Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-07-27
WHOLE NO. 2,248.
RlsmareI.,s Anxlety for Peace.


The following is the language OF
Prince Bismark as reported by a
Berlin correspondent of the London
Times:
Iwished for peace, and contributed
as much as possible to it as soon as
l could clearly see my way-that is
to say, from the time of Count
SchouvalOff's first visit to me at
Furstenburg. | sincerely respected
this man for having left London
courageously to tell his master the
truth, and who, on arriving at st.
! Petersburg, incurred the risk of dis
grace and exile if not successful in
fulfilling his patriotic and human
itarian mission. Despite my feeble
health, despite the imperious COM
mands of my physicians, did not
hesitate to undergo the fatigue inn
posed on me as President of the con-
gress, but if duty calls me to bear
these fatigues in the interests of
peace, it does not go the length Of
bidding me do so if peace is not
likely to result from our delibera-
tions. England has here achieved
a magnificent success. She has
made Bulgaria end at the foot of the
Balkans she has restored to Turkey
the Kgean Sea she has covered
COnstantinople by the Balkans, and
the question of the Straits will be
settled to her satisfaction. But il
must be remembered that Russia
was victorious, and that serious ac-
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sions she has already made. do
not wish to recall my comparison of
the whale and the elephant. Eng
land has doubtless proved by the |
preparations she has already made !
that she might become a military |
power, that she might sustain war |
lasting several years. But herein |
consists our sole interest, which is |
that of peace, and which guides our |
efforts. A war between two great |
powers like England and Russia |
would grievously affect the whole Of
Europe, paralize all the interests |
and menace every one. The danger |
is that despite ali efforts the conflict
would become general, for no one
knows the incidents which might |
arise during a prolonged struggle,
not to mention that universal COM |
merce would be harassed and the
paths of the ocean become uncertain,
| say this because / am now con-
WINGED that we shall sign peace.
After seeing the Bulgarian question
settled | was certain we should
have peace. On this question / saw
the English would go to war and
when on Friday, the 2lst of June,
the negotiations between England
and Russia broke down, fastened
to the plenipotentiaries of both
powers, and caused negotiations to
be renewed on the subject of the
withdrawal of the troops. Neither
the English nor the Russians render
ed justice to the brave and patriotic
efforts of their representatives. The
English ought not to forget that they
have attained great success with
out war and without spending the
blood and money which a great war
would have cost them. Count
certainly does his best,
and l cannot but admire him in the
congress on seeing him hold up
against all, and not permit himself
to be too closely approached, but it
must be remembered that there may
be limits for his desire for peace,
and that at a given moment he
might find himself du pied dU mlr,
and that more concessions must not
be demanded of him than those to
which he is already pledged.