The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-11
ON THE DANUBE.
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AMONG RUSSIAN OF
FIcERs-THE GEAR AND THE PRINcpAIITY-
sSuBBING THE RoUMANIAN GENERALs-MoRE
TURKISH hAssAcREs-A oEAND BANNER PRES
ENTATIoN.

TURKISH MASsACREs-A GRAND BANNER PRES
ENTATIoN
RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS, I
BUCHAREST, May ~, 1871
Everybody abroad hears Of the wealth Of the Rus
slams. But in order for one 10 be rid OF of these IL
lusions 10 is only necessary TO witness the great
despair Of the Bucharest resauratsurs, whose only
Victims so far 70 bs the newspaper correspond
ents As to the officers of Emperor Alexander, from
the highest to tho lowest, they could not pay
for the smallest Injuries OF . dansemse hail
ing from the meancss theatre Of the Fau-
borgs IL was stated that they were 10 DO
paid half in gold and half In silver but in truth they
are paid In paper money, for every four francs OF
which they get but two francs and sixty eentmes.
These poor Russians, who are oil princes generally,
when away from home, arc scarcely better than the
first conner, Brown or Jones, when they como to
take their real rank here The restaurant keeper has
only hopc-namely, in the. wallochian princes
who stroll around here In listiess uneasy manner.
With eyes that seem TO be searching into the very
soul, each inhkeeper watches them though looking
for the FIRST chance to drain the last cent Go into
'publc house, and you will see from ten to swonty,
thirty prInccs--but the landlord looks only for the
boys who can pay up.
PRINCE CHARLES AND DUKE CONSTANTINE.
There has been but little stirring interest people
hero There hope that the German Prince.
whose presence has given rise to these internal
quarrels, would be replaced; but this delusion
has been swept away, for following closely
on the Installation OF the Grand Duke
Constantine We have the announcement that the
Car himself is coming and will arrive Poeesti on
the 9Th OF June Prince Charles has meanwhile, de-
fended the little power he has left loot py foot with
tenacity but his administration seems to be
gradually drifting into that muddle whore It
may be lost in q morass Of detail which
Is becoming and more embarrassing.
At first It was decided that the Grand Duke Constan
tine should travel without an escort However, the
Russian generahssmo has consented to grant him
this force. but while giving him tho iorco and the
forage he ntmated pretty strongly to Prince Charles
tbs he intended to have Constantine duly Installed
Bucharest The regning prince replied that his palace
was 100 small whcreupon His Highness rctorted that
they could entertain themselves at Cotrogeni, the
summer residence oil Prince Charles. The Prussian
made q grimace 'sYou will certainly have your
guards around your house said he; '.but confound
It, what shall l be able to dor The Roumanian SOL
diers would occupy the marches, to which they
are accustomed But should be able to
risk exposure to tho rgors OF the rainy
seasonan 1t would seem but right that the Russian
authorities should order guard to watch the interior
OF the chateau; bu, then the Roamanians would stu
OF this long discussion. the Grand Dnko Nicholas
brought to close by this expression :-sIt seems
70 DO dcoidedly apropos to annoy me just now"
THE GEAR CHANGES THE SITUATION.
Things were In this middle when the arrival OF the
Gear was announced. No time was lost Prince
Charles started immediately for Poeesti, where he
remains at the moment OF closing this letter so long
as he had only prince 70 deal with everything was
we'll enough and they could treat matters
In general from time TO time, but now that
ssmajesty" has come His Roumanian Highness
must adopt another plan Tho court has
commenced show little uueasiness. Questions Of
precedence are continually arising, which always re-
suit In favor Of the Russians, for worry simple
reason, and these hottie tho Roumanans. For the
sake OF economy tho Roumanlans appoint colonies
to command their divisions and brigadier generals
10 command their army corps. but the
Russians obedient to the usual custom, con6de the
charge OF their divisions generals Of divisions, and
place their army corps under the control OF generals
in-chieE Thus, although the Roumanians have equal
rank they always receive inferior title and their
Russian colleagues treat them accordingly, from the
highest to tho lowest
WHO SHALL SPEAK FIRST?
Another question has been raised having special ref
erence 70 the positions occupied BY the two armies.
Roumanian and the other Russian, should Arst give
tho salute on meetingy The Russians allego that As
they cannot speak the Roumanian tongue would DO
impossible Tor them to salute and that moreover they
do not care attempt they they would forget It
Again. as they find themselves in Roumania and that
there IL nothing else spoken but the language Of the
country tho Roumanans should give the salute making
the first advance, and that they should only make the
sign OF tho cross proving that they are Christians and
also TO prevent their being mistaken for Turks
GROWTH OF RUSSIAN POWER
Every day the invaders seen TO gain In real
assuming occupation also. The Roumanians take
their revenge the bost way they can-that is to
on nos' no nsss Sco0o
the authorizations which the Russian General
staff has given TO correspondents. They so would
ments OF Journalists VINO trouble thsm The Other day
they much by some OF these people arrv
Ing at Otenitza they circulated
seysrs DAYS they were subjected TO terrible re The
truth was that a single shell, which passing monitor
had thrown to them out OF pure poeness, no doubt,
had fallen In tho town. the batteries Of which did not
reply under the pretext that In the Turkish town
Turuko, the other side Of the river. were several
Christian inhabitants whom they did want to the
risk Of killing by mistake.
NoRR TURKISH nAssAcRRs.
This argument reminds one OF the saying Of a cap
tain Of the National Guard in Paris who was detailed
the advanced posts during tho siege. One Of his
men had fred his rifle OF in the direc-
cried the captain, furiously. The Turks on tho
other hand, acting with less decacy. seeing
that tho are Of their batteries o. Turtukio
other side Of the Danube, thcy made up for their de-
Hcency during the night by massacring those who fell
the cries OF the living c-echoed during the whole night
soon two Bugarians swan across tho river and told
the whole story Of what had occurred II these Bull
garians had not been known they might have been
thought to be cnactuga comedy in order to play the
part Of spies From one bank Of the Danube TO tho
other, however, tho people Of ONcntza and Turtuko
are In constant comm nicaton, we'll acquainted
and the fugtivcs were recognized as honest men,
CowARDLY cRuELrY.
The Turks, as . matter Of course, continue their
little massacres The Rormantans had neglected TO
call in the coast guards who are stationed ID posts Of
three tour each along the Danube. and the
other day Turks having crossed the
river TO Jura-Jalonitxa, between 1brail and
Caiarochc, they shot coast guard, who fell
down Then the Tu Kish officer fred his revolver on
The unfortunate man. who was stretched on tho
ground, aud seeing that his victim still breathcd he
ordered his 10 despatch him with their bayoncts
This manner OF conducting the DO les
no good, because II may DO already affirmed,
and Win astonish no ono who knows the
TURKS, that they VIII take no prisoners and viii XII
all who tall into their hands Henceorward the Rus
sian soldiers, matter what may be the orders OF
their officers, VIII do the same, and cxtcrmination
baca IN hastu nft hp law f ia Wnr