The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-14
THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE.

Mr.. CROS5, ana mOTe reCeusAy NO4N
CARNARvoN, have again aud again noti
fed the Porto that Great British would
ONLY interfere il her own special inter
ests were seriously mensced, and both
Prince GoRTsHAKoFF and the Russian
ambassador at the Court OF st. Jane:
have assured Lord DERBY that Russis
would not IN the slightest infringe upon
any of the points of interest enumerated
in his famous note written in the esrly
part of last summer. The Turks seem
however, to be impressed with the idea
that upon the meeting of Parliament
on the 18th instr the voice
of the country will be expressed SO
strongly in favor OF Turkey than the
Premier will be able to follow his sup
posed bent, and intervene eDergeticsliy
and at once. There is little doubt that
such would be the result if the people of
England were convinced that the cap
ture of Constsntinople itself entered deh-
nitely ilto the Russian plans. The city
occupies so splendid and 80 commanding
8 position that Its occupancy is clearly II
matter which no single nation can be
permitted to determine without the
consent of European Con-
gress. Every great maritime power
is deeply interested in the
question-I.aly and France quite as
much as England, and even Austria as
much as any. In the hands OF Russia
the Czsr would be able to place an en-
barge upon all Austrian commerce seek
ing an outlet to the Mediterranean and
Western Europe through the great water
of the Danube, then over the
Black Sea and through the Bosphorus
Even Germany is evidently alive TO the
perils attendant upon Russian sscenden.
cy at the city OF Constantine, and has
Joined Austria in notifying Prince
that she will not consent
10 any clause in the treaty opening
the Bosphoras and the Dandsne!ies
10 the Russian navy alone and 70 the
exclusion of the fleets of the rest OF Eu-
rope. This notification Is most impor-
.snt point, rs /: proves very clearly that
n spite OF all that has been said OF the
Alliance Of the three Emperors there Is
point beyond which Bismarck will not
permit the Rlssisns 10 go. There is sn-
other consideration which leads TO the
belief that the Car will not at
tack the city itself. Situated as 1t
IS. st the end of PENN
,uls only about thirty miles in width
it can be easily defended By any Power
having command Of the ses, and corp
Of 10000 or $1,000 English troops in ALI.
snce with the Turks could easily make 1t
almost impregnsble. That such Al alli-
ance is possible, even st the very last
moment, is shown by The events of the
autumn of 1929, when the threat made
by England to seize the Russian feet in
the Levsnt was sufficient to cause the
arrest of General DIEBITsCH in his on
ward march, aud bring about the treaty
OF AdrIanople.
II is evident that the temper OF the
English people is IN too excited s condi'
tion TO make It wise for RussIs to gosd II
to extremity, and the rumored res gna'
ton of Lord CARNARy1S, - soon after
the speech IN which he ssid that he could
see no reason to believe that England
hsd any greater interest in the affairs q
the East than she had lss! summer is sn
additional evidence of the resolution
of Great British 20 interfere If her
interests are threatened, and a.
additional link in the chain
which leads US to plsce CREST confidence
in the news telegrsphed Saturday morn
ing thst Turkey hiss resolved, upon the
advice OF Lord Derby, 70 rest for an
srmis,ice IS preliminary for pesct
directly with the Russian Generals. /
any insupporisbly severe terms were e''
pec,ed, the spirit of the Chamber non
sitting at Conitsniir oPle Is evidence
slu,os, conclusive that such sn Strange
meni would no, have been offered
There is now, We think, but very
little doubt that the fears Of cam
psign next spring msy De dismissed
and ,hst peace ere many months sre over
Is consequently certain. The winter
which is eIceptionly severe in Bulgaria
snd which rarely leaves the up!ants o.
Armenis until the END OF April, are shSt
in corsousnce with the hypothesis
RussiS, in having secured the frs; So,
prosches OF the 0ttomsns - spec &c
solution o. the question. hss achieved
much more than she vii. be wiling &c
risk by $ possible ,Anglo-Austrisn al
llsnce bent upon securing the mos; mod
crate terms and more Clearly dehaed IN
,erventson in settling the ul;imste con-
diiious OF pesce.
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