Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-18

ity against the Turks, and in developing the
 revolutionary instincts of the population. The study in detail of all this diplomatic strategy
 would be curious snd interesting, but space is
 wanting, and must pass to the consideration
 of recent events. ... .....
 ...H. SUPERFICIAL CIVILIZATION.
 The Russians are skillful in the preparation
 of their enterprises, but they fail in their exc
 cutien, and not unfrequently their administra- tors spoil the work of their diplomatists. Rus
 sian civilization is superficial. Of her 80, 000,- 900 subjects only small minority are well ed
 ucated, and even they have certain contempt for Europe, an extreme vanity leading them to
 believe in the existence of peculiar Sclav0nic
 principles which are the germs of all future civilization; a strange medley of confused
 ideas where socialism and nihilism are blended in large proportion. Admirable for national conquest, unequaled as revolut ionary agents,
 the Russians appear to be incapable of any practical work of reform. Their administra- tion is hotbed of abuses, for whose correction
 laws upon laws have been framed, all having precisely the value of so much waste paper.
 The curious revelations of MT. Outine-him- self a Russian-JVill show the value of the re- suits obtained by Prince Tcherkassy and his staff of ''civil" officials, chosen exclusively from among the officers of the Imperial Guard
 The first measure was the formation of con- mission to collect the materials necessary to full knowledge of the interior of the country.
 It met on the 3d of May, in little Roumanian town, and the 21st of May published pham-
 phlet of nine sheets, which was simply con- pilation from some French and German books of travel and essays on Bulgaria. Mir. Outline pretends that of these IS days in-
 terval, 15 were employed by the printers, and
 that three suficed for the labors of the commis-
 sion, which contemptously refused to accept
 any of the suggestions offered to them by
 delegation of Bulgarian notables who were se-
 verely snubbed and informed that they would
 not be considered as representatives of the na-
 tion; that Bulgaria neither had nor would have
 any political representation, and that the soon-
 CT they got rid of all such reveries the better it
 would be for all parties How Prince Tcher-
 kassy and his assistants took care of their own
 interests can be best judged from MT. Outine's own words: 'It is only natural that the Ad-
 ministration should be supported from the re- sources of the country It is notorious that the
 Russians proposed todeliver Bulgaria from the
 Turkish yoke, but when we look at the salaries of the Governors sub-G Governors, Chiefs of Po-
 lice, and others, we are led to ask which of the
 two, Turks or Russians weighed most heavily on Bulgarian pockets. Each of the 15 Gov ernOrs is to receive an annual salary of 1000 rubles, ($5, 6O0,) with 1O,0 900 rubles more, for which he is not bound to account, for inciden- tai expenses :; the sub-GOvernors are rated at 4, 500 rubles salary, and 5000 for extras the other officials are ina similar proportion. Trav- cling expenses, on the basis adopted in Turk estan, lodging and subsistence are to be sup piled by the respective municipalities
 The Administration is doubtless well satisfied with this regime but it seems that the natives do not take in all it's beauties, and complain that they have sterner master than before.
 Nor do the Russians feel much sympathy for their 'emancipated brethren, regarding them as mere heWers of wood anddrawers of water,
 with whom they must act vigorously and wig ously. The noayyaika (kneut) is to their mind the most practical means of civilization. "With out the nagaihO, says Russian Governor to Mir. Outline. 'l could accomplish nothing. Its mean daily distribution in every district is from 200 to 300 blows, and the people are beginning to regard it as the most effectual instrument of their deliverance." Prince Tcherkassy himself never hesitated to declare that his reforms were in no way influenced by any speculative ideas, and that his only object was ''to turn the Bull garian into good Russian" Perhaps these proceedings are somewhat brutal and the con- dition of Bulgaria is not an idyl, but they are remarkably effective, and if the diplomatists at Berlin next month dc not break up in 8 row, it will be at once interesting and instructive to follow the progress of Russian orthodoxy inits singular civilizing mission.
 To judge from the operations yesterday on
 Change, the leading Continental f1nanciers are withdrawing their capitals from speculation through fear of failure even in the prelimina- " negotiations for the assembling of the con- gress, at which, in any case, all the powers will present themselves on what may be called war footing, that is to say, prepared for any eventuality, and an examination of the respec- tive condition of the three nations most likely to be drawn into conflict would offer some in terest For the present will confine myself to Russia, while the strategic position gained by the recent movements of her troops, the | forces now at her command, those of which 1 she can dispose in the future, the resources of l her vast empire, and the mode of turning them l to the best account, are all questions worthy of consideration. ..
 STRENGTH OF THE RUSSIAN FORCES.
 Some of them have already been discussed and resolved by certain organs of the foreign press, and the daily Telegraph, of London, has even published a letter--alleged to be the com position of an officer of Gen. Gourkho's staff which represents the situation of the Russian Army as extremely critical. According to the testimony of this warrior, who, am inclined to think, is military Mrs. Harris, the strength of the Russian troops in the Balkan peninsula is greatly exaggerated. He estimates that there are but 50, GOO between Adrianople and San Stefano 40, 900 in Northern Roumelia, under Zimmerman and 100, 900 with the Czarowitch, along the Danube, to watch Austria all, 200. 600 men, of whom 30, 900 occupy the Rou- manian municipalities. He gives-and cites | Gen. Gourkho as his authority-225, 900 as the | number of killed, wounded, and sick, 16,0O0 l having been lost in the passageo of the Balkans, and deduces the conclusion that, of the 425, 900 ! troops originally mobilized more than one-half | are already out of service. Then he pretends that the war material is unserviceable, that the soldiers are completely disorganized and de- moralized, and that the last endorsements re- ceived by the army of invasion are nothing but raw recruits, badly drilled and of deficient phy- sique, whom Gourhko refused to incorporate with his old regiments. As to the final success es of the campaign, this military" correspon- dent considers them overrated, and doubts the recurrence of similar piece of good luck as Suleimsn's retreat, with 66, 900 troops, from Philippopolis, before two s0t1asas of Cossacks. Now, Russian officers are patriotic gentlemen. and would scarcely risk their honor and their Ev s by such damaging revelations as the above to a paper so avowedly hostile to their coun- try's cause as the Telegraph There must, therefore, be accepted with many grains of al- ! lowance altilough if they are exact, tlie Rus sian Army is seriously compromised, and si- 1 mutaneous action by Austria and England | might imperi its very X stence.
 But oratifvingsas the reflection that Russia 4 IS in critical position may be to the British ..,,;.,d T ,,;u vonfnre to advance the ODiniOn '