New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-14
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE ORIENTAL CONFLICT.

GENERAL. UNCERTAINTY IN FINANCIAL CIRCLES
YEARS ENTERT,INED THAT RUSSIA WILL PROVOKE
wAR-THE BRITISH POLICY OUTLINED
LONDON. Tuesday, Feb. Is. 1877
The uneasiness on the Stock Exchange and
the Paris Bourse, consequence OF the uncertainty VI
Eastern affairs lie intensified by various adverse ruors
that Russia will precpitate conflict; that negotiations
with Montenegro are suspended &C. none of which are
traceabe No business Is doing in International stoeks
and the tone OF the general market Is Nat
Commenting on the momentary lul in the Eastern os
pute, The Times says:
The opening OF Parliament has shown the direction 10
which English influence will be exerted iheie IL w
radical difference between the views OF The Ministry anu
the Opposition Thus NJ home and abroad ne c yr
ditions OF the problem are now Detter ulscci
cannot approach moral certainty but az regards ihhss
OF utmost moment which were previously in d9upt we
have the very highest DECREE Of prooaOiy; we kno
what turkey has done We can speak with the grs'es
confidence Of our OWN country; We t nnlifv oi
know what Russia will do. Even me ponSSy 90 "a
Germany and Austria is defining itself Taking the Pc
ca situation as supervened on Tue dssouom -. h
Conference there is imminent dancer OF g,et war o
tween the Russians and Turks IN when me Eur PEA:
governments will leave ne ottoman inSeI 70 ~ ~ om
reserving 10 themse es the riet OF Ihereie!uS u.
future time, should the disposal OF the oc'npeu vi o
auered territory affect therinterests. seemingly
the inevitable hour draws nearer and nearer Inc pause
Of which conscious arises from the IcenhG lna'
G h h,s r oP events exists no more There
longer any thing properly III suspense The crisis u ps
so far as diplomatic int rlerence is cOncerneu, anu up
further arbi;rament must be of different order But
such phase OF feeling cannot endure long "neh tne
people recover from the DeNuei ~ Vi uatpe
events aud revelations they will combine ana compare
them in their minds aud ask whether there Ii holh
mae to be done That Is question when
viii daily, hourly become more urgent and
will animate the forthcoming parliamentary ueDa'e
which would otherwise take the form OF historian
disousition. The debate will be pointed by the Know"
edge that Russian circular has Deen dispatched au
requires an IL has been said that the govern
mems obecng to in body and finding IL neon
yenien 10 answer singly may take reIuge III resolve
not 10 answer all, Out the worst OF this wOuld DE- 'n
when document is answered the author has GER
tam ri ght 10 assume that II cannot he answered
The Government cannot better pursue a pohcy WhlcI
duri q the last three months bas c0nclliateu nOhd
confidence than by using every opportunity, ana po-
sble making one retrieve the errors INTO when the
Porte has led by its DatuIaI oDstacS anu lne
suggestions thOugntless or Interested Europeans
This may indeed a difficult task our correspondent
at Pera describes the preparations for war; the elect o
which is that while they rum the state lndslIhN ty
bring large armed force into Europe ana HI the cap
TAI with martial spirit aud make compromise almost
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