The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-15

an abandonment OF British and an auop-
ton of Russian policy. 1t is not only
surrender Of the cause that England pre-
tended to uphold when two years ago she
rejected the propositions for the reform OF
Turkey that had been framed by the three
Chancellors-of Austria, Germany and
Russia-but it is a surrender OF the policy
that was ostensibly declared in the Sails
bury circular. Doubtless the government
would he ready enough to throw over its
rejection OF the Berlin propositions of May,
1876, for they could put that upon the
shoulders OF Lord Derby, who, since he
resigned from the Ministry rather than be
party to the coup de theatre involved in the
voyage OF seven thousand Hindoo soldiers
to Malta, has naturally not had many pleas
ant words wasted upon him by the mouth
pieces of ministerial opinion. But the
rejection OF the Berlin note and the Sails
bury circular against the San Stefano Treaty
were both alike based on the ground that
England would neither be party to
any action, nor assent to action
by others which contemplated as an imme-
date or ultimate necessity the disnember-
ment OF the Ottoman Empire or the further
dminution of the Sultans sovereignty
within the limits of his dominions as they
stood at the date of the Berlin note. She
stood in 1876 and in the present year as
she had done in 1885, for 9Th. integrity OF
the Ottoman Empire" and held that re-
forms in turkish administration might yet
save the waning vitality OF the Moslem
State She would not reduce by q square
mile-neither for humanity, nor Christian
ity, nor Tor any other reason these terri
tories which in Ottoman hands she re-
garded as necessary barrier for her own
interests in the Eus, against the encroach-
ments Of great neighbor That was Eng
lands position +; that was the ground on
which her government presented its case to
the people and rallied war spirit for the
support OF that case Yet at last Engand's
Prime Minister sits in o Congress whose
main duty is to decide the exact conditions
and circumstances Of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT
and disintegration Of Turkey. England de-
liberaies ON the basis OF the San Stetano
Treaty, and haggles with Russia over the
niceties and small points OF that dissection
OF the Sultan's dominions which she
plumed herself upon scorning and spurning
altogether She not only discusses the dis
memberment OF Turkey, but she has
pledged herself 10 the conqucror Tor the
acceptance of the substantial points of his
scheme In all this we can but see that
England practically acknowledges that her
own policy has fniled, and that she must
accept the principle OF her opponents
policy and try to reduce his terms. z Yet the
Congress is gloried over in England as u
triumph Of Beaconsfelds diplomacy.
Put though the real relation OF England's
'diplomatic victory to the logic Of the issue
before Europe is patent no one could have
judged 80 wildly OF her intentions as to
suppose that she would push her adhesion
to Russian views and her imitation to Rus
sian projects SO far as it is now reported she
intends. England's grand solution as now
presented is British prote :torate over the
dominions OF the Saltan in Asia. England
will admit that all Turkey north of the Bal
kans shall be made such State rs Russia
desires. She will assent that Russia shall
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Europe south Of the Balkans be cut away
from tho Ottoman allegiance and be SO
poised politically that when Europe is next
shaken the half Of it shall fall toward
Russia and the other half toward Greece.
She will lie. Russia keep what she has con-
consent to Russian projects what docs the
Lion demand? Only that the freedom of
the Danube and the Dardanelles shall re-
main undetermined points tor the present ;
that they shall be the stake Of future COM
bats, and that England shall be recognized
rs the legitimate protector of Turkey in
Asia, in order that the Sultan's dominions
near to India may not share the fate Of his
dominions near to the Danube, but may be
protected from all encroachment and spolia-
ton save what may be found convenient by
his good friend John Bull. How have the
Walls Of British wrath been unbottled in
the last half century over the Russian
theory that the Muscovite was the natural
ally Of the European peoples subject to the
Sultan, and rs such entitled to "protecto-
rate over them How has virtuous indig-
| nation Numbered in the British Parliament
and moaned in the British press over the
natural and irredeemable depravity Of such
notion With what magnificent scorn
have the British orator and the British
caricaturist equally held up to the contempt
OF mankind the duplicity and chicanery OF
nation that could disguise it's ambitious
designs with this thin pretext of preten-
.ious good will! And yet here is the British
Premier with that old Russian device, taken
at second hand. revamped and held up for
public admiration las goodas new" And this
isa grand surprise with which the world is to
the English liberals OF yore went swim