, 1876-06-24
Possibilities in Europe.

under arms, and the Turkish forces that ar,
in position to hold the countrY agains. them
number twenty-seyen Thousand. It is report
/ ed that = Russian army in marching, and
. that when it reaches the Pruth the SerTiap,
will begin. The reported movement of =
Russian army may tomorrow prove TO be
without foundation bnt it il an event likely
10 be true, for England displays her naval
force in Turkish waters aud it Is but natural
that ,hs Russians should wish to be strong
in the neighborhood, and they have no other
way but this Commonly the movement oi
an army has a more warlIke aspect Than the
movement of men-of-war 10 disturbed points,
but in the present ms ahce the movement Of
is armed forces by cue nation on the water
and by the other on the land are analogou,
facts
But however it may be as TO the move
ment of Russian troops, the rupture of the
peace of Europe by the advance of the Ser
vian forces is evidently the impending fact
If Russia does not support the Ser,ians with
an army on the Prulh sho at least supports
them effectively in other ways. Since the
e5pg dea, that changed the Sultan little has
been heard Of Russian opinions or purposes.
Some disconnected bits Of gossip have scquir-
ed currency which present the Northern
Bear as mildly yielding a reluctant assent to
what has taken place Bat these reports are
from English correspondents in Vienna and
Paris, and as they represent Russia in that
precise attitude in which she would present
the most agreeable aspect to England, it is
possible that the wish was the syle and only
origin of the Thought.
England, it may DC remembered, assented
to the AndrasSy note, and though she dId not
assent to the Berlin note she announced that
she would not oppose it. Her whole attitude
in the case was such as TO give the sicne;ory
Powers the impression that though England
differed with them as TO the scope Of certain
of the Berlin propositions she was heartily in
sympathy with their general purposes. Yet
within two weeks It was seen that she was
active at CousfantinOgle in support of an in
trigue that resulted temporarily, at least, in
the defeat of the negotiations that had been
on foot for SIX months I: any other power
had acted in that way the English journals
would have applied unpleasant epi,hets.
They Wonld have called !. irrachery-
II Is possible tbas Russia mag deem Eng
lands course worthy her imitation. Eng
lau! OF others may b. a-ss-,i for f5w weeks
by her apparent assent 70 ;ns prosranne
which Eaglani has carried 50 happily in the
Sul.an's espi'al, ja-- as Russia AMI others
were assnrel by England 5 fair phrases ip re-
gard TO ". Berlin uorc and a. everybody
found hat England hid been active mean
while, IN y may G1w fni that Bns-ia also
has not been lille. II Russia takes so.ige
measures 20 guarantee the interests Of the
populations she supports against me GeiuSions
Of promises frora the Porte, whether made by
a new OF an o!d Sultan. England, who has
deemed similar steps advisable to guarantee
her own interests, cannot complain.
Oae Of the London correspondents in Ber-
lin reports that Russia ) demand for the sur
port of Prussia in her policy has taken the
form Of "exaggeTr;ed Claims" This also
j., we suspect, a bit OF British fancy. Il
would, in the circumstances, he very agree
bic to England if there should prove 10 be any
difference between Russia and Prussia on
this poiat, and Engli-h writers are apt to
make the most of any hint that tends in that
direction. Il is not known ontsi3e Of the two
Cabinets precisely what are their treaty obli-
cations TO one another as tLey involve this
point. It is known that Russia made Prus-
sia's success possible in 1866 and in 1879, and
i, is conceived hat Prussia Is under obligation
10 contribute full equivalent toward Rus
sia's success now
But he fact that the correspondents give
even an erroneous report on this point implies
that the point has bcen mootei in the higher
circles, and that it-elfoorhrms the impression
that the situation Is critical In England a
change Of government IS & panaeea Tor all
evils, and the English have tried il il Con
-tnntiuop!e with results not fuil ef promises !;
fo5 the populations that we're to be PseIti-d
are only aggravated. An English triumph IL
,hssa circumstances i understood 10 mean
another ,riaI Of "TuTkish reform, and The
rlolnraineer-' hsar'- aIe sick with hope de-
ferr-d on that sutjec,- They want anolhzr
,orl of remedy now. and seemed di,Posed 10
have y, end il one blow j. sruck no one can
tell y here the trouble will -'oP-