The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-03
: The s1cS MAN IN EUROPE. it be

trpesl las reported, That austria has con-
oluded Q treaty 'of oom merce with
Roumania without asking the consent
OF the Porte. the importance of the
act Gun soarcely ha over estimated. 1t
is neither less nor more than a recop.
milton OF the disiptegration of the
Ottoman Empire in Europe. Austria
has not tuken the stop alone, but with
the concurrence of her two powerful
neighbors. who will soon DO what
Austria has done, thu, recognizing
anu sanctioning the aot. The attitude
OF the three Empires, all.powerfui in
Central and Eastern Europe, will de.
termlne the future relations, not ouly
of Molduvia aud Walaohia, but of
Scrvla also, to the Ottoman Empirc.
II theSe provinces may coucludr
treaties OF commerce without the con-
sent of their nominal Suzerain, it is
dilhcuit to see what they may not do.
ihey already possess Legislative auto
| nomy, constitution, II sovereign Of
their own choosing, aud IL cabine. re-
sponsible to the Legislature. They
manage their own budgets, maintain
An army, the strength OF which they
| them mselve3 determine. They contract
their own loaus anal levy their own
taxes. Tho Porte reserved only the
right oi investiture upon the accession
OF the sovereign. aud refused them til.
privilege "f III lintnininy an accredited
representative abroad This last pri-
vAtlon was, however, compensated for
NY III" permission to maintain o po,ti.
c"l agent at this Court of Vienna. Not
shrei OF sovereignty now remains TO
The Porte except the right of investi
turr, whleh amounts to Just nothing.
Turkey III Europe has an area of
~ uGO sqnnre miles and population
OF l3.30O.0OO. The virtual severance
ri Mnldavia and Wallachia from the
empire drtaches $1,000 square miles
and II population of }, S6I .OO0. Servia.
which will speedily follov the example
OF the two Dannbinn principalitiee.
will carry eli $500 square miles more.
with population Of 1,093 900. This
reduces the empire by $500 SQUIRE
miles, ANA by nearly 8, ,0D0. 600 of souls.
ana what Is m ,st significant. the pro-
vlnces whose virinal detection is thus
rec"gnlz"d hy Austria. Russia and
Germ tny Lrr the richest in Erroprao
inihry. w;:h tho best popnlrIion
fh"y arc ''.-c..n1rd from the old Ro
man co!ou!>ts settled in Dacin by
iral III. who 81 long formed the buI
whrk OF tho empire In the Ea.t against
tue Darhhrians who pressed from
ocythla upon the frontier. They ara
proud OF their lineage and cal! them
selves TO this day "R ,man-" aud their
country "Nrumania. Their language.
Notwithstanding the occupation Of
their cunntry by Bulgarians, Goth,
and other barbarians. still shows IA
gronudwork and frame work of Latin
1t Is possible that this action NAV fore.
shadow the ultimatn solution Of the
T. istern question. Roumuuia nav
form nucleus to which Bulgaria, Kn-
% ella, Albania. Bosnin and Sery;l NAV
attach themselves Que by one AS th-y
detach themselves from Ssamboul.
There might thus grow up by degrees
nation Christian in ch h,racter and
progressive III policy, whose existrnc. {,
the great powers would rrcoguiz ;.
But lt'seems too much to hope for this
England and France, however unwll-
ling. will find themselves compelled to
acquiesce in palpable violation of
the treaty OF Paris aud the convention
of 1858. aud stand by ia silenc. while
the three empires encourage the
prlncipal.ties to trample on the tirnau
Of 1861.
DEATH or JOIN LAIRD The death
OF John Laird, the celebrated shin.
builder, occurred on Thursday. liz.
Was bora II; Grecnocl. Scotland. in
1868, and Was IL brother Of the African
explorer. MacSregor L,ird, who first
Introduced into Africa stenol naviea.
ton. llo WAS generally and widely
known us the head Of the celebrated
firm OF ship-builders, Laird. Sons x
Co., OF Dirkenh.nl, in which business
he WAS actively engaged for nearly
lorty years. Az early us the year Isao
he began tu build iron vessels, bu, so
great was the prejudice against this
class OF vessels that II was necessary TO
send one to sea Snv4ral times bsfor.
the p"b:!c could b.. induced to accent
them ns seaworthy. Mr.. Liir.l's firm
soon achieved great reputation ana
became very wealthy. In 1861, the
year OF hls retirement from the shin.
building hrm, he WAS elected to tho
British Parliumcnt, i'll tho interest of
the tories or conservative party, being
the first member to take sent as rrn.
rose NATIVE Of the growing town of
Birkenhead. During the late war IN
the United States his firm became ex
csed'ngly unpopular. owing to the
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