, 1877-12-08
PEACE AND WAR,
RUSSIAN VIKW5 Observation-Disclosures or TtIH
uLACE aEA coNrnoL.

RUSSIAN FlkW6 THEREoF-1MPOATAACx or Ttl4
uLACE HEA CONTROL.
Corrfsp0ndfH:6 kondon 7tmss.
ST.. PErEnsguR9, Nov. 11.-0ooA news con-
tInues to pour In FROM Asia Minor. hfukhtas
Pashs aftor sfIecting 4 jugct!on With lsmnIl, has
been agaiu defeated, md iia4 aha nloucd his
strong position In front Of Erzoroum. Tho slsge
Of kars las begun, and already onu Of the fotta
has hscn etormcd. According to the latest In.
tcllgcnce tho EuFrisons OF these two important
fortresses hay0 neither tho meana nor TIC dcsire
tu otter vigorous rcaistance, 90 TINT wo ulay
expect to hear soon that they hare capitulatetl.
Hard pressed In Europe, tho Turks cannot create
now army for MukAtar, md consequently tho
campaign In Asia Aiuor may bo regarded Is yis-
tua1Y ut I'll end. ). -
The advantages which Tho llussIaps expect to
dcriye from tho possession Of Erzcroulu may bu
summed up thus:
~. TIE capture Of tho fortress will produce
q profound IMPRESSION OH tho Turkish luvcsl,-
lilellt md poodle, aud wilt undermine ths moral
furcc Of tho Turkish aEmics IN bulgaria.
zig. IN Esxeroutn h tho richest city In Asia
afluor, II may b9 made to par a contribution
tu indemnify not ouly tho Armenian peAsautty
who havu had to fee froa, their homes, but also
tho lsacsfan population near tho frontier and on
tho coast ol tie BLACK Heaf for tho losscs, they
NAto e*AStSN ~ tsaV AA1aa W tAV l2&uA5OHs
Turks.
49, II our troops should DO compelled to
abandon tho tpwn, We ean snn,hllats ita s!Rpta.
cal'es as . fortresa by deatroylng tho fotti1ca-
tfonS unl artillery.
~. Wv slall caoturc-a great quantity OF
guns, ammunition, and provlstous.
"6. II i 6u uecitce tO retain tho town, tho
truops will haya comfortable wiater quarters
IN 5;s!rlct capable Of Furnishing abundant
III ca the capture Of Krzerou,n. Kar. will
very toon saptulste, and then nearly tho whole
OF Tusltith Armenia wilt bo III our Po4scaslou."
All this. of coursc. very pleasant Intelligence,
but, strange - say, u aas not ATakel1ed j. much
sttly % to b. expatnes IN 'i bv tIa fasE thai ,hn -
ganEalRn In AsIa Minor 10 regarded a. Ut
sorun1ary Importance. II you ask lsussian why
he seems 20 Indifferent to tho good puws, hD
Wy probably reply, Nhat w. want Il no.
yistoIiet, but practical reaults. Ttu taking Of
or ia peace, for thu easnpalgn must bs decided
III durfanoplu U, perhaps, In Stanboul." But
tleta Ia another NAd y deeper Iauso of thtA 2p-
parent apathy. So much enthusiasm W2s ex-
pcaded u tue beginning OF the campaign shat
whole tono of pubtla feeling ls uow pitched iu q
much lover key. We uow hear Itttls about "heru-
martyrs "great memorable epoehs," "sacred
HISTORICAL nll4stons." t'daCrcee OF ProvtAcuce,p
aud "the wlll 81 Qot3n The "erq4sds f9r Tue
ary ouamy, thu Turk" THIS changewas xraphle-
ally desgsibel to me tho other dAY by tneaus Of
the following comparison: .......
t. tmaGtle rich, influential man Of generous
character who heazs that sotle dlatsut Gc!4ttycs
arc lu extreme dticultles ison, ~ fautt of their
ewu, aud that their only hop1 - hie assistance.
Believing that hu ea,i easily safe them from
ruin and starvation. he immediately scts 70