The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-07-18

The treaty of Berlin has been signed.
The Baltimore San gives the following ex-
PLANTATION.
The least that can be said of the treaty of Ber-
lin is that it is a thorough all complete revision
of the treaty of San Stefano which is literally
torn into shreds, Russia. who has expended vast
amount of blood and treasure in her against
Turkey, has largely failed by the decision OF the
Berlin congress, to reap the fruits of her victor
les All that she gains territorial is the retroces-
sion OF her old province of Bessarabia and strip
of Armenia adjacent to her old trans Caucasian
frontier with the port of Batoum, on the Black
sea, for commercial purpose, but which she is
forbidden to fortify and use as a naval arsenal
in Asatc turkey IS at the
time most effectually blocked by the defensive
treaty concluded between England and Turkey,
whereby England acquires the island OF Cyprus,
and engages to defend the remaining possessions
of Turkey in Asia against all corners. Even in
the matter of money indemnity for the expenses
of the war Russia fares badly; for whatever may
be the sum that has been agreed npon-and en-
under stood that the Turkish bonds, in the hands
of Eur opean holders. take precedence OF the war
claims of Russia. OF all the western powers that
are parties to the changes effected in the Turkish
empire, Austria is the only one substantially ben
Gifted. She has been authorized to occupy Bosnia
and Herzegovina militarily, and in reply to de-
mand made upon her by Turkey has refused to
put a limit to the term OF her occupation. There
seems to be very little doubt that those provin-
will ultimately be incorporated with the Aus
tran empire, AS respects Turkey, her power in
Europe has been swept away by the treaty Her
flank of the Balkan range. Bulgaria and Eastern
Roumelia are henceforth to be semi-independ-
ent principa lities, paying tribute to the Porte,
thus cognizing to that extent the Sultan's SOW
ereignty.. Butlloca1 self-government is to be es-
tablished in both, the western powers nominat-
ing the new Prince of Bulgaria and Porte NOM
mating the Governor OF Eastern Roumelfa; who
is, however, to be a Christian. Ronmania, Servia
and Montenegro, each with increase OF territory,
are henceforth to be totally independent Of Tur-
key. But the tribute they have hitherto paid
is to be capitalized, and they are to meet their
proportion of the Turkish debt. The admins
traton of affairs in Albania, Thessaly, Epirus and
Crete is to be supervised by commissioners ap-
pointed by the powers, whilst the English pro-
tectorate established over Asiatic Turkey ought
to, and probably will, insure good government
there These points cover pretty much all the
provisions of the treaty of Berlin. The Turkish
power, it will be observed, is now limited to the
province south of the Balkana and stretching
from the Kgean sea to the Adriatic. But she
still retains in addition certain rights OF sover-
eighty over Egypt and Spria, as well as what may
be called "a dormant right over Tripoli If the
object of Russia was not one of conquest. and if
she did not aspire ultimately to the possession of
Constantnople, but simply to weaken Turkey by
stripping her of her outlying principalities, her
end has been attained. But the interpositon of in
dependent principalties between her and what
remains of European Turkey more effectually
precludes her from assailing the latter than ever
before, while the reatfrmation of the validity of
those provisions Of the treaty of Paris that
main unchanged by the treaty of Berlin not only
continues to close the DardanelleS to ships Of
war, but prohibit Russia from re-establishng
naval arsenal on the shoresof the Black