The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-04-17
NOTES OF PREPARATION.

II last u wca,d seem ihs, shc fires
OF war w.i.c.i have i,~en for so many
years snoGldeFiag IN the Eas: # Eu
rope. were about to burst into flames
RUSSIA has long been hankcriEg for the
SUNNY shores Of the Black ses and Med
itergaueAn with al ia-atiable longing
AMI only the Jealous resistance of the
other ambitions powers Ct Europe has
- lar ir pei-i her encroachment in
that direction The rotten AMI derrcpit
government has hitherto b. en- the pre-
text for the barrier which Western Eu-
rope has united 10 bold up ss = barrier
against theexteUsiou Of the Russian pow
or. The tIEt. has about come, however.
wlsea the clumsy semblince of a ia; ion-
alite viii 40 longer stand IN law rs
lysa. fence against the inroads Of tie
Russian stock The time seems near at
han. It hen the rich regions that formed
the central seat oi empire for the world,
ia tie time Of the later Roman aud ear
Tier Ottoman eIulerors, will be carved
up IL some fashion amongst the stronger
rulers Of the West.
Alexander. it may naturally be AS
sumed, is not disposed to make any
greater concessions IN the case than q
decent regard for appearances nigh, de-
maaA, or stand any more "fooling
around" than he can help. Probably,
he Is father anxious 10 fore, quarrel
than not. At any rate. 1t Is expected
tLa, to-day be will ISSUE his formal de-
claration of war against Turkey. In
fact. fighting already began IN "a desul-
tory sort OF way soIne days ago.
To what extent the other countries Of
Europe will be involved it is difficult
HOW to forctell Doubtless England,
Austria, and Prussia will be drawn
Into the struggle if no others. When
the issue came on in 1854, Franco and
England then eagerly emulous with
each other for dominion in the old East,
stood side by side in menace to Russia
on the Crimea, and by their determined
strokes at that time, averted the settle
meut of the long embroglio. 1t Is not
likely that England will now consent in
silence to lose her hold on Constantine,
pie aud the East.
progressivists also think they see in
the movement the evolution of the idea
of tie uuitication and emancipation Of
the great but embryonic nations Of the
Slavic race. Whatever outcome Of this
nature may result. we believe 1t will
cyentuate spontaneously and uncon.
sc.ously MS 1t were to those peoples
themselves Yet the present CENTURY
has been familiar witness - the loom
ing up of downcast and isolated peo-
pies. Ii would be nothing strs, &c if 10
the freed lacks Of the United States
and scrfs of Russia. it saw added
an etnancipatcd race of Slavs;" and
20 united America, unitedl tally, aud
united Germany it sa " added united
Lithuania
A. for its moral bearings. we believe
that though blood-letting is painful.
the outcome will he ultimately bless
ing even To the stricken peoples over
whom the scythe of destruction must
pass Doubtless the struggle will
evolve for those much wronged people
better political and sccial orgauiza-
tion-the dawn Of A more auspicious
day. The only way it can materially
concern ourselves, Is in making a
brisker demand for agricultural pro-
duce. and will no doubt make the for
tunes of oil the American matufac-
turers of firearms.