, 1876-07-10

in asInmtn4 that the Government Of st. Petersburg
has approved and encouraged tho dlfplay OF na.
ttonal spirit scrvla has. In fact. been appealed
to from every part Of 8clAvlo Europe as tho
Slate whoae duty Il ID to stand forth fofc'
most In the common cause. The contn'
u,cifce Of these ncttnmonts has been pfcrh'
rslIon for war, ANU Of course. great expenditure
Of moncy. TIN notson TINT Tho dlcss Power. ceu!a
never scn Cllristtan land ngnln oTcrfun W INC
Turk, md TINT In determined conflict eventual
succcaa uAt 10 On tho Chriatan side, IL m article
of political faith among the patriots Of Tho Turkish
Provinces. Az 10 tho present attitude Of Earopc,
hAs not Lord DxnnT 1nil ttat tho Treaty Of PARIS
docs not guarantee tho integrity Of tho Ottoman
Empire ngatnst revolution In ts constituent PROV
anecss II tho work IL ever to be done, It must bc
tsgui, BY thoso who aro still reckoncd within Tho
ottoman pale; and II these Will bcar tho brunt Of
tho drtt onsct1 help Ia sure to come In tho end
This Is tho ylew assituouBly presented By tho
friends Of action. md 1t is said TINT oven among
t,,e psineea Ministers thcra arc meu ready fuf tho
holder Ysnturo.
With regard to Montenegro, tho Times OF
tho samo dase spoaks with tho samo dogroe
Of certainty ns follows,
Thcso hAs lately been project to toncltato
Montenegro and to letaeh It from tho revolution.
asy connection by tho session OF small potson OF
territory. IN return for which Montenegro should
acknowledge Tho sovereignty Of tho arltan. Moro
| than ono Govc1nmcnt appears to haVo thought that
IN understanding hctwcon Turkey and Montenegro
| won!d bo the susest means Of producing racihea'
tion md Tint the cession Of frontier diarfca
| would bc amsll price to pay for tnch benefit.
Tho Austrian Government, however, Ia said 10 bc
| convinced that tho cndcnvor 10 fndMce tho Nom
tcncgrins to do anything which might be conssrnoa
into direct or Indirect recognition Of the Snlans
sovereignty would 10 nure wnsto OF time. and
that not evcn 90 incomplete an acknowledgment
az IL involved In sending an Envoy 10 congratulate
ia Aht frt Il mi
slble thnt saryla and Montenegro may maintain tho
relations with Herzegovina which have lasted
throughout tho fnsnrrccton, aud end by acting to-
gcthcF, II action thctc be at all.
Bubsequont events have shown tho prog.
uosticosions Of Tho 1im<s to bs absolutely
correct, notwithstanding the positive manner
in which Mr. D1anAxL1 rcassurcd tho English
people.
: With regard to tho nttitudo Of Turkey, the
Paris correspondent of tho Times throws
some now light upon this subject. Ho says
only mention thcsc rumors, which hare !nAu
rnecd tho uontse, to show what mistako It wonlt
, be to fnncy tho Eastern question IL approaching
. | solution, Turkey has always asked to DO lcf
alone with iis royoltcd subjects. and when wnsuct
TINT in That case Montenegro and servta won''
opcnly Join them, has alwaye replied tint II for
: egu Powers would agree not to encourage tho 10
susgentA, she would not be afra[d TO face Buch n
' cyentuatlty, md did not ovon ask tho Powers +
:" intervene diplomatcslly to prevent such genera
0 rising.
; 1t is oyi1ont that the Great Powers at
d acting upon this hint Of Turkey, and hav
- formed their ring to watch tho struggle m
= ses II Bho can make good her assertion. Th
o most significant feature OF this ring, how
$ ever, Ia, that, while England and Germany III
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