The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-11

vere not made more eompete and more in eonor nifty
With The general in .erests Of Europe ~
But the proposed In regard to the Arst
satisfactory In thap-elves, could not be conzdsted
being secured to Eorope long those guarantees for
Tier continued Observance which might have been pro
not enough that ia should supulsts that she win
Hhs Principalides and # SsIva IL Ia enough that
she should consent to delegate by spulatoa 70 COM
interested In the navigation OF the Danube the task Of
Keeping clear the chsnnes = that river and its oomuu
nicaton with the Black SEQ. The inseress OF Europe
valid security should be ootsined thai Russia should
longer possess that overwoe ming moral and pol vi
Huenco In the rrincip Ass which her prepondsrsnce in
She Black Sea has ensb her to exercise and
that she should not by constant maritime superiority
An st SEA- have inc s d * Nor ss the
mortal blow at the hs.rr O. that empire u which the
Principaities only the cepencsnt exremit;es
Even therefore, regaTd the first two points, the
enjoyment OF any ADVANTAGE. which might be obtained
nnder those points would precaious long a. the
prspondeance of Russia in the Bask Sea was slo we'd
to continue Bu the ri Get bearug Of that pre-
ponderance the great question which tho has
been undertaken III the refusal OF Russia to
consent to measures which would e9ectuAly put
end TO that preponderarce is warning which Europe
cannot with safety die egsed and plainly shows that
vews Of Is on 10 and nantes
proof that the apxey felt nv the Of Europe for
the integrity and independence of the Ottoman empire
has . just and vail found.u IN.
Russia has asserted 'hs r.gsrd for her dignity pre-
cudes her from acce rg the terms proposed ~ the
allies the third point But the dignity OF Russia
cannot require that she III xsep up time peace
and the immediate thfe hold OF hsr weaker neghbor
force "a. for % sss
Independence Of that neighbour and to change the terri
acria distribution Of Eurpe Yet such Is The position
she has even publicly svowed her liberalization not
10 renounce. .t.#
self preservation to justify this determination the
part Of Russia. 1t be . mockery to pretend that
she has anything 70 fear from the hostility Of Turkey
and while turkey is Ut peace and free from threatened
attack by Russia While tire Straits between the
Mediterranean and the Bsck Sea closed except to
small and limited If ships OF war of the Weat
Powers. Russia has nothing to fear from the naval
forces Of England Frauce while the other hand
khe state of hugs in the BLACK Sea
that when exists b tween Russia and Turkey, and
when the Straits consequently open to al the naval
arces Of the sultan's ates, England aad France suf
naval armament sropg enough TO sweep from the waters
nj that sea every chip bearing the fsg Of Russia
.he wishes to an ais e the Bacs Sea- Is essential for
the security CT the furssh empire against the agrees
sanS Of Other lowers quit Is not fsS% the hostility Of
not too much TO say avoweo cyscf Russia that the
Turkish empire has danger to apprehend
The present has been undertaken to provide
lies against hose ambitious 6esi OF Russia which
tho safety OF Tu key and the future repoe Of Eu
rope and in short t. queue the words of Rus
sian proc anation to prevent far Turkey is
the accomplishment Of the wishes and tae views
of Peter, of Catherine, O. Alexander and Of Nicholas
have considered that Ibis o4ct would most ellie stusly
be secured by restricting bin reasonable bounds toe
1erreo the most cartau this end thst Rus
sia and the Porte should both renounce the right
maintain in the Black See any naval force beyond what
the Western Powers we're willing to scquescs in the
maintenance by Russia Of limited and specified ount
i naval force the Black Sea- reservng to themselves
of o
part in that sea corresponding amount Of force;
uirng ALSO however, security for the observance Of
such stipulation, the further rig at to establish consuls
in all the Russsn por to tee eastwsrd Of the Straits
But the Western Powers, who now hold exclusive pos
not show ITSELF had inter Of proposing to Russia
conditions derogatory to her dignity and they pre-
tended to assert that Russia sh be bound TO
consul every individual whom they might think proper
tc appoint as such and that she should be precluded
from exercising the usual discretion to Withholding
the e.e.a from any person against whom well founded
objection could be ra'sec.
Russia however, has refused to subscribe to these rea
sonable and In their place she hiss offered
cal effect Of which would be that wh,hever of the two
schemes the Western Powers might accept those Powers
Of the Dardanele &c naval force prepared in
any contingency which night occur. For, according to
the Mediterranean ana tn Black Sea should ct all tunes
he open to the ships of Of all nations and therefore,
Of course, to her own Ba~k Sec and Baltic fleets.
The effect of this scheme would have been that Con-
stantnope woul1 at all times have been exposed sll
the dangers which might arisen from the sudden
appearance before that city Of over whelmng Russian
armament while the tranquility of the Mediterranean
and all the great interests in that sea- would have
liable disturbance by the action Of powerful Russian
fret sallyipg forth at sns moment from the Euxine.
TO guard sganst this double danger the governments
of England and France would have been compelled to
maintain in the 4editerrean establishments IN the
time Of peace and permanently to station their arna-
Ments at great distance from their srsensls and
would have been nothing more than an armed truce d.
vested OF the security which the of peace and
1nsccom panied BY that cessation of expenditure which
ought to follow the termination Of q
According to the o'ner plan proposed by Russia by
which ths Straits were 10 be closed while Russia
remain ct liberty to maintain an unlimited naval force in
the Black See there might vt all times have been In that
Russian force equipped for and available for
sudden descent the capital of the Turkish empire
keeping alive the apprehrnOns Of tho Porte and giyuR
constant anxiety to Europe. This would have
equally imposed upon the Western Powers the niece ,sity
all times to hasten to the protection Of the Turkish en-
pre- at any moment when the Porte might require
Her Msjesys government would sppesl to what passed
in the twelfth conference rded in tbs PROTOCOLS
rs evidence to show how we'll founded the determine
ton Of he Western Powers nast on the cessation of
the preponderance OF Russia ia Sea- as alone
offering any real security for Turkey aud fjr Europe
against any ueroc designs the of that aggrss-
sve Power for in that inference The plen
Of Russia insisted substituting the part of
sa, merely moral tor material giarsntee
Of the terri orial integrity and independence Of
1he Turkish empire, aud refused to bs parties
engagement which the other Powers were prepared to
contract not only that they should themselves respect
out also that they ehoal cause aud in Of need
by force compel that Independence and that territorial
Integrity 10 be respected by others.
The refusal of the Russian Plenipotentares to acou-
esce = any arrangement " which objects con,em-
plated by the third point could he eectualy secured
cessArily ne,ruped The conference; ard accordingly
the fourth point cid not formal under disc
The interest which England and France have uniformly
taken 10 the welfare Of the Christian subjects of the Sui
tan however, sufficient guarantee the spirit in
which the two Powers would have entered upon the dis
russlon Of the fourth point; and though circuasanc
beyond the control of those Powers closed the door
against that dcusscn, IL is with small satisfaction
they have seen that since the Of the war;
and since the interference Of Russia ia Turkish affairs
has beer made to cease the Sultan continued to rive
effect to his benevolent intentions In favor Of his Chris
tian subjects whose condition been
improved by the wise and spontaneous action of their
own sovereign.
lcannct, however, wholly pass an observation
which fell from the Russian Penpotentary and which
Is recorded in the protocol Of the eighth conference that
Che question involved In the fourth point OF
science and not Of policy
indet have hoou IA