The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-06

tho limits 81 Holland proper the ocean, carried out
stan and the line tho Yssei (Which has boon strongly
fortified lately being retained as basis OF operation
Germany would he opened 10 frcucn cxpcdnionary
force It's most vulnerable side. white having
10 lace In the south an Austrian invasioo- ON thu
four Austroiiupaarinn army corps would. by march
OF two or three days cut the Russian host In Turkey
Keep Tho Black Sea- aud tho Ensiish force
land lesurcly on the crimea
COUNT Byusr DERBY.
Such is 10 its broad lines the schcmc which has
bceiror several mouths past the particular hobby OF
the Austrian Ambassador IN London lie mad arrived
AZ tue conviction about December lass that the time
had como TO bring II 10 maturity and had several
y yer.a,ions with Lord Darby on the subject. The
what tho Russian settlement would BIO be.
fore entering into any decisive engagements,
and moreover tho state OF affairs France Did noi
leave room for any understanding With that Power.
soon, however, the overthrow Of tho Duo Decazes,
whose Russian lennngs con spicuous suppressed
an untoward obstacle and OH tho report OF tho terms
organs PARIS expires Of the articles San scfano
gave Count Beust new nope OF arriving At Tho rca-
za,lon OF his idea Himself stancb opponent OF tho
10Th May period to the formation OF league which
have driven Italy into the orbit or the Northern
empires But nov that such danger had disnp-
pearod no urged moro strongly on Lord Derby me
necessity OF acting vigorously. This time again HIS
Lordship cxhbited a marked coidnees.
COURT viBxxA
Tho friends OF Count Bousf not inactive at tho
Court OF vienna. HIS pcrsistcnt opposition 10 tho
Andrassy policy. carried on chiefly through the med
ess s., reached us climax about the middle OF
March last owing to tho publication OF the articles Of
San stcaro "Ausria-linngnry," Count Beust had
earnestly 10 the Emperor Francis Joseph
and loudly concndcd In tho urroundngs OF HIS Ma.
icsty "couid not afford 10 allow new Slavouic State
to be established Oh Tho Danube, nor 10 witness an
ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF Scrva and Mon tenegro, 10
a Russian boundary TO talk o! compen sations 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina was sheer nonsense. The
the oDerous yoke Of tho triple alliance and oppose
her veto to the Gcrmano-Russian reconstruction OF
the map.
These arguments mot with such evident success at
Court that Count Andrassy at. once perceived tho
by himself tho lead IN similar policy. Hc requested
his "platonic credit from the dcicgations: no pro-
scented automatically his objections TO the Treaty Of
san Stcano. Possibly. undcrhand. no advised Prince
bismarck and the Court of ST. Petersburg OF what was
going IL Is true TINT IL great More
than well informed person in the diplomatic
circles of London and Paris already acquainted
with tho circumata OF case and tho Pope
self, vii want OF dissection and foresight,
chose precisely tina. moment 10 express his opinion
tho subject 10 declare that coalition OF the Latin
Powers with England against Russia and Germany
would be quite the thing, anu that Tor himscE
smo in favor Of tho sultan SIR Henry Elliott. ac.
Ing no doubt, with tho assent oil Lord Bcaconsnoid
roS 70 INC
Primo Minister tho British alauce March 2al. Count
Andrassy seemed only TO express some doubt as 70
Those vai ous rumors ana symptoms detcrm ned Gen.
cral IgnstcG's MISSION TO Vienna.
i, was Jus, at this time ,ha. Count Beust fearins
tho effect the mind OF tho Emperor Fruncs Joseph
and believing that tho moment had como for final
aud personal effort, announced that no was about IA
Lord Bcaco nsncld and tho Marquis of salisbury, in
complete accord with him, resolved upon the step
regiments to Malta Tho Foreign Secretary resigned
at once (March 29) ard the Marquis OF Salisbury,
alter Two DAYS spent " Wrta oa and amenons ms
ieronces with Count Dcus was formally gazcttod TO
his new functions tAprl ~. The object OF tho cir
GUAR motto mainly II not exclusively. TO gv0
heart TO the Court OF Vienna
INTERNATIONAL rLIRrArIoSs
Tho knot OF the question, however, wns tho assent
OF Franco Lord Lyons, the British Ambassador. had
been In London for tho last two or three weeks IN
connection the above negotiations, although tho
pretcxt OF his stay hero his probable appoint
mont as Plcnipotcnary 10 possible cougrcss With.
out departing from his habitual reserve no showed
probably that he saw FIRST sight nothing impraot,-
cable Ango-FrcDch alliance, aud at all events no
received mission 10 feel the ground In tina, dircc.
lion cur.ousiy enough. ono OF the chcf reasons OF
confidence ,or the politicians ., Downing Stree:
Foreign s a' Affairs, H. wacdlnr,on. belongs 70 az
old English family long established Ia France,
aud Ua%or,d:s mIn. 10 40 w,s sadons
attitude The subject OF tbcsconsfcss, when, IN con
sequence OF tho objections OF England, no had plainly
said that no could not see the uso OF congress Oh
the Eastern question In which Engand would NOS Da
represented Mex, the French republican press was
Lon don pross, II had simply boon affecting Tor few
days past TO witness tho desperate Irritation with tho
French, our dear old Crlmcan ally, who pretended ~
DO still suffering from ialo wounds. but really
stronger than ever, and so on.
LYONS wcofNc.
Lord Lyons returned TO hts post and had two de.
cisivo interviews with H. Wacdington with two days.
interval. In tho rsi ono tho fronch Minister simply
heard the exposition OF tho Ausiro-Brit,sh scheme
and without expressing bis own views undertook TO
lay It before his coeasncs In the sccoaa no com,
muncatcd tho answer Of tho French Cabinet (Aprl
81, which was polite refusal
the WErLy FRANCE
England, 7" SAID NJ. Waddingtop. ''could entertain
doubt 10 the spirit IN which Franco iookci upon
the changes con tcmpascdin tho East il was spirit
OF sorrow aocing the results OF IN which she
had spent her blood trsasuro doanvcly forfeited
md ono moro European law, to tho completion of
which sho ha been party, ana which, indeed, Doro
only remote consequences Of the events OF 1890 AMI
1870 ana she had too long ago forosccn il as inevitable
10 SDmble realization. IL cntailcd for her.
dbubt, as for Eogund, loss OF prestige and in-
nuence IN the East But tho loss did not seem to 10
sufficient to warrant recourse to arms Tor tho pur
POGO OF avcrting ~, aud even n such were tho
France must decline to enter into such COURSE
Her policy proclaimed at tho outset OF tho war; aud
pcrsIstcnty maintained, had been one OF complete
neutrality. IL was moro than ever her programme.
liberal Cabinet and carried by tho present had
bsen, or rather was, pledge given 10 tho world OF
that systematically peaceful tendency. The French
Republic could entertain Tor moment tho idea Of
deyiaing from y Just on the cye Of icto Oh peace
and civilgzltiop.p
MORE nxnixo uxsnp.
To tho above reasons which ". Washington de-
vciopcd at some length, tho French Minister might
have added others mad he wished TO unbrrdcn his
mind completely. Hc might havc said that
tho whole people OF Franco would have
risen In anger at tho mere Idea oil wag-
ing agein Tor Brush interests scarcely
seven years after the inc when England tho NOR.
OF tho Grst French disasters, n,anogcd to form
against her Crimcan ally that hgnc des ncurvs which
had for ITS effect tho rendering OF incubation I'm
possible. Ito might have reminded LORD Lyons him.
self OF tho crcumsans not lar distant when France,
Frustrated, requested only the good Offices VI tho
British Cabinet ard was sternly refused. lilo might
hnyC n ~ lu-
listers OF Inc Queen dissatisfied with me present
consequences OF the events OF 1s1o71, was NOS fos
want OF Tho most ahjcct ucccptance OF tho German
terms on tho part OF hs prcGcccssors All THIS aud
much moro N. Wsddington might nave said; but for
courlcsy's sako he abstancd and simply stated his
point In tho most amaDlc manner. ..ttNs
COINCIDENCE. .stt**ss
Curiousiy enough, hardly an nonr after that do
cisvc Interview LORD Lyons might have met on tho
steps OF tho Ministerial residence the Qu1i d'OrHay
less a person than Priucc Orio the Ambassador VI
the Gear. lie had como 10 complain OF the attacks
l,lccicd hx the Eln.nh aGainsi lha Hps-