, 1877-06-06

aud regularity, cannot be the aft III OF Q
few days. Till lately the weather has
ilte posed real Obstacles 10 the advance.
N3t only has there been rain in torrents.
bat the storms Of wind, Qul towards the
north heavy falls of snow, have interfered
with the march and The transport, the
railway track being in many places dlmag.
Cd by H. nundAtiol, The Russian Gov
eminent p1stp1nel its declaration Of war
as io15 az possible, aid occupied the III
tc-va with ~ Of he most solemn mystI-
fcliol9 Of diplomacy We may suppose,
nevertheless, that all THAI could be done
in The bA SEASON was being done during
General IGvArIEFFS Poregrtna'ions; Tor
no sooner was th3 war declared than one
Russian division after another entered
R1lmnia CO mp .ttIy equipped for war.
Tho movement has never been interrupted.
The Summer has come ut Iast the weather
is dry, and the rol Il have become as pAsSl-
Bile as thpv ever are. The Russians have
now taken CON pIeta possession OF the Rou'
manian communications, q Russian osticer
is Installed in the telegraph office at BuchH'
rest, the Il ,unt nlaa troops make way Tor
the pA,3lI3 Of their Il lies, or masters, and
the alyalcc Of the grand army of the CzAB
to the Danube now goes forward under the
moss favorable conditions.
Yet with all this the work must proceed
but slowly, in proportion, at least, to the
curiosity and Impotence oil the world.
Tn Russians are aware that this Is not q
clmpai! :" IN which they can afford to neg
lrcc strategic caution. They have to ac.
cOmpli4l 0ne OF the most periiOus feats Of
war--to cross a broad aad difficult river 10
tn, face of a powerful enemy-and they
must then Tor months to come keep up COM
municaDions which a single defeat would
Interrupt. Though they,have the resources
of Rounlnia at their disposal, and may
thus obtain supplies Of food and an unlImit-
Ell o|uln.ity of Iabour, yet all the materials
of war mast come from the Russian terri
tory and heir advancing army will natural
ly fad is diff ;ujties increased at every
step. It has often been pointed out that
tha Bsssarabian anI Roumanian Railways
though. no doubf, lhAy give most important
facilities Of movement to the invading force,
d. not furnish the means for that RAPID
concentration AMI advance which the cam
naigns of 1866 and 1870 have taught US to
associate with modern warfare. The
Russian troops have been brought 10 tnS
frontier aud will be brought to the Danube
in gool condition and completely provided
for war by mems Of the existing railways;
but ths process is slow and laborlous IN
comparison with that which MoLTKE was
able to apply. The long detours OF the
single line of railway, the difficulties arIs'
ing from a deficiency of rolling stock, form
a Condition of things very different from
that which prevailed in the richest and
most largely traversed district OF the
European continent. The obstacles WILL
of course, be overcome by the energy OF q
Government which disposes absolutely OF
oil this powers of the country. For a long
time past the railways in Southern
Russia have been taken possession
of for the service Of the State. All the
engines, and carriages. and trucks, oil the
engine drivers, guards, and other servants
have been placed at the disposal OF the
War Department, aud the lines have been
devoted to the transport of troops and war
material. First the number OF goods
trains, and then the number aud size OF the
passeng ger trains, were restricted; aud now
we believe. the goods traffic has ceased
while the passengers must watch sne'F0P,