, 1877-02-07

u NV 4 uihlSh lIuU - EOW .ue CuItlnI DuiU3-
ria IN two, and ;htre il now IA conviction Thai,
had he been liStrtei to, Turkey would have
obtained all she wanted, and The Conference
would have been wound up by declaring the
Turkish the hest Of all Governments, and that
the only Object of its meeting had bsen 10 DO.
liver 1t a universal satisfecit. So true is this.
that since The first rlrnary sitting nothing HIS
been heard Of the Ru&$ian Representatives,
Sometimes one hears Of Lord Salisbury, wnO
makes energetic teclamaliJnS and obtains spa.
elal audiences of The Sultan, in order to take
up the defence OF Europe and urge him to be
conclilatory. Sometimes it is SignOr Oorti,
who reprosches Safvst PaSes; sometimes NJ.
de ChaudOrly. who, in spite of his ciroumspect
attitude and the neutrality imposed OF him,
says severe things sometimes. lastly, Bacon
Werther, who, at the sitting Of the lIth inst,
complained Of The rp%istancs and i'll will of The
Porte. But as for General Ignatief, he IL no
longer in question, unless to say he is packing
up and is emharking his archives on a Steamer,
and is in q hurry to be- Of aud this is easily
understood.
There is no longer an idea Of the famous
golden bridge or the apOlheOsis in honour Of
Prince GOrtchakcf. Tbs golden bridge has
been transformed intotwo ill.laid plankS. which
it has been sought to place alungSile each other
a. ~ va nc nOuVSh IclIFdt contemplated :
and Turkey, perhaps committing al imprudencs.
refuses even that modest arrangement. by re-.
jpctinG The Mixed Commission aud approved
Governors. 1t is no longer a question of whe.
Their an NhImatWm will BIZ presented TO tbs
Porte or nor, hut simply of kGowing in the
name Of what light. what authority. what ptin.
ciPle the Porte shall BIZ brought to give the
dignity of Europe the CONSENT dem Iudal Of it.
Unfortunately it is Turkey who invok-S tn
principle of national Independence IL refusing
adhesion 10 these last two oDnditiJnI. Slt ~.
seTiS that a COmml3SiIH 0pHtAiuil x mn to
man members cOu d MT illgu her reforms from
The standpoint Of The general no 'ASl les 1t hr
Empire; that an En- !itl ur L I4AiA0 Cpn ni4
siUner woAId orilioiS' her u inini4IAtiv, A0tiOa
from the Il lgIi'h Or RISim SlA1i Ijlf, all
cy thct' presence anl au'l1rjz'l Sl9 ~'tvi,iJl
would furnish L instant AL l'gI Vt 1854
si"n Of interf.r.nua in ar iu;uruI ii af .irA
VIVA: Shs WAITS * ~ hold to La3 spirit Of tn,
AnIraSSy n Itr, Whi0I &lAa3u' - 81, Sh StyN,
before defeating th' ) "vltI4, All ages u
accept after ViOtOrloA v li0l orgy to y; tai3I
into acuJuat. AZ fr tn, Glvarn)t'. Sh is
prepared, AZ s14 AIy1, or AZ IL Is sail, to mani.
nate them in II ID At"ly /; < "a anIny thH9
she means TO app int fl ;nr4s in tbs trHnt rank
Nubar PAsha, she insists that ShA will m ks
SuCu Sel0CllOhS tl3" Il FOpo U III Opiy 6ppl1u
without intervening in tlon. Wat pt0pis
are now asking Themselves, therefore, is was
Their the G Inference had nor b4ttsr sap Irats.
without signing any Protocol whatever; thus.
at least, preventing Europe from bang respDn-
sible tor what may afterwards happen in Tut.
key. and enable her to retain all her freedom
OF action rather than sign a Pr,tOjO sol so reduo.
ed, So insignificant. certainly Isssening in the
eyes Of contemporaries. as of history, the c1m-
mon inalehce exercised by hHr in an enterprise
which wax to ba 40 cOn l1oIvs to tbs oAISe
of civiIiz .tiOn. TningS, m brewer, have arriv.
ed at such a point thAs the separation plrs and
simple Of the Conference would produce no
surprise or emotion. Elrope, on ths contrary,
would be more re- asSursd, for the Conferences
can no longer do any great god. and may
still do much harm.
A Telegram TO the Russian Agency dated St.
Petersburg this afternoon says -
"At yesterdays Conference the representa-
tivts of all the six Powers held the 50 10 firm
and explicit language. TIey dsoIarsI that
the Porte must purely and simply accspt or
reject the last programs as an irr"duclbie
minimum, and that in the event of refu1al they
would quit ti0nstantinOpls, holding the Z 'rts
responsible for tbs conseQlenccs. Fne Turk
ish Delegates Onoe more, bat vAinly, trled to
obtain fresh conce ~siOns. They asked for a
faal del ~ till Saturday. which was granted az
tbs def Aitive term. Milhat PASha'S attempt
to induce the representatives to acc 'pt hj
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