The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-04-04

AAOh OonSNoAtAhpPtc says tnaI III the
event of war between England aud
Russia, the Porte will remain passive
and endeavor to make Its territory re-
spected, failing in which the Porte
will simply protest to the powers.
The Times Rome correspondent
telegrsphs as follows: Count Curt:,
Foreign Minister, hiss promised the
chamber of deputies 70 explain the gov
ernment's Eastern policy on the eighth
instant, so far as be NAV feel inclined TO
explain He will undoubtedly say that
observant in action and neutrality are
inexorably Italy's policy. She may
be alarmed at Russia's colossal growth,
but home complications and necessity of
keeping on good terms with Germany
and Austria will keep her Quiet.
The Illness Berlin dispatch saws
the decree prohibiting the expectation
of horses from Germany, which was to
have been cancelled on the first of
April, remains In force until further
notice.
A st. Petersburg dispatch to the
Times states that there is q conIradic-
tion of the semi-official utterance that
Lord Derby's resignation of the For
eign Office was complete surprise and
caused an immense sensation in official
circles. Lcrd Der0y, the dispatch
says, is reproached for having misled
Russia and England, by going as far as
he did in the direction which he dig
approved.
The Times has Vienna dispatch say
ing that in consequence of Lord Derby's
resignation and calling out of the re-
serves Austria has ceased her efforts to
effect compromise about the congress,
feeling sure Russia will not accede
to England's demand, now, when do
ing so would seem somewhat like sub
hitting before treaty; but what may
not be possible now may become so
later, as the interruption of ncgotia-
tons in regard To the congress
and order for the mobiliz4t alton
of the reserve in England need
not be followed at once by
an actual collision between the two
powers, aud the conviction may be
forced upon them that after all the
congress opens the only possible chance
of peaceful settlement. The impress
sion is that whatever may have been
originally the object of Gen. IgnatiefT's
mission, he confined himself in fact to
giving and receiving information,
and returns to st. Petersburg
to report what he heard. He probably
discovered that Austria is too anxious
for European condemnation of the
treaty of San StefaHo to enter into aUy
bargain about it with Russia alone,
which would seem to have given it
Austrian sanction. Moreover Gen. Ig-
natief's late declarations indicate
that after he communicated the
feeling here to St. Petersburg
he received new instructions which
forbade him to go so far in the
direction of concession to Austria, as
he at first expressed himself inclined.
This was probable, because, after Eng
lands determination slngly to resist
that portion Of the treaty unacceptable
to her, 1t was hardly worth while for
Russia to surrender that large portion
of it unacceptable to Austria without
knowing whether she would be able
to MAINTAIN any of it or not
Herr Tissea's visit here was arranged
before Saturday, and the demonstration
in the Hungarian diet Is not, therefore,
in consequence of it, but it may be
supposed that Herr ,.Tissea will take
the opportunity to represent to Count
Andrassy the state of public opinion in
hungary.
The Times prints Pera dispatch of
the twenty-nlnth, saying that although
the Turkish policy may short time
ago have been philo English, just now
i; is philo Russian. The Russians have
acquired over the Sultan and his adj
visers what in Turkey is the strongest
kind of nfluence-direct personal in
| fluence. Some military men of high
rauK, as Usman and Raouf Pas1as, have
become more Russian than Turkish.
The Turkish and Russian soldiers
fraternlze, the latter going about Con-
stantinople in uniform freely without
evoking any animosity such as is usual
between invaders and invaded. If'war
comes England must contemplate the
possibility of having to fight Turkey
and Russia.
| LONDON, April 2.-TAe House of
Commons sat through the night until
6 o'clock this morning in consequence
of obstructive opposition of the Irish
members to the Irish Sunday closing
bill. 80.
| The following is sentence in Lord
Salisbury's circular to the powers YER
batim, in which he objects to the treaty
of San Stefano as whole; 1.-THE com
bined effect of the treaty, in addition
to the results upon the Greek popula-
tion and upon the balance of the mari
time power, which have been already
pointed out, is to depress almost to the
point of entire subsection, the politi-
cal independence of the government OF
Constantinople. The formal jurisdIc-
ton of that government extends over
a geographical position which must,
under all circumstances, be of the
deepest interest to Great Britain. II
4 is in the power of the Ottoman govern
ment to close or to open the straits
which form the natural highway of the
nations between the Kgean Sea and
the EuXine. Its dominion is recog-
nized at the head of the Per-
sian Gulf, on the. Levant, and
| In the Immediate neighborhood
of the Suez canal. 1t cannot
be otherwise than matter OF
extreme solicitude to this country that
the government to which this jurisdic-
ton belongs should be SO closely
pressed by the political outposts of q
greatly superior power, that. its indie
pendent action and even existence is
almost impossible. These results arise,
not so much from the language of any
single article in the treaty, as from the
operation of the instrument as whole,
and the discussion limited to the articles
selected by one power IN the congress
would be an illusory remedy for the
dangers to English interests and to the
permanent peace, of Europe. which
would result from the state of things
which the treaty proposes to eetab
lish." Tho foregoing seems to show
the utter impossibiity of comprO'
mise between England and Russia on
basis of tie San Stefano treaty.
Vienna advices represent that Aus.
, trials objections are not less fatal Il
] the existence of the treaty than Eng
lands. REWRITING to Gen. Ignatieff'.
mission from this standpoint, the
7inles's Vienna correspondent says hi!
coming was direct invitation to Aus
+ tria to state her objections to the va
, rious stipulations of the treaty, which
/ was done with the utmost frankness
: so that whether the congress ultimate
> " meets or not Russia Is now able &c
! Judge how far and in what way tht
! treaty can be reeonciled in the opinion
Of Austria with the latter's interests
' and those of Europe. l say European
as well as Austrian, because although