The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1878-07-17
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Mails.

The Mails.
By the arrival of the steamship City of New York
from San Francisco, on Monday night the 18th inst,
we have received files of papers from all quarters in
the East but we have failed to see 10 looking over
the whole list any news of importance from the
Congress sitting at Berlin. The accounts from the
Congress are exceedingly meager and unsatisfactory
| as to results What we do gather from the papers
leads us 10 believe that the business of the Congress
| has degenerated into pitiful parcelliug out of
| Turkish territory and divisan of the spoils,
| with each OF the great powers, such as Russia,
England and Austria striving for the lions share.
| II is also painfully evident, that Prince Bismarck,
the German Premier, is, we thought he would
be, the controlling spirit in the Congress, with a
very strong leaning towords Russia and Austria,
and consequently against England In our article
week ago. we spoke of Bismarcks position as
President of the Congress being of the highest
importance for good for evil. 1t is now evident
| from the light before US, that Bismarck has made
up his mind not only to be the ruling spirit in the
Congress, but as such equally determined to carry
some Interior object he has in view against the in
terests of England.
AS prelude to this, be has succeeded in estran-
| ging Austria from England, and bringing Russia
and Austria in accord, and thus leaving England to
battle single handed for such rights as she may
think she ought to have conceded to her in the set
| Element of the Russo-Turkish adjustment ofthiugs
| by the Congress at Berli6. The ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
Turkey is foregone conclusion, with all the other
powers in Europe, and Turkey that plainly
enough The fact Is, that The Sultun and his Cabi-
net are utterly parayzed in the presence of the
combination arrayed against Turkey, and they seem
to have come to the conclusion that all they have
| 10 do, is TO submit to whatever blind fate has in
store for them; and when the Congress promul-
gates its conclusions to acquiesce with the best
possible grace and accept the inevitable without
murmur. This is in accordance with Musselman
fath and will be less CALLING to the Turks than any
other people on the globe 1t has long been with
them fixed article of their faith, that some day or
other their race would be driven out of Europe
and they now that that day has arrived.
We have already said that it is ptiful to witness
the ravenous rapacity of the European powers now
contending in Congress like SO many vultures for
dead carcass; but such is really the humiliating
position of things at Berlin at present Below will
be found the latest dispatches from Berlin giving
| such details have of what has been done, and
what is likely to be done, by the diplomatic car
vers of Empires and the parcellers of rationale
ties, which much resemble the proceedings at q
modern gift lottery.
| BERLIN July 1st-The Congress seems to have
admitted in principal that every portion of the
territory detached from Turkey shall bear pro-
portionate part in the financial charges of the
Porte The Congress will certainly deal with the
interests of holders of Turkish bonds.
VIENNA, July 1st-A Civil Commission will &C
company the troops to Bosnia and Herzegovina for
the purpose of organizing the administration of the
country. large train and II ambulance hospitals
will follow.
LONDON, July 1st.-Heavy failures are reported
! in the south Saffordshre iron district. d. B.
Whtehouse 81 Son, of Bston, large colliery pro-
pretors and owners of several blast furnaces have
suspended. Liabilities heavy.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, July 1st.-The Governor of
Lebanon has been recalled on account of his con-
duct, which nearly caused an nsurrection.
Feiz Pasha has been appointed to replace Baker
Pasha in command OF an army corps.
Madrid July 1st.-The Emperor of Morocco is
dead.
BERLIN, July 2d.-With yesterdays session of
Congress the questions presented for the reor-
ganZation of Turkey in Europe have been solved,
with the difficult exception OF the border provinces
of Greece. One scheme of settlement proposed is
to offer to Greece the same rights of supervision
and control over west Roumelia, that is, Thessaly,
Macedonia and Epirus as Austria will be entrusted
with in Bosnia and Herzegovina and possibly in
northern Albania. By thus extending the influence
of neigbborng states over adjacent provinces, the
Congress might remove the cause of future war.
LONDON, July 2d-Dispatches from Constantine
pie speak of warlike movements among the Mus
SULLIVAN population, but certainly not against Aus
tria Dreaming only of recovering provinces
invaded by Russia. the fanatica portion of the
Turks could readily yield Bosnia and Herzegovina
to Austria on condition that that power at the
time occupy Seryia and Montenegro, SO as to leave
the hands of the Porte free to wrese with its chief
antagonist.
BERLIN, July 2d.-The statement of the Impe-
rial Bank of Germany shows decrease in specie of
ID $3.50, 900 marks.