New-York tribune., 1876-02-21
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
THE TURKISH PERPLEXITIES.


lyRoM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRTBuSE.l
| LONDON, Feb. 5.-The power of what children call
making believe il one of the most useful accomplish
ments pursued by diplomatists. They have exhib-
tied it this week in q way that rivals the perform
ances of the Marcloness with the Orange-peel and
water. Six Powers of Europe are making believe at
ConstaDtinoplc that Turkey is a seventh. For some
months past the six real have been dclberatlng
how and when Turkey can be partitiOned without
creating among themselves They have made
up their minds il cannot be done Just
vet, which was evident; and that no very
positive step looking toward the further partial dis
memberment of Turkey is practicable Immediately
They are aware, at the time, that one province
of Turkey is carrying war against the Porte on
its own account; that the Porte cannot suppress
what it calls a rebellion; and that at least one
nelghborng State, warlike though small, heartily
sympathizng with the insurgents of herzegovina,
IL with difficulty restrained from openly siding with
them The situation, therefore, Is one that cannot
safely he let alone but to determine what should
he done difficult az it was dangerous to do
nothing Finally, what is known the Andrassy
note was concurrcd in by all Of them which GER
tainly comes to nothing anything could
come This note recommends To the Porte certain
reforms calculated To remOve-n name though not
in fact-a few of the least Of the grievances which
drove the herzegovina TO arms. Austria, Germany.
and Russia agreed to 1t and having agreed invited
the assent and support of England, France, and
Italy which they obtained. All Europe joins hands
to exert y little moral suasion on the Turk, whom
Europe s not yet ready to drive into Asia where
he belongs.
Nothing you would saw could he more considerate,
and the Turk ought to he thankful for the indul-
yence shown him. Not he. lie announces in adj
vance that he will submit to appearance of eoer
cion or pressure This Oriental Falstaf will do
nothing under compusion. He will not even re-
ceive a Note. Down to Wednesday of this week,
the European pubics assured that the Note
would nevertheless be presented. 1t difficult to
believe that half dozen great Powers would sub
mt to be told it should not be- But they have sub
mittcd To-day we hear the Note Was not presented,
and will not be. Ii s read To the Foreign Minister
by each ambassador, and its acceptance recon-
mended az a concession. But no copy of IL is left.
II il an informal communication. II does not appear
i'm the archives Of the Turkish Foreign Office. Rus
chd Pasha, IL il affirmed has agreed 10 ask for
copy of il later and II ~ understood that favor
able answer will Ice gwen, and rman issued, de-
cree'ng snndry reforms IN Bosnia and iierze-
govina. That may or may not be. The fact to
be noted is. that on every point Of procedure
the Turk has had his way. He IL able to say
q at he has rejected all European interference, and
at the most listens to some friendly advice offered
informally by number Of friendly Powers acting
separately. II il necessary suppose, that this sort
of comedy shoud be played, and everybody keep
grave face. But the only State in Europe that you
can respect in ts dealings with the Insolent bank
rupt on the Bosphorns is Montenegro. Montenegro
would fight Tomorrow if Russia would take herself
out of the way. She has u population of 10000.
Turkey has 80 600 0OO and has been trying for 200
years To conquer Montenegro, sometimes apparently
succeeding. hut never permanently holding these ln-
don.itablc mountaineers under her yoke.
The result Of the Senatorial elections in France is
probably a surprise 10 everybody hut NJ Gamhetta
and those who were in his confidence. NJ. Buffet
and hi, .sents had flooded Europe with reports Of
an asccraned Ministerial majority among the dele
gates who were To elect the Senator'S | commented
in my las, letter on this performance, and said that
il had been so far successful that Buffet Senatorial
majority was thought probable. All the greater was
the surprise when Monday morning brought returns
which indicated Il Republican triumph. and when
Tuesday morning confirmed it, The returns
differently summed up by different papers, and ;.ie
best figures may not give a perfectly accurate
classification of the elect, but there is no
sort Of doubt about the majority. The
Ministerial and Bonapartist papers indulge
in fantastic combinations Of. Radical and Mod
crate Republicans Constiutionalsts and know
not what does 1t matter. You may call your
majority Republican or Radical or Moderate Repnb-
lcan should he inclined to call it tiambettist.
Either that or Ant-Bullrtist will sufficiently mark
its character. OF the Senators elected last Sunday
from 100 To 10 are Republicans Moderate and
Radical included. There 80 Bonapartlsts, u
Icgitiniss, and from % 10 ~ OIleanists or C0ns,
tutionalis,s, or what NJ Buffet would call Con-
- i.s. H.. ..aI.,. La,
the Assembly, there are in the whole Senate Of 800
members more than $50 Republicans, or-whieh is
the same thng-men who can he depended on in all
vital questions 10 follow the lead Of NJ. Gambctta and
not the lead Of NJ Buffet his il the actual result
of an election held on a system devised with much
cunning to make a Republican majority impossible
giving the Government even greater control than
il usually has over elections-a system IN one respect
like that on which Presidents chosen in America
aud which was ayowedy contrived 10 moiify the
influence of universal suffrage. If the Assembly
which is to be chosen On the 20th contain
majority of the same character NJ. Buffet must re-
slgn and the greatest danger TO which the Republic
has been exposed-that Of being ruled hy men who
strive TO bctray and overthrow twill have passed.
Incidents of the election give hints of is meaning
not less significant than the general result One
such ~ the personal defeat of NJ Buffet. who was
candidate in the Vo,g,s, and beaten by the Repubh-
cans. His colleague. VI. Dufaure, suffered eimar
fate ut the hands of the Bonapartias in the Cha
e-Iufereure-a piece of ngrattnde for the sup
port the Government has given them, which il justly
punished by the general rout Of the BOnapartist
party throughout the country. NJ. Emile Olivier IL
beaten. Even the Pas de Calais q Department over
whemingly Bonapartist, has been carried against
them by IL coalition between Monarchists and Re-
publicans. On the other hand Bonapartists and