The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-31

gara n Government ready made, whose mis-
sion was subvcrsion and reconstruction. in
order to rovolutiOnize a country, n shrcwd
cxpedicnt Is to change the capital; and ac-
cordingly, the new authorities dcposcd Rust
chuk, which MrDHAr Pasha had made the
chief town Of the vilayct of the
Danube, and made Tirnova tho scat
ofgovcrnmcnt. This is "a if the Prussians in
Normandy had dccrccd that Dicppc, and not
Ruucn, should bc the capital Of the province
Prince fCHtlKAssKY, who long beforehand
had been named Govcrnor-G General Of Bull
garia, was directed to take possession of
TiruUva, set up his bureaus there, and pro-
cccd tO Organize the conquest which, how
over, il not yet completed. The instru-
mcnt accms to have been we'll chosen this
functionary having been tested among the
Poles, who had occasion to feel the kccnncss
of his mind and the weight of his arm.
The proceedings ascribcd to Prince rCHER-
KAssKY in his present sphere by ROuma-
nian newspapers are calculated to astonish
those who have not mastered the new
Russian law Of nations His orders were
To change everything, and he has done it,
lie has dccrccd that the Russian tongue, OF
which no inhabitant Of the vilayct can un-
dcrstand u word, shall hcnccfOrth be the Of
fetal and legal language Of Bull
garia. lie Is said to bo drawing up
IN Mnscovlte provisional civil code
Nothing seems to be t,o large or too
small for his scheme OF innovation. He has
introduced into the province the communal
institutions Of his country, and he has dis
placed the fes with the Russian cap He
I IL 4
commanded prayers for the Car to bc said
IN the Christian temples, and summoned
the cxarch OF the Bulgarian church, whose
residence il Mt COnstantnuplc, Ia come to
1irnova under penalty OF deposition. Find
ing the Mussulmans intractablc to CONVEX
SION, he has excluded them from civil func-
tons as well rs from the local militia. He
fuliils the alleged injunction OF tho Car to
lavish good treatment ON the Christians, 10y
treating them to the goods Of Mpslcms. At
present he is husily employed in cxiliug the
latter or disposscssing them by new APP
pOrtiunmcnt Of real property. and he re-
serves like fate for those largo land
owners of the orthodox rite who
have shown themselves devoted to
the Turks aud lately filed the office
Of Mayor in their several villages. On the
whole, it cannot bc gainsaid that Prince
rcHERKAssKY is applying with vigor the cx.
pcricnce acquired in pOlan l. and is turning,
to account the system Of terrorism which in
that country 80 much furthcred the desired
changes in hand ownership. That his ser
vices are properly appreciated was shown
10y st. Petersburg newspaper in Il recent
issue According 10 that journal there Is no
reason to regret the Hight of the Mussulman
population from n country for whose inter
cSts il has done nothing in centuries. On
the contrary. its emigration will facilitate
tho work of a4,rarian organization. 1t is
possible that there are enlightened men in
England and America who can see nothing
unscemly in such uttcranccs- nothing alb
hOrrcnt In this spectral resurrection of the
spirit and processes Of the Crusadcsl
While the invaders are thus hcwing and
chopping in the vilayct Of the Danube. the
statesmen OF st. Petersburg eNincc singular
a-tutcncss in refining and raliiatiug the
judgment which old-iashoncd students OF
the law If nations must needs pass ON their
proceedings They distinguish, We are told
between political aud military action. But
the mischief is that at present in bulgaria
! there Is wilful, absolute fusion Of war and
politics, Of martial law and civic rcconstruc-
tiOn, OF occupation and revolution. III" re-
sult int.ndad H. tho. >-,cr Europ" H. called
| upon to pronounce on the Bulgarian qucs-
| ton. there shall be- nothing for diplomacy to
| discuss, nothing for treaties TO sanction. oX-
ccpt what is lrrcparahle. This is M" notable
contribution to the principles Of interna-
tional law for which we soon likely IA To-
indebted to the s'lf-styled champion Of
I Christian civilization.