Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-02-07
ENG LAM urMrLIArRD.


ENG LAND HUMILIATKD.
A report was current In London last
night, and Is given as authentic and OF.
hcial by the English papers this morn
ing. to the effect that the Russians have
entered Constantinople. and thus 80
cured to themselves the key to the East.
The report comes from three different
sources. Berlin. Paris, and Vienna, and
can therefore be relied on as Trustworthy.
At the same time comes the news that
the army Of the Gar Is marching on
Gillipolis at the head Of the Dsrdansllss.
at the western extremity Of the Sea Of
Marmora. and. wonderful TO relate !
that great indignation Ia expressed. and
excitement prevails In the British do
minions. The Indignation. 10 directed,
as II properly should be. toward the
cowardly and puerile government Of
England. il well timed; the excitement
at this late day Is foolish. because no
good can come Of II. The time when
Great Britain might have saved herself.
and possibly Turkey with her. has
passed. and IL will never return. It Is
barely possible, indeed, that she may
rush msdly into war. but II she does she
will return from the contest thoroughly
Inundated. and be forced to take q po-
sition sven lower in the rank Of nations
than that in which the events Of the past
few months have placed her.
Reconstruction Is NJ dangerous to
nations as to individuals. Had England
given Disraeli free swing. NJ Russia has
given Gortchakoff. aud Germany Bis
marck. she might to-day have dictated
terms Of peace, instead Of being merely
tolerated in the Conference out Of cour.
tesy. Her evident cowardice and tickle
moss Of purpose in this great crisis Of
her career has brought her into well
merited contempt, not only with oil the
great Powers. but with her own subjects
at home. Turkey has taken . terrible
revenge upon her old friend and ally,
that turned n deaf ear to her prayer in
tho hour Of her sore distress. II the
Cars army is really within the walls
Of the Ottoman capital. II il because the
Sultan agreed to the occupation As M
Of the preliminaries Of peace, and with
tho object Of splitting and humiliating
England. On this theory, We a easily
understand the long and mysterious
silence which followed the opening Of
negotiations for an srmistice. The Car
and the Sultan were making terms to
suit each other; the one that he might
have ample vantage ground in case Of n
general European wsr the other that
she might do all in her power to injure
her false and treacherous ally.
The word "~treschsrous" here, Is
used advisedly. Revelations are slowly
being made. which show that Turkey
was encouraged to enter the war by
definite promises Of English material
aid and moral support. These promises
came from Lord Beaconsfeld. aud
Layari. the British Ambassador at Con-
stantinople. and Server Pasha, who
makes the charges says that he has
the documents. and Is about to publish
them to tho world. lie declares that
he prefers, like his master. tho Sultan.
a Russian policy. and a Russian alliance
for Turkey. to depending upon the
false promises Of a perfdious and
cowardly nation, such As Great Britain
has proven herself to be.
The result Of tho present state OF
affairs will be q most disastrous blow to
English pride and English interests.
Parliament has been hesitating for over
two weeks to furnish Disrssli with $780,.
600. OO0-a paltry sum. which might
have saved all that has now been lost.
As a consequence OF this Parsimony. or
fear, every dollar OF English money
which Is invested in Turkish securities
and il ioots up into the billions-will be
lost. The British pocket will suffer as
much as the British honor. English
supremacy Of the seas will DO gone ; and
the control Of the Dardanelles
and the Bosporus by Russia will event
ually end in the loss TO Great Britain Of
the vast empire Of India. These are
the coming avengers Of Turkey-ths
results Of English psridy CON-
bined with English cowardice.