, 1875-11-23


intl'catea TINT England and Austria aro acting
in II belligorcnt manncr towards Turkey,
while Russia is holding 1icrself aloof. Tho
hitter Power il evidently pursuing very
Bourd diplomatic policy, an,l ia content to
wat such time NJ The Eastern Turkish PROV
inccs shalt drop like ripe frnit into her lap
Mt tho very lirst agitation, aud tllero ID no
cl,angu in her well.cstabished policy will,
reference 10 these provinces. England. lsow-
ever. which l!as heretofore hcen intent upon
preserving the autonomy Of Turkey in E',-
rope nnl even fought against n,1ssia in he-
half Of Turkey, flns u,nlo n complete revoln-
ton in her reln.ous, md is now actively
engaged In stirring TIP strifa and using Nil
her Influence to indnre Austria and 1l,tssin tn
drivc the Turks ncross t1lo Dardaaelcs. md
effect n partition OF the country by givirs;
Rnssia controi Of thu Eastern Md Austria
control Of the Western sclavcs.
Tho iey to tllis suddc, change of policy IN
easy to discover. 1:ko tho kry to many
Other attitudes Ut England, it is Of dnaucai
character. John Bull las been touched in
bis 1nost teut1er and sensitive eppt-his
pocket. lily money-hags nra in dnnger. 1Io
il tl.n creditor Of Turkey to the tune Of
ssoh,noo,0M. lie loanel her tlrat amount in
order that sin could strengthen her armies
and navy 20 na to defy foreign aggression
md to establish cortnin Governmental re-
forms necessary 10 tho preservation Of hei.
autonomy. This a1nount tho Turks havo
aquandered. mud now they nro in default md
OIL tho verge Of q bankruptcy 40 complete
TINT not only il thu loss Of the principal Ger
lain. but tho interest il also long overdue
rhcro 10 not n shadow Of n hope that Turkey
eau 1sleot hor indebtedness to England Tho
debt is virtually SECURED, however, by n
mortgage upon tho Scluvic Provinces II
Turkey IL destroyed md tho Western PROV.
inceH co to l,nssin and tie Eastern to Austria,
then both Nnysin aud A,1stria will Le e1.
pectea to assume their proportion of tlo in-
s!obtednoss. II the territory Is made free.
then these provinces themselves must nssumc
tho obligations md England will recover q
part Of ller loss Mt least. She will, therefore,
assent to any scheme for tho reconstruction
Of Turkey i'll my form which will restore her
solroncy. This is ono wny in which England
hopes to mako herself whole, but not the
only one. She has two strings to her bow.
She recently put out rs feolor the announce
ment that If llussiu obtained tho Western
and Austria tho Eastern provinces, she
ought to ltayo Egypt. This, Of course, would
reiieve Austria and Russia from any RESPONSE
bility for the Turkishtle tho acquisition Of
Egypt. or part of it, being considered m
equivalent. To this Austria las mnde no
objection, and the willy Russians, nke BAnx1s
are "wislin'." Tho Goh,s which reflects tho
views Of tho Russinn Government, in discusa-
ing tho Eastern question, admits the cogency
of tho views Of tho English Journals
with regard to Egypt, SO the dispatches
state. Russia, in fact, is SO situated
that sho can afford to let England havo Egypt
and staud by aul see Austria absorb tho
Western provinces, for in such an event the
Esstorn PROVINCES will fall to her without the
necessity Of her striking n blow. It in a
gigantic ganlo Of partition between England,
Anstria, and Russia. The Turks once kicked
out aud Turkey reconstructed, Austria will
probably gain Herzegovina, Montenegro.
Servia, Bosnia, and Croatia. Russia will
gain Molaavia, Bulgaria, and Wallachia, and,
by destroying tho autonomy of Turkey, En-.
gland will gain the $500, ,ooo, 900 which she
lent Turkey to preserve it, either from these
Powers themselves or indirectly in the ac~
QUESTION Of Egypt, and which she eau OBJ
tain in no other manner. This ia the key to
the change Of attitude in England's position.