The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-02-25
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The DAEOAHA
III, 10 Project Herself, Mnsl
R qsss Exclusive Possession Of
. ~ V,,.nsgs Cor. London Tine. /.
3 rs.n he conditions OF peace come tc
g s..n,..d the part Of the negotiations
= IL. iii ill have the keeuest interest tOE
ss,i5 M. viii probably be the question
~. strait. On this point the Russian
s d y. has hitherto been silent, 6ut
Io 'sei,I Ru.sin has loudly expressed i'd
a si.+, and desires, and it is not little in
NV .,i ,SE 10 observe the gradual develop
.i' s, II The question in public opinion
s..' ,S !. co ON Of ho.tilitie..
'lI Zen =, the beginning of the war, when
- ~, o.ooIs we're Indignantly repudiating
So' ,,.r,.rt,,ed motives, some journalists
~ .,intsJ GU! that Russia ought to re-
sN n. Ia. traces Of the humiliating
s so' n 1856, and acquire certain sub
I .'.+i,l ' advantages. The principal ad.
l l..',,.. enumerated were the recti6ca-
". i II. frontier in Asia Minor so as
wv ;. u B4,Ouu, the recovery Of the
. Ell ;. land which had been coded 70
M, yIn'Is3svia By the Treaty OF PaFi., and,
4o, s.,ii. he freedom Of the Straits. By
s On va meant the free passage for
- r,.. ii war, and a. the campaign ad'
~. Islr..5 4 The necessity Of acquiring this
, III 80 supported by the following ar
rsseni' ,,;,o o,rro, n,o.nsr
,,l,. n u properly protected. In order,
,I.,,io,., TO develop the commerce Of our
ss a.,sS,n ports, We must have Black Sea
s ~, Tbieb can pass out freely into the
T ~ Our former feet in these
80 ~, "a. destroyed during the Crimean
' -, bat the heroic spirit which animated
;,I,,,uryiyed; a. ia amply proved BY the
.,"ioiI Of our naval officers in the Dan.
. ,sd BY the brilliant affair Of the little
v " win the big Turkish ironclad.
tIitS,t We require in order TO create 4
i ~ naval force in the Black Sea is the
n. u.,s4ge of our yessels through the
stspsoraS and DardAnelles."
y g5ra time this argument seemed very
,,,i.i,c,ory, and no one took the trouble
:, isopire What freedom Of the Straits
..,iIy meant. It was something which
" ,soid BE- enormously opposed BY Eng
I'D and which, consequently, must be
Nm, ,,,at,geou, to Russia. But when 4
.r+i,Iy vas formed in England 10 adyo.
~ he proposal, suspicious were at once
,,ou.ed, I! "perfdious Albion" seemed
II ~ generously, it might be confidently
.s1psd that she was connecting IN secret
sns dark, netarlous scheme for her own
,5r,ut,g,, Accordingly the subject was
,ruin.d more carefully and the peril
i, became apparent. The freedom Of the
si,,iu, i! taken in a wider sense, would
,jni. the British fleet into the
BACK Sea, and as Russia could not cope
yi,h England in the matter ofnayal arma.
n.np the opening Of the Dardanelles
,st The Bo,phoru4 would be for her, not
min, but a serious loss. Il was necea-
MI. therefore, to explain that the free
dom Of the Straits did not mean what
Eaglishmen understood by the term.
What Russia needed was the exclusive
right oil passage for herself, and the jour.
n,lsa maintained that this right was
ogi,e in accordance with all the recog-
Iit.d principles Of international equity.
the coast Of the Black Sea" they said,
Belongs e1ClusiVely 10 Russia and Tur-
k.y, and therefore these two powers alone
,hoald have the right Of entrance for
,Aivs Of war. The navies OF the Powers
sSieh have no possessions on the Black
StlcO~t have no reason to pass through
he Srsits except for purposes OF attack
nd INVASION 0nce fairly started in
tbs direction the publicists advanced
Vith rapid strides. Soon they perceived
hat even "the joint possession Of the
Sulia By Russia and Turkey was not
Iuicisn. for the protection Of Russian
i1llresu. Under such an arrangement
ny foreign power wishing to attack Rus
IA would merely have 10 form an ALI
ists with the Porte, and might in that
VIy .eud tia heet into the Black Sea. To
F.veut such a contingency Russia ought
70 hIVea material guarantee in the form
d fortress on the BosphoruS ! Our
Pubiici.t even took the trouble to indi'
slA Shsre this fortress ought TO be.
Thi. il, 40 far a. | have observed, the
tIutne limit which these imaginary de-
alads have yet reached, but 1t Is moi
t6cul! to iorsee that they will proceed
I1nher. A fortress on the Bosphorua
aignt protect Russia from attack, but 50
loHr - the Dlrdaunelles are in other
altds she could not have that freedom OIL
.iit which is considered necessary for
he protection Of her future foreign trade
"a IhOrt, it we let ourselves be. guided by
sii kind Of political logic, we arrive in
''iIbly at the conclusion that Russia
su,l 10 order to protect her real and
opposed interests. take possession Of thu
;tiiip from the Black Sea 10 the Medi