Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-06-29

very briefly, "Whatever may be
done about the conference, the final
settlement cannot take place lCithout
England" Soon after this short
speech it was known that ship-load
after ship-load of dusky warriors
was coming up the Red Sea and
across the Isthmus of Suez and along
the Mediterranean, and that they
came from India and were of the
quality of those men who had fought
under Hyder Alley and Tippoo
Saib, and very soon they were eat
ing those rations which had been
accumulated so profusely at Malta,
and the transports which had
brought them were ready to carry
tkem to the seat of war at a mo-
nSent's notice.
Things were getting very serious;
something must be decided on.
Russia was finding out that she was
dealing with a nation that acted
first and talked about it afterwards;
the bite came before the bark. 1t
must he decided at once whether it
is to be peace or war. 1t could not
be forgotten what an amount of
blood and suffering, not to mention
numberless disgraceS and repulses,
had been encountered in dealing
with the Turk alone, and how was
it going to be with Turkey backed
by the whole resources of the Brit
ish Empire, for not only India but
Canada and Australia had spoken
out and said, "Draw on us to any
amount that may be necessary"
This was the palpable and Overrul-
ing fact; all the British Empire was
united; every vestige of opposition
had been swept away; Mr.. Glad
stone could not get thirty votes in
the House of Commons in favor of
his motion criticising the movement
of the Indian troops. That inscru-
table Jew was, for the time being,
the autocrat of England much more
truly than Nicholas or Alexander
had ever been of Russia. England
knows when she has got man who
can do her work; she meant bust
ness and here was one who could
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Another very serious fact was
controlling Russia. 1t is a serious
fact with all of us. Communism
was rampant throughout the EN-
pire; Government officials were
assassinated and no jury would con-
Wet the assassins; st. Petersburg
and Moscow, NOvgOrOd and Kiet
were all alike; it was communism
everywhere and worse at st. Peters
burg than anywhere, and the Impe-
rial Guard was not there but at st.
! StefanO; nay, very soon, even in
sternly disciplined Germany, com
munism took two shots at the En-
peror, and hit him the second time
Brag evidently won't do; the emer.
gency is very practical; what will
Russia do? 1t has to come, though
it is with a terrible wrench: The
tcltOle treaty Of San ,SetuaO shall 6t
submitted to tie conference. This is
no back-down, either; oh, no! (dOn't
you see p We objected to parts Ot
the treaty which were not of Euro,
pean interest being submitted, but
now we submit the whole, and each
nation can determine for itself what
questions are of European interest
Enough! England, on those cOndi.
tons, consents to go into the confer.
ence. And here it may be stated
that some cOrOnetted wiseacre again
put a question in the House OF
Lords. 1t was asked, "Have we
not, if that is the case, receded from
our position ?" Those SphinX-like
lips were again opened, and this
time the speech was still shorter
than before. 1t wasa quotation fropl
Euclid's elements of geometry: "The
whole is greater than any of its
parts" That was the speech.
To take in the whole position we
must look upon Austria for a minute
or two. Throughout the whole affair
Austria had been pursuing her ira
ditiOnal policy of getting other ma.
tions to do the fighting and then
stepping in at the winding up OF
things. Throughout the Servian
rebellion, throughout the conference
at COnstantinOple, throughout the
TurcO- Russian war, throughout the
present negotiations it has been
manifest that as England advanced
Austria receded, and whenever Eng
land and Russia showed signs OF
coming to terms, then Austria made
demonstrations her armies moved
in the direction of the Servian and
Bosnian frontiers or occupied the
Carpathian passes, and then again
if Salisbury made a straight talk, OF
the British fleet approached the
Dardanelles, suddenly things looked
like an understanding between Rus
STA and Austria. There were Aus.
trian interests indeed, but they
could be provided for apart from
British interests, and the triple al
lance was a very sacred thing, and
the insulation of England was the
natural order of things. In other
words, Count Andrassy was a well
trained disciple of Metternich, and
the policy of Austria towards Russia
and England in this affair may be
described in almost identically the
same terms as her policy before and
during the Waterloo campaign,
France, under Napoleon, then pre-
senting the same troublesome prob
lens which Russia has been bring