The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-01-30
The State of Europe.

key, the resistance OF the Christian popu
lation to the british despotism OF ths
Turks has, since the beginning Of the
New Year, largely gained in dimension
and strength. 1t is no longer Crete alone
which is in arms. The smaller islands in
the Mediterranean have followed the ex-
ample set by their larger sister and uni
ted to chase the Turks from the sea. The
province Of Thessaly, which borders upon
Greece, is likewise in full insurrection,
and furnishes convenient rendezvous for
the great number Of Greek youth who
can no longer restrain their warliko pat
riotism. In Greece the people, with an
astonishing unanilnity, are bringing an
irresistible pressure to bear upon the Gov
eminent in behalf Of an open support OF
their kindred and co-religionists in the
Turkish provinces. The schemes Of the
Servians in Northern Turkey, who are
the most warlike Of allthe Christian tt ibes,
and who constitute the bulk Of the popu-
lation in the Provinces Of Servia, Croa-
tia, Bosnia. Herzegovina and Montenegro,
are still more ominous that the movement
Of the Greeks in the South, and the i'm
pending outbreak in Bosnia many, there
fore, give to the Turks, in few weeks,
more trouble than the Cretan Instruction
has done during the past eight months.
Russia is quietly but firmly maturing her
policy for the rapidly approaching crisis,
while England and France irresolutely
confne themselves to declaration that
they will not interfere as long as Russia
remains neutral A European Conference
which is now much talked Of, has no more
chance of success than the late London
Conference for the settlementof the Schles
wig Holstein difficulty. According to pres
ent appearances, the establishment Of one
or two Christians empires upon the ruins
of the Mohammedan power in European
Turkey is an event not far remote.
In Rome the people are quietly await
ing the call of the COMMITTEE Of Ac-
ton" That this call will ere long be is
sued, and that it will be complied with by
nearly the whole population Of the Papal
dominons, cannot be doubted The Papal
government, in the meanwhile, by new
acts of intolerance against the foreign Pro-
testant residents, and by its obstinate re
fusal to manifest conciliatory spirit to-
ward the government Of Italy, notwith-
standing all the advances made by the
latter, seem to be anxious to destroy the
last remainder Of sympathy that may yet
be felt with it as temporal power
Germany is preparing for the meeting
of the first North German Parliament
We have as yet no official accounts of the
proceedings Of the Plenipotentiaries as
sembled in Berlin. What has become
known of the Prussian draft of new
German Constitution meets with considera-
BILE opposition, but at the same time the
conviction prevails generally that more or
less unpopular provisions will hardly weak
en- the impulse which the meeting of a
Parliament elected by universal suffrage
will give to the national unity movement.
The idea Of "a South German Confedera-
ton has been altogether abandoned, and
with Baden and Bavaria looking avowed-
ly toward a confederative reunion with
Prussia, Wurtemberg alone cannot stay
out.
The embarrasments of Austrian Gov
eminent are in nowlse lessened, The
Hungarian Diet has, by an almost unani-
nous vote, adopted declaration against
the new military law of Austria, and the
breach between Hungary and Austria is
therefore as wide as ever. The new
Beichsarath, which the Government has
ordered to be efl c4cd and to be conyoked
within few weeks, will only tend to make
the conflict more apparent, for the differ
ences between the several nationalities are
still greater than those between the Gov
ernment Of Austria and the Magyars-
Though trouble may not be so imminent
as in Turkey and Rome, it is fully as sure
to come at the proper time.
France has sent out the last vessel OF
the squadron that is to bring back the
expeditionary force from Mexico. It APP
pears to be certain that the Governn ent
will SO far yield to the popular dissatislac-
ton with the new plan for recognizing
the army as to introduce important modi-
fcations. There is a strong current of
popular opinion that the military force of
France is ample for defensive purposes,
and that it cannot be made sufficiently
powerful for aggression.
The Fenian movement in Ireland is for
the present entirely suppressed. The re-
form agitation in England, on the other
hand, SCANNING strength, though itappears
doubtful wheather it will soon lead to any
practical result.
PROBABLE RELEASE OF Mr.. DAVIS
ON PARoLE-The special Washington
correspondent Of the Baltimore Gazette
writes;
nhanlos O,ropo. and / C Shea Esns-