New-York tribune., 1878-01-01
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JANUARY l, 1873

while attacked the Turkish position 'at ZswIn
! june 81, and after a severe repnlse retrcatcd
towaId Kars. Tho left retired June and rercved
the garrison Of Bayazid tJnly ~. The inves,lnen,
rcmaiHed the single fruit of eampa;En that had
opened with brilliant promise and ended midway III
/, for the force thai was available. =.
Tie hna issue of the campaign was o stafIulg
surprise. Mclikof resumed operations Nmgust 10
and lost OF his advanced ositions. The kus-
sian forces were then concentrated and heavily re-
nforced; and by generalsln as brilliant AZ faSkie
| witchic's in 1890, cut Mukhtars army ~ two. The
battle of Alada October ~ was "a crushing defeat
for The Turks. Mukhtar was pursued 10 Mars, ana
again defeated at Dcve Boyun tNovemher %
night attack upon frzerum was Trpniseu, out
Kars was carried by storm iAcvember Ia spieh-
did achievement for The Russian arms by ms Sc
ries of successes the conquest OF ARMENIA mas brr
nearly accomplished. The capital IS row invested
and the Russians have accomplishing al that they
set out to do, save the occupation of Batun.
THE RUSSIAN ALLIES
At the outbreak of the war; Gortschakoff main
tanned that the Roumaniano and Scryans must not
take an active part in the campaign After the de-
feat of the russians at Pevra the Rounanans were
called 10 the 'front.' The conduct of Prince Charicss )
troops NJ the Graviiza reloubts was so admirable
that il Is easy to see that the world will gain a
promising nation if the independence of Ronmania
declared Nay 23) he secured by the war. In open
ing the Chamber November 81, the HoheDzoliorE
| prince predicted that Europe would recognize the
new state.
Seryia. a5 the natural centre of the Snnien
! SIavs, WAS in hearty sympathy with the Northern
Says but rs is small, and the disaster OF
the campaign Of last year Overwhelming, 1t 1Id
nothing until the triumph Of ic Russians Was lea-
| sonab,v assured. After The surrender OF Osm1L.
Prince Milan ordered his troo~ - cross the frontier
Early in JANE there was trirl'e heiHihe Oh ne
borders of !lrrZcgoyna. SuIrinan. ~ attempting
to succor Nicsics ana other bcligrent posts, crushed
! The Montcncgrihs hy sheer weight oI nnihT'is'
When Ghourko crossed the i'Ikau tie Turkish bat
! taons were recalled 10 Rumclia. SkirnlShihg mas
| continued on the frontiers -! hciZrCovina ana
Albania throughout the campaign, and Prince Nich-
ulas has cap;urcd many posts that he VIII Dc
| certain 10 pro'i- hy q general treaty of peace.
Greece has not vcnturcd 20 dee are war. although
Thcss9y and FnrIls have been ripc for nsiirrccion.
The treasury has hrcn empty; British Influence has
been powerful 1t Athens. and war wouii nave tA"
posed the Greok coasts 10 the raNagcs ol the lurhiSh
iieet.
RESULTS OF THE WAR.
light months of war have left Turkey utterly
PROSTATE aud Russia quivering with exhaustion and
bieediag AT every pore. Frederick the Great COM
pared the Russians and TURKS to a 0nc-cyed man
fighting with blind man; and although tie con-
batantS have been armed with the finest weapons
of precision known in modern wariaIe-rrpc4tihg
rifles Icaiiis and krdpp nriluancc-the Compari-
son still holds good. There has been 40 manpu'rlng
in The open field aud sayt m the last month oi inc
Armenia operations no brilliant gcneralshp TIE
Turk. have demonstrated their inrficicuCy on
water as woll rs on land. for their navy has been
fcrbv handled. At every stage of the campaign
except the iinal investment Of Plcvua e1rih"ofhs
have been attacked n front. Not ~Ince tue ihiIlV
Year. War have such terrible haud-to-hlud coni.~S,
snch awful carnage. and snch c"ld-hI"odou inhu-
manty been witnessed in Europe. The official
estimates of the Eus-iaH los,e~ a'nady exceed So
Ooo men, aud these figures fail lar short of the facts.
The Turkish losses have been cuOrmouS, over
2O 600 mon having r,iisncd lu ShIpha i'a-S
alone. Iue Rus AIS have captured 3b"ui ''"'V
prisoners and 700 guns. I'll" i'i, nal rr~onrLr' "l
each Fmpir' haSc bcru squeezed dIt. AS raflF -
june the inanri pressure The Porte "an :" great
that bill was Introduce ia Ia iIcit "nih""|."E
Russia wa, borrowing ~ rates above those for
! which the United States GtN,rumcnt put loans oA
the market dining the darkest la,5 oi the war lnr
credit ot cac. G"Nciiin'i "s pc s'i 'i.II.' " ll,e
utmost during ire >N months il;at axe non ',''
In southern Russia. moreover. the crops wrrr J., 10"
thc average. aad Owing 80 ilcAbro'plI0h "i rh"aN
stock for ui .i3ry purposes 'hr means "i i'n,r
tili. alc utterly iuad,CuIic. Bach Empire VIII hr
mriaccd with bankruptcy and famine at the "'chiAg
! of thc second caWualgu. ,
| Great Powers made clrN in b,''"h.r Vrir na@'d
! or thc domestic reforms alrr .H-ut"t'l. u
! spite of the UNDERGROUND comh"ion ~ thr tliHih
and thc nr.ru-, u t'r Palace sG''HiaN'i"i P"tis''
! hl- been made under t.c new constitution. iht
National Parliament after d playint ar hnrr f!oi
than Siidhat bad pred 'rcd. aol"nrHrd ~ me sum
cr 10 meet alaiu IN Dccrii bcr and elect t!"u
"a #. t,r,.il;ny officer Although ti, a, cmbly u
i'm No sense % REPRESENTATIVE huGF, ~ ha- brought
tncf.ilicr dclc"aic, from tie various provinces an"
stimulated Inc rrnvtu of naIJ.l ideas. In ~ rlf-
| clir 10 the 50 FuNrr,, the Porte "hris
to eo far; her and io co.- dor ;hr demands ot ne
conference viuch n rejected la.t January. hil
Russia has irglc too great stcrticcH I" al"" Ii'
fruit. of her victory, which atc a!I 1dt i!p'. y"
wilmer in the hand, OF l.or Derby. Sb" III lists
uuou treating with Turkey directly. Ire rr't"i -
ton II her Old frontier - LUfopr cannon ur m','
,xc,pt al tn, cS ciSr Of kDUuaula LAT ~ Asd hh,
| tl...s .tl. IIH - 4
if +, rl likely iha. ,hc vii! Trrt~t hrI gl.P mon
IT, Her naval r.chf- in the Black Sea ~" Nr'it l.
ranca aud tiic political dc,.iny o the SAYS IA J. H.
rppran lGihcN, VIII be- determined hy IoIi>'hdh'H
Bismarck aud Andr3s~l.
White the Russian stat has shown that II las lar
more gold lace than genius. and inIt u Is Unable 4"
haitl. large misses 81 troops. The st'Hinc~s aU'
the military ir,s 20 winch vas lot 20 the triH'a
lll-dirr,trd ana Il, frNed BY lnromiri"ht ir"d.
! ,r- ines. SOdiclS have fhuWu TIE d'g-rh
peitiuariiy and reflection OF dl-clplInc "Ii'h
| called fo,th Nlpul,ous plaUdits It B"r"din".
Back of these sOidjcF- tr same InhrXiblc nation
thai set ire to Moscow rtthcr than accept an
ipaomiiIous peace. Nam Of tAe restrictions upon
tL, press nave been Withdrawn duriug he war and
public opinion now Gnd. il. national expression ~
Inc public journals. and nom one ana al come the
cry tiiat cost whal Il may, the War mufi 20 on hh
tl a peace that VIII Ice permanent - CONQUERED:
Such a nation HAY bc weakened i"r q time, ana
oycr,hadowod by the aunle, 81 Germany, but II
cannot lose lis rank one Of the piooonlhating
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