, 1876-07-10

In assuming that tho Government Of st. Petersburg
has approved and encouraged tho display ot na-
ttonal spirit. scf71a has, In fact, been appealed
to from eyosy part OF Gc1ayio Europe ~ tho
State whose duty II Ia to stapd forth fore.
most In Tho common causc. Tho eonfe.
qnchcc OF these inclton,cnts has been p!cra.
rslloR for war, and. ot coufsc, great expenditure
of money. The notion that tho Great Powers coufd
ncsat acc Christian 1ant ngntn oycrsun by tho
Turk, nnd that in d determined conflict eventual
succcsa must be On Tho Chf[eian sido IN article
Of political faith among The patriots Of sho Turkish
Provinces. As 10 tho present attitude Of Europe.
has not Lord DznnT 1nid that tbs Trenty Of par,s
does not guarantee tho integrity Of tho Ottoman
Empire against revolution IN its constinent prov
inecsf II tho work ia over to b. done, It must DO
begun BY thuso who nro etit rcckoncd within tho
Ottoman pale; and, II these Will bear Tho brunt Of
tho frat onset, help Is sure 10 coms In Tho end.
This IL tho view atssduously presented BY tho
fscnds Of action, and H. IL sa!d That eYen nu,ong
tho psinco'a Ministers thcre uso mon ready for tho
boldcr venture.
With regard to Montenegro, tho Times Of
tho samo date Bpoaks with tho entne degree
Of certainty ns follows,
There has lately been project to concinto
Montenegro aud to iesac!l Il from tho revolution.
aFy connection by the scsslon OF small portion Of
territory, In return for which Montenegro should
acknowledge thu sovereignty Of tho Sultan. Moro
thaH pht A0fd[HutIik apptAE4 10 nHFG %HouKHt LukL
m understanding between Turkey and Montenegro
would be the surcst mems Of producing pacidca.
ttoH, and TINT the cession Of some frontier dstrcts
would be ANAL prtco to pay for such benefit.
The Austrian Government, however, Ia said to be
convinced that tie cndcavor 10 indnco tho Mon
tcnrgslns to DO anything which might b construed
into direct or Indirect recognition Of tho sultans
sovereignty would be nGre waste Of time. and
that not ovcn 40 incomplete an acknowledgment
as Is involved In eendinz Envoy 10 congratulate
tho new Sultan Is to bo hoped for. It ia quito pos
sble that aBryia and Montenegro may maintain tho
relations With Herzegovina which have lasted
throughout tho nanrrccttUn, and end by atting to.
gcthcr, II action theso be ut oil.
Subsequent events havo shown tho prog.
nostscations Of tho Tim<s to be absolutely
correct, Notwithstanding the positive manner
in which Mr. D1BnAEL1 reassurcd the English
people.
With regard to tho attitude Of Turkey, tho
paris correspondent Of tho Times throws
soma now light upon this subject. Ho says:
only mention there rumors, which have tn1u.
cnecd tho Dourse, to show what mistnke It wontd
be to tancy tho Eastern question Is approaching a
solution. Turkey f,as always asked to be left
olouo With fts royolted subjects, md when wnrncl
that In that case Montenegro and scsv!s would
openly Join them, has alwnya replied that II for
elSn f0Wcss WouiQ agree not 10 encourage Inc In
surgcnts. ahe would not be afraid TO face such m
cyentua!Ety and did not oven nsk tho Powers to
intervene automatically To prevent aucll general
ris1ng.
It is evident that tho Great Powers aro
acting upon this hint Of Turkey, and have
formed their ring to watch the struggle and
see II sho can make good her assertion. Tho
most significant foaturo Of this ring, how
ever, is, Tint, while England and Germany are
watching tho fight in the persons Of their
diplomatic representatives, Austria Is watoh-
ing IL with her frontier swarming with
troops and nussia with 10000 or 10000
troops concentrated noar Bukowina, which Is
within oaay striking distance Of Bulgaria.
II tho 8erv1ans nre worstsd, what thon !?
Will tho Great Powera allow tho hohan,mo-
dams to reassert their sway over tho Chris
uanH2 viii they give their consent to the
rehabilitation Of the Ottoman Empire in tho
sc'avio provinces? Doca any ono suppose
that Russia is to risk tho solution Of tho
Eastern question upon tho prowoss Of servla
md Montenegro?