The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-11-24

exposed to all aggressions, even o.
the part Of less powerful States, a,
soon as they possess naval forces Il
which Russia would be ab.e to oppose
only few vessels Ufsmail dimensions
Che treaty of the l5-3Jtn of Marcn
1856, moreover has not escaped the in
fractions to which most Of the Euro.
pean compromises have been subject
and in the p-esefc. of which it would
be difficult 10 affirm, that tie writteE
law founded upon respect for treaties
as a Sa SIS of public law and rule fol
the relations between States, has pre-.
served the same moral sanction which
it may have had in other times. We
rave seen the priIcipalities of Mol.
davia and Walachia, the fate Oi
which had been fixed by the treaty oi
peace and by the subsequent protocols
under the qua anty Of the great pow
ers, effect series of revolutions as
contrary to the spirit as TO the letter oi
these compromises, and which led
them first Ia union and then to the
sovereignty of foreign Prince. These
/ eye.ts occurred with the consent oi
/ the Porte and the acquiescence of the
| Great Powers, or at least without
tnese the latter thought it necessary
/ to make their DEGREES respected. The
/ representative OfRIssiI was the Oniy
Une 10 raise his voice to point out to
I the Cabinets that by this toleraiion
they would put themselves in con-
| tradictiOn with the explicit stipula-
tions of the treaty. Beyond doubt
if these concessions granted to one of
the Christian natiOnalities of the East,
had resulted from agenial understand
ing between the Cabinet and the
Porte, by virtue Ofa principle applica-
ble to the whole of the Christian pop
ulatiOns of Turkey, tile Imperial Cab
met would have had nothing to do
but applaud, but they were exclusive.
The Imperial Cabinet then could not
but be struck with the fact that it had
been possible to infringe with impu-
nifty the treaty of 1856, but few years
after its conclusion, in one of its es-
sential clauses, in the face of the
great powers assembled in conference
at Paris and representing as whole
the high collective authority upon
which rested the peace of the east.
This infractiOn was not the only one.
AT several intervals, and under var
ious preteXts, the entrance to the
straits has been opened to foreign
ships of war, and that of the Black
Sea to the whale squadrons, the pres
ence of which was violation of the
character of absolute neutrality as
cri e / to these waters.
''In proportion as the pledges offer
ed by the treaty grew weak, especial
ly the guarantees Of an effective neu-
trality of the Black Sea, the introduce
ton Of iron clad ships, unknown and
unforeseen at the conclusion of the
treaty of 1856, augmented for Russia
the dangers of an eventful war by in
creasing in considerable proportion
the alresdy evident inequality of the
respectful naval forces. In this state
of things his Majesty, the Emperor
was obliged to ask himself, what are
the rights and what the duties which
accrue To Russia from these mOdifica-
tions in the general situation, and
from those infractions sOfengagemehts
70 which he has not ceased to he scru-
pulOusly faithful, although they were
conceived in the spirit of mistrtIst
with respect to him"
Upon mature examination of this
question his Imperial Majesty has ar
rived at the following conclusion,
which you are directed to bring to
the knowledge Of the government to
which you are accredited Our augnst
master can not admit the law that
treaties infringed in several of their
essential and general clauses remain
obligatory on those which touch the
direct interests of his Empire. His
Imperial Majesty can not depend on
a fiction which can not Withstand the
test of time, and be put in peril by
uis respect for engagements which
have not been observed in their in
tegrity. The Emperor, cOnfiding III
the sentiments of equity of the sigma
tory powers of the treaty of 1885,, and
in the consciousness, they have of
their own dignity, instructs you to
declare that his Imperial Majesty can
not consider himself bound by the
treaty obligations of the 18th and Both.
of March 1855, so far as this limits
his right of sovereignty in the Black
Sea; that hIs Majesty considers it his
right and duty to give notice to his
Majesty the Sultan in respect to the
special convention additional to said
treaty, which fixes the number and
dimensions o ships of war which the
two riparian powers reserve the right
of maintaining in the Black Sea; that
he loyalty gives notice of this to the
powers signing and guaranteeing the
general treaty of which this special
convention constitutes an integral
part; that he restores to his Majesty
the Sultan the full possessions of his
rights in this respect, as he equally
reclaims his own for himself.
"In discharging this duty, you will
be careful to state that our august !
master has in view only the security
and dignity Of his empire. 1t is by
no means the purpose of his Imperial
Majesty to raise the Eastern question. |
Upon this point he has no other wish |
than the preservation and consolida- |
ton of peace. He fully maintains |
his adhesion to the general principles !
of the treaty of 1856, which settled |
the position of Turkey in the Euro
pean system. He is ready to come to |
an understanding with the powers
who signed this arrangement, either |
to confirm its general stipulatiOns, or
to renew them, or to substitute for /
them any other equitable arrange
ment which may be thought suitable |
to secure the repose of the East Euro
pean equilibrium"
His Majesty is convinced that that /
peace and that equilibrium will have !
a stronger guarantee when they shall |
have been placed on a more just and |
solid basis than those resulting from
a position which no great power |
cOuId accept as a normal conditien
of existence. You are desired to read |
this dispatch TO the Minister of For
eign Affairs, and leave a copy with |
him. Receive, etc.
GoRTscHAKoFF."
LONDON, Nov. 2l.-A special dis
match from Bsussels SAYS: There Is
every indication that Won MOltke is
anticipating a supreme effort by TrO-
chu, and fearing the ability of the
Germans to successfully resist sortie |
in force, he has ordered an abandon
ment Of the former plans of expedi- !
tiOns in the west and southwest of
France, and concentrated all his (
forces in the neIgh6OrnOOd of Paris. /
General ManteGffel has been stopped
in his march toward Amiens and or
dered TO join the army Of Sax0ns in
vesting the north of Paris.
Special TO the N. Y. World.l
LONDON, Nov. 2O.-My dispatch
last night, concerning the new de- (
mand made by England, through Odo
Russell, t0ra armisIice, was confirm 1.
ed, tonight, by the Observer, which 4
says negotiations are opened on a ba-
SIS which promises success. A CORE. |
spondent of the same paper, writing
from NprSafl llpG tsU fha IEth al w. :,