The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-02-03
WHAT rs GOING ON IN EUROPE.
There have been but few wars in the an

Inere nave Decn DuJ lew WITS Ill Iile uI-
nails OF human history Of as perplcxng ulti-
mate issues rs those involved in the present
Turk Russian struggle. As n general thing
the settlement after n war Is very simple
affair The beaten side has to accept more or
less exacting terms from the victors. aud there
10 an end TO IL. In the present casc. however
neither side seems to know how II stands
For two weeks past the signing Of the armisticc
has been expected every day. yet there IL still
no positive news that II Is signed. CONSTANT
nope kilograms say that the Sultan has sent
several dispatches to the Car. begging him to
stop the advance OF his troops and to
order the armisticc to be signed while
st. Petersburg kilograms say that formal
instructions have been sent. not merely once
but repeatedly. to the army headquarters to
negotiate an armisticc M soon AZ the basis OF
peace was accepted. There is evidently mig
ger in the fence somewhere. and unless we as
sumo that the Grand Duke Nicholas has broken
loose from the control OF the Car and is carry
ing on the war upon his own hook. the best
thing to do is to wait till further information
clears up the mystery.
Tho Morning Post Of London has announced.
in an official manner. that up to Friday night
no positive intelligence had reached the Foreign
ONCE Of the signing OF the bases Of peace and
armistice. but that there was ground to believe
that the papers would be signed yesterday. On
the other hand. Mr.. Goschen spoke Of the
armistice. in Parliament on Friday night. M
an accomplished fact. II anybody can find his
way through this labyrinth OF contradictory
news. let him do so.
The debate in Parliament. which was nd
journed till Monday. was full Of what is called.
in American slang. "chin music" The only
clear. manly, and straightforward statement
xvn TINT If Mr. Robert Hp anil.
The whole object Of calling Parliament together had
been carefully concealed The Govefnncn NJ ic that they
m VIZ a & r. ., u r., ,hr ex
dent OF money vote to bolster up their influence aud
authority.
This is unquestonnbly true. Had the Eng
gsh Cabinet been disposed to fight Russia and
to face the alliance OF the three Emperors. it
would have long ago landed some forty or fifty
thousand red coats ut Narna and boldly thrown
them upon the Russian communications. This
the Cabinet could have done without summon
ing Parliament
1t is perfectly ridiculous to hear Mr.. Bourkc.
Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs. explain-
ing In Parliament that the Cabinet asked tor the
vote OF E6 900 900 to enable them to exert the in
nuence Of the country. mot only ON behalf of
England. but Of all Europe" To be-
gin with. nobody in Europe asked Eng
land to exert. her Influence: and then.
what can this exertion of influence amount to
with the patry vote of s3O.0O0.OOO? One cannot
help laughing at such nonsense. especially
when he lives in n land whore an individual
stock Spectator occasionally makes or loses
million or two in u day. Yet the English take
it all in earnest. They burn opposition news
papers in public thoroughfares. hiss opposition
members Of Parliament wherever they recog-
nize them. and cheer Dizzy vocferously when
his coupe drives into the courtyard OF West
minister Palace Had he really meant business.
and asked for thirty or forty millions. his per-
| Torrance might have been looked upon in
different light. But six millions make only
about three shillings n head. and this cheap
price any man will. OF course. willingly pay for
the right OF Dragging rs much as he peases.
| The man who must laugh most at all this is
| Gortchakof. Knowing the unlimited faith OF
the British mind in the fetish Of compromise.
he put into the last article of his terms OF peace
some vague illusions TO the dcsirablity of
| having the question Of the passage of the
| Dardanellcs discussed anew. The British Cab
| met began Immediately to make a fuss about il.
and Gortchakof. who never intended TO insist
upon this clause and put it in simply for the
sake OF having something to concede. at once
said that he would willingly suppress 1t to
please England.
The plain truth about the Straits is that as
long as Russia has no feet in the Black sea. she
| has no need OF passing them. II some day she
shall have a strong navy and shall really want
10 pass them. she will do so in spite of any
number of treaties. Treaties are valid and
binding only UP to the moment when they are
broken
| The time. however. when Russia will build up
| powerful fleet in her southern waters il rs
yet very distant, unless. indeed. she succeeds
in securing the Turkish fleet as n part OF the
war indemnity But there seems to be some
difficulty on this point. AT all events. the Lon
| don World says:
The Russians have an abiding belief that the Turkish
not quite bring themselves to think tha-but by "A He
ht,M Hn,icaic consisting Of the Roth cmlds stetns
ins,isaton III, Hebrew Premier and they ully aniic
Ships over which the Crescent aoa,s vii quietly steam
thu. s sS' VA. Eism afa.d tor
met by the Turks with civil I-,on. The ships
and paid he% low aeh nun, T iSerc nay S IN
nncy resparTs Emshmnn" fpN ,e WI tb ,"9 lr"
action With hardly less favorable eyes than the Russians
That the Israelite element has had great deal
| 10 do with the pro- Turkish movement is unqucs-
tionable, and has been frequently pointed out in
these columns. In France. whatever there is Of
pro-Turkish sympathy is entirely jewish
Leon Say. the Minister of Finance. is n jew and
so are the chief editor and nearly all the stock
! holders of the journal DIES DebdfS. the only pro-
| Turkish organ in the French press. Tho
| Rothschilds and most Of the other Hebrew
bankers are heavily loaded with Turkish
| funds Of various descriptions and Labouch6rc
that old expert in the political management Of
stock Jobbing operations. very pertinenty
asked in the last issue of his IirHh " Is biz
~ behind the Rothschilds. or are tho Roths-
childs behind Dizzy
! The dcarth OF social or artistic news from Fu-
rope is perfectly depressing. In Paris they say
| that. there being no court. the foreigners and
the richest families OF France stay in Italy and
| on the Mediterranean coast: while from Italy
and places like Nice and Cannes. complaints
| come that the hotels ARE empty. and that there
| is nobody to be seen anywhere. The eXplana-
ton of this is very simple. The uncertainty Of
! political affairs and the dulness Of all business
| compel people to cut down their expenses and
| 10 stay quietly at home.
The court news is u little livcler. The royal
marriage festivities are still going on in Madrid
| In Berlin the double wedding Of the daughters
Of the Crown Prince and of Prince Frederick
Charles will take place on the 18th of this month