The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-12-22
The EASTERN DUES TON.

The Treaty OF 1s5G-Frlncc GoyichalsoT 70
Count Beust--lSsasoIs WHY tho Treaty
shcuid be Altered Eussia's Position
Frankly Stated.
Prince GorichakoH has addressed the following
additional dispatches TO NJ. de Noyikow vienna:-
TsARsKoE-sEio, Nov. 10, 1870.
Count Chotek has communicated to Inc two de-
epatches from Connt Beast, which refer to our
circular Of tne 18TH Of October. have made my
duty TO place them before his Majesty thes Empe.
ror. Tie Lore special object or the first Ia to ex
press the opinion o. the Cabinet or Vienna on our
approach the discussion into winch tho Austro.
hungarian Chancellor thought 1t expedien. to enter.
1t can hardly lead 10 the good understanding which
as well with the other co-signatories
Of the Treaty Of 1850; must h9wever
not correspond either with the opinion Of
the imperial Cabinet or with the situation
pTessly STIMULATES that the special limitation con-
venton annexed 10 the treaty cannot ne either an
nucd or modified without the consent OF the Sig
natory Powers. 1t ~, OF course, well understood
that transaction concluded In common cannot be
modified DuS by common assent. But It is equally,
OF course, understood that such trans.
action preserves Ito obligatory value for
all concerned only so far It's essential
bases aud conditions have been likewise
case az regards the treaty Of 1859 The bases of this
transaction were on the ono SIDE the obligations
contracted by Ruesla on the other SIDE the engage
ments taken Ivy the Porte and her ailies. Among
these the principal one, tho only cue which counter
II,
one ~ lch could induce her TO subscribe to those
concessions, was the principle OF the NATURALIZATION
Of ,he Black Sea- lhls PRINCIPLE had no other basis
for these fifteen years become OF most 0! the treaties
upon which the pollticel status q Europe Vas basedi
effected in the equilibrium Of the sitlat!cps and
i9rgss l Europe gre Of slight account o. regards tie
os tGs u S EaI by s fay Of i H.
inyadated on several points ana sllll be valid on
single one. -
longer the Europe that signed the Treaty of 1866
the political conditions unier which this tlansGc
ten wes concluded are Iaaicay altered; Surely It
she has been the sanc6ss. supDoyef q +
interests. II this principle has been weekend
by the course OF events the responsibility
most solemn Treaties have been ann'hsed befors
her eyes, when the value OF European guarantees is
nuliled by the very Cabinets which have rendered
them, when to preserve some efficacy they must be
fsneed according TO the circumstances Of the time
being, then 1t Is impossible that Russia alone should
ceased to prevail In political transactions, and
above oil, that she should maze her material safety
TO Which M y ' o as saS
jected. Count Beust viii allow me not to take into
account The objection to me effect that the princ
tories to that transactions These provinces, bound
to the Porte as vassais, could not be contracting
parties to transactions concluded between great
Powers Thcy remained strangers 70 them, end
could not be rendered responsible for violations for
which they were q pretext, while accomplishing in
ternal revolutions III accordance with their local
passions.
The infringement precisely hes In the fact that
the Great Powers, assembled In conference, alter
having useessly given judgment IN reprobatlon OF
accomplished facts have as last tolerated and recog
nzed Them though they were opposed to the spirit
ny well as 10 the letter or the treaty ana though
the Russian plenpotentiary called attention to the
fact that this liberation placed him positive or
position to the stipulat10ns OF that treaty. This
infringement not only invalidated the general idea
OF right, but IL tended by lib consequences to mCdy
the situation of the basin Of the Black Sea. But I
will not diate on this subject The purpose or tile
Imperial Cabinet was not TO send recllminati0ns TO
the court or cosgnatories Of the Treaty OF Paris,
but II has honestly sought To establish an under.
standing with then, IN order TO place the situation
IN the East I'm harmony with the alterations Effected
by the course Of events. II has frankly stated to
them The motives which 20 longer permit our august