The New York herald., 1868-02-03
Ksssia % tho Dasuhs and the H~rspsan
Balance ef Power.

~A0 oAo enu AnvvOo Vi 0iP1OmnCy, buu vOAy
justly 20. No other nation possesses such
thorough, intelligent, active diplomatic corps
% is In the service Of Russia at this day. Her
steady, II gradual and persistent, onward
strides towards China, Persia and Hindostan
are evidences sufficient to prove this without
recalling recent examples In Europe. But she
is now playing . game moro comprehensive
and dangerous than has yet occupied her
attention. Results only can tell whether in
this instance also she win support her great
reputation. For ton years or more, indeed
since the end Of the Crimean war, vague
rumon and dubious reports have reached
England and France that Russian agents were
tampering with the populations of several
provinces on her southern frontier First one
heard Of Russian merchants with no ostensible
object traversing Wallachia and sounding the
inhabitantA Then military officers Of the same
Power were observed in Bulgaria, Bosnia and
even in Illyria. Next news came of supplies
Of Russian arms finding their way to Servia,
money to Croatia, monks and missionaries to
Russia, in Austrian Poland, agents and spies
oil along the Danube and selEdubbed profes-
sors in Bohemia. These rumors arising at
various times created an uneasy feeling, which
quieted down after short respite, but then
cropped up again and have, many q time
during the last seven or eight years, given rise
to paragraphs Of temporary interest only.
Later these rumors have grown into solid facts,
and within little less than year It has be-
come well known that not only were Russian
spies and agents variously employed at many
points along the Danube, but that Russian
money, Russian ordnance and Russian ammu-
milton were being freely passed into Servia,
and that corps Of Russian officers, specially
detailed for that purpose, were drilling the
Servian army TO the use Of q new improved
artillery and otherwise assisting in the organ
ization Of that belligerent little province. It
Is also well known that since the cession by
Turkey Of the fortresses In the Principalities
these doings increased 70 an alarming extent
and spread elsewhere.
All these facts may by sceptics be taken as
further proofs Of Russia's diplomacy, which
weakens her enemies by spreading needless
alarms in their camps Matters have, however,
come to such pass that 1t is impossible 10
blind oneself TO such belief; the operations
have been too general and on too great scale
TO allow one to harbor such notion any
Longer. Austria, at all events has taken the
alarm, and very justly so. She has not forgotten
the great Pan.Slavonic meeting in Moscow
last summer, or the concluding paragraph of
the Russian Emperor's speech bidding his Sla-
yonc brethren good cheer and expressing
hope TO see the whole family united under one
head. Nor has Austria forgotten the noisy
return meeting in Prague, nor the expressed
desire of the Russians in Austrian Gallicia TO
re-establish their own language in schools and
public documents. Many and manifold are
the means employed at ST. Petersburg for
fomcnting the Pan-Slavonic agitation. To the
peasants they speak Of land to the more edu-
Gated classes the consanguinity of race and
affinity Of idioms are held up "a motives APP
peals to the vanity Of whole tribes are varied
by benefits conferred on individuals, and
the Emperor allows himself TO be publicly me
morialixed on the necessity Of uniting the
whole Slavonic family under one head. In
deed, SO numerous and striking have been
Russia's underhand diplomatic doings of this
nature that they can no longer escape the
notice of the blindest What is most remarkable
In them is that they have all been directed
with the single object Of creating agitation in
Slavic countries under foreign rule. Russia
has always considered herself as the head of
the Slavic family, and through her energies
the Pan-Slavonic agitation has made such ad-
vanccs that 1t may be compared to Fenianism
on large scale, disturbing half dozen coun-
tries and all Southeastern Europe. Wallachia,
Bulgaria, Bosnia, all Turkish dependencies, are
Savonic and have been overrun by Russian
spies, plying money in profusion. Servia,
where the movement has taken the strongest
root, is still nominally tributary to Turkey, but
Russia. Croatia, Ilyria, Bohemia and CALI
cia, all provinces forming part Of the Austrian
empire, but with Slavonic populations, have
been worked by Russian agents In the
great cause, and are now evincing very de-
cided sympathics with the movement Natu-
Austria and Turkey, and the cause Of fierce
exchange Of recriminations. II can hardly be
supposed that by this Russia merely intends
keeping her neighbors In hot water. II would
appear more rational 70 imagine that she ia
preparing for great strife in which she hopes
to be assisted by those disafrccted provinces.
Every new report leads one to think the latter
view the more likely one OF The two.
Should the Pan-Slavonc movement have
reached such point as to detach from their
present allegiance all the affected provinces,
neither England nor France combined with Aus
tria and Turkey may succeed in making way
against ii /; Russian diplomacy in the East may
at last be triumphant and Gortschskoff's
dream Of slavonic empire be realized.
Napolcon's little idea of natonalities will be
naad arainat hirnanlf md Gar.a.a A.n4.ia In