The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-06-19
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Russia and Turkey.
The " Eassers assauou," a. II 10 fAmtliarly
GATED. having oacs mere essamed a tAreatea.
lug asreet, II becones -, - faithful j~curnal-
lsss, to place Il ~ ciearly before the public ~
may b. In ~ power, BY cotlscsine tAe most
Important facts of the casa and bringing them
together. SO that they may Be- seen NJ a glance.
We can bal do 10 By condenstpg the reply Of
Lord JosN RussRIl, made about three weeks
ago, ia the House OF Commons. TO \ question
pat By Mr.. SRvMorR firxoxRALp, with re-
gard to eertsin threats made BY Prince 0oRrs-
CuAxorr to the Tark,sh Ambassador, and the
declaration made by him to the foreign MN
listers resident at the Court OF st. Feters-
hureh. and BY them transmitted to tnsir seSe-
raj Courts.
Lord JOHN RvssHLI, Ia answer, sMted 'n"'
three propositions had been discussed ~ .ue
meeting Of the Ministers ia questioh' is''
ThS, ,hs s,a,e Of the Christian provinces in
r,,,r.~ h.d become intolerable. ID. That An
.,nr,rr .h,u,d be made int this matter cy a
.,r, ~ ,oint commission. composed Of The ON
..r. ~ N. Sultan and the Consuls OF the nvs
pnw.rs I'd. That II the Christian subjects OF
~. p,,,s had no, received the expected secu-
r,,x The govern meat should b reorGaniSed.
win regard 70 the frst Of theee sweeping
preposiuons-utterly destructive OF the inde-
rendence Of Tarkey-Lcrd JOHN RusssLL
said "Hsr Majesty's government has no''e
ceivcd such accounts ~ entitle them 70 say
that the present state Of those provinces Is
iptolerabie. The House is aware that We can
at no time speak with any great apProoa"o"
OF the eoyernment of the Sultan In the nue.
,ior OF hrs dominions. We can hardly speak
much more favorabiy, perhaps, OF tnat gov
eminent than Of the government OF the King
dom Of the Two Sicilies but at the same time
wa have no account that has shown Us that
there has been that intolerable mismanage-
mspt and oppression, which the government
of Russia has always laid particular stress
upon with regard TO the Christian subjects OF
the Porte. l have not only carefully read the
different reports received, but 1 have asked
persons coming from the provinces OF Tur-
key, and who were engaged In the ser
vice Of her Majesty, and they have generally
said 1t was impossible TO praise the admin
jstration of the Turkish government ; but
with regard to any particular aggression OF the
Christians, i, must be owned hat the Turkish
subjects OF the Port e are q ute rs great unerera
from the irregularity Of the government As
the Christian subjects are" He then quoted
the declaration of Sir HENRY BULwxR, tina
considerable improvement" had taken plac,
in the Turkish Government since he had beer
there. lie then entered upon the third, which
it will be seer at a glance.t is nothing more mol
less than a proposition to disintegrate thu
III I>-~.;~o n n0ov>naiSSnn hn AoN1Aror
altogether inadmissible. But with regard t.
the I'd proposition, he said " we consulted with
,he other Powers. and, at the same time, gave
our own opinion. that, while we did not give
our assent TO the frs: and third points, W.
considered it might be proper to make an en-
quiry with respect TO the present state Of the
Christian provinces under the government O
the Sultan. The Austrian Government, il
the same spirit. said that their object was Il
main .aia the independence and integrity o
Turk, aud at the same time to procure, by
sheir influence, and by that of the other Pow
ers Of Enrops, the removal of any grievanc'
that night provoke resistance or excite limo
va,ion. The answer given by Prussia wa
not t.>ry different, and the Government o
Fran .ent 10 us to know what was our opin
ion on the question. M. THOUvENEL de
SlAACo AhAty 49,
key, he was aware that great abuse and mis-
government existed there. He thought, how
ever, that remedies might be pointed out
which, at the same time they provided tor tn
happiness OF tie subjects Of the Sultan, wouls
also give greater strength 10 the Ottoman EN-
pire AT the same lime, he thought any en-
curry made ought TO be made with tn,
greatest regard to the authority of the Sultan
aud that the mode of enquiry ought not Il
shake or impair that authority. Our opin'
jan with regard to that point was this
We said that il it appeared to the Sultan tina
Christian agents or Consuls might participate
i'll an enquiry, we should be ready to take tina
view of the case. But hat if the Sultan
thought, on the other hand, that they could
not participate without a diminution of hi
authority. we were not ready to press q poin'
OF that kind on an Independent sovereign
whose authority we desired to main tain"
Lord JOHN said the result had been that it hae
been resolved at Constantinople 70 send thu
Grand vizier himself on a visit to Roumelia
Bosnia and Servia, with instructions to pun
ish all outrages on Christians, and to apply
such remedies to existing evils as the nature
of the case might require; that the French
British, and Russian Ambassadors had agreed
uUCu ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~ SAo
the Grand Vizier had actually set out on his
journey. Lord JOHN concluded BY saying. "
certainly consider that although this propo
cal OF the Russian government appeared .
first to contain in it elements even threaten
ing to the stability of the Sultan's powell an
a.present justified in having great hopes tina
there may be no dissensions among the Power
OF Europe. and that II We have to give advic
-.l:aos - oo~ ho wtvnu In snch q UNA,
as not TO offend the just pride of an indepen
dent sovereign"
We have here an authoritative statement o
this affair. 1t amount to this: Primo
GoR7scHAKorY actually threatened the Turk
ish Minister, under certain contingencies, I
interfere in the inte1 nal affairs Of Turkey. n
independent Power, and formally announces
this intention to the Ambassadors Of the Grea
Powers This m0unt TO a Tenunciation o
the treaty Of Paris, for by the Ninth Artici
Of that treaty, Russia and all tho other Pow
ers bound themselves not TO interfere In tn
internal affairs Of Turkey. At the same time
il cannot be asserted with the least show o
truth, that anything has occurred In Turke!
10 render in terventton ons particle more ne
cessary now, or more justidable, than 1t wa
when the treaty was signed. It ID a~ltogethe
q foregone conclusion ON the part OF Rnssia
and It's publication will be sure 70 bring abOu1
in Turkey, the very state Of things which eh
quotes TO justify her intervention that 10 I
cay. i. will be sure 70 fomenta any troubles tina
NAV arise in Servia, Bulgaria and Roumelis
The people Of those countries. already snni
GENTLY exasperatsd against the Ports, will r.
ceive these threats ~ q promise OF aid. and ~
Indictment, TO nsurrection. Russia will the
follow hor traditional policy Of sending troop