The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-17
unIr ~ G0ivG on ~ EtROrE.

~ 'ir"Ni '' a- u ltNEN ii-Nl III NllOfi 'N. no
prarr troat has not been ratified y,t.an {. until
tho ratification De- an accomplished fact. nobody.
cNc'ii hall adonn men at 81. prt0 rsburg and
Con-tantinopln ana the two hi.. mon gl 4 .rlin.
can pretend TO- know anything about tho con-
dhions oi Ioa... Count $ houyaiolf. thc Rus
sian Ambas sador at the Court of st. james. has
h'ru repeatedly asncd by the British Cabinet To
state what tho terms are. and he has invariably
replied that he docs not know anything about
them. AMI IS not Likely 90 receive any Informal
tion till the matter is finally settled. The Eng
lsh don't believe him. Of course and accuse
him moro Than over Of pcrfdy and trcachcry
But hc says only what is perfectly rue. 1t is
his great rival. Gen. lgnaticn. who has man
aged the whole affair. and who keeps him in
tcntionally in the dark. Igna,cn wants to have
all the credit Of the diplomatic transactions TO
himself. and Count SchouvalolT is the last man
to whom he will say more than he can help
The post Of the Chancellor Of the Russian En-
prc is IgnGticfl's stake. and he is sure to win IL
He sccms to have already entirely cclipsod tho
old Prince GOrchakoff at the Court OF 81. Peters
burg.
The latest dispatches Of yesterday were quite
alarming. The Times representative at the
Russia capital tccgraphcl:
ne .nieia world here alain cn;crain. grave arrrc-
hen ions .i serious complications Men Who ia,r ton
crlhl, Influence in cdn,nr Or a,crins vents whirh
r. onsrs. wi meet and It tdocs NEE, itis not very
likely To succeed
Although II is reported 10 b" an old saving In
Russia that war between that country and
England s no more practicable than fight hc.
tween sturgeon and horse. the two countries
arc moro likely than oyer before to come to
blows. Under these circumstances the strength
Of the Russian fleet becomes a matter Of consid-
crnhlc interest This power. generally thought
10 have no llcct OF any consequence possesses
ON paper no fewer than 223 ships OF all classes.
with an active personnel 81 10000 scamon-
GOOOO if the marines and reserves are called in.
The active fleet Is thus distributed: In IN
Baltic II ships in the Black Sea- Q in the ca
plan, ); and in the Siberian waters. H. I'll
most powerful vessels in the Baltic are iro'
clad turret ships one of which carries lin /
armor and four 3j-ton guns. Two others ma
four 3j-ton guns each. Two have six 2j.i n
guns. bat have thin armor. and are Of IN N
coal-carrying capacity. Four have two 35-;on
guns each. Four moro have four 1l-ton guns.
mounted in fixed turrcts. Four have eight 10
ton guns and G-inch armor. The wooden YES
scls also are armed in many instances
with Krupp guns Tho naval yards and
factory have been kept steadily at work,
and the two yards at st. Petersburg have recent
~ turned out two now ronclads after the model
OF the Devastation. At kolpino. on the Ncva.
1j-inch armor plates have been rolled and Mar
tins anchors forged. As many rs $500 hands
are daily employed at that factory
II IL also stated that Gen. IgnaticfT has sup
Piled his Government with tho newest charts Of
the interesting aouthcrn waters. while the charts
Of the English naval service are eighteen years
Old. True, tho channels may not have changed
in any marked degree since that time: but the
Qualifications on both sides Of tho Dardanolles
are quite different now from what they were at
the close of the Crimcan war.
Tho Intensity II the ant-Rus-ian feeling in
England is showing itself not only in mob de-
monsirations in Hyde Park. hu' in tho nc t
enlightened quarters. Mr. Walter the propri-
ctor Of the Times. and the senior member for
Berkshire has been llackhllcl at the Athe-
neum Club because his journal is not sum-
cicntly anti Russian. Mr. Walter is one Of the
richest and certainly not one Of the least intel
iiGent members OF the House Of Commons and
the hlackbalins was more than u surprise to
everybody.
Another incident of similar nature took
place al the Reform club. On one ~ the pcdc--
tails yet vacant in the great hal II the club
bust of Mr.. Gladstone wus TO be placed.
model Of it being ready, it had boon put there
for Inspection; but the feeling exhibited by the
majority Of the members proved SO strong that
ito avoid accidents. the model was inmedi-
ate.y removed.
Tho so-callel Malta scandal" has been
brought before q court # inquiry. and the
names of the parties concerned are now given
in fpil. The horS whipped cuGrrry Of the Duke
Of Edinburgh is Captain the Hon. u. J. Monsoon
his assailant to whose wife the oquorry
showed IA undue amount Of courtesy. IS Mr.
: oit-Stoy,nson. Adluant OF the F1r5 second
liighlandcrs.
Mr.. LlLlur 4ora records in tho Inst issue Of