Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1878-02-02
ENGLAND AND AUSTRIA.
Chicago Times.

tHe aicsatioiis oh WHICH Ieccut us RI
patches are based have any serious founda- !,
uon, it is clear that the British ministers, :,
having ludicrously failed to frighlen Russia i
by threats Of war, are now endeavoripg to /.
repair their damaged regulations by in
trigue An understanding is said to have
been effected between England and Austria.
in cons quencc Of which the triple alliance
is broken, and these two powers now assume
an attitude of combined opposition to the
cars peace programme. The reason as
signed is that the terms are too severe upon
Turkey that, in fact, peace, as the czar
proposes to make it, amounts to the ruin of
the Turkish empire. England and Austria
are understood not to object to such result
out OF sentimental regard for the porte, or as
the unselii-h opponents Of Ottoman annihi-
la,ion. Each maintains for itself that the
extinction Of the Turkish empire is iniurioua
TO its own Interests. 1t is rather late day
to assume the advocacy Of aprinciplc whose
application can be Of no service to the
porte; snd it is simply absurd to urge it
ing treaty of peace without inviting any
other power to consult with or assist them.
Turkey cannot withdraw from the nego,ia-
tions for, before Austria could send corps
to Roumelia where the Russians would have |
u be struck and before the British ministers |
could mite upon plan of action and get
the consent of parliament to it, the czar's
guns would probably have torn the walls Of
Constantinople open. and pillage, c2nhagra-
ton, and massacre would have put an end
alike to the war, to foreign interference: and
| to the Ottoman power in Europe.
1t seems to be Turkeys interc.t now to
take the best terms she can get from Russia,
with perfect Indifference as TO the opposition
or the assent Of either Austria or England.
From neither could she obtain any help
might have been effective. Neither pretends
to care fol her in the slightest degree, and
whatever embarrassment they may attempt
to cause Russia temporarily, is sinister in
motive and can be Of no avail. They would
be glad to help cut the Ottoman domain in
Europe to pieces if they received each
enough of the remains. The statement that
Austria has declined the accretion Of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, is to be taken with consid
cradle allowance. fthe czai has made such
a proposition, it must be with the consent Of
can only be in order that there may be SO
much Of Austria 10 absorb when Gcrmany's
turn comes. No specific action on the part
Of Austria has taken place which gives con-
frmatory color to the assertion Of Francis
Josep's detection from the alliance Of the
three emperors or Of the arrangement of any
bargain with the British ministers. On the
contrary, England herself is in more friend
; ly and pacific mood toward Russia now than
at any previous period since the war began
On Monday last Lord Derby telegraphed
Lord Lotus at St. Petersburg that official
assurance has been received from the car 8
prime minister to the effect that the passage
Of ships-of-war through the Dardanelles and
; the Bosphorus was considered by Russia a
European question, not to be settled be-
tween the Porte and the czar and on Mon;
J, day night, in the house Of lords the foreign
secretary made another ridiculous back
: bown from previous English declarations
Distaeli has insisted that England could nc,
$ under any circumstances, consent to Rus s
ian occupation of Constantinople. On Mon
day night, Lord Dsrby every strongly init
o "mated hia personal conviction that tn,
: Temporary Russian occupation Of Constan
: ''tinople would furnish no ground for Brit
). ':ish interference" The next step, probab
: lv, will be the grim avowal, in the common
o by some spokesman o; this ministry With
war through the straits is matter will
g which England has not the remotest con
q Germ.
a. On the other hand, Sir Stafford Northcot
e is represented as saying in the commons o.
l. Thurs' ay afternoon that he had no knowl
r edge Of an alliance between Russia
Is Germany, ard Austria, for the divisio
Of Turkey, and that "regardin
" 'one of thcac powers, he had strong reaso
N to doubt that it had entered into any ALI
s. ance." He went on to say that "Ans,ri
n. coincided with Great Britain" In what
:. On this, there is no information. The cor
ID duct Of these powers. since the beginning {
ID the war, is explicable on no hypothesis e,
n, cept imbecillty and cowardice. The intel
r ests of both doubtless imperatively demane
ed that Russia should be prevented fro'
.. aggrandizsment in Europe, and that til
II. porte should be required TO referm its az
"a ministration and enforce the customs of il
he government to the principles Of Eu opea
I'd constitution. The latter object migl
he have been accomplished
ce the Ccnstsn,inople conference ha
VS. not the Characteristic pertidv Of Enclas
nc pu, an end 10 the negotiations. and inspire
kc the sul.an's advisers with the false hor
tha, Eogland, in compliance with The ,res'
-. Of Paris. would forcib'y resist Russia's II
=, reference In Ottoman domestic affairs lla
- England and Austria united al the C ,nfe
=. encc In requiring Turkey TO give guarantee
~ for carrying out The reform. S, re,di
!; pledged al Gr,t, they would have do,
-, something FOR civilization. and more &
" themselves. for they would have ex,inguis
Z cd the onsss ba,i, and lrft Russia witho
w Nv an c1cuse fot crossing the Pru'h, II
'"' breaking up of The conference h chsrgcah
directly 10 Easland Aua,fia s;iil had Il
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