The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-04-18
Peace Probabilities.


Peace Probabilities. l7'
Between at least three great European
Powers there Is now wonderful unanit1-
ity-such unanimity rs has hardly been
seen before in history. They are all
agreed on common purpose and q COM
mon declaration. These Powers are
Ecgland, Russia and Austria. Each one
is determined to guard its own interests
with all its might, and to care as little as
porsible for the .interests of.any other,
and they are oil equally dgreed to shout
that their sole anxiety III, to protect Eu-
rope, to protect, political morality, to
stand up for thi aacredness or treaty OBJ
legations and the rights of everybody.
Each one asserts its eageTness to compes
other people to be sirtuous, and each one
regards the indulgence of its own little
appetite az apart from the great, geEpral
Tuiea it 10 prepared 30, Jay down for the
government oftherw0rld but thet dis
proportion between, what they, do and
what they declare is more apparent in
: more Of EnglanaS yirtpotis inclinations
than we DO ot the ylrtuons inclinations
Of the others-frst, because no doubt
1.'E5seAS- AAe-o ttIOAS ttttuO W QSCtlLJ LIfAu
other people and moro effective means of
declaring It. no person acquainted with
the facts can fail to recognize that Eng
land alone has more virtue than all tie
rest of the world together; for England
has said 80 in q thousand ways. and she
ought 70 know. just now, moreover,
England has the .etf Of the vorld-at
least of this part Of it-in virtue of COM
rn1nifv nf la mo "a ,,,i ~, ", 49, .,,s,
Her every word is reported to us, while
from Austris,and Russia we hear much
less distinctly and elaborateiy. If, how
ever, greater noise is made over Eng
lands intentions We learn more of Rus
sia's Gcts, because for some time action
in the case has fallen mostly to her share.
but the issue OF greatest importance now
is whether the unanimity Of these three
Powers can be made convertible. Will
each Power accept as to the government
Of its own conduct the views formed by
tiie other, as to what that conduct should
be? With the views now held, modified
by discussion, they probably will. They
will compromise their differences-Rus-
sia will not give up the Treaty of San
Stelano for o substitute made by Eng
land; England will not abdicate her
Oriental pretensions and be left out in
the cold, as that treaty would provide.
Russia HiH make room for England :;
England will accommodate herself to the
exigencies of "a Muscoyite neighbor. If
a noaus pirendi Is earnestly sought it
may always be found, and in this case 1t
will be earnestly sought, because both
Acwers have n wholesome dread, fear
even, &C the waF :nt0 which failure 70
compromise would plunge them. Russia
would prefer to force her treaty down
England's throat; yet, Then she con-
aiders how England might stretch out the
conflict, and how disastrous the contin-
ued drain or hor own financial resources
would be, she sees the unwisdom of in.
sisting TOO much. England also would
like to fcrce Russia TO submit in q corner,
but the difficulty of surrounding an army
'of half q million men actually under
arms with an army on paper inclines
england to adopt a modest demeanor.
Hence, through the respective apprehen-
sions of the parties as to war will result
in all likelihood the preservation. of
peace. There may, it is true, be an ac-
cident. Russia has great army near
Constantinonle, and the 0ttomanss, under
English inspiration and encouragement,
are organizing reviews to Haunt military
demonstration in the face of the victor.
There is the British feet in the Sea cf
sMarinoTszelgossand from what Yves said
by Lord Derby on Tuesday It is believed
that the British admiral. has fighting
orders .to. act on ,ipa contingency. With
all. this iphammAble f1nSerial ilsnear
neigbborhood some trivial raisundcr-
standing may induce an act of war. But
If that possibility is excluded, if the case
till they have fairly done with it, they
will in all probability preserve the peace.
--Ne,O York Haaidl Y.a,s