Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-04-04
4 New Aspect OF the Eastern
Question.

listed between England and Austria
on the Eastern question, and as il
the designs of Russia were to en-
counter very serious obstacles.
Until within the past few months,
to those whose ideas of the Euro
pean situation were such as were
derived entirely from newspaper
dispatches, everything bore the APP
pearance of a revival of the old
Holy Alliance. 1t was thought
that q cordial understanding ex-
listed between the Emperors of Rus
sia, Germany and Austria, and the
partition Of Turkey between Aus
tra and Russia was looked upon
as simply . preliminary to Ger
many's absorption of Holland and
possibly Of Belgium. A symmetri-
cal plan of conquest and compen-
sations was supposed to have been
arranged between the three EN-
perors, but in the light of recent
events these opinions will have to
be revised. 1t was even thought
that, as the ultimate upshot of the
war, Austria's German provinces
would be surrendered to the EN-
peror Wilhelm, the loss to be made
good by Turkeys European prov
inces, Russia being content with
Constantinople and large slices of
the Asiatic territory of the Sick
Man aligning the Black Sea, which
would thus become q Russian
Lake.
The effervescence in Austria, and
especially in Hungary, is too vio-
lent to admit of any doubt but that
that powerful Empire is as fully
under the dominance of Russo
phobia as England herself. The
failure of Ignatief IS mission is an
other straw which shows which
way the wind blows on the banks
of the blue Danube.
England, for the past hundred
and twenty-five years, in fact since
the accession of the House of
Brunswick to the British throne,
has always kept up exceedingly
cordial relations with Austria. The
princes of the House of Brunswick,
as electors of the Holy Roman EN-
pire. were always devoted adj
herents of the Hapsburgs. The
fast friendship between the
two Empires may be said to
date, however, from the period OF
the seven years war. Austria was
also the steady ally of England in
the gigantic struggle against the
all conquering First Napoleon.
English influence in Austria was
sufficiently powerful to cause the
Austrian Emperor to forget the
debt of gratitude lie owed to Rus
STA for assisting him to stamp out
the Hungarian revolutionists, and
Austria remained neutral during
the Crimean war.
1t has been the uniform policy of
England never to enter into any
serious continental wars without
important allies, and il Austria is
willing to draw the sword the
Car will be obliged to make con-
cessions or fight. The cable dis
patches advise us that France has
repulsed the overtures of Russia,
who sought to obtain from Mac
Mahon a separate ratification of
the treaty of San Stefano. France
has avowed her purpose to he to
stand by England. The present
Cabinet of Italy Is favorable
neither 10 Russian nor German
pretensions, and Bismarck will
therefore probably keep out of the
struggle, should it arise. Prudence
would dictate such policy. Any
arrogant Interference on his part
might result in an offensive and de-
fensive alliance between England,
Austria, France, Italy and Turkey;
and, in that event, the fruits of the
Franco Prussinn war might be lost.
In view of these facts, should war
actually break out "a result which
we still do not regard as very i'm.
minent) it would probably be con-
fined to Austria, England and
Turkey, on the one side, and Rus.
STA on the other. The odds would
then be heavily against the Gar.
Even the Turkish fleet is stronger
than his own, and the tremendous
naval power of England added
would drive Russian commerce
from the sea and blockade every
port on the Russian coast. On
land, also, the allies would over.
master the Muscovite.
In view of such quite likely devel-
opments, the Gar will ponder long
before he precipitates collision.
1t Is one thing to cope with Tur-
key and quite another TO have to
confront The Austrian Eagles and
the British Union Jack, together
with the black banner of Abbas.
lie is further embarrassed by the
fact that his Servian, Roumanian
and other allies of the late Chris
tian provinces OF Turkey, are al
ready hugely Disguised with Rus
sian selfishness and arrogance, and
would either remain neutral or da.