the
Danubian delta, the Russian PlenIpotentiares SAID
that they would not consent TO an arrangement wncn
had the appearance of an indirect appropriation Lord
j. Russell did not support the very moderate pro-
posal of Austria and the question was settled on the
23d Of March in favor Of the continued possession by
Rutsia Of the Danubian dee.
"1he Third Point is % follows: That the treaty OF
Tho
in the interest of the European equilibrium, and IN the
sense of limitation Of Russian power in the Black
Sea-
ia NJ cesary to divide il into two, and then correct the
false terms of the Second Point. These two Points
should be First the limitation of the power OF Rus
sic; fecond the restoration OF the rights OF Turkey In
II Straits of the Dardanees and OF the BOsphOrus
Russia has lot natural prepOnderance In the Black
Sea: she is not able to descend from Sevastopo and
take possession Of Consantno e and Of Turkey; had
she possessed this power che would have used It, She
must therefore have been withheld in the past, and
can only continue to be withheld for the future by the
impracticabity Of the undertaking. As a preparation
for such an undertaking, she has robbed Turkey by
Treaty. not Of her fair share of power IN the Black
Sea- but Of the exclusive control of the Straits which
command her capital in the Bosphorus, and which
secure it at the Dardanees. For the restoration OF
The Sultan's exclusive control OF the Straits, no stp-
uation was necessary 1t revers to bun o. the a9ro
cation by the fac Of of the treaties by which It
has been temporarily placed in allegiance This simple
view of the case has, however, not even been sug-
eescd at the Conference of Vienna. If we read the
dispatch Of l4h June, 1853 of Lord Clarendon to the
Austrian Government we shall find the reason in the
words the inst claims Of Russia If the claims of
Russia were Just, and if England intended to support
them, England should have declared war against
Turkey"
with regard TO the limitation Of the power Of Rus
ea your Committee would direct attention to the fol-
lowing memorable words of the Austrian penipoten-
tiHry, Count Buo in his letter of goth May 1855: In
,1a ~ of 4ba Ia
directed TO limiting the political power of Russia to
such point as TO render the abuse of is mater al re-
sources if not impossible, at least Ia the highest
degree difficult. The dimnufion nay, even the total
destruction of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea,
would not of itself suffice TO deprive Russia of the
advantage which she derives from her geographical
position with regard 10 Turkey
"Of all the decisions attempted by the English
Government upon Parliament, the only one which has
failed has been the proposal for limiting the naval
power of Russia in the Black Sea. Had the war been
Intended as annouuced-to protect the integrity andn
dependence of the Ottoman Empire-the tern of peace
offered to Russia would have been: !. Cession TO
Turkey of the Danubian Delta which de J1re II still
has g. naturalization by Russia of the expenses of
the
The Committee wind up their report a. fol-
lows
Your committee find it impossible to reconcile
these facts with the innocence of the British Cabinet
Ii would be want Of dscernment to suppose that all
the members of the Cabinet have been thoroughly
coenzant of the nature of their conduct One cannot
however overlook the prominence of the four For
eien Ministers Lord Clarendon, Lord Aberdeen, Lord
John Russell and above all Lord Palmerson, whose
aid in securing the recognition of the Treaty of Adrian
ople the payment of Russia, even in time OF war, OF
tie RussO-Duch loan, the treaty OF Unkiar-Skelessi
and the Dardanees and the treaty of Balta- Siman,
and whose perGdy toward Poland, Hungary, Sicily and
Italy 10 ess than bis treachery toward France, Per-
sia SPAIN and Denmark, point him out as the iopec-
able enemy-not only Of Turkey, but of every nation
of Europe the willing tool of Russia, and the master in
the English Cabinet of those whom he has reduced to
tie condition of accomphces, and compelled previously
to assist in the crimes which at first they wanted the
intellect to detect the honesty TO resist the courage
TO punish. In such punishment dealt out by the high
est tribunal in the land, and with all the soemnes
with which the ancient law and custom surrounded
those mpeached of high treason, your committee place
their only hope of rescuing the people from the con.
spraols who have betrayed them to foreign power