The New York herald., 1875-09-13

graphs from Ragusa that the condition of
affairs in Bosnia is remarkably quiet.
Previous reports of the widespread re-
sumption of hostilities by the insurgents,
the sacking of Turkish towns and villages,
with wholesale massacre of the inhabitants,
have not yet been confirmed.
THE MosTAR coNFERENcE-A DIPLOMATIC EF-
FORT TO STAY THE INsURREcrIoN.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Sept. 12, 1876
The foreign consuls acting as mediators
will leave Mostar to-day, and endeavor
to see the insurgent leaders, when
they will inform them that there
is no hope of foreign aid and will advise
them to submit their grievances to Server
Pasha.
PLAN OF ACTION.
The consuls will reassemble again on
Wednesday and Thursday at Stolatz and in
sion.
If the result is unsatisfactory Server Pasha.
will issue proclamation promising redress
of all grievances on the condition that the
insurgents submit within certain time
RAISING THE STANDARD OF THE cRoss-How
WARS ARE MADE e, .ss
Eat VIENNA, August 29, 1875
THar alntioy, xr1,io
which has recently burst into an observable fame
there, has been ready make itself visible any time
during the last half century when the power of Turkey
to deal as she thought ht with her revoed provinces
was practically crushed by the AngloRussian forces at
BATTLE NAvARINo it,
England, indeed, soon saw the blunder she had com
mitted in destroying the Turkish navy which ranked
fourth among the fleets OF the world, and she tried
wtha somewhat ludcrous haste to retrace her steps
Mr. Canning and the Phlhelleniss having decided
Greece should become an independent Kingdom cooler
heads than Mr. Canning's resolved that it should be
made insignificant and poweress possible and in
all the subsequent disputes between the Porte and
Russia the British Ambassador instructed to sup
port Turkey, and he generally did so, adding much
paatable advice.
But the example of Greek ndepende nee was not lost
upon the other Christian provinces of Turkey and
since then they have been less restless
The Modo Wallachan provinces the first to throw
OFF their allegiance to the Sultan Servia claimed
separate government, and hotbed of aspiring Euro
pean Consuls established at Belgrade Meantime
hehcmet Ally, the ambitious ruler OF Egypt thought
the opportunity too good to be lost, and therefore,
seated dynasty the throne of the Pharaohs
Trpo, Tunis and the Barbary States also openly as
serted their independence, while there good deal
Of talk about
A SEPARATE KINGDOM OF BULGARIA.
Thessaly, Epirus and the principal towns the
coast of Asia made and make of their
10 form part of the resusctated Byzantine Empire, of
which the capital is to be Constantinople.
Some of these projects have been realized. Some are
still but dreams, and hitherto such of the Turkish de-
tendencies as had not succeeded in shaking off the
yoke of the ndel had uneasy idea that it would be
awkward thing to deal with the nhdel in a hand to
hand fight. The recent rebellion in the Herzegovina
has relieved them of any such fears and the unani-
intervention of the great Powers has proved that
my of the Christian population under Mohammedan
rule may revolt without fear of consequences.
The Stock Exchange alone has seemed fully to com
prehend the true scope and meaning of the present
criss Turkish affairs The Turkish five per cents wero
quoted at 42k the 10th of August They have
since fallen S5, and It is difficult to get any serious
business done in them, except at Amsterdam, where
capitalists fond of risky securities The sort OF
value which may henceforth be attached to Turkish
bonds will be best understood the investor asks him.
self how they to be paid when the Sultan
rule only over hordes OF babarians such poverty
stricken populations of the Empire of Trepzond the
wandering horsemen of Koordestan and the wild tribes
around Bagdad with such heaps mud huts and ruins
the cities OF fErzeroom and the heaps rubbish which
cucumber the sites Of Tarsus and of sards, even If
much remains faithful TO the successor OF the
kaliphs.
There naL tha elo fopr AVID
when that Turkish securities have fallen nearly
thirty per cent in less than month"; it is time to ask
what is the meaning OF so startling fact
LEADING EUROPEAN POWERS
will not however allow the Turks manage their own
business In their own way The Ottoman Empire IL
left to ITSELF would have nothing fear from the rest
Of its Christian provinces 1t would send down
host OF bash bouzooks and other terrible fellows who
would teach the doctrine of passive obedience with
treme energy the rebels II Is not going far to
say that Turkey could the kingdom OF Greece,
win back her lordshp Egypt, reoccupy the
Danuban principalties and plant her flag again the
walls Of Trpoli and Tuns in very brief space OF
time. Her navy, reorganized by Admiral Stade and
Hobart Pacba is still formed of mighty fleets to which
neither Egypt Barbary could offer any effective
slsance Her army has been disciplined by English,
French Hungarian a-d German officers that 1t could
sweep over Moldo waachia scrvia and Bosnia like
irresistible torrent But, of course If the Turks were
allowed to settle their differences with their rebels
according to their method there would be some
fierce work. Now, Russia, which than any other
Power represents the rayahs, will not suffer them to
be hurt This is not question which concerns the
Emperor Of Russia himself and II should be considered
quite apart from any of the ambitious projects attributed
to Russia by the AngloIndian newspapers The fact
is that
POPULATION
is very fanatical. They also very ignorant: and
they do like to their corclgonists ofhe ortho-
dox faith under Mohammedan government, while they
do not even inquire whether they would be happier or