Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-22
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6oforo Lord Beaconsheld have had
tlmo to dissipate themselves in
thin alr the cooler heads OF Eng
1and will begin to take account OF
otoek, to ascertain just where they
etaud. It may be said that no pre-
mlor Of Great Britain has ever at
talnsd the popularity Of Disraeli.
In England a. in the United States
nothing succeeds like success. We
1oubt II either the elder or the
Ysangsr Pitt ever rivaled Disraeli
n popularity, although their GER
vioes TO their country were OF
solid and substantial character. and
s,aoh - redounded to the honor Of
0rsat Britain in an exceptional
dogree. They were great In war
and in peace. Personally their gift
- eloq quence was such as no living
Bnglishman can hope to approach,
while their statesmanlike previs-
len was 90 pronounced as to extort
~ admiration Of the student OF
hlutesy. No such ovations IS those
which have been complacen tly re-
oolved by Lord Bsaconsaeld were
over rendered to either of these
great Engllshmen, and 1t is just
poasible that Disraeli may live to
realize the picture of the foolish
WARRIOR In the scrIptural narrative,
Who rejoicsd on putting on his
Arnor ~ he shouli rightfully do
only on taking 1t off as victor.
Mr.. Gladstone speaks wisely
When he says that England has
oohlevsd no triumph in her late
Berlin negotiations but has accu.
nanlated responsibilities-respons
Utilities which Gladstone thinks she
viii be yearly less and less able to
msst. It is now apparent that the
C0ngress Of Berlin has settled moth
ing. The snake shat been scotched,
not killed, and there are not want
ing many signs that war will break
out again In the near future with
greater fury than ever.
What has the Berlin Congre es {
settled? It allotted Bosnia and
Hsrxegovlna to Austria, and to-
day both those provinces are re.
elsting Austrian occupation with q
vlgof which rivals the resistance
of Turkey TO the Russians. Tive
hundred Thousand Austrian troops
under Field Marshal Phill;povicll
have their hands full holding theil
own In these despised provinces
which, 1t was thought, would sub
NIT to be handed over like chattel.
e their more powerful neighbor
Never was reckoning more
clearly made without the host than
this Of the Berlin Congress.
Bulgaria, which the Congress
erected into u semi-i
State, whose mountain passes in
the direction of AdrianopIe were
20 be gsrrIsoned by Turks, threat
e91't0 bs the scene OF u renewed
war. The Russians decline 10
evAcuate that territory on the
ground that the Turk has shown
bad faith. Here again is a spar k
shat may kindle another confia-
gration.
Tue Greeks are thoroughly dis
contented with the results OF the
Congress. They think that their
claims have been ignored. They
ere arming tn q man, and trouble
may he expected from that quarter
at any moment.
Italy 10 very sore at the issue of
the Congress. and especially at the
aequisition by England of the Il.
land Of Cyprus, which The look.
upen ~ her own, of right. In fact,
nearly every nation of continental
Europe is more or less chagrined
ct the arrogance Of England in
converting the Mediterranean sea
Into = sort of British lake, aud at
her insolent protectorat- of Turkey
In Asia Minor. In this state of
things alone are the materials for
o1e OF the most gigantic wars of
sil time. Bat this Is not all.
Tremendous resentments are
smouldering in Russia. That na-
tion has never approved itself the
barking dog that don't bite. She
bides her time, making little
noise, and approaches her ends
with patience which Is beyond
al praise. England may well
discern, in the mutterings of war
from Afghanistan, portents that
her ambitious projects will,
at no very remote day, en-
counter terrible obstructions.
II need surprise 10 one
II. before many years. perhaps
months, the picturesque looking
bepOys who were debarked on the
Island Of Cyprus with SO much
p0mp should be required IN India.
A c0njuncture might at any mo-
msnt arise which would call for the
whole military power OF England
in. India alone, in which case she
would be Ia sorry plight with
Russia hostile to the death aud
other nations distrustful aud re-
ssutful.
Notwithstanding the glamour