New-York tribune., 1875-08-19

along tHc WuOlo hHo vi tuc Cd'O' "ie"""o"
other accounts localiEe the revolt In the COM
paratively short extent of country lying be-
tween Kostanecza and Dubscza. In this rcgien
it is clear that there is strong and fer0cl0us
public feeling against the Turks, which has
been shown in the massacre OF officials
and the destruction of public Offices. The
Government of the Sublime Porte has delayed
in, its usual ncrvcless manner to take the
necessary stops, either to conciate or crush
this revolt, and it threatens at this hour to
become as serious an insuIrectiOn against the
Ottoman power in Europe as any which wo
have seen in recent years. IerzcgOvina, with
its 1000 square miles of territory and its
quarter of a million inhabitants, is capable OF
no insignificant resistance. Its people are ac-
tive and warlike, the country having long been
famous for its manufacture of "hydromel and
sword-blades." But if the IIcrzegOvinians
are heartily supported, as now seems probable,
by their wild and niruly neiGhbors. the con-
test will be one which will engnge the earnest
attention of every nation in Europe, both for
its immediate and its contingent results.
II ia only the dread and distTust OF the dlf-
fcreut Christian powers for each other that
has 50 long preserved the domination OF Tur-
kcv in Europe The Government OF the Porte
i; about a. bad as any eOnld he that should
take IL, place. 1t is marked 10y less savage
cruelty than of old, but has improved very
little in its regard for justice, honesty, or
legality. Its officers are the most rapacious
and shameless, to be found anywhere on the
continent. From the central seat OF govern
mcnt or the Besphorns to its furthest limits
an the Danube and the mountains of Monte
negro. there is one uniform system of plllaSe
and corruption. Several of the princpaities
have already emancipated themselves from
all but nominal dependence upon
their suzeraln, and only the traditions
of statccraft and the superStiiioiis reverence
for the balance of power have prevented them
from throwing eft their allegiance to the sui
tan altogether. This control OF the provinces
by the Western powers has been hitherto Ia
clitatcd by their own disSensOns and jeal-
orsies. If herzegovina, Montenegro, Bosnia,
Servis. and Wallicha could once maka coni-
mon cause against the common enemy it would
be difficult even for En.lish diplomacy 10 pre-
ye0t their temporary success.
Such success would probably be 10 more
than temporary. Tho population is too iSne-
rant and turbulent, and composed OF elements
too heterogeneous to promise any long c0ntin-
usmce in peace and prosperity after they
should have broken the yoke Of the Sultan.
Almost, if not quite, half the inhabitants are
Mohamme,l.ns, and the rest are diydded bc-
tween Latin and Greek Chri.tians, who detcst
each other rs sic1rtily a. they do their Paynim
ncIghbors 1t j. truc that DR.. D0lhngcr has
announced satisfactory compromise ut the
Old Catholic Conference at Rome on the ques-
ton of the Procession OF the Holy Ghost, but
il i, doubtful whether the metaphysics OF the
Danulaan provinces are sufficiently developed
to enable the SlayoniG peasrntry to Gppre-
cate the force of the Doctors dia-
lcctcs, or t, keep their knives from
each others ribs in their theological
discussions The verse of Swinburne, Man
"may have freedom, he SHALL not have peace"
is particularly applicable to thcset people.
Sooner or later it is highly probable that they
will free themselves from tho lanGuid tyranny
OF tl,a Porte hut oven after TIKI. is done they
will scarcely be allowed - dispose of their
own dcstinic,. Their fate will depend simply
on the ability OF England to unite the West
e.n powers against Russia. Ii that can be ac-
csmpshcd, Ties, pugnscious principalties
will pass from the Siz,rainty of Turkey into
the tutolase Of the European powers. If it
cannot, then Tho way OF Russia to the Bos-
phor,is would be more nearly opened than ever
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