The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-22
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ENGLAND AND FRANCE
correspondence Of Tho NJ Y. Advertiser
LONDON, April 9th. Every day is believed 10 furnish
evidence Of the preparations Of Louis Napo
for the commencement Of what many suppose to be m
long medtated Only few days since the Russia
organ lie Nosd had strong article upon the extrao
nary activity manifested at Toulon Marsees and all t
great French ports and yesterday il announces
that the Toulon fleet already extraordinarily strong wa
10 be increased by three sail OF the line The news b
day is that telegraph lines immediately 10 bs constn
ted along all the principal highways Of the empire b.
which the communications FROM port to port, and io
each port 10 the capital will become universal and
stantaneous.
The last mail mentioned that the Iatre and Pres. M
published strong articles against occupation Of t
island Of Perrin as station the Indian transit The
papers, it is presumed. insert nothing but what is san
toned by the government. But the Mossiteur and Pa
the ayowedy official and ministerial Journals and H.
Pays has article deprecating the angry tone Of its
temporaries In doing this, however, II expresses s
hope that the matter will be amcaby settled by the M
conference As the Paris conference has nothing to d
with the question, this hope il merely suggestion for
dragging il n in order that France and Russia may make
a stand upon IT, ut is not true Says tho hdspatnp
Beige well-informed paper, that looks with alarm h
present bearing of continental politics. that Russia and
France have sent note to England the subject Pc
rim, but Count Kisscof and Count Walewski have had
some very serious conversation about the matter"
Although the general public, and especially the specu
latve portion, still refuse to acknowledge belief in The
approaching danger it is plain that there secret n
at work with sufficient strength to prevent all possibility
of return of animation either to tho Paris Bourse The
London Stock Exchange. MessB Rothschild are under.
stood for the past two three months TO have been real
izng cautiously, but continuously, many Of the semi
ties they hold in both capitals and, although they say
they do this because things HIGH the reason not
powerful since setting aside danger of war every
description Of stock ought to be much higher As gen
ca rule, prices in market advance in exact proper
to hat in hank hu1Io
The influence from this circumstance is indeed usually 50
powerful that it overcomes all minor causes of external
disquict Money is stronger than politics is old
axiom among those who at such periods speculate fora
rise. But during the past six weeks the extraordnap
and perhaps it may be said unprecedented fact has been
witnessed OF augmentation Of stock of gold TO u,
extent of than two millions sterling without The
slightest upward movement being established in oonso
any other description of security. On the Paris Boup
notwithstanding variety of attempts the part Of s
bankers and spectators to get up rally, the result h
been still more discouraging.
THE ISLAND OF Perrin CONTROVERSY
From tho Paris rairie.l
We are anxious to impress upon the public mndht
the taking possession of the Isle of Perrin by the Engba
most violent attack upon the integrity Of the Ottoman
pre and the principle of the liberty Of the seas We far
from wishing to raise any irritating discussion under pre-
sent circumstances but we have choice about the mat
ter. Now is the time to prevent the territorial usun
ton which England Is eecting in order that she may
not at later period be able to shelter herself behind The
prctext of fat acconpi and to invoke the consecta
of time. The {FIench) press is unanimous in affirming
that the Isle of Perrin belongs to Turkey by undouh
ed titlc that the occupation Of this island by England
illegal; and that she is proceeding 10 orty 1t in defiance
of all rights in order to insure for herself the DONNA
ton Of the Red Sea, and monopoly of the trade with
India Ought to contnc ourselves to pointing out the
designs of England the tendencies of her policy and tn.
perseverance, with which she pursues her object Is that
the only part that the press has to play Is it enough
"a.
advised such and such works Gin order that the English
forces, doubly established on Perrin and on an ket
ON the Arabian coast, should be able to cover by
fire the only practicable entrance to the Red 6s
No. that is not enough win Europe allow these wuh
to be made Twill she permit the dctestable maxim
&c qa bon prs,dre est bon gardr to be predominant
in the law Of nations That is the truo the only qes
ton and France for more reasons than one, cannot
hesitate to ask it. On the hand, If France without
calculating the sacrifices which such enterprise i'm
posed upon her. co-opcraed in assuring the Independents
and integrity Of the Ottoman empire 1t not, sup
pose that England-n spite of the treaty of Psrs, !
which she is party--should take possession Of
the mnutest fraction, of Turkish territory and
make il standing point from which to threaten The /
commerce of the world with her cannon. And, in an
other point of view as the piercing Of the isthmw
Suez will open direct communication between the Med
iterranean and tho Indian seas, France, which
deeply interested In the work. allow her flag to submit
the English protectorate in the fortified isle Of Perrin
Our dignity is in question the dignity of other IA
tions cannot be less susceptible. It is time for Eor
to show England that she must give up her ira
ditional habits of cncroachment, The question can 4
no longer remain undecided whether it il to he wt
tied by diplomatic negotiations by the next meet
ing of the Congress of Paris. Turkey refuses to gram
the frman for the piercing Of the Isthmus Of Sues
long England occupies Perrin. She seizes the fak
opportunity to claim possession which she has nemt
abandoned and which she will neither give away s
Has she not by Der organs of the press at COnstantn
denied the truth Of the reports that she in treaty
the sale Of Perrin to England England must, thercm II
either show title to hold PERRIN givcit up In shot
ii the nations of Europe do not to abandon D. s.
navigation of the Red to England it, in their g0 4
the integrity of the Otomon empire be not fiction
is Indispensable that they should, without momcntsa Y
lay make the occupation of Perrin by tho English sF y
ltcal question of the highest Importance It Ia for
jcct, not in order gntuitousy to speak of situate
pregnant with complicated cmbarrassmcnts- stuses
not for moment to be lost sight Of but to protest
the name of public right and treaties against wu
patton which we trust will not be contaminated
From the London Times, April 7th.l
English steamers, have said, are passing andF
passing the entrance of the Red daily. No ohuh
ropcan flag ever appears the waters of this trFa
gulf Neither France Russia nor Austria hsh
slightest concern with it, 1t is in the exclusive oea
ton of England and must in the nature Of things remain
so as long as England has vast possessions beyond M
these other countries have at all Perrin which
advantageonsly situate at point where the navigation
difficult, has been nm unnhabted rock except at rare