New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-08


On Julv 10Th. 1855. Lord Clarendon sends
dispatch wherein be first repeats tho oo'ecaoo'
rai.ed BY General Vivian, and then adds his own;
Her Mnjestys government are Of OPINION 'I "a ,Se
,;s.r conrse would be 70 send reenforcemens 10 tae
rear of the Turkish army, instead OF sending an
zion 10 the rear of the Russian army: Ins reenioroe
,nsnts might 20 TO Trebizond and be directed RON
thence upon Er1eroum Inc distance sly Iah 70 TSis
10 Frzeroum is lees than from Redout haien 70 In,
and The march is through friendly instead OF tnrougn
A hostile country; and at Erzeroum the a'my ~ou1
meet supporting friends instead OF opposing enees'
and supplies instead Of famine. .n...;,;u,
az he army of Kars cannot MAINTAIN tsat Posl'on
AGAINST the Russians IL should fall back upon 6rIe
ron W. and the whole Turkish force should De coneen
traed there II the Russians are 10 De deies'eu,
they it viii be easier to defeat them y 20. frss
and defeat rouH be TIE more decfs'rc ne Jar'Ae'
fook place rithin the TErkish frontier.
On the following day, July IA, Clarendon also
addresses the following telegraphic answer to Lord
Redcliffe's Geographic question;
nTbs nlan for reinforcing the army at kars con-
ts;red in your dispatches Of the goth June ana ISL
inst is di.approved The reasons viii be sent py tne
messenger to-day sgsns employing .hs oS1bt 70
he {he base of operations and If the Turkish army oi
Ksrs and Erzeroum cannot hold out at the lGtr pdee
against the Russians, it might JaH back on Ireos0nd'
where it would easily be REINFORCED.
dated London, July H. had not arrived at Constan-
tnople on July 10, on which day we find Radcliffe
writing again to Clarendon:
"An appeal has been made by means of the electric
Telegraph to her Maesty's Government, who were en-
treated to lose time In making known the Peasuo
az 10 the proposed diversion
In fact this answer from London only reached
Constantinople on the 30th of July, six days after
the arrival there of the London mail Of the l4th OF
july. On July Is the Seraskier informs Lord
Radcliffe, through Gen. Mansfield, that:
"Tha Is 600 men in Bulgaria destined TO form part
~ ,bc e1ne,ton were in readiness to march to the
coast with sufficient means of transport, ana that,
~ General n, reparas,ons rcre d4raHccd as only
to require The as~ Of HerAee''y'' Government to
carry hem into G3ett'
Meanwhile, appeals from Gen. Williams for as
sistance followed upon appeals. On June % he
announces that
"TLe enemy has pushed forward large bodies of
cavsIry and urgently recommends the immediate
landing of troops at Trebizond, and il the season
admit of it, strong. demonstrations from Redout-
Kaleh"
On June 26, he writes that the Turkish army in
Kars was surrounded by the Russians, who had
established themselves on the high road between
that fortress and Erzeroum, and cut of portion
of the provisions collected for the army. On
June 81, he states that the Russian army was
master Of the surrounding country. On June %,
that the enemy was master of all beyond the reach
of their guns, and that the troops at kars were
twenty three, twenty.seven and twenty-eight
months respectively in arrear of their pay; and on
July T. that the united forces of the Russians were
ready either to assault or to more closely invest
Kars, by cutting off their only remaining COM
muncation with ErZerOum via Olt 1t Is true
that these latter dispatches did not arrive in London
till July &c; still the use of the telegraph occurred
to the British Government only on August 9-not
indeed TO advise what should be done in c0nse-
quence of this news, but only to raise fresh diff
culties against what the Porte was preparing to do
ON the same day on which Lord Clarendon ad
dressed Lord Radcliffe by telegraph, Lord Pan
mure addressed General Vivian as follows:
"W,R DEPARTMENT July IA, 1855.
"SIR: transmit herewith, for your information,
copy of a dispatch which the Earl of Clarendon has
addressed to her Msestys ambassador at Constants.
nope on the subject of the plan proposed by the Porte
for the relief of the Turkish army at kars aud have
acquaint you that entirely concur in all that is said
in that dispatch to the Objectionable character of the
plan proposed by the Porte place such full reliance
on your professional ability that feel anxiety lest
you should undertake any expedition Of a nature so
wild and indgested that contemplated by the Porte.
While it is your duty TO give every aid in your power,
not simply commanding the Contingent, but a.
British officer enjoying the confidence OF her Majesty
Govtrnm, NJ, to allies the Turks, it il at the same
time necessary that you should be cautious in not
risking the honor of the British name and your
reputation by undertaking military operations for which
proper bases have not been laid down, communications
opened, supplies arranged, and transport provided.
coup de main by of suddenly throwing an army
ont hp a
my's stronghold, is one thing; but deliberate
expedition TO Invade an enemy's country, and on
Ls own territory to make war against him, Is quite
another In the frst case something may be
hazarded; but in the other every preparation must
precede action. Moreover from althe information
which has reached me, have every reason TO believe
the army Of BatOum TO be IN deplorabe state.
know the Contingent 10 be sclrcey organized Of the
Bulgarian troops yen have no knowledge; and
presume that Beatsons troops as little reduced 20
control and discipline rs your own troops In short,
am assured that il would DO madness to attempt to
succor Blgadier-GeneIal Williams in this way. Ii ls
too late 10 regret the policy which has le that gallant
officer and his army exposed to such straits but 1t
would only be opening the way to fresh failure to fol-
low such schemes have been proposed the pur
pore of relieving him. You must as have no doubt
you feel lese time in getting your force into order
for service which will be 10 await you somewhere
as soon as YOU ready for it, but organization Is as
necessary for army as endurance and yaor, and
without the former the latter qualities utterly I'M
awaiting. fANhCkE'
The plan proposed by the Porte was, in its gen.
era conception, bold and strategically correct; it
amounted, in fact, to the adoption of an eccentric
position with respect TO the invading army, mena-
cling Tihis, the center of the Russian power in
ASIA and thus by threatening TO cut OF Muraviet's
basis and line Of operations, forcing hila to retreat
from before Kars A Mingrelan expedition held
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