The New York herald., 1870-12-02
'ish Opinion of the Russian Crisis s-Pcn g .ul
Advice from the screen IsIe.c


From the Cork Register, Nov. 1871
'The war cloud rolling dun y which so long huny
over France threatens 20 spread over the whole OF
Europe and To envelope Great Britain In ns dead
canopy. The terrible Eastern question. 50 fruitful
OF war and rdmors OF war, again becomes danger.
Gus, and the unfortunate people OF these islands
may at any moment find themselves engaged In n
long costly and troublesome contest for the escr-
vaiion OF provinces which they have no, a
shadow OF Interest," and OF whose ge graphical DO
sltlon the vast majority OF them are unaware.
the blood OF England, Ireland ana Scot
land has already bedewed the distand shores OF
the Crimea IN the same quarrel. ana we may any
day be plunged into stll more fierce and more Dit-
ter contest than that which endel py ,he Treaty
1906 Inc Crlinean war was, a. every knows,
wa3ed ny England, France and Sardinia TO protect
Turkey from russian aggression, ana ended In the
complete overthrow or Russia. That nation was
compelled TO sign a treaty, which Tor the llme made
a further designs on Turkeys territory impossible.
Whoever Is master of the Black Sea Is master of
Europe and Turkey, and the principal feature in tho
Treaty OF 1866 was alclause which forbad Russia 10
keep IN the waters OF tile Black Sea q larger fieet
than Blk vessels OF specified size. The French
and English immediately took that the
Turkish neet should be raised TO such
pitch OF efficiency that IL would he able u
crush IN week the small squadron permitted by
the treaty TO Russia. For fourteen years Russia was
golden opportunity offered her in the ca amites
which Within the past lew months have overwhelmed
unfortunately M France. IL IS perfectly evident thai
to expel the Germans from her tcrritory-wl not be
IN position To wage foreign England alone
remains, and however powerful on the sea, the mill
tary force OF England for offensive purposes is abso
lutely NIL. The Russians can easily bring
into the field an army ten times as hume
rous as that which England could place
upon Russian soil. However, there is no
probability OF duel between England and Russia
Austria hates Russia much rs Turkey does for
she knows that Russia does not envy more the ricn
provinces OF the latter country than she does Bo
hemia and the other Slavonlc districts Of Austria
herself. III Russia was mistress OF the Black Sea
and the rich plains Of Northern Turkey her next
step would be to wrest Bohemia from the Austrian
empire II England then declares war against
Russia she is certain TO nave Austria for an ally.
But here new complications arise. Ever since the
beginning OF the war 1t is plain that
the e,ttente cOrdfdle between Russia and
Prussia exists Any Russian paper that
dared say word against Germany has
been summariy suppressed Every Prusslan vic
tory has been followed by the highest orders
snowered by the hands Of tne Czar ON the Princes
VINO ride IN the train OF King William. In a word
the action OF Russia may tend 70 European conna
grafton In tchct RUSSIA ana Prussia trould De ar
TdUed against England, France, Austria ana Idiy
For our part we have only opinion on tho
matter ANA we believe that we speak the opinion OF
every sensible man in IeaDd--libera conscrv alive
whig. tory, Catholic, Protestant, nationalist and
Orangeman-when We do almost earnestly implore
the Ministry Of England to avoid by every means IN
their power the plunging Of the country into war;