, 1877-06-06
RUSsIA's COMING DIFFICULTIES.

Never, indeed, was wa such u ist OF
tho dis. The only certainty about it il
chat it cannot fail to be us destructive rs
any war Of which we have certain know
ledge. The elements will Do that. The
populate will melt away. The Rus
sian Army enters Roumania, OF course
without asking anybely'5 leave, Qnd an
nouHCes lis ia eati0a Of taxing whatever
it wants, Just as all armies DO aud must
DO. I. GIz) promises to pay in really
money. Il n few weeks this will be
found impossible on u large scale +; aud
then the Wailachiau3 and MoIdtvians will
have to accept bits Of paper for corn, hay,
straw, horses, vehicles, cattle, an every
stick to be found on a farm SiIierS do
not starve, even if everybody else does so.
The sat of variant is the fighting
ground-thraatons to DO extensive, aud 1t
will be dUs0Iattd. In a cams Of posi-
lions it is always necessary to destroy
what is not c0nsum d. Cities all Villages
count fer little when th5y shelter an enemy.
Tn3 S;Tvias learnt all this Last year
the Bulgarians will learu it this. They
will b. able to compare Blshi Bazouks
and Co,sackg, aud tell us which sweeps
thu earth cIeAnes5 Of men AID things. A.
for the Turk, he only wants an excuse for
devastation and pillage, and the Russians
give it him He has only to ljft up his
han AMI some score other predatory races
will CO ne on, to join in the sport. Russia,
il is rumourej, has arranged with ParSia
TO divide the attention OF tho Turk. If so,
one OF the Incidents Of tho war will be q
conflict Of ths ro35cr tribes paying trj-
buta to Persia with those paying tribute
10 Turkey; but as robjAr tribes do not
much care 10 interiors with one another,
1t is quite possible they may put their
heads together ana jJin in sOn4 more
profitable enterprise. The politics OF
that part of the worll have always b9cn
rather puzz'in1. What is mast apparent
70 US ia Just that which has been o. the
face Of all history, t@.rtile plains il tbs
midst Of mountains, wealthy cities, busy
ports, AMI in tho near neighbOufhool the
children of the desert, marduderS, AMI rvel
pirates, when the opportunity offers.
VA brings all these classes into c)IIlSlpn
and there is 40 empire in tia world which
presents such geographical facilities Tor
Z OGu u'SOiucIIy Iu'Ci 'ulNIu'0 az
the Turkish. Russia, no doubt. entertalHs
o confident exp ctation that in til midst
OF all this Inevitable confusion her fofc's
will preserve their solidity an form, and
represent order IN u claos; bat it is to be
considered that her psOpi, will be tar
away from home, in a strange c'imatc' lIV-
ing on unsccnstomsl food, with strange
languages all about than. in the m'd' OF
novel temptations, and already sltarl"$
from the tatigues of mucl ma'chlng, aud
possibly some fighting, Nothing III h!tto-
~ 10 more striking than thu way IN which
the largest armies. unless led by coasum-
mate skill and t~avoured by extraordinary
circumstances. malt away AMI disappear
Just o. thoy are Oa the point of reaching
che goal How will it be with this huge
iceberg by the tins it has dritted DOM
60 the latitude of Constantinople! Russia
wilt send wave after wave. ia obsdIenca
to her owa irresistible law and uncontrol-
led will but other v~ultures will scent sne
battlefield, aud she will be only one OF
manv nations thera-Ttm9.