Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-20
THE BERLIN CONFERENCE.

ne great congress aSSeinplcu IT Der |
lin, adjourned last Saturday Much
has been sand admiringly of the sagaci,y |
and diplomatic ability displayed by
Earl Beaconsicld The London press
has rung with his unexpected success.
American newspapers, taking up
the cry, have wondered at the temerity |
of England's ambassador; admired
England's nerve IN showing her teeth to
the Russian bear. and have been sur
prlscd to hear that he%atter, after fight
ing a great war at immense sacrifices
in both men and money; after having
concluded treaty OF peace with her hu-
INFLATED enemy. in which she was said
to have forgot e;ery sentiment except
that "to the victor belougs the spolls.
has been compelled to recede, step by
step, until nothing is left OF that treaty
until. as the London Times expresses it.
Russia is authoritatively told that she
is Is tar from Constantinople. II not
further, than she was when the war be-
gan" and in commenting says that,
"herein lies the bitterness of the mortiii-
cation to which she must now submit"
1t has been ostentatiousiy published that
Russia has conceded in this congress
nearly everything that either England
or Austria cared to claim, and that the
treaty OF San Stetano has become rs a
piece OF waste paper, worthless.
Without being authoritativcly inform
ed what the action OF this congress has
been, and basing our opinion on the
same scraps OF information over winch
the English press raise such cry of ex-
ultation, we unhesitatingly say that Rus
STA has not given up any one important
article for which she stipulated in her
treaty with Turkey; that she was, up to
Tuesday of last week. when England's
secret treaty with Turkey was announc-
ed, abundantiy satisfied with the con-
ditions of peace as agreed on by the
Berlin congress. Those who kept post.
ed al the beginning OF the Russo-Turkish
war, cannot TAIL to remember that Rus
sia published manifesto before crossing
the Danube. She therein distinctly laid
out her programme, and her intentions
were not then thought unreasonable
should she succeed After the war had
been fought through, and Constantine
pie lay at the mercy OF the Russian sol
diery, the treaty OF San Stetano, if eX'
amined. Will be found not to have de-
parted from that announced programme
in any important particular; and yet
when made public. it was denounced a
utterly selfish and mcrcllcsS in its terms
to PROSTATE enemy. What Is yet more
remarkable Is that the terms OF the pa
ciication, as arrived at by the Berlin
congress, are pronounced satisfactory
and liberal, when the truth is they arc
little more than ratification. by tn,
united powers. of what the czar forced
Turkey into at the conclusion OF the war
4 comparison of that treaty with tho
Berlin agreement will convince tho
most incredulous. Therefore we are o
the opinion that up to said Tuesday the
powers had gained nothing; Turkey
had gained nothing, and Russia had lost
nothing by this congress at Berlin. EX,
cept to define the southern boundary line
OF Bulgaria, and settle few other com
paratively unimportant routes. purpose
" left unsettled in the treaty, the con
gress had rs well never convened. Blu,
on that day Business there took 4
different turn. Earl Bcaconstield an
nounced that England had formed y Sc
cret treaty with Turkey. by which til,
island of Cyprus is given to Eng land
and what amounts to aprotectorate i:
acquired by England over the whole o
Turkey in ASIA At the announcement
Russia must have stood aghast. l
is an acquisition tor England. almos,
without cost, of what Russia has Gov.
eted for hundred years. 1t cuts OF
Russia's hope of extending her AsiatiC
boundary toward the Persian gulf; for
by this treaty. England gets complete
control of the valley of the Euphrates
Russia's interest in the possession o
Batoum is, by this. master stroke o
Beacorsfeld's brought to a close. l
remains to be seen whether Russia i:
humiliated. or whether. when thwartel
in her plans as now. she is ready to fgh
for them. By this one stroke of policy
the English Jew procures religious lib
erty throughout the entire Turkish EN-
pire; and, in some special provision:
about Jerusalem. has accomplished wha
thousands of crusaders died tor. An,
what is more practical, it completed,
takes the wind out OF the czar's sails OF
his warfare tor religions sake. Truly
Earl Beaconstield has justified the higl
encomiums pronounced on his ablllt.
though they were accorded in error.
New York Evening Post, July Il:
"Mr. Hayes yesterday rendered to Col
Mosby an important federal office. bu
1t was declined. 4 brother of Col. Mos
by was appointed 4 special agent of th