Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-07-11


official reports have 81 yet reached this
country Of the fnaE determinations Of
the Berlin Congress, IL Is believed, new
er,heless, that conclasisn has been
reached and that Il will reveal sab
stantialIy, the following Fesnlts The
Northern boundary Of Turkey is TO be
the line OF the Balkan mountains ex-
tending east 10 rhe Black Sea at the
northern boundary Of Kirk, near the
mouth Of the Indus river and to the
west to the southern edge Of Dalmatia,
excluding Anlarvi. Russia receives
that portion Of Bessarabia which was
taken from her after the Crimean war,
extending from the Prulh TO the valley
of the Kilia. The new Roumania has
the Dobrudscha annexed TO il. Rou-
mania and Montenegro are to be indie
pendent States. The latter occupies
Antivari as a seaport. Roumania prom
Uses 10 remove all the disabilities now
imposed upon the Jews residing within
her border and TO secure 10 them equal
political and legal rights with all her
other inhabitants. Austria is to make
an arrangement for the future annexation
of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Mean
while an arrangement for joint mill
tary occupation Of the two provinces is
TO be effected on such terms as may be
agreed upon between the Porte and
the Emperor. Servia is 10 be an indie
pendent State. The Russian army is
10 withdraw north Of the Balkans with
in three months. The question Of Ba-
toum is TO be referred TO a commission,
and the ratification of the Greek from
tier is 10 be settled by conference be-
tween Turkish and Grccian commission
crs, but the latter are not even TO ask
for more than the border districts OF
Eprus and Thessaly. The Danube
is 10 be made a free river, open
alike 10 the ships of all natrcns.-
That the confederate spoilers of Berlin
have but skinned and filmed the ulcerous
pace of their Eastern troubles, leaving
the worst plague spot ofall untouched,
is the opinion said 10 be prevalent even
in the Congress itself. Taking the pro-
visions of the reported protocol adopted
by this body, as given above, TO be sub
stantially accurate, European writers
contend that the Congress has proved
n failure so far as the security of the
future peace Of Europe is concrrned.-
They contend that il has only succeeded
in postponing hostilities for the present
but leaves uneradicatcd the seeds of
future conflicts. OF all the parties in
terested, Turkey has the most reason to
be gratificd. For the frontier of the
Danube, she has the line Of the Balkans,
.he relinquishes a territory hard to de-
fend, and difficult TO govern, but she re-
tains frontier made almost impregna-
BILE by nature and easily guarded by a
small force. She will make a bargain
with Austria for the cesSion to the lat
ter Of Bosnia and Herzegovina not I'M
mediately, but in the course of q few
years, giving time for the withdrawal
of the Mahomedan inhabitants of these
provinces without loss to themselves.
She will retain her Grecian provinces,
and will be lett stronger because more
compact and more capable of defence
than ever. Russia is deprived OF many
Of the fruits of her conquests. Greece
is enraged beyond expression. Germa-
ny has prepared for an assertion in the
future that the iathcrland extend along
the Danube. Italy is discontinued be-
cause she has not obtained the retro
cession OF the Trentino, and Austria is
not yet certain whether she has been
deceived. The peace thus patched up
may last few years, but il may ex-
plode in war before the INK on the pro-
tocolS is dry.