The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-03

10000 sailors. The value OF It's maritime
commerce was computed In 1875 at about
one hundred and eighty million llorins. I'm
luckily tho official statistics do not enable
us to eliminate the precise figures pertain
ing to transactions with the East. Still we
may approximate TO them Ivy means Of doe
umcnts published by the Trieste Chamber OF
Commerce. Tina, port is stated to have re-
ccivcd in 1873 merchandise to the amount %
twcnty-siX million llOrins from Turkish
ports ON the Black SEA, or from Media via
and Wallachia. The goods forwarded from
Trieste to the same points fell but little
short Of that total In other words, a move
mcnt Of some nifty million lorns has boon
completely blocked Ivy tho present war, and
great artery OF Austrian trad, abruptly
paralyzcd.
The transactions Of iustfa-1lungaryw
the Orient by land transport are much moro
considerable. To form a conception of the
losses which must result undcr this head
from the Russo i,h war, it will suffice
to glance at tho geographical position of
the empire. Out of the 80 German miles
comprised ia its land frontier, 1872 touch
Russia, 40 Turkey, 1873 IOumania. 90 Scrvia,
and Montenegro. In n word. 4S3 miles. or
moro than one-half Of the whole border,
cOnilnc with the territory of hclligercnts, or
of States Immediately Interested in the con-
test. No doubt, 1t would be an cXaggcralion
TO suppose that moro than onc-half OF
Austrian foreign trade is suspended. The
rurco-Croat frontier as well IA the CALI
elan border, is still open. But the most inn
OH ~ al All I .t
are INSTRUCTED. including the railway which
travcrses the Russian confines Mt Suczava.
Most conspicuous. however, is the un-
toward effect of existing conditions upon the
Danubian commerce of the empire. To take
only one group of figures, we llud that the
so-callcd navigation company " the Danube
transported in 1874 from Orsova to Sulina.
and from Gaatz to Odessa, merchandise
amounting TO nearly twelve million quintals
in weight, and exceeding eight million
lorins in value. This trade, Of course, is
utterly lost, seeing that navigation is en-
tirely Interrupted upon the lower course OF
the Danube. On the whole, it is computed
that Austria Hungary is subjected by the
war to u loss which, in a single year, cannot
fall short OF one hundred and forty million
llorins. 1t is true that these losses may be
partly compensated in another direction.
The products, for instance, which European
commerce has lecn accustomed to seek in
Podolia, Bcssarabia. and Roumania, may
Ice now drawn from the plains Of Hungary.
1t is certain that the price Of grain in the
latter country appreciated from the out
break Of the war, and this is equally true Of
tobacco, wool, hides. and cattle.
But no indemnity of this kind is offered to
Austrian manufactures. Last year the
liapshurg empire exported into Turkey
and the principalitics, hardware valued at
not less than twenty-five million forms,
cotton and woollcn cloths worth thirteen
millions, and ready-madc clothing esti-
mated at nine millions. To-day these mar
kets are almost wholly closed. Moreover.
in western Europe the inferior articles ac-
ceptcd in the East can find no buyers. 1t
follows that the situation Of Austlia-Hun-
garan manufactures i deplorabic; and If
We bear in mind that they have already suf-
fcred more acutcly from the recon. iluaucial
crisis than the industries of other countries,
-cannct wonder that many observers
should predict a. the sequel of the present
war an era Of disruption and catastrophe
for the monarchy of the liap-burgs A, all
events. il is reasonable TO expect that the
policy of Intervention 80 vchcmcntly adVo-
Gated by Hungarlaus may ere long lc
seconded by the German subjects 81
FRANCIS JosrpH WHO monopolilc the capi-
tai and trade of the dual State, and whose
interests, already jcopardcl. would bc
completely ruined by a protiacted cont, 81
along the Danube.