New-York tribune., 1878-06-26
rnr RrLG1RLAN cOMpROMISE.

There is a sound Of tinklng cymbals in Lon
don. The Bulgarian settlement Il regarded by
the Ministerial press as n CrOwning triumph
for Lord Bcaconshed. He has compelled Rus
sia to tear up a treaty by which a great Slav
state, with coast lines on two seas, was consti-
tuted. He has restricted the operation of 1mpe-
rial Commissions to Bulgaria, and effected the
Withdrawal Of the army OF occupation from
Roumelia. lie has marked out new line OF
defence at the Balkan passes as barrier
against Northern aggression lie has forced Rus
sia 10 give way on all these points, and the Brit
ish Tories are wild with delight. Even the staid
Lopdon Times, unmndful of the HOratian
maxim, shouts "Io trlumphe !" and dances
with the wantOn satyrs. These pgans were un-
donbtedly premature We now know that
Sophia is not 10 be annexed to ROumcla, and
that the conditions of military OccuDa-
ton and civil administration in that
province are still undetermined. That the
erratic genius who now shapes the destiny of
the British Empire has gained at Berlin any
thing more than a SNOWY and illusory tri-
umph. we do not believe. With our faith
strained to the utmost, we have no assurance
that either England or Europe is TO have a
permanent and statcsmanlike solution of the
Eastern Question.
Lord Beaconsfeld is primarily responsible
for the division of Ignatieff7s Bulgaria. On
one side of the Balkan there will be a tTbu-
tary state like ROumania, and on the other a
province of the Porte, with a Christian Gov
ernor, and with Mussulman garisons along
the frontiers. Such n scheme can
not fail to stir up strife, and to open
way for Russian intrigue. A race
with instincts and traditions in COM
mon will be brought under different cond-
uons of government. In the North there will
be practical emancipation III the South ques-
tionable reforms. If the Turkish soldiery
are suffered TO hammer that bleeding
province into shape, the sympathies of the
Northern Bulgarians will be aroused, and
lpsurrection will flame out anew. II
the zeal of the garrisOns is repressed,
and Roumelia is governed tolerably well,
causes of discomfort will remain, and
the sparks Of revolt will be kept alive in the
mountain villages. So long the provinces
are divided, their ultimate union will be SUI
preme political hope, and they will nat
urally expect Russian aid. How large a
field will be opened for those per-
fdious agents whom the Tory press in Eng
land never tires of denounclng! How much
easier it will be for men like lgnateif to
exert an influence upon two provinces
than upon single great state - TO
quicken patriotic impulses and TO give
an edge to race rcsentments and TO
religious frenzy Russia Will be regarded as
champion that aimed TO emancipate the
whole peninsula and was held back by Europe,
and the Bulgarians North and South will
look to her for new deliverance.
Lord Beaconsields solution of the East
ern Question multiplies the chances Of intrigue
and revolt. A solution that would be IN the
largest sense statesmanlike would restore per-
manent peace in Southeastern Europe by
putting an end to misgovernmcnt, and har-
mony on the Continent by hedging in Russian
ambition.
The world never loses but always gains by
the development of strong natiOnalties. II
the Roumanian provinces had not been united,
if Modavia had been converted into q tributary
state and Wallachia into an autonomous dis
trict, there would not be to-day strong state
beyond the Danube that is as quick TO resist
pressure from the North as from the South
In like manner a united Bulgaria would in
time have grown strong enough to stand