New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-15
THE TROUBLES IN HERZEGOFINA.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN FRANCE


PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN FRANCE.
THE FATE OF TURKEY REGARDED WITH UNCoNcERN
TIMELY LESSONS FROM NJ. GIRARDIN-INDE-
PENDENCE OF THE VETERAN JOURNALIST.
IFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF The TRIBUNE
PARIS Sept. 1.-Legisature, theaters, schools
and since yesterday, the principal Tribunals
are closed for Summer vacations The newspapers
only must keep open, and the hard tested journalists
make up the daily supply Of bricks for their columns
as best they may. The supply of straw from the
herzegovina is timely and The consumption great.
so far rs i have been able to read most OF the
numerous articles this gnared branch of the
knolty Eastern Question appear to have been very
easily written Helped out by contradictory and un-
Ineligible kilograms they shed floods of darkness
on our little knowledge Of the geographical.
military and political situation of the instruction,
The fact is that this Herzegovina instruction stlrs
10 lively interest here The Eastern Question in
general is no longer of great moment to France III
is an iii wind that blows good. II Is happy Tor
France that her late iSfortU'e force her in THIS in
stance 70 be tranquil and to practices the wise doe
trinc of non-atcricrrnce. That her frequent viola
tons of the doctrine have resulted to her ben
eft and that parse erance in the practice of II is
her only sound policy for the future. are Two
of the principal points that Emile de Girardin
in his remarkable series of Letters from Ag-
metz" These notable essays of the eccentric bnt
not for that less able publicst, the 18th of which
appeared yesterday in his journal, ia France,
have for thcr common tile, "GrandeUr or De-
cline of France Assuming. but not without
preli,inar, showing of sustaining facts, that France
has finally passed that period in her history when
she counted prcpondera'iogor principal military
power in Europe. he holds that high place among
the nat Or il yet within her reach, and that career
nober perhaps and of greater prosperity than She
has set ran is reserved for h"r. To point ont the
WAY fox achieving this high position and entering on
THO vide rdit career Is !he purpose oi these essys
Principal among the obstacles in the way-whlch il
left there TOO long viii fatally doom France 10
decline, fox iiunUbility is BOT permitted to
nations-are traditional prcuiices and supcrstIions
kept alive by passion ami formulated III phrases
such IS National Glory" Balance of Power III
Europe" Revenge" from which time and
lis charges have now away what
proper significance, if any. they ever had.
GiraIdn, the most "indapendcnt," not 10 say
40 Horace Greeley u,ed L. by Of him. the tblrst
Of living journalists is sole owner OF himself and his
own paper Belonging to no party, he belongs
utterly 80 France. Strong enough to confess his
own error in being carried away by Gov
eminent Misrepresentation he coud not con-
troll. and by the false patriotic fcTyOr
Of the moment to shout On TO Berlin" in
1870 lac does not hesitate ~ attack the Weaknesses
o. his countrymeA. lie harii his great themes
Of M! onal interest wiioIt gloves though With no
needle rudrncss. IL requires some bplpn's5 IA =
Freacnan to i'll lis follow Ilenchnen of their
faults of hir blmideT, in he past Of .her bunlns
persistence in ,hcm and of their inirloriy to sdr-
rounding nations. Bat GraTGm Is not boldcr III ad-
yi,ng his conntryIurn that, for instance they have
= . a. r..N -fr
n.iiyns, that thy should now for,-o all
idea If military revenge on Germany
in y never 30 remote future, and strike
with Germany. srrhng peaceidi, proiitab" "opari-
ucr. hip wth chat power than h. is logically yi2or-
on, ia pressing ne ady.cc-bdSim ~ h.s habit H..
r ,ouiln.ss OF il abundant ant citations OF his
torcl and Other facts. WhGt i, az ic,narhable as
the argument of the essays. is the fact that they
az, considerably influencing pubic Thought here
recciy ing and more attention iio'n IN" better
sort of readers n growing number Of whom seem to
have reached hr transition stage between respectful
listening and converted acceptance.
The herzegovina outbreak has fuGni he'd TIE
l,ttcr-vrter Of gnez apt occasion lor strengthen
Ing his constant argument by n,w citatioh3rf Old
history He refers, for instance TO the Crlmean
war. once deemed so glorious and important, but
NOW deemed ~ frtless as any victory of fabulous
King Arthlii's palans. The heavy COSTS, now ever,
remain to remind France Cf tia, conflict We
he SAWS, Irfl in tho Crnea h;ndrcd thousand
French corpses and ii teen hundred millions of good
money to accomplish that famous Treaty of
Paris in 1896 that fell of itself 10 waste
paper and nOthingness in 1871, without
protest from any of the five signing Powers"
Let il all alone and mind your business,
breaches de Girlrdin. This seems to be much the
opinion Of the Englis! excepting Lord John RUSSELL,
IL. II hetvy of le
Russ0-Tur. Eastern Question to-day and not very
Ia,e DAYS ago rather amuses the malicousy obsery
ant French folks. For them, the excuse of seeming
Indifference is furnished by their present lucky
powerlessness to interfere with any effect. Profit
ably mediate, breaches Grardin, why and how you
have been brought 81 low that you can't interfere,
and so learn that when in like instances you did in
terfere, you should not, and in future instances,
though you might, you ought not. With.