The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-09-26
OH Bulletin
FIGHTING FOX HIS THRONE -.
rhc Dynasty OF the Gear in Danger
Victory or Ruin Ahead.
From the London News,

FROM Inc LONDON news,
BUCHAREST. Sept. las regards the
Grand Duke Nicholas, II is acknowledged
on all hands that he is every inch a soldier,
lie knows how to make himself beloved by
Off GERS and men alike. lie has great tacti-
cal ability, has a coup D. oil for actual bat
tie, would be n good commander on the bat.
tie field, lighting general but he Is pre-
cluded rom this role BY spOsitiOnoi com
inander in.chlef, and he IL not strategist,
or at least has not sufficient confidence in
his own ability to take the general direction
OF the campaign with lirm hand. This he
leaves to Nepokoltschit,ky and Leytsky.
now, Alphabetically looks on aud watch
es every thing. sees everything, knows
everything, and says nothing. He Offers 10
council, gives no advice. lie keeps silent.
The army begiE3 to say that he says nothing
because he thinks moth ny LeltsLy does
everything, an his way OF doing things is
only too evident, " hen told before :he
frat battle Of Pleyna by an officer at the
head Of the intelligence tpartmcnt that
10000 Turks were approaching Peyna, he
replied cOntemptuously, "Where did they
spri Dg lromT When in ormed.that they
were ready to seize Loytcha he said ''YOu
had better attend to your own business"
Leyitsky had precOnceiyed notion as TO he
numbers and whereabouts of the Turks.
He refused 10 accept information conflicting
with those notion. There is nothing to be
hoped from such man. The campaign
up TO the present moment proves it.
The man 10 whom all eyes are now turLs
is Gen. DragimirOh, who is wounded too
severely for command in the field. but not
too severely TO prevent him taking the iii.
rectlon OF the campaign. The discontenti,
greatly augmented by Prince Charles being
appointed to command the active army
before P!eyna, foreigner, and u-an OF no
military reputation. The reason giyen.oi
cours. that reigning prince cannot be pa
under command 0, simple general. This
is a question OF etiquette, but the men who
expect 10 die tomorrow IN an assault on the
Turkish trenches do not quite understand
the Importance of these question of eti-
quette. They are unreasonable enough to
think that II the prince.w wishes TO flight he
shoudight in the place hi;age, experience
and military knowledge assign TO him.
They know that il Victorious the world will
say the glory belongs TO the foreigner. II
beaten they viii blame Gen. Iotoh
A second campaign is much feared by
Russian diplomacy. II is feared that the
powers. whose commerce and whose inter-
est would be very much injured by pro-
longationi OF the war, wiz endyeaNor to
bring about a peace, which can only be,
until the Turks are completely crushed, a
lame ond Unsatisfactory one. and they
therefor, very much dread the idea that
the war should not be finished this year.
The fact i. better known to those who are
in position te feel the pulse of the Rus
sian people and the Russian army, that no
such peace Is possible. This war has
become dynastic one for the Ronanofls
A. much as the FrancO.Pussian war was for
the Napoleons. If the emperor enters
Moscow after concluding an unsatisfactory
peace, it would have to be at the point OF
the bayonet. This is why no such peace is
possible, and this fact should be as well
known abroad as it is in Russia. This war
must be fought through 10 a successful is
sue for Russia, even though it takes five
years and the result should by bankruptcy
aud rnin.