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the Tara % cocsider the Russian demands
more seriously than those Ut any ssbef
Power. A 70 dissributioa Of Turkish
territory, not one Of the Christian POsers
Can we'll object 10 any settlement which
protects the Christians of Bulgaria against
such atrocities - have been recorded,
while the conquest Of territory in Asia,
If disturbing to England, establishes u
claim to have and u hold which that
Power only will be likely to dispute.
There remains only the question of the
Dardanelles, and in respect to that the
wish of Great Britain can hardly be with
reason treated ss the public law of
Europe.
1.-THE straits are the key of my house,"
said the Emperor Alexander. As Russia
has gained large frontage on the Black
sea, SO that Q great portion of its commerce
is with Russian ports, what good reason
can be given for debarring Russian vessels
Of war from conveying its merchandising
into the Mediterranean But one can be
named: Turkey holds both shores of
the gate. But if Turkey surrenders the
power to exclude any or all foreign ships
Of war, on what ground can any other
nation object2 The power was at first
exercised by Turkey at time when NO
other power disputed its supremacy in
the Black sea; was formally acknowl-
edged in the treaty of 1909, and again 10
1841, and again by the treaty Of Paris in
1855, and finally, with slight modification
by the Conference at London in 1871.
But there 10 probably no student of inter.
national law who Gun cite recognized
principle upon which the exclusion can
be sustained. If Turkey surrenders it's
claims, other nations may, indeed, de.
mand that the Dardanelles shall be
opened to their fleets as we'll as to those
Of Russia, but the concession would be
empty to them, beneficial to Russia only,
and conceived to be injurious to England
only. For it is feared in England that
Russia, now walled in by the severe
winter of the Baltic, would become q
mighty naval power with command of the
Black sea and freedom Of exit, and might
at any time threaten English commune
cations with India by way of the Susz
Canal. English fears are not unnatural.
But there 10 nothing in recognized prin-
ciples of international law, and nothing in
the interests of other Powers to bring
support to England in its demands. The
Black sea is not English; it is partly Rus
sian and partly Turkish; and if those
Powers agree as to the use of it, and of
the necessary entrance to it, who can
with reason object9 On this question is
likely to turn all the diplomacy of Eu.
rope until the Congress Of Nations has
finished its work, but all the probabilities
are against the demands of. England.
Peace will have an important effect
commercially. It is fortunate for Russian
farmers, and for the devastated regions
about the Danube, that the settlement
comes in time to permit preparation for
the next years crop. Grain in large
quantities, which may have been held
beck in Russia, il likely to come forward
nov, and an area - great ss has ever
been cultivated in those regions will
probably be prepared for yielding Dextsea-
son. The speculation in grain in this coun-
try, which caused many millions bushels
Of grain 20 be held back from sale, will end
in disaster. On the other haad. Q largely
iseseased demand nay reasonably be e.
pscssd far cotton. asd Tor many kinds Of
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