, 1876-01-22

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Vienna and Berlin, which, it is said, was only
terminated by diplomatic representations. Herr
Won Schmerllng, formerly Premier of Austria.
recently made a speech to an association OF
journalists. in which he stated that he, though
now a judge instead of a Minister, had never
given up his project of raising Austria to the
headship of Germany, and he believed Austria
would yet be successful. 1t is surmised that
he expected help from the Clerical party, and
the Provincial Correspondence. the official jour
nal of Berlin, was Immediately instructed to
say that if Herr Won Schmerling's policy should
be accepted, the most stringent measures would
be adopted by the German Government. Tue
Viennese journalists did not like this hectoring.
and explained THAI Austria was Independent;
and the dispute might nave become dangerous,
when representations were addressed to Berlin
from the Viennese Foreign Office which sooth-
ed away the effect Of the incident. It must
be pleasant for a state just now TO havs
Germany on It's frontier, more especially if the
State is strictly allied to her in a revived Holy
AIliance,-nearly as pleasant as for the "ress-
suted' canary to see the " friendly" cat wash
ing her face in tranquility by the cage-door.
The most important news from the East Is
contained in the G}aS Czernagoscd, the official
organ of the Montenegrin Government, which
auuUuuCGS openly Lldb II tue 4 Qrk8 threaten
the Mountain by any concentration Of troops,
Prince Nikita will declare war at once. He
will not keep his troops together merely to
consume ratious The journalist declares that
although there are Montenegrins in the insur-
gents ranks, Montenegro has never acted illegal
". and considering her temptations, ought to be
an object 0fgratitude to Constantinople. Those
who wish to understand the history, aud con-
ditiou, and powers Of the men who threaten
this, cannot DO better than read Mr.. Freeman's
account of Montenegro, published in Macm;Itax
for January. They will find there reason to
believe that if the Sultan does at last give the
order to invade the State, for which some of
his advisers have been pressing for months, the
'~'revolt'' may be suddenly changed into a war
which will scarcely end till Turkish rule has
recedod to the south Of the Balkan.
A correspondent Of the Times states that
extreme discomfort and irritation are manifest
ed by the Mohammedans of Oonstantinople,
on irritation directed against the Sultan as
much as against the Christians. They say
the Sultan yields too much to the Infdels, and
has brought all these troubles on Islam by his
weakness and incapaoity. In the old times,
such a state of feeling would have produced On
iDsurreGtion or a massacre but the MOhamme-
dan mob has now no leaders, and the Sultan
has a new resource. No insurrectiOn can sue
oeed in Turkey unless the Sultan Is either
seized or slain, and he has only to go or board
one of his own ironolGds to render attack by
a mob impossible. In a week be would be
surrounded by forces sufficient to command
the capital, and bis vengeance would be ter
rible.
President Grant, whose Secretary for the
Navy, Mr.. Robson, has recently been very
busy putting irOn-clads In order, and has now
fifteen at his disposal, has, it is stated, forward
ed a circular to the European Governments,
advising a combined mediation or Intervention
to secure peace in Cuba. The state of the
island is terrible, but it Is not likely that
Europe will undertake It's paoifoation, and
the object of this proposition is, therefore,
probably, TO bring down on the United States
hostile messages from Spain, which the Wash
ington Government of course, would resent.
The electors would then think it necessary to
retain General Grant, as the most experienced
soldier in the Union. The action of the
Madrid Government is uncertain, but it has
so a~nxiously denied a charge brought against
1t of having enlisted italian recruits In New
York, that it is probably unwilling to COM
meuce a contest. General Jovellar, who
formerly commanded in Cuba, has, however,
started for The island again, and there is an i'm
preston at Madrid that something serious is at
hand.
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