The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-11-18

i. could get Of the pickings. Unfortunate
D. y for these gentlemen, they oil have Gel
Al tain interests which clash one With th
Ie other, and If the peace Of Europe is m ain
'f tained, 1t will be because they could DC
IF come to an understanding. Austria seem
o bent upon playing second fiddle to Rus
'e sis, but che objects to the idea Of the indie
/. pendence of the Slsvonic provinces
}. Greece is also awsking and putting on air
,. OF importance she has been promised tw
% provinces by Germany, 10 the case Of tb
d dismemberment Of tho Turkish Empire
Q Turkey offers sx months armistice ,whic
r Servia will only accept on the condition
!. Of statu quo ante belum. Russia avs
/ six weeks armistice is sufficient, whils
England tries for one up to December 81
B. The Turkish ministry 10 its wish for peac
8 would probably grant all this, but il i
o met with the danger Of Mussulman exas
peration at such an humiliation.
The whole question shows great diff
Guilty, and each country interested 10 the
; matter seems to be in state of vexatio1
and puzzles. England, the astute and
prudent, is in peculiar position Her
; millions of Mahometan subjects 10 India
call for her to help Turkey; her foreign
policy has always been for the intact
preservation of that country, it would be
q disaster for her IL Constantinople fell
into other hands; and just at this moment
Of difficulty, when the English ministry
requires all its GOODNESS and power, when
it requires the whole confidence of the
nation. there arises race of so called
philanthropic patriots, horror mongers.
who with the clap.trap Unpopular oratory,
inaame the public mind, and flaming
John Bulls soft hearted indignation into
q blaze, do all they can to oomplicate the
governments position with fresh Difficult.
ties, crippling it in its efforts for the
maintenance Of peace. ( The indignation
meetings for the Bulgarian outrages ought
never to have assumed political charac.
ter, it should have been o national mon.
ument to discountenance such barbarity.
petitions should have been addressed to
the ministry, urging it to energetic action,
but they should also have been accompa.
MED with vote of confidence. In con.
sequence, what lie the position of England
Should her interests demand that she
side with Turkey. public opinion mag run
so high as to prevent her fighting for the
crescent, in which case she must expect
most serious complications with her Ma.
hometan subjects in India. Egypt also.
which is nominally under her protection.
and the Suez canal, all these are intimate.
ly mixed up with the question and the
slightest mistake is fraught with the most
disastrous consequences for England.
Russia is one day said to be allied with
Austria. the next day we are informed
that Italy is her ally. and then we are
told that an offensive and defensive treaty
exista batueea her and Oermany. The
truth most likely is, that none of these
are actually signed. but that they have
all been proposed, and may yet be com.
pleted. The one most to be feared, is
that between Russia aud Germany, and
if the Cars ambition is aroused By Bis.
marks willy maneuvres an almost univer.
sal war will be the result. Russia, IN
exchange for the magnificent ports she
would hope to obtain in the south, could
easily afford to allow Germany 10 hold
the Baltic, this sea king being frozen
nearly half the year, loses a great deal of
its value for the Russians. The question
would then be, would France allow the
opportunity Of attacking Germany to slip
by,and is she ready to do so with safety
The safety Of England would lie here,
allied to France, Italy and Austria re.
naming neutral, the northern giant and
its German ally would find rough work
ready cut for them. | at this moment
receive the latest kilograms, it seems i'm.
possible that war can be warded of
longer than the end OF this month. Russia
is sending one hundred men from each Of
her regiments into Servia; Greece is in
arms, Rounania also and the whole affair
has assumed the very blackest color pos.
sible. The Russian funds have gone down
from lOl to rs. 1t is now almost certain
that there is treaty between Italy, Rus.
sia and Roumania whilst the neutrality
OF Austria is supposed to be insured for
consideration, but as it has been proposed
to take parcel of her territory to help to
form Sclavouio kingdom. she may ulti.
mately resist and side with Turkey
Germany as l have already said, holds
the casting vote. what she decides will
settle the question. The French press is
hostile to Russia. The probabilities are
that England. France and Austria will be
allies, so that the war which is now ready
to burst is likely to be general one.
From all this we may deduct that Russia,
Italy. Germany, Greece and Roumania
are allied; out We do not know whether
England will fght, this will all depend
whether Austria and France have stom.
ach for the work. France is extremely
unlikely to move unless with the cooper
alton OF Austria. Russia is most likely
waiting for the cold weather to set 10 and
stop the navigation Of the Baltic. her
capital will then be efficiently protected
from the shells Of an enemy's feet. At
the last minute of going to post. there is
a rumor that war is declared, out no par.
.iculars are given. Let us hope that 1t is
not tTue,and that we shall be spared such
horrors and bloojshsd as must attend so
gigantic conflict; matters look desper.
ate,but the whole affair is so complicated
that the very fear Of the consequences
may perhaps ultimately quiet the most
turbulent.
\ l wonder from what place shall I'D
dress you my next letter!
The EUROPEAN CHArrERBox.
Judge LindemaD, of Cincinnati. sen.
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