The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-04-24


information We enjoy at present, we may at all
events note the tenor of what transpires.
In the Dtbats, the treaty 10 represented as
uniformly unfavorable to Russia She has
conceded the naturalization Of the Black Sea;
she has relinquished her claim to protect the
Greeks in Turkey; che has given up the best
mouth Of the Danube, and agreed not to at
tempt in future to interfere with the navi-
CATION Of that river; she has given up one
half Of Bessarshia; abe agrees not to re-fortity
either Sebestopol or Nicolaieff, or the Aland
Isles; she restores to Turkey the territory
and fortresses conquered by Aouravief. She
has not agreed to pay an indemnity to Tur-
key, certainly, but the Sultan has not with
drawn his claim for one, and the Conference sd-
journed without deciding the point Such ID, In
brief, the resume of the provisions of the treaty
according to the best informed journals of Paris.
If this resume be correct, one Of two things is
certain, either Russia is hopelessly beaten aud
on the verge OF national bankruptcy and ruin,
or she is SO we'll convinced of the hopelessness
OF continuing to struggle against the coalition
opposed to her that che has made up her mind
to get out of the scrspe this time, at whatever
cost of prestige, honor aud territory, in order,
at future and more suitable opportunity, to
renew the contest with better hopes of suc-
cess.
But, on the other hand, how stand the a1vO-
Gates Of Russia? L'A6eille du Nord says that
Russia was never stronger than at this moment.
The Gear announces to his people that he has
made peace because the object Of the war
the protectorate Of the Greek subjects of the
Porte--has been gained. And the tory jour-
nails in England assert with increasing empha-
sis that Russia has got the best of the bargain,
that che is the real gamer by the war, and
that the Allies have poured cut their blood
end treasure in vain. 1t is not wholly impos
sible to reconcile some Of these statements with
the article in the De6ats. Alexander may con-
slider the object of the war gained by the es
adjustment Of an implied protectorate Of the
FIVE Powers over the Greeks in Turkey: Nicho-
las might have agreed to such a plan before
going to war. And, on the other hand, vio-
lent EDglishmen, who consider that Russia
ought to have been made to pay the expenses
of the war and TO have lost the Crimsa be-
sidea, may naturally say that she has made
better bargain than her enemies, if she has
lost nothing but slice of Bessarabia ard
portion Of her aggressive machinery.
A few days more patience, and at least some
of these points will be cleared up. But the
closer the drift of the treaty, as we know il is
examined, the stronger becomes the impres-
sion that it cannot be expected to prove a
fnality, and that the peace will be but truce.
Austria is already at cross purposes with
France and Sardinia, on the one side, as re-
CARDS Italy, with Russia on the other az
regards the Principalities. Ever aimee the war
began she has occupied the latter; the Powers
now call upon her to evacuate them, and she
interposes delays. Count Cavour, the repre-
sentative of Sardinia at the Conference, has
presented msmoire on the condition of Italy,
in which her present degraded condition is
plainly ascribed to the mischievous effects Of
priestcraft on the one side, and of Austrian
mfsrule on the other. It is understood that
this mtmoire, which is said to have had the SYM
patty, if not the actual sanction, of the French
Emperor was no sooner made the order Of the
day before the Conference, than Count Buol
appealed to Russia to resist the progress of re-
evolutionary ideas. The Russian politely de-
clined, saying that after what had passed,
Count Cavour had much more intimate CON-
nection with and interest in the Italian ques-
ton than Count Orloff The m{moire excites
universal attention and general applause.
Again, the Turkish Sultan has spent, most
lavishly, it seems, the FIVE millions he got, and
now presses, with all the energy of despair, for
an indemnity from Russia to enable him to
sustain his throne. Where must all this end?