The New York herald., 1871-03-31
THE EASTERN QUESTION.


Tho Last Meeting of the Conference.-The
N W Treaty.
On the 18th Of March the fifth and last sitting OF
Me Conference, at which the Duke OF Brogie as re.
presenting France, was present. M. de Broglie
signed the 'annexe" to the protocol OF January II,
LORD Granville then read, article by article, the
drat treaty annexed to the third protocol and the
following articles were agreed upon as those which
were to form the new treaty.
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concluded between !hS Sublime Porte Russia and an
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ART The Black Sea remains open as heretofore to the
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Opinions Of the English, Russian and French
Press OH tho Eastern Conference.
The Saturday Reuteao says the farce Of the Con-
ference has ended with the foregone conclusion
which was conventionally deprecated by Lord
Granville. The Conference has taken upon itsef
The duty Of giving legal validity to decision which
would otherwise have been adopted without color OF
right. Ships OF war and arsenals may henceforth
be lawfully prepared for the invasion Of Turkey
and English capitalists are ready at q momenG'S
notice to provide for the cost Of construction. 1t
would have been better arrangement TO open she
narrow seas without conditions or limits, that an
English or French 1eet might in case OF need exer.
ciso supervision over Russian armaments. The
right OF the Sultan to admit foreign ships of war
treating pe y poW al act Of hSs
tility, The great diplomatic triumph achieved by
Russia removes one serious obstacle to an Eastern
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against Consiaptlnople, which the Conference has
sanctioned viii not alone suffice for the attainment
o the object In view. AS long as the western Powers
reian supremacy az sea second sinope might be a
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political and military enterprise. The means to be
Sy General Of g the ee aro
IN able pamphlet, pointing out that is through
Austria the attack must be made The Austriahs ana
be directed against them.
The London Spectator does not see that the result
OF the Conference the Russian note Is SO much TO
be regretted. The Conference Itself may be depored
Ms compromise which ought to have been preceded
by Russian apology Tor tne cars breach OF faith,
matey accepted, Under the revised treaty England
can, should Turkey be menaced act as freely In the
Black sea as In the Mediterranean, and no guarantee
against naval surprise by an enemy Of Great Britain
could be more perfect than that II Russia advances
have not fought since 1876 but her advance Is not
aided in the slightest by this revision which, II Oh.
tanned by negotiation and not by menace, Is little
more than an advertisement that the time of rest
obtained for Turkey In 1856 has ended Turkey has
misused that time but through no default OF ours.
the Economist remarks That tho Conference had
snly to agree on what in spite OF oil protests to the
contrary, was certainly from the first foregone
conclusion; In saying that II does not blame Lord
Granville, for every sensible man admits that the
only duty OF England in the matter was to keep her
engagement with Turkey; and that an engagement
from which Turkey was quite willing to release us,
for the observance of which indeed Turkey seems to
have had no desire at oil to contend was not one for
which Is would have been right, or even quite sane,
Tor us TO go to war, especially as France Austria,
Prussia aud Italy had all lntllnated an opinion that
the naturalization OF the Black sea should be re.