New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-03
THE EASTERN WAR.
EFFORTS TO INVOLVE ENGLAND.

! IFRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT or THE TRIBUSrl
LoNDoN, July IL, 1S77.-The crossing of the Bal
ka1 and thecapturc of Nopois have 50 startled the
Anelo-Iurks that they fiji The air with shrieSs and
! imprecalons The most lucid ard io"ical of them
have, for the moment, quite lost heir heads. The
IdH van GG,ciie itself runs Of into incolefcnces
which, in a calmcr hour il would be irs, TO detect
and cover with ridirule. Starting with q clara
tlon that the reports too confused and uncertain
TO inspire any contdentopnon rs to the turn events
have taken, 10 winds MP with appeal 10 the Eng
llsh Government TO say whether Tia Russians are or
are not 10 b. allowed 10 annex Turkey by treaty
with departing SGltau-in appeal that can only
he based on belief that the Russians are carrying
every thing before them. The only alternative it can
suggest is that England should agree to the desruc-
/ ton and partition of che Turkish Empire. The
proposal of such a dilemma certainly seems to show
( that the profOser had in his own mind pretty
confident opinion as 10 the turn affairs are TAX
/ ing. The Uady fdcUdpt, another of the Moslcm
organs, arrives at a similar conclusion by different
road. IL ardcutlS affects that sentimental" view
of politics which last year it dcridcd IN others. #
raises the Consantnopic cry once more, and raises
/ II with this remark, 8" If Russia could never have
been allowed to enter CoustaItinoplc II .r cam
paign wagcd, like that If the German Army, with
humane and civilized arms zen times more impos,I-
be II has become thai herentry should he permitted
when the conduct of her soldier has outraged Eu-
rope" Europe. my friend is a large word. Even
your quarter Of a million daily average circulation
does not quite cover the Continent. Europe does
not like atrocities, II is true, whether Russian OF
Turkish. but Europe Will wait for some better evil
dcuce OF them than official dispatches from Constan-
nople unofficial echoes Of them in the dispatches
of your correspondents plying their trade far in the
rear of actual hosttles.
This is by no means the first time that .hese two
journals, with two others Of les, consequence,
have tried to stir up a panic IN England about Con-
| stmtiuople. Months they wanted to send an
English army corps to occupy the Turkish capital
and the English ii .ct to anchor in the Bo.phorus.
They had to content themselves with review at
Windsor instead. But they are strong in the
knowledge taat they have the Prime Minister with
then, and lhcy renew the cioIt on every convenient
occa.iou For some weeks past they have been COM
fortiug themselves with tine hope that The Russians
could not move forward They found immense sat
/ sflcton in the Russian rcverscs IN Armenia Only
"a dag or two since they were pointing ont that
uo.uiug had been done since the Russians crossed
/ into the Dobrudja Jane 23, and at Simnitza tour
days later. II is obvious, wrote Il military critic
that thc hu.slgus attempt no serious attack upon
the Bllh line until they have rid themselves of
&
prediction was published am account of the appear
auce ol the Ru,>ius on the south side Of the
Balkans in force enough to be routed, according 10
the correspondent of the same paper, with great
carnage. That the Balkan, have been crossed by q
Russian lying column is certain; the rout and the
great carnage await confirmation. But the notion
that the Russians are going 10 dawdle all summer on
the south bank OF the Danube has been rs effect
ually disprllad the notion equally believed or as
serted not long before, that they never would cross
from the north bank of that river 70 the south
There is nothing left tor the Ango-Turl but to raise
a fresh alarm about the peril to the British Empire
if the Russian lcgions permitted TO advance 10
STEAMBOAT.
Well it is impossible to say how soon the British
heart NAV bee fired aud British ships be ordered up
the Dirianecs and British troops 10 Constantine
pie II they are going they certainly ought To 20 at
once-so much may be conceded to the panlc-mop-
eer,-if military opinion is good for anything. Tie
Russian plan of campaign is already clearly indl-
Gated. The Grand Dlle believes he has troops
enough 90 mask the Turkish ortresses and force the
Balkans. and march on Adrianopic withoul waiting
for the reduction of either Rustchuk or Shumla.
You will lind plenty of information in the clear aud
sodier-like dispatches Of Mr.. Forbes and Mr. Mac
Gahan. both as to what has been done and what
will he DONE Those two enieTpuSng gentle
men have kept III the front of the Russian
advance and gone to the verge, | should say,
m their accounts of movements stu m
pronr,s and are therefore still liable to be mpcrlled
by premature disclosures. Their dispatches are pub
lshed in London within two or three day, after
they are written in the heart of Bulgaria. They are,
beyond doubt, telegraphed hence To Constantnople,
and they give detailed aud accurate accounts ct
the strength and disposition of no small part OF The
| Russian Army. However If the Grand Duke does
not care il Is no business of ours, and very glad the
student Of the campaign must be tn nave All th'se
particulars. They prove that, although some lauiis
| have been committcd-and IN what campaign were
there none and although especially great negli-
/ eence has been shown about the bridge over inc
Danube. the Russian advance has, on the whole,
proceeded with CELEBRITY and caution The forward
! movement to Tirnoya seemed AT first unaccount-
ably slow. and then all at once unaccountably
| RASH But il now appears that the delay was
no lougcr than was necessary for bringing up sup
/ plies and that the columns subsequently, thrown :"
far and So rapidly forward were protected ON eh'r
| flank by huge forces Of cavalry, well to the rght
| aud left. There has never apparently pech mo-
/ ment when "a Turkish force approaching thS I'M
| menselv long column would not have found ils APP
/ preach detected at any point, ana deialeu long
enough To- insure the concentration oi At least elua
/ forces on the Rus sian side The hu'Sdhs nave Ih
| fact been marching down line of caNaifF' lnp'He
trable anywhere except by a considerable force, and
their divisions have been 80 sklfully strung along
the road that they are always within supporting dis
| lance. The Turks. meantime, have stuck To
| their trenches. No doubt You heard TN, week
| that great battle had been fought near
Tirnoya; that the Russians had been beaten
| with a loss Of 1900 men, and that the "Iand
Dulc Nicholas was surrounded should