, 1877-07-05
CHICAGO, THURSDAY. JULY S, 1877.

AMI, - token Of .fta EtneroeKy, will leave
them 70 % tae admfn!stration q sheif OWL afs!.s
politics o st. Petersburg gave MT encourage
meut to dtscontcntcd natloaaiitlcs- Alexander
refused 70 support either the rcvolts Of Yps4-
Nicholas, who succeeded him in is3s, wM Of 4
occupation BY lie porte of wsi,sc6Ia md MOI.
dav'a. The Porte preferred IN
coNCkDx 70 H1s D1MANph
and signed the Tfeaty of Ackcrman tlct. 7, 182G.
This trcaty purportcd TO be il destined TO deter
mine the manner Of putting IN fore aal the
art1c1ea Of the Treaty Of Butbafess, which have
she is'''f ,lo'sa, sa eS'.s .ea s''sehs 80
ser,l. ought 70 enjoy under the
guardianship Of st. Petersburg" Besides s.tp-
the Porto promises to provide for the election
Of nospoiafs BIZ tho Dayards Of the provinces,
who cannot b dcposed without girtng previous
This treaty was soon broken, ana in 1873 Rus
sa declared war, and the Russian armtcs
crossed the Danube and the Balkans, aud
paused only at Adr1anop1c, where was hfened
The ,sssty et lss' THIS ~'s one Of perpetual
CONFIRMED rHH PREVIOUS rRBA7ins,
and left thu Russian boundaries tbs same. ex-
Gept that tho line whs now 10 be drawn TO tho
St. George, instead Of 10 tie Kills, mouth Of
the Danube, thus putting Russia In Possession
river itself. Onshc Asia.tc side, tle Russian tile
to Georgia and other proV!ncee Of the Caucasus
was acknowledged. In regard TO the DanM5iau
Proyfnccs, the 1fospodars were tllenccforth to
be elected, not for seven yeats but Tor life, md
were to have full powers TO govern their In
ternai affafrs No Mussulman was to reside
there, snd those possessing landed property
there must sell It within eighteen months.
Such was the treaty which the Duke Of Well!nE.
ton thought must be regarded by allthc Powers
Of Europe q Tic dcath-b1ow to the indc-
pcndence of the Ottoman Ports, and the forc-
runner Of thc dlssolntfon md extinction of iss
power. Yet tue Ottoman Empire Ia still living
to-day to fight the Russians On
TIE SAME GREAT JtSUxs.
Various other unimportant eonventtona and
treat!os were entered into subsequently, chiefly
relating 70 commerce. but all OF these together,
With the whole vast system Ut treaties, by which
Russia Ind ocquirrd the position Ut sole guard
isn m 81 the Turkish Empire, wcre swept away by
| 80, 1850 guaranteed the integrity Of the Otto
man Emplrei denied the right Of my one Pow
er TO exercise special profcctoratc over the
Christian subjects Of the Porte; and substtsut-
| Ice Of I'll the Great Powers Of Europe BY this
| treaty, also, the Russian frontier was thrown
back to nearly lfa original posdon, and Russfa
. xas further lumbled BY Being prohibited from
Prof. Holland sltns up hia pamphlet with tie
statement TINT tire development Of the GRO
| granuae Of Kninar.l}i was checked BY European
I lcAIousJ OIL HuaslaH anUlE1On, anu LQ3L kud u9-
| velopment Of thu programme Of Paris has
been In its turn arrcated BY Russtas i'm
patience Of tho merely co-ordtnate position
assigned to her In the councils OF Europe.
Such Ia tho view that must necessarily be taken
F! By an Englishmau. An outsider mny, however,
read the same history Of century and may
fnd different meanings Ii the phases Of .diplo-
| macy, aud may detluce
DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS.
Russian Interference with Turktfh affairs has
| always been productive Of securing religious
| liberation and political independence She COM
pelled the Porte 10 allow 4 Christian church TO
bc built in Constanttnople, and to treat tho
Christians Of tho Danube pslncipa}itics with re-
| epcct; to allow those principalitics to elect
/ Hopodnrs, and to administer their own affairs.
| England. Jealous, ~ she had always been, Of
RuseIan growth, toned tho French and tho
Turks twenty-One years ngo IN . crusade against
Ruassa; and, by the Treaty Of Paris, deprived
the Christians Of Turkey OF their only friend
aud assistant What hos been
| T1tH RESULT OF tits
| IL Known IN tho Newspaper reports Of the sui
fcrtngs among tho DulRaria1,s and Dosnians,
iately matl& public. In sntNrF to thu appeals Of
| the oppressed e1avB Ruasta has again stepped
forward. aud her armies are agnin about 10 re-
estobhsh tho independence Of the Danubtan
Provinces, unlesA tindoul, England shall again
take the field "in the protection Of her inter.
cets," md rclegats them In their former bond.
age. HaIauT.