The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-07-20
The Treaty of Peace Signed.

The Congress, which held its first sitting
at the Radziwill Palace, Berlin, on the 18th
of last month closed its labors Saturday with
the signature of the final treaty. The pro-
visions of the important document having
been, from time TO time, given to the public,
and the Anglo-Turkish Convention being an
accomplished fact, public attention will, for
the moment, be centered upon the details Of
the event which took place Saturday at Ber-
lin and upon the characteristic rapidity with
which England is preparing to modernize
the island of Cyprus,which has fallen to her
share in.the general scramble for the Sick
Mans territory. The signing Of the treaty
was marked with high solemnity, the dis
play Of brilliant uniforms, glittering orders,
stately ceremonial and lofty courtesy. And
it begins in the name of Almighty God"
There were general and particular congratu-
lations, and at the banquet in the evening
the Crown Prince of Germany pledged the
health of all the plenipotentaries and all
the signatory Powers. In these gratulations
we may, in the interest of peace, join; but
somehow behind all the glitter and the joy
there turks an unquiet spectre. 1t is very
evident that for some time to come peace is
secured, but there is much grumbling, and
that not alone on the part of the conquered,
whose grumbling would not and never does
much matter. Russia is doubtless, tolerably
satisfied, and England has made the best of
difficult position. Austria is not thoroughly
pleased; Italy is angry and France is far
from glad. Russia and England are nearer
than ever TO each other, and that is not the
best guarantee in the world that peace will
be enduring or that treaties will hold. 1t
may seem ungenerous to hunt up the spectre
while the glasses are clinking and the etiu-
siveness is general but we are fortunately
lookers-on only.
To Earl Beaconsfeld, however, the his
tory of the day is unalloyed triumph. 1t
will not surprise us now to hear of the fam
Gus "Oriental Imagination" when the hoist
ing of the British flag ON the new possession
announces that under his Ministry England
has advanced from Malta to Cyprus, from
one post of the Crusaders to another, on the
road to Jerusalem. 1t is rich, besides, with
such memories as he prizes. Phenicians,
Greeks, Egyptans-old Pharaohs and later
| Ptolemies-Persians. Romans, Crusaders,
| fcueJluls, OLIOInunS pass DclOfe the eyes IN
many garbs and many civilizations From
the Egyptian to the Venetian, what range
of conquerors and possessOrsl They trod
upon each others gods. We may get a
glimpse whatit was in the dim ages by a
walk amid Cesnola's disentombed sculptures;
we see it yividly later on in the Crusades,
and shall we dismiss as unhistorc the story
told by the Bard of Avon of how the Moor,
Othello, loved and doubted there? The
Venus of Cyprus vanshes into Desdemona,
and now the the Turk recedes before the
Englishman. They will run railroads
through the island, and joint stock com
panies will build hotels, and the Cockneys
will make excursions thithcr and the wine
Of Cyprus-the rare vintage of the. Com
maudery-will be fabricated in White.
chapel. 1t will be a stopping place for those
going to take the Euphrates Valley Rail.
road. What could be more fitting period
to wonderful career than this? 1t is the
apotheosis of Disraeli. Captured by
shrewd trick, it will be held with tigh
hand, and while the Prime Minister make
his glowing mind-pctures out of the pas
and the future, there is a sound of the steam
whistle in the present which is not romano,
but progress.-Nelo York Herald.