New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-05
exactly the same l.,gu.se against the Allies which


dealings with his own subjects are natter. OF Internal
government, and that though be may receive the T.
vice of bis Alice he cannot consistently with his dig.
nity, bina himself 10 them 10 pursue any dehsite
counse."
The second point raised against the Czar at the
beginning Of the War his illegitimste interior
ence in the Principaiites, which was said to
threaten the integrity Of the Ottoman empire.
The Times warns the Porte that the Conference
Will nteriere with the Principaities, and the pub
lie that the Porte will not surrender TO the Confer
enoe.
Similar il the re asoning used against any ackpowl.
edguett Of foreign protection the Pnncipalities
ThOse provinces Il is said, though ertI led TO sepa.
rate Government are part of tue Sultsns empire in
which be can admit no foreign Interference. Losing
sight of the fact that before the war the Czn eIer
cs bis protectoraie and that Modo alacha pa 'sed
at rom Russian Austrian occupation, th- Tux
sh ministers said 10 be deeTous Of preventing any
spuations concerning il from being Introduced into
treaty Of peace
Thus The Times avows that the Austrian occu-
patton of the Municipalities did not intend, as orig
inally prete1ted TO hold them against Russia, but
on the contrary to withhold them from Turkey.
The first Vienna Conference wss broken up BY
the Porte pleading that it had not been consulted
about the note presented to Russis for ptance
and that to such mote it would have preferred the
note q Menchikof. The Times asserts that the
Porte, in repeating the same pleading now, forgess
the little Circumstance that the Allies are now
powerful enough to pass over such technical difh-
cultes:
CAS- in 1889, the dipomststs of Vienna constructed
their note and forwarded II for acceptance without
making sure Of the POrte's consent so In 1856 the
W re informed
their FIVE propositions 10 Rus ia without the pre-
vious adhesion of Turkey. Not but that taess
points may have been laid before some of the Turkish
minister's but they were never discussed, and never
received the same sanction which Austrs, France.
and England had given them. AS the Porte boldly
az successfully rejected the Vienna tote 80 also does
it contemplated by certain OF the Turkish minis
ters to deny the liability Of Turkey In the present
care
The Times calls i. 81 oversight Of the Allies not
to have consulted the party most interested 10 this
diplomatic lawsuit, aid thinks il rather whimsical
to found on this alleged oversight still larger obec
tons than the above. Whether or not open re-
sistance be contemplated BY any part of the Turk
"ish Ministry, there can be little doubt Of their
Willingness to impede the only settlement OF those
"questions which can insure the peace OF the
East" The Times has here told us what this only
settlement means, viz: the Porte receiving the
bow-.triDg from the Alles AS the Mohammedans
are iatslists there it, then, no exception to the de-
cree of fate, :he priests of which are low sitting
round the Conference table.
The iud;gr alton Of the West was reused by the
presumption of Russia in seizing " material guar
antics" from Turkey for the privileges which be-
Iopged to the country, if they were not quite IN
kee ping With the pretensiOns Of the dominant race
The Gar it is true, asserted that what be wanted
was only to keep up the status quo menaced by tue
Porte. The Times nov afrms that the Allies demand
material guarantees for breaking up the status quo,
and that the true end they went to war for not
to defend the Turkish Government against Rlssla,
but to defend the rnyas against the Turkish Gov
errment-(ss exemplifed in the Dauuoian Prlnci-
palities AID the pressing the rayas into the mill
tary servicel-and that this end only to be at
tanned by the military occupation OF Turkey.
The Russians pretended to occupy only the ante
chamber, the Allies pretend to occupy the salon;
at il necessary that the Western Powers should
retain some c, ntIUl the land they have saved
il was for that land they went to and not for the
dopiu AIT race. Nov, when they have delivered
thee fertile provinces Kars and the Principzes
for IftaIc'-tbe ony point Of Iu,key a,t.ek.d oy
I'VE have Lot shed blood for = slatus
quo. The tine has come for fu Acknowledgment
Of all that + ance and England have done lviz; In
occupyrg the land and are entitled 10 guarantees
similar 10 those demanded from Russia
Ii is very well known that from the frat the
Allies bourd themselves BY treaty with Austria
not TO demand any material guarantees from Rus
.is and that they fully act On their promise. 1t
seems that the Turk is not quite prepared 20 have
bis land saved at the cost Of losing it, The Times,
therefore, in conclusion grows terrible. 1t H.
Inmates that not only the dignity, but even the
safety Of the Sultan Is compromised BY the peace
project, and that ne may think this rather hard
Case But simultaneously /! reminds him, Ia
rough revolutionary style, that the rights OF SOW
ereign are OILY conventional
1--WE will suffer no tampering With the provisions
which are intended 10 prevent the rene val OF word.
wide calsmtier. II II quit. possible that individual
Pabss fear the rosponzib y Of their recent acts
tsiy (, Low s-tbey should read Lord PamrrstOn LIE
on the article espOL.ibyj, and even that tae feeble
monarch may think L. safety and hs disui'y co n
proni ed but, while We would pay all due regard 10
tie oonrentOnd rights of sovereign and bis n'ters,
vewoud firmly e'yorce oil that Ia necessary 10 The
cOumoD "efaTe Of Europe"
The mask Of the Conference, then, is dropped.
From The Eoon0aist we learn officially that not
even The -Four Points are to be pressed upon Rus
sis in their integrity, but in q mutilsted form.
Prom The TIMES We learn that the e0euy TO be
cor quered 1t Paris is not the Russ but the Turk
Il informs us that the true Fifth Point il the mill
tary occupation Of Turkey BY the Allies, but at the
same time il reveals that the unexpected resistance
Of the Psrte again threatens to blow up the Par.s
Cor.ereu>e a IL ha, done the two Vienna Con-