The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-12

pens in thus world that the reality falls far
short OF the anticipation. We should have
Imagined that the experience Of the Rus
sian army so far had already taught them
this lesson. month ago they "viewed with
pleasure the prospects" OF an easy mill
tary promenade TO Constantinoplc, but the
most elastic spirits can have derived very
little enjoyment from the operation up to the
present moment. We learn that at Biea, the
Russian headquarters, 4" the air is thick and
heavy with cnanations from filth and rotting
offal; four or five Advertisements in at
tendance on the Car now are i'll; nearly
everybody Is more or less sick or sQueamish"
In the DObrudia, we are told that the
country is destitute Of supplies" that " it
Is watcrcd barely enough to keep alive the
mcagre population which cultivate IL in or
binary times" that meantime, malarial
fever il doing its work, and hundreds of sick
Russian troops arrive daily at Tsherna-
voda." To look forward with pleasure TO
the prospect OF postponing the military
promenade to Constantinople to another
summer under such circumstances, is to cx-
hibit capacity for being jolly which even
MARK TAPLEY might have onvied, especially
as that promenade is likely to be attended
with as many difficulties then as it is now.
There Is another reason which one would
imagine was calculated to damp this cheer
iul spirit and this lies in the expensive ma
turc OF the amusement to which the Russians
are looking forward. The war is costing
Russia now little over scventy-fivc mil
lions OF dollars n month, and the pressure
of such an expenditure is beginning to be
felt In the country. There haVcnut been want
Ing indications Of late of spirit Of indcpcn-
dencc and Of audacity Of political express
sion unknown hitherto in the dominions Of
tie Car; and it is just possible that the pow
orful party composing the Socialist element.
which undcrlics the body polite of the en-
pirc like smouldering volcano. may not
view the prospect ~ winter campaign i'm
Bulgaria with the same plea. cure which the
sGucamish Generals at Bicla feel on the
subject. Thus the muttcring, Of a storm in
their rear may rouse these gentlemen to a
contemplation Of dangers at home quite IL
serious rs those which they are encounter
ing abroad.
ltcannot he pleasant to the fanatic pansla-
visits who have urged the Emperor into this
war against his Will, for lac has made no
secret Of his presertimcnt Of disaster
to find their august master making a
piteous appeal to Roumania, Servia. and
Greece t. come to his assistance That poor.
dcspscd little Scrvia, with its population of
two millions, its ill-cquippcd, worse disci-
rlined, and dcmoralizcd army, should be ap-
pealcd to 10y the Russian colossus to
come to the rescue, is one of the
most singular and discrcditable cpl
sodes Of the war. the more especially as
Since the iiasco of TcHERSAYEFF, the lus-
slams have lost no opportunity Of stigmatiz-
ing the ScrNians as towards. and have even
charged them with manning themselves.
and shooting the Russian volunteer officers
by whom they We're led, SO dctcrmincd were
they to fight no more
The fact that since the Car made this
appeal he has changed his mind, and
declares me does not stand IN need Of
SorNia's help, j. To be attributed. not to the
military superiority Of his army, but to the
interview which has just taken place between
the German and Austrian emperor, al I,chl.
at which FRANCIS JOSEPH gave the Emperor
WILLIAM to understand that he was the
con9t itutlunal sovereign Of a country called
Hungary H. we'll as Austria, and that it was
not ia his power to pledge himself not to
H.
war and the Hungarans felt that their in
trlcsts were seriously inipcrillcd thereby
This decision being communicated To- the
Car. Ia, has discovered that s.rvia could be
nl un assistance to him ia the new combine
I. l- h. is making very much ON the same
pr.urplr That he finds be- does not want I,
~ t. Cun~tautiuupe this summer. Lut pre-
lcrs NiiNorins in Bulgaria.
lo certain extent this j., Temporary
s"lu' % oi th" Eastern question. which will |
sat.ei. O>crybudy. 1t Will satisfy England. |
n'rtu-' what between the Rus ophopcs on
tlH one side, aud the Turkophohcs on the |
'h'r the unfortunate Government was
q '''n I" its Wits end nt the prospect, which |
seemed imminent to those not thoroughly |
ace naht0d with thc conditions, that an
iii""iiaio occunation Of Cunstantnorle |
lni at hocrnie necessary. 80 long as this |
l. postponed, tho British Cabinet brcathos. |
anl is AT peace within itself. The
winter campaign In bulgaria Will also
-pti .y IlsNNncE hccausc, while protesting
'Y''. -ynluthy for the crusade of RUSSIA