The New York herald., 1876-11-24
THE EASTERN MUDDLE.
Flew Of the Situation from the
Capital Of Roumania.
ANOTHER CASE AGAINST TURKEY.
Prince Charles Subjects CIamor Tor a
Say Confederation
THE QUESTION IN VIENNA.

BccHAsxsr. Nov. 9. ls7a
The meaning Of The present srmis.ice seems 70 be
~srssen Of murder Tor two nonihs 20 como A. far
Gnovn here no other condition ~ Imposed. An N
srrnoe 10 communicated 10 the Eoamanian govern
nsnl however, that should The Turks attempt any
rotation q the implied agreement General lgnssien,
he Russass Ambassador. GILL immediately rvmove
rom conssansspopls. taxing With hnn all shs PR
on.rf OF The embassy, leaving the crars government
rec TO Interfere The Tsrsish ruthorsics must nov
e convinced other insbsy 20 secure any conditions
avorabls 10 side and should 20 trhe with
lanEer. And, while the truce must ba acknowledged
the beginning Of victory for Russia, The knsiish
,sbsnet must regard q - the most complete
heck has yea encountered Diplomacy 10
.ppsrensiy IN earnest this tine "a sndesvorng
secure peace IN tho Fast bus does not
~qaire any pessnist aid ~ assert that - Will be
usic a. IN shs pat ana that hosiiliuss viii recon.
rsnce as sooa as the swo months shah have expired
Bad a this may ssem. appears the only possible
solution Of the difculsy Put down. therefore, that
lhs case 10 simply adjourned.
ras sfrrArsos ~ KornAuA
In the meantime n wsi se Of interest 10 consider
the situation mere ls RoumsptA. These people
much Latin language. manners snd thought
France lisiy and spaln bat separated from their
sister nations by esaei barriers, hidden amid the
slave populations o. the memorable Pore. Whatever
ASPIRATIONS they have freedom and reform IN their
institutions have hitherto been expressed SIMPLY
by public ofhc,as and then smothersd ~ musty
archives. destined. probably 70 The llgnl
In what his appeared IN this eorscspondsnoe from
scrvia Imagination has had part conclusions being
based upon information furnished by 10 positions
know what 10 the truth. and the further facs that
The HERALD correspondence has been translated aud
reprinted In sucn papers an the RsTmsHai, The TEE
grophui the Hemas and tho Rsnaissaacs. printed in
Bucharest and the Istok. Of Belgrade, With iauda,ory
COMMENT Is sufficient proof Of iis accuracy and iude
prudence. When. therefore, attempt 10 deal with
Roumanla, oricr no predatory excuses. Prneipaiy.
kingdom or emp,re, the oppressed people Of the East
possess too much government, have too msay
ors and pay much reverence 10 brutal iorms aud
obsolete conditions Roumania wants 10 be absolutely
independents OF the Turk she wants u DONE however,
according To "form leaving dpiomscy 10 decide the
question WHETHER she shall be free or cont IN slavery
SupIosing--and supposton must enter very largely
into tho IN mttter-thc diplomats decide IN favor of
slavery, what Will become OF ali the e'cgast phrases
aud vaporngs concerning great aspirations Ter hocrys
The present treaty NTH Turkey dates back s0o yesr
800 years before our great Rerubic was born Ia the
sixtecn.h century all the neignboring natoBs--HnB-
garians Poles. Tartars Turks-soughi slsraassiy
10 out the eemrnt o the a.ns OF tho
Principaiiles. The Turks the powerful snd,
perhaps The most treacherous. but t xss sssry
70 secure strong ally or protector, aud 80 ihe
Porte was appealed 10. In 1891, tho walias hlans
being menaced with extinction, concluded treaty
~ Conslaniinoplr, ratiying and revising "a In l<ou
ln 1911 and 1879 the Modavians found n ne
ecssary 10 make treaties also. BY virtue Of
lhese compacts they cngpged 10 pay annual
1.-THE, and Turkey her part engaged to furnish
10 defend them against all enemies. These treaties
remain In lorcc now. and the Council OF the great
Powers Ia 1855 considered them as II point a, dpasf
d the modern public r,ehls o. Roamania rhis ex-
paid her OF $50 900 tsold has been invited lately
10 fall back upon her ola friend and demand the pro-
iectIoc Of the Porte Russia attempts to pass
Museovite troops through her torrt"fy Austro-
Hungarian journals have informed Europe aud she
demanded this protscton aud that Turkey response
has ordered force VI 100 900 the country 10
has never been made, for am 10 position 10 Know
that II these 200 900 troops were announced this
government would promptly decline the honor Of any
such visit and would care tho TURKS 10 cross the
RouxAxA's CASE AGAINST TURKEY.
Let briefly indicate the complaints OF this gov
ernment against Turkey ~ this time:-
Fira-The Ottoman Empire refuses to recognize she
individuality OF the STATE OF Roumania especially
avoiding TO call IL "Roumania," as other Powers do.
insisting putting II under the ancient congiomera,c
tule OF United PrncipalitieS
Second-Turkey refuses to consider the money an-
puay sent 10 Constantnople as forming. Svsmd nes
apart OF the Diplomatic Corns which u nm outrage on
Prncpallty tuat Is completely tree and independent,
thoush tributary 10 the Porto
Third-That turkey, refusing TO consider the money
40 sent to Slambou part oi the Diplomatic Corps
sne other agents Of the Prncipalty the interior
poweress protect their nauonaiity from assault and
degradation, and IL results that throughout the whole
Balkan Peninsula IRON the Danube to The Bosphorus,
the Roumanians are considered as Turkish Subjects
Eaurth-Turkey violates Roumania territory in
allowing her soldiers and other subjects to go tho
Dunubian islands and cut down the timber every year,
that Turkey docs respect the frontier limit iations
imposed upon her IN any particular touching these
FEh-Turkey has violated the commercial freedom
o the Roumanians, in contempt of Their rights, re-
fus,ng, by way Of redress, when asked 70 complete
mmercial postal and tclegraphic conventions Sne
nj. refuses agree sxrauition treaty, 10 which
Roumapia ! undoubtedly entitled
s.-ti T,,rt rticha bnr rofu tn
ports esued by the Prtnc panty, and compel Rouma-
mans 70 cnangs ihclr pssspo IS when travelling for
Others ISSUED bv the Pore.
S.remh-The unjust possession OF tie de u OF tho
Danube by tho Turks, aud the application o. the rule
rcrtivc 10 the line OF demnrcation between Roumania
aud Tul Key.
not openly spoken OF here but deeply considered and
that is Roumania feels that she should not be called
upon iuturc Tor her annual tribute 70 pay Ior pro-
lection when u has become evident to every intcli
gent observer that Turkey cannot defend herself
less theP rincipaities.
srcH Axs THE PRINCIPAL GRIEVANCES
which tho Powers will have to examine. But the
tract has long been broken or Turkey In
for tho aunua income engaged 10 defend Ronnania,
vet in 1777 they allowed Austria TO Bucovnc
helping 10 assassnate Prince Gregory Ghiks,
who courageousy opposed this robbery Of icrriiory.
Again in 1925 they allowed Russia 10 Bessaraba
which is entirely Modavian and IN iact coLsiituted
more than hai OF MoIdavia portion Of Bessaraba
was coded back TO Roumania IN lSo6.
What is the position OF Koumania with refer
ence The Eastern question: believe IL IS exactly
tho that Oi tue 1Ongo-Snv6 Neuhceu aud
parcclled out IN Bcssaraba where thero are some
SO 600 ians) by the Russian Empro-cui up by
Aus ro Hungary the vest in Buco,inc. Transyvana
anu Bannat (whcre there are moro than Oo0 0U0 OF
Roumanisns, and moreover tributary To Turkey, tho
aspirations OF these people SIMPLY tend 10 the group
ing OF natioualiiics the East which could bc
by 4 community of conservative intcrestA This /
question Will be discussed by the diplomats IL
would touch too near vitality. IL would cnd Tho East
ern question In a somewhat opposed TO tho
tercsts Great Bear Of the Baltic and the Great
lnndel of tho Golden Horn. And yet this founding
uotto IL tnp ne
views oil the people most interested beyond tho BAL
kans and on the borders Of the Danube. As to the
ccptatlon such plan by tho latter, there ~ no
doubt They would gladly avail themselves Of u wiih
Joy. With you Congressman aud other representa-.
ives together with the pubic Journals. may b. said
n all times TO express The popular opinion. Here,
then, newspapers and oi Stale favor the accept
ancc OF Concderacy OF the East a manner leading
10 tho belief that Is tho preponderating idea. u u
,rern necessary could send letters and revews