Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-26
The WARM the East.

war between Russia and Turkey will be
looked for with a large degree OF Interest
until the attitude OF England upon the
question of peace or war is fully deyel
oped. Her position is not yet Defined, bu'
the time is close at hand when she mus
decide what it shall be. Thus far the ne
potiations for an armistice have not been
successful. The war continues with nm
RENTING energy upon the part OF the
Russians. The Turks make but feeble re-
sistance to the advance OF their powerful.
antagonist. ~They can make no stand with
any probability of success short OF Con-
stantinople. nor even at that city unless
they have foreign assistance. As be-
tween Russia and Turkey alone the issue
OF the war is already known. Were it
not for the hope which the Porte still
cherishes of aid from England peace
would be declared in a very short time,
What England will do is the point upon
which peace or war depends at present.
The war fever against the Russians is ev-
IDENTITY increasing among the people OF
that country. Their traditional watch over
Turkey as necessity for the security of
their own interests in the East Indies has
been roughly disturbed by the conquering
march OF the Russians toward CONSTANT
nople. They feel it as Il menace. Il
shakes their authority. 1t weakens their
prestige as great nation. Ii makes the
blood of the British boil to witness the
Cossacks laundering on to dispute with
them the control OF the DArdanelles. The
government is in a dilemma 1t would
like TO check the Russians and uphold the
Ottoman Empire but it waits for other
European powers TO join in active oppo-
sition TO the Gar, and it has waited thus
far in vain. Shall it wait longer or take
the plunge at once and alone is the ques-
ton.
There is little reason to believe that
Germany will be led into hostility to the
Car to please England. 1t is quite prob
able that Bismarck has good understand
ing with the Russian government, and has
had from the beginning of the war Still
England hopes and hesiates, but the time
for action is drawing nigh. The armis-
tice was proposed by the British as meas
ure to test the designs of the Gar in re-
gard to British interests stlected by the
war, but the armisice Is a failure up to
this time, and if it finally fails without a
guarantee of the safety of British interest.
in and about the Black Sea and on the way
to India, there is an absolute certainty
that England will "let slip the dogs of
war and maintain her majesty and power
with formidable array OF strength by
land and sea, and the war now seemingly
drawing to a close will rage with greater
fury. carnage and destruction than ever
Several members of the House" says
the Providence journal, "who have had
occasion to make inquiries of late. in be-
half of disabled soldiers, have found
serious result from one branch of the
democratic economy of last session. The
force of clerks in the Surgeon Generals
Office has been so reduced that the exam
ination requested by the pensions office,
upon which granting pensions depends,
have fallen behind fifteen months A
member who called last month to see if
the case of" soldier totally dis
sabled and actually suffering from
want was near settlement, found that
it would not possibly be reached, in the
regular course of work, before Feb. 1879.
An attempt will be made to so increase
the force in this Office as to make the pen
sion office able to act with something ap-
preaching reasonable degree of prompt
ness"
Blaine had TO wait a long time and then
hit away back at musty traditions to get
even with Massachusetts for KICKING nm,