The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-03-25
WHIT GOING ON IN EUROPE.

WHIT Is GOING ON IN EUROPE.
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Is there to be war in Europe or not?
Europe does not know yet; the very mon who
have the decision IN their hands do not know.
The protocol negotiations seem 10 be making
fair Roadway; but Lord Derby told the House
Of Lords on Friday that the wording as well
as the conditions under which the protocol shall
be- signed. If signed at ALL are still under tho
consideration Of the Government At the
snme time. he did not show any mistrust to
Russia. On the contrary. he condemned all
language calculated TO irrtatc tho Russian
people against q policy which the Cars Gov
crnm'nt " To- its honor was disposed to adopt
H. said that such language tended t. increase
Russia's difficulties. and POSTPONE. if not defeat
altogether solution of the problem.
1t thus looks as if the British Cabinet sin
ccrrly believed in the peaceful and disinterested
disposition Of the Car. and were chiefly mis-
tru-tiul. II misru-tul at all. Of the popular pas
sion Of his subjects.
Any such apprehension with reference TO
Turkey Is perfectly Legitimate; but 1t is not so
In regard 10 Russia Tho Mohammedans are
religious fanatics. the Russians are not. The
armed population Of the Ottoman Empire can
any day impose war upon the Sultan or over
throw him. Nothing Of the kind II likely ever
a. happen in Russia. A popular revolution is
Impossible there. for with the Russian peO-
pie, the will Of the Car IL that of God. There
have boon con-pracios at different times in
Russia. and two sovereens have been muir
drrei within the last two centuries These
were court conspiracics. how over; not rcvolu-
tons Of the masses. There have been occa-
sional popular riots but these were hunger
riots, cholera riots or local rcvolts against some
unlearahly corrupt and cruel Official The per-
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pie. his least order is a law. and deposed SOW
ereign is thing unknown in the history of tho
land. There is. consequently. no fear Of the
Cars Government being dragged into war hy
tho people. II Lord Derby and the English
Cabinet really believe in the sincerity of the
peaceful disposition oi the Cars Government.
thc protocol or some similar document will bo
signed. however long it may take them to agree
upon its W riding, and peace will be preserved
for the pres ~. however sure students of Euro
pcan politics may Zoe that the Eastern question
cannot b" settled without a war.
Apart from the peaceful disposition ~ tho
Car. there are some mighty influences work
INK in the same direction. The mobilization Of
the Russian army dealt a fearful blow 10 the al
ready crippled hnau 'o- oi the empire. Bust
moss came % "a stand-tll an over the country.
Tho IA torios and workshops except those con-
closed. and the populations of the manufacture
ing cities are suffering from hunSer-typhus.
Tho paper money which the people are COM
PEELED "a take. has deproe lated nearly % per cent
onthe ENchango. and, the exports having greatly
fallen of. it seems to have become difllrult
L. col tain gold enough t. pay the duties on inn
ports A now loan was attempted at Amster-
dam the other day. but it proved an utter failure
The bankers demanded. rs conditions Of the
loan, rehabilitation. n pledge that No. other loan
should be contracted before this one is paid
and per cent. per annum besides. In a word
there Is neither money nor credit and. however
much contributions and rclui-tion- may do
for an army. II foreign war cannot b. wased on
these alone.
Tho hungor-tyrhus has spread from the
Polish provinces into the eastern districts of
Prussia. 1t is a peculiar form of typhoid fever.
provoked among northern people by a want of
proper nourishmcnt 1t is not exactly famine.
hut the results are the snme. And symptoms of
famine too are not wanting, il not in Russia at
all events In Germany. ono Of the Deputies of
the IlciehSiag has notified that body that .tual
famine is impending in the licscusrhiri,'.
Similar reports come from other parts of the
empire, and the dc-utuuon is spreading with
alarming rapidity.
Tho industrial and commercial crisis through
which Europe is passing renders very timely
tine appearance of a book entitled. La Qu.~-
ton d'Argont" e The Money Question 'D lu-t
issued 10y the veteran French journalist. VI.
Emile de Girardn. The author IL neither q
philosopher nor statesman. Had hrcNor had
any share in the conduct of the affairs Of his
country. he wou.d. very likely. have made a
moss Of them. Buithorr is no other living man
in France who can grasp tho situation of the
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