The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-04
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
THE PRORARlLiTIEs OF WAR BEe
TWEEN ENGLAND ARD RUSSIA.
Hew It woula he waged. ana How Re-
sult--A Question If Endurance ana
MGney-A New Map Df Turkey.

The tremendous moyemert which is rapidly
appyoaebiRg a war crisis In Europe, and the
still more awful possibilities that loom up as a
sequel to the or Isis itself, are gradually gaining
precedence over even our national affairs In the
Interest and attention Of thoughtful men. par
ticuarly In the great centres OF commercial and
political life. Everybody comedies that
THE IMPENDING STRUGGLE BETWEEN ENGLAND
AND RUSSIA
will be the most tremendous war waged since
the beginning of the century; thai 1t Will be
fought out 10 more radical conclusions and with
more distinct results than any war since those
wars Of which Waterloo was the cuImination
| are inferenees patent to every acute observer
and sk lliul reasoner. But will not weary you
with my own notions, because | am enabled to
reproduce The views u one Of he most eminent
| members OF the diulomatic corps here; rep
| resentative OF one OF the great powers and oil
one Of the powers most interested. by the way
| so that his expressions may be taken as the
most authentic, as well as hs most weighty ex-
! pressioDs aitainable on this side OF the water.
| The Herald OF yesterday had aoable dispatch
| from St. Petersburg. con aiming
AN INTERVIEW WITH GEN. IGNATIEFF
On the eve Of that officers departure for Vlen-
| ma. You have doubtless already read this in
terylew, so that need not reproduos 1t. 4uf-
| fee to say that il affords the most Intelligent
| insight into the movements now going on In
Europe that has yet been furnished from any
| quarter. Shortly after had read this inter-
| view In the Herald chanced to encounter the
distinguished diplomatic TO whom referred at
the outset, and after the usual inquiry after
his health. said
| Have yon read the New York HeraGs puta-
tive interview with Cen. lgnaier2'
| Il have h here" responded my diplomatic
.
before him.
| DO you believe 1t to be authentic2"
Il presume 1t may be substantially So At all
| events. it is a fair expression of what every
we'll informed observer of eveuts. or at least
t every ketn erihte ef Diplomatic -rnan1envras
knows TO be the policy AID designs OF Russia.
| The only question in my mind ts, whether
| IgnatieR himself actually usel the language
| attributed TO him, or whether some weli-in-
formed bureaucratic official at 81. Petersburg
put those words into the Generals mouth for
the Herald correspond nts benefit Whatever
| may be tho truth about this, the words them
selves seem to me to be OF the color OF fact"
The tenor Of the remarks attributed to Igna-
| tieff Is that
RUSSIA WILL NOT YIELD TO THE DEMANDS or ENG
| LAND?'
| / observed In ,errogativeIy.
| Yes, unmistakably b 1t / have scarcely OK
Peoted any.hing sIse Russia has sy,iden,Iy no.
| from the beginning of The peace negotiations
with Turkey. shs has made some pretenses OF
| disposition to yield, it is true: but nobody ae~
qnsi1tsd with the tenet5 OF Russian diplomacy
| has ever belies cd that she wHs sincere.
yHE PURPOSE OF THE czAk
| and his advisers, from the moment OF crossing
| tho Prnth, has peen the destruction of Turkey
rs - military power, 'he reduction af the
Porte TO q stats Of v5t5sulage to Russia
and the sre ction Il savonie State In the Bal
k.,nr rGYin nan1n Iuni fol Tn,
or rather In necessary sequence to this accom-
plishment of them has been the design Of So
fBo phoras and DarAaneiles) for Russian ships
OF war, thus putting that em pirs On th. footing
OF Mediterranean naval power. These OBJ
will not be abandoned until the Gar and his
| followers are forced to abandon Them.
will tho persistence ~ tussia in these de-
land"
""uWP2a1onbsedly." "W21
side actively with England in such conflict?s
Il do not think 80. NV view is that the war
will be fought out by England and Russia in
| Russian sympathies, France neutral with Bri-
tisn leanings, and Austria neutral VITA dis
| position to lean to the winning side as soon as
| the fortunes OF war may make that side aDpa-
:" Where and how will the actual conflict be-
GIN in your judgment P
That Ia q matter to be regulated by the
events OF day. Most probably there will be
sudden exhaustion Of diplomatic exDedients.
followed by
| RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF coNsTANTrNoPLE
| from the land side, met by blockade and possi-
bly, by bomhardment from tue sea-though
dou bt il the English feet will Immediately pro-
eeed to the extremity OF bombarding the town.
But GalipoIi will be seiz.d by y British force
and made base Of oper'tions. from which. an
comm uni tbroagh koameIia u"9 1 and ' Bai
garia. The Asiatic shore OF the Bosphorus
i'll aIso be seized BY the Britt h. and tho strait
vent ths Russians In ConstanfinopIe from re-
eeiying reinforcements and supplies by the
pie TO this end force 81 5000 Or 5000
cations. while the, Black Sea will be swept Of
Russian craft and dominated by
THE ENGLISH FLEET"
stantinople and the forthcatiGns along the
European bank OF the Bosphorus before the
Black sea could be dominated by an English
| feet "
Not absolutely; The feet could run the
straits at first and then. when 1t was once es-
tabIished in the Black sea, H land force could
| hold the Asiatlc bank of the Bosphorus where
| a railway could be constr cted In ten days that
would aft ,rd all necessary comm unication.
! Suppose the straits were filled with Russian
| THE RUSSIAN TcRPEDo
is not much of a bugnear u The B itish sailor
replied my diplomatic friend. with placid
smile. You can depend upon If. the British
f'ef will enter the Black sea at the proper
time"
| But can England find men In sufficient
| masses 70 make head against the enormous
hordes Of, Russia in land operations at any
considerable distance from the base of Calf
poll Say, for example. as FIR a. Adrianople."
| y hn EDglish str tegy will not be aggressive
| or invasive to that ext Mt. 1t will simply be to
| annoy the kM SLAMS, to embarrass their methods
Of supply. and to D. oiong the struggle under
those conditions with view to breaking the
| financial back Of the Russian government
which will prove no difficult task"
How large AN army can russia maintain
| south Of the BaIkans, and for hoT long Z"
/ i suppose that If she w-re to begin bringing
no her forces Tomorrow she could bave 100000
100 600 deploytd along her ire Of communica-