The New York herald., 1876-09-18

above u.s. the Turks arc safe from them for they arc
now TOO close under their muzzles Evidently there is
OF the street, and fearing TO be the Of any panic
order dinner at the hotel while VIZ are having our
tered H. but In fivc minutes aiterward II was filled
with miscellaneous company OF soldiers and camp fol-
lowers. The alarm has come, but curious to say, not
from the side at which there Is the most imminent
danger Nobody outside party seems to
know that at the southern end of the town and
almost within stones throw OF the street, the
Turks where them; but everybody does
know that the Servians have been
siGNAIIY DEFEATED ALONG LINE,
and the alarm been created by the that the
Turks have been completely successful in getting to
The northwest OF Alexnatz where between them and
the road to Delgrad there only the fordsbe Morav
II is in this direction MacKear and his stan of young
surgeons have been the field all day and with the
instincts Of true soldier, Colonel Lloyd Lindsay says
that whatever risk OF being massacred wo
must not leave until know their There
no dissent from that proposition and amid the inces
sant du Of guns await the OF friends VIII o.
have been hcroicaliy attending the field hospital.
hacCormac has been attending 10 the wounded IN the
open street. He Is up to his elbows IN GORE and We
have TO wash him ai pump.
ENGLISH OPINION or THE TURKISH COURSE.
tFrcm the London Times Sept 81
- To go nghting battles in order 10 in
crease the Servan indemnity is a very Improbable
speculation continuous victories could bo
sured and the limited Independence OF scrvia will
remain uninjured though Turkish army should be
adds to Of purposoIess suffering IL may be
that untulored Sultan will insist on asserting the
power with which he has been newly invested 1t
may be that his Minister'S following the obsequi-
Gus tradition OF their Offices, Will not venture to hint
doubt OF the wisdom OF his resolution II may be that
Fridays victory will prove fatal gift Ottoman
Empire in uring It's rulers TO thor destruction. We
and those who like US, can the issues involved and
measure the forces in conflict accurately than the
combatants themselves will fail IN our duty II we do
not strain our powers Turkey itself, 10
prevent ITS government from prccptating general
war in the East and To arrest outflow OF blood
that must increase IN Its torrent If it Is not absolutely
sianched.
WILL ENGLAND SUPPORT THE POPULAR CAUSE?
From the London Times, Sept. 81
. Happily for us, this notion of maintaining
all things unchanged in Southeastern Europe in the
interest of England has been disprovcd by events It
is, indeed, clear enough that Englishmen would run
the risk Of change rather than be responsible for
keeping everything 1t is; but they may bo reas-
sured What have been deprecated necessary evils
have proved blessings. Many Englishmcn looked
asKance whom Wallachia and Moldavia were erected
into the neutrality-suspicious. Principally OF Roumania
They thought 1t was the first step the absorption OF
these provinces into the Russian Empire; but Rou.
independent State, and has proved q formidable
wedge between Russia and Bulgaria The con-
cession OF seli-government TO Hungary was
another step not universally approved hero because
II was fanced II would weaken tho power OF Austria in
withstandipg Russian aggression; and there Is no
enemy OF Pan-Slavism like Hungary. Servia itsei
glad II has been TO accept the assistance OF Russian
officers in this campaign, has shown the distinct
jealousy OF Russian influence and there have been
ugly stories whispered OF the peris bcsettng Russian
volunteers in the Servian armies Calling intermediate
States INTO existence along the Danube has preserved
the equilibrium Of the European system far better
any forced maintenance Of the status quo 1t has been
the safeguard against Russian prcponderance as well
the saetyvalve OF forces that not be forever
repressed We can have no shadow OF interest in
restraining the development OF this process. We
should be ready to assist the other guaranteeing
Powers, and even to invite them to proceed in this
policy II these truths had been recognized last
year might nave prevented that terrible chapter
OF horrors which must now remain forever a part
OF Turkish history The trouble then extended fur
ther than Bosnia and Herzegovina, and any one who
Will look In the map and by what a 18TH
mus OF land these provinces connected with the
rest OF Turkey will the natural advantages OF ex
tending to them an autonomy similar In principle to
tnat OF Serva the side and Montenegro on the
other. Even II a constitution like that of Crete had
been offered the disturbed provinces twelve months
since II would probably have been accepted sdIi-
cicnt. But now II Is in The highest degree doubtful
whether any settlement Is possible that shall cx-
tend to Bulgaria Also Tho trouble has grown Tho
letters OF Lord Russell and the Bishop Manchester
bear witness to the feeling of tho nation. We have
thus had fastened upon us tremendous problem-thc
extension u self-governmcnt TO Bulgaria-becnuse
there too much sluggishness OF mind high quar-
ters TO do tho right thing at the right moment.