The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-02

and cur Just precautions have been In harmony
most scrupuous regard tor material interests the
unreserved guarantee o. our rights a nation The
first s,puiaions OF the conventions corcludcd clearly
IN themselves the legally asowcd motives Of
the two CONTRACTING Powers, and leave no room for
any ambiguity. Indeed Il in view of an assuredy de-
chive and recognized situation Eouinana believed IL
necessary. II not officially, least acy acccde
the propositions OF hemperial Russian government,
the government OF tho Prince feels confident having
thereby not only saved Roumania the perlls OF .
orcco military occupation but also OF having assured
respcct for her Individuality and her institutions
territorial boundaries.
Rors,sA Wall nELr srssiA
However unprctcndlng soc uaay be koumania had
~ least the right devote her attention her own
preservation VIXEN, BY her geographical position she
ouna nctseli placed ID some sorl 10 the midst OF war
which had become inevitable Tins OBJECT which was
IMPOSED on US by the requirements Of our position
believe 10 have attained, and 10 hope that
nobody Will dispute us Legitimacy. 10 concluding the
convention OF April ti6thI We also thought we
had removed all uncertainty as TO attitude the
Oriental conflict inc character OF those s,pulaons,
ana venture to say The moderation
smallest doubt regarding The loyalty &c
our intentions With respect. to connection with
Turkey, connection confirmed by the European
treaties mentioned in our conventions with Russia
After the preceding remarks appears me SUPER
nuous call attention to the ed nature OF
certain statements according 10 which the Rouinanian
troops were called upon 10 cooperate with tho Turkish
army against the Russians proposal Of this
bears IN Itself It's own refusal inasmucL
made to Us uniil the OF the eutry Of the Russian
armies into Roumania. Having thus explained orr
III
OF the government OF HIS Serene Hlghness Prince
Charles H. that our intentions been every point
IN conformity with our duty. IL on tie one hand.
We wished by means OF III. conventions 10 fortty
ourselves IN advance against the pers OF situation
surrounded by unforeseen dangers on The other hand
u entered IN nowise into intentions sever our
connection with the Ottoman Empire nor 10 seek to
derive advantage TON circumstances which might
arse IL our lavor. such were the principles oi
line OF conduct. From the outset We had taken the
hrin resolve 70 psrsevsrc Ia II, unless Koum.nla
should be challenged by Turkey herself. Except IN
th.s latter contingency had intention consi
tutng Roun,ansa DeIlisercnt party with Russia
against tho Ottoman Empire. The mission OF the
Roumauian army was naturally derived iron The prev
Gus declarations which we have frequently mado to
the Sublime Porte and TO all the foreign Cabinets.
OTTOMAN SsoLEAcE AxD SEVERITY
| Our relations with the Sublime Porte had no need
il seems to INC, TO be determined BY diplomatic I'M
dcrstandng similar 10 that OF the 4-l6 April aud
which we are told We should also have concluded with
lnrkey Essentially prcLossessed perhaps as to the
value OF relations with Turkey the advocates of such
policy did not evidently take into account tho
dangerous consequences which would have been
tailed on Roumania But being moro justly soicitous
| Tor our security and tor tho maintenance OF that
neutrality the exclusive responsibility for which
similar convention without thereby knowingly
transferring the scat OF to koumaIia. In
| with the imperial government OF Russia,
! We were al least permitted hope that
Roumana would DO spared the disastrous conse-
qucuccs o war III which We ardently desired 10 tako
NJ part. But who does not perceive that bv opening
our territory TO the armies OF the sultan We should
have called war, with all It's horrors among rsg re-
lraip from recalling here tho which, be-
tore the runture relations hat vcen and rur
/ KEY ana Without any proyocatlon on our mart we're
committed on our territory by lie unn,scipIinod nd
vance guards Of ,hc O,ton,n troons NJ ms u,oral =,
the Danube IL sutces 10 mention snch m ,s.Ieeis N
order 10 show tho dangers 10 which R0umnn,n wnuld
have been exposed II had been carried within her
| borders Neither our intentions nor our prudence
/ We have done We arc On tho contrary convinced
that we have contributed to the extent Of our means
to tho locazaon Of the wur ana 10 keeninr II from
/ our territory.
/ TURKS BoMBARp! SC RorAANiAy TOWNS
Unfortunately the co nt nunpcc OF cy satnr incur.
sons against our luofcnsye and carried
out on the largest scac the OF more than two
hundred vessels with their carroca can,ure .ncc,d
IN our ports and even in The INTERIOR Of our rivers
such as the Ju tho JaorntZa and III. Cetu: the en-.
ployment or petroleuu Tor drluR and DESTROYING
vessels which would not follow the TURK lsh monitors
and lastly tho BY the latter md by the
batteries on the rg al bank OF the danube OF our
aud villages which we're not preparcd ether Tor de-
fence attack, and 10 which there was not u single
Russian or Rounlanun SOLDIER all these acts left us
small hope vi bong able MAINTAIN ap attitude from
which we had wished not 10 depart Ut any price. Two
last came to dissiralc this hopo entirely
and 10 disturb our political securitythe Grst was he
Insult which offered rs by the suspc nsion the
functions OF our agent tinOplc a. thou III
the diplomatic ngOnt ut R0umania were a Turkish
Official and did enjoy the unity accorded by
! ward camo the despatch which his Excciieucy Saivct
Pacha addressed. May q to the representatives Of
Turkey Ut the OF tho guaranteeing Powers Tho
hostile disposition TO our right. manifested by tho
sublime Porto In this despatch, the menaces in II
l.