The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-06-01

should produce conflicting impressions In
regard 10 their influence upon the political
situation in Europe In some quarters il
has boon maintained that the only chance
Of avcrting general European war consists
in the speedy triumph Of the Russian
arms, whereby n peace could Toe arranged
on basis satisfactory to Russia, without
nnording sufficient time or opportunity for
European complications to arise. On the
other hnnl II is believed that the moro the
war IL prutractcd the more likely will an oc-
ca sion occur for an intervention on the part
of the European powers in pacific sense.
In the kilograms which some of our con-
tcmporarips are receiving from Europe from
their own agents we find consequently the
n ~ conflicting statements given ~ to the
eject which il being produced 10y the results
of the war So far. The correspondent of the
Chicago Times Describes a war fever exist
INK in England Of which We have no indica-
tons either in the Associated Press de-
spatchcs or elsewhere; while we are told 10y
those dispatches that peace rumors prevail
TO such an extent that an armistcc Is on
the point OF being concluded.
Perhaps it is natural that the kilograms
sent exclusively by correspondents to their
in their character but that they should be
Numerically opposed 10 each other, and to
tln reports Of the Associated Press. in the
impressions which they are designed to pro-
ducc. only proves how difficult it is for u- who
arcat a distance from the scene Of operations,
t. know upon whom To rely. We will en-
dcnvor to obtain as much light IA possible
out Of this darkness.
In the first place. we do not credit tho
statement that the whole English nation
has been thrown into IA frenzy of Indignation
and alarm" by the success Of the Russian
army in Armenia The great meetings
which are to be called to urge more
vigorous policy on DIsRAELI' we shall
believe in when they take place. That
the day will come when such meetings
will bc held, we think highly probable, but
we strongly suspect that the correspondent
Is premature in imagining them 10 bc so
close at hand as to warrant such an an
nouncement by telegraph. The idea that
Lord BEACONsFIELD has deferred to the
wishes of the Queen and the wife Of Prince
ALBERr in not resisting tho Russian adj
vance" Is precisely the reverse of the real
facts of the case. Those who know the feelings
of the court upon the subject are well aware
that nowhere Is the anti-Rus-an sentiment
more powerfully developed than in the
bosom of the Queen herself. Usually
strongly avcrse 10 a policy which would
involve England In European complications.
She on this occasion Is thoroughly in
accord with the vigorous attitude
which Lord BEAcoSsFGTLD has. Ia defiance
of public feeling, constantly ondoaVof"d
to adopt Again. We are Informed that
1.-THE English Minister. Mr.. LAYARD has been
deceived throughout by the Turks and Is
now sending kilograms which leave England
no alternative lint war; II need scarcely
be observed that it is quito impossible for
the correspondent of tine Chicago Times to
know what kilograms Mr. LAYAKD
j. sending 70 England unless he has OLE
famed the Foreign Office cipher aud hribod
telegraph clerk to let him see the dc-
spatchcs before They rca n Lord DlEIY.
while the idea that the capture Of Abraham.
and the consequent dispersion of the Turk
ish army WAS deliberate scheme toccc-
tnfy Britain into instant Intervention. -" Is rs
monstrou-ly absurd a. the statement that
"the English con-dorJnppa good as lost"
We cannot imagine from what fountain OF
cdHdrts this correspondent derives his infor-
nation, but W. are perfectly certain that
had the Turks been able to hold Ardahan
they would have done 50; and that by no
possibility can the Russian armies by any
process of military operations oyer arrive
at Jappa, by which We Imagine Jana or
Joppa 10 bc meant Urgent dispatches to
hrcnvoy," weare informed, represent that
unless instant steps are taken, the Russians
will be within striking distance Of
Constantinoplc from the East within
month"; We should be glad to
know by whom these dispatches arc
supposed to have been sout to tho Eng
lish envoy. Flying columns Of Co-sack-, %
We are next told, Twill find no difficulty in
sweeping forward to the Dardanclle- and
the Bosporus." Any one who has ever tray
evcled overland from Erzoroum To- the Bo.-
porus will recommend the use Of balloons TO
these flying columns a. the only means Of
reaching the striking distance from Com
stantnoplc within the specified month.
TN" only grain Of wheat i'm all thi- chat
l. the indication which it affords that the
activity of the Russian army in Armenia is
being coutla~tcd iu England with IL. slug
Ei-hno-S ON the Dnuihr. and that il is mot
Improbable that representations are hcmg
made Ia Russia 10y tine British Government
t. the effect that as Bulgaria ana not Ar
mcuia was the objective point when the
war commenced, and ms the condition Of
the Christian populations in European
Turkey was the only justification for Rus
Sian advance ON the Danube, it would be
desirable Tor that power 10 continue her
operations with more energy in that quar-
ter and to define beforehand the limits with
III which She desires to push her conqucsts
on the Aoiatic frontier Though an nunoX-
tou Of territory including Batoun, aud pos
fhly even kars, would bc blow To- British
prestige In the East, i'm their present temper
the English people woula certainly not sup
port Government which should make it a
cosus boHi with Russia
The peace kilograms have n far moro sub
Htautial basis, for thoyarc cuttings from the
German newspapers and whore there is
smoke there is generally some fire. II is
just possible that Prince BISMARCK may be
entering upon tine arena Of negotiation for
occult purposes Of his own. That peace is
possible this -tunp that AVIAN