The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-10-21
The New York Press OH the East.
erM War PrObabilities,


From the Tribune of yesterday.l
Upon the action of Russia, therefore,
depends the fate of Europe, and, it may
be. large portion OF Asia, There has
been no political crisis, for centuries,
which directly Threatens 80 many ma.
tions and races Of men. From the
Thames to the Ganges, from the Ural
Mountains to the Saharan Desert, there
is scarcely country which may not be
affected by the war, II it should involve
these two rival Powers. The statesmen
who guide the policy OF Rus.
sa are fully aware OF THIS. They
know the limits within which they
may weaken turkey and aggrandize
their own Empire, without provoking
the vast cOnfagration. The question is,
whether, knowing all this, and willing
to abnegate the tempting chances opened
to them by success, they shall be able
| TO check and control the forces already
set in motion. Russia will venture q
tremendous stake when she marches
against Turkey; but she has gone too
| far TO recede. Inasmuch as the Porte
| has made no formal answer to her de-
mands, there still seems to be ghostly
chance oil preserving peace. The next
three or four days will decide.
From the World of yesterday.l
When the Bosnian subjects of Turkey
rose in revolt, two of the former prov
incts and present quasi-independent ad-
joining dependencies OF Turkey fancled
that they saw in that revolt an opportu-
nifty for agg 'audizing themselves at the
cost OF the Ottoman realm. Servia to
the north, and Montenegro to the west,
accordingly did their best to foment
the revolt, and finally drifted into
open war IN support OF 1t. No power
save Russia at the outset favored this
outbreak. Austria discouraged it ener-
getically. England aud France dis
countenanced it. Germany stood aloof
and watchful. The Turks marched
against The revolters, and in the CAM
paign now suspended by an armistice,
the Turkish armies have undoubtedly
gained the ascendant. But though in
the ascendant, united Europe finds it
advisable to deal with them as if they
had been routed. The disorders and op-
pressions OF the Turkish rule being ill.,
contestable, united Europe, each power
Yying with the other in order to restrain
Russia from taking the whole affair
into her own hands, says to the
Sultan, "You must reform your Admin
istration," The Sultan says, "Certain-
ly, win do 80 il you will make my
subjects behave themselves" TO this
Europe replies, "No, we shall not make
them behave themselves; it is you who
must behave yourself. You are an
anaehronism and a nuisance, and we
should all abate you if we did not dis
agree among ourselves what to do
with you." Naturally the Turks re-
sent this. AS naturally Russia, and
the two empires which, in their
own interest, are now more or less
sincerely cooperating with Russia, in
sist upon their will being complied with.
France having lost her strongest reas-
ons for interfering, stands aside. En-
gland must elect, between initiating
France and putting in peril thereby her
own empire In the East, and backing
the Turks, at the risk OF bringing a tre-
mendous war upon her hands, In sup.
port OF policy which the popular senti.
ment Of England has boon influmed into
uronouncing Anti-Christian aud wicked.