The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-23
WHAT rs CONC ON IN EUROPE.

tried to make capital out OF this. They argued
that. since the middle OF February was the Gus
tomary time for Parliament to meet 1t was evil
dent that the Government had resolved to take
some immediate and rigorous step. and wanted
the financial assistance OF the House OF Com
mons. Our own war gossipmongers. looking
over the tapes OF their brokers' Offices as tho
kilograms referring to this subject came in.
offered to bet odds that within six weeks all
Europe would be ablase. The natural concu-
sion from this was that. whatever Cammack.
Travers. and their followers might say. 1t was
safer to cover shorts at once and to 90 long as
soon as the war programme OF the British Cabi-
net should be more fully developed.
The only result OF all this was that the stock
market remained firm and enabled the intei-
gent bears to sell more stocks at fair figures.
The truth IL that. far from indicating a war
like disposition on the part OF the Cabinet, the
earlier summons OF Parliament proves the re-
verse. Had Lord Beaconsncd and his col
leagues really made up their minds to go to war
they would rather have postponed than hastened
the converting OF the representatives OF the peo-
pie They would have taken care to have their
hands free, and would have called upon Parlia-
mcnt only when the diplomatic part OF the bust
ness had been finally settled and no door left
open for the nation to back out by. This is tho
natural and traditional policy of British Govern
ments and Lord Bcaconsfeld has to follow il
up moro strictly than any Of his predecessors.
for he knows that the great power OF the country
the middle and lower casscs-is strongly
opposed TO war. The London Times. which sell
dom makes mistakes when It undertakes to in
tcrprct the plans Of the Government, has been
quite explicit within the last two or three days
in stating that the early summons OF Parliament
does not mean war at all, and is purely a meas
urc Of prccauton. Put into plain English the
articles OF the Times mean that the weak and
wavcrng Cabinet has not yet made up its mind
what TO do aud il anxious to shift all RESPONSE
billy upon the shoulders OF somebody else.
They did not do anything at the outbreak OF the
war. and it IL too late to do anything now The
alliance OF the three Emperors Is too firmly cs-
tablishcd now. and their resolution to "cut"
Great Britain too evident. The official organs
OF the Russian press are unanimous in declar-
ing that Russia may await without any anxiety
the early meeting OF the British Parliament and
quietly continue her work. the ultimate success
OF which no amount Of British intrigue" can
thwart.
The utter impotence Of England Is acknowl-
edged by the English themselves The daily
press cannot. Of course. speak frankly on this
subject for some OF its organs have to court the
Government for the sake OF getting early in
formation while those on the opposition side
have TO nattcr their readers by daily assurances
that the country is as great as ever. and has
simply been temporarily misrulcd But the
weekly press the only truly independent press
in England tells quite different stories. From
the Saturday Rerie,c and the Spectator down
ward. there Is not weekly journal in Great
Britain. whatever be its colors. which does not
frankly avow that the great days OF England
are gone and that hcr power can never be re-
1... III slt
Cabinets Of Europe nowadays than she is the
master in the markets Of the world And the
more independent the journal and the writer
the moro outspokcn their language on this
point Mr. Labouchere. for instance. who is a
wealthy man. an old and experienced polti-
clan. al anu cochon OF men in power. n literary
ha-hi-hazouk. thoroughly Up to the fighting he
has 70 DO. and not caring snap for what the
stir and dignled portion Of the community
nav say Of him. csnribes the pr, sent attitude
OF the English Government in very clear Ian
guase;
Ns,..ns 4. 'rrcr s;n o. nc sb'cnec q all public
IT. rn7ir hs mcnn- of Sasu. aud nisN aInnces which
IN a ' s "l M M n ndr rts
am on ON iols a. al eYn IN M Eastern inbrocio
asked what their policy they long cvaded All rellv
whe1 ihs c,s o ts' i's
sroupd l.r pira.e stumbled upon The words. eonii.
faces oi ali uqurr. such i, liz litter imiecii,v of A
s9Sc ssei ali Gaeis. IN th'lr ri m I"Si es il
that the tate q ueir ,ounr, tie hands OF men
80 o M'' g. So eauuoa' sna :. i2r.,esiut
our moral Cos o9 theory has been received with scsnt
noath'ns Acknss Is roar nothing but incohcrcni
s.oi Fgroic iut to n w no. I've S SY s1e
M tnt, an d, a.s Our charity lagi,d al
ana Nosicm good government are sno~bals that we
nave been uurn- al each other, lat which more
cudca,or toeXtui her rule % ihe Nterfancan only
ambition cauici, With our interest is child,h f"y Ii
J. SWEATER cnme IA Ter to annex Armenia than ior "
business CONVEX, rs.hs. into ale aimnis, At or
nereSSer ', S 10 Sey ae.; hs9 M hsys
m at NE are while We only render our~oyc, rldc-
are not our Interest the Eastern qu' suon hes ns anil
India imprcsnabt DID We ro posse IS India we Should
No. M thnA 81 ' srns WIN the rvalrles Of race ON
Ether We must hinder the consequences OF the war
Ing our grip on our road to India, and this latter would
W. cannot protect our interests in the Lcvon By read.
s 10 ns "a, n'ng, won ne SIN OF smb,on or by
count OF their numerous virtues In the Wide world We
our losing da a. TS the rus "I eS S9 oy eoeS a..
VIII they thought that We would lend III Ia money To
ami Bussa W. are such i' aer o oo. r ,Sa
osSl 10 Dor rn T as 'o g@r ear w9" we
Nty'd we answer amt we urn to our bone u conf.
WAS the choicest Of yiands
But even in the expression Of opinions like
these, there is no demand for war with Russia.
Take Egypt, take Crete is all that is de-
mandcd and this nobody will prevent. pro-
| vded England relinqushes all claims to a
voice in the settlement Of the Eastern question.
Tho Governments OF the three Emperors. with
men Ike Bismarck, Gorchakoff and Andrassy
AZ their heads, know pretty well what they are
about. There Is Armenia to compensate Russia
there is Bosnia and Herzegovina to balance
the accounts OF Austria; there is Denmark and
Belgium 10 serve rs a douceT for Germany, and
| there is Bulgaria TO enhance the prestige Of the
| Hohenzollern house in Roumania. The ruin Of
| English diplomacy was that II obstinately re-
fused to recognize the fact that territorial re-
| distributions in Europe were unavoidable. The
English cackled over II broken shell when they
should have looked after their share OF the
| yolk.
One OF the immediate results OF the war will
be the formation Of new and powerful Iiohon-
| 2ollnrn Kingdom on the Danube. How Austria
will like this in the long run is another qucs-