Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-07-13

with our fleet, Check. Second |
move, the Balkans must be the |
southern limit of Russian interven-
ton in the affairs of Turkey, Check. |
Third move, a British defensive al
lance in Asiatic Turkey. Oieck-
mate. This move, in fact, estab-
fishes a British prOtectorate of
Asiatic Turkey, a position which
Russia has been maneuvering for
for fifty years, and had attained if
the treaty of San Stefano had been
allowed to stand. 1t does more, it
neutralizes Russian influence over
Persia. For many years Persia has
been virtually province of Russia.
The universal testimony of travel
ers in that country is that Persians
love England most, but fear Russia
most, and that their fear is stronger
than their love, because Russia is
close at hand on the Caspian Sea,
while Britain is far away; but this
will bring the resources of the Brit
ish Empire close to the western
border as well as the sea coast of
Persia. 1t will do more still, it will
give England her railroad route to
India, which is the valley of the
Euphrates; so that instead of for
ever trembling at the gradual APP
proach of Russia to the frontiers
of India it brings British India at
once in contact with Russia, con-
fronting her ON her southern border.
British India, we say, because the
Indian troops now in the Mediter-
ranean are to occupy this country
for England as the road to India.
For this purpose Turkey has already
coded the island of Cyprus to Eng
land, and, by the time these senten.
ces are published, that island viii
be occupied by portion of the In
dian army, and attachments soor
after will be on the march for Ar
menia and the Persian Gulf, anC
then-what then ? Why, then il
will not signify much what the wist
men at Berlin may dO-the game
has been won by England and los
by Russia.
We omitted to state that line o
railway to the headwater of tin
Euphrates, also under British pro
lection, is a provision in the treaty
We can only see two obstacles t.
the execution of this bold policy
one is the jealousy of European
powers, the other that of the OppO
sition party in the British Parlia
ment. 1t is quite clear that tn
policy cannot be welcome to Russi
or to France. 1t is true that GOrt
chakoff and BeacOnsfeld shOOl
hands on it and the Russian En-
bassadOr offered polite cOngratula
tons; but all this took place amOn
gentlemen with whom the use c
language is to conceal thought
Again, the French diplOmatists a
, Berlin are not reported at present a
having said anything as yet. Blu
the French have always had a hank
! ering after Syria and Egypt, an
have always been thwarted in tina
hankering by England, and thong
t NJ. WaddingtOn is silent, the Pari
journalists are already shown
their teeth. But neither France nc
Russia are going to fight about i
at least at present; and the BIRTHS
t protectorate of Turkey and Occups
ton of Cyprus are not soluble b
, talk alone.
I But considerable opposition, or 6
2 least comment, will have to be Ell
/ cOuntered in Parliament. Prec'
g dent, constitutional restrictions, tn
D modern doctrine Cor practice rather
1 of nOn-interventiOn will, to say tn
4 least, furnish the material for inte
minable debates but ParliameT
: will not long have the matter i
hand Parliament will be dissolve
2 and the matter will come before tn
| people, and with them wire-draw
/ pleadmgs about precedents will 9
: for nothing. The broad statement
2 will be laid before them that Ems
1 lands communication with he
2 Asiatic colonies was lost by tn
2 very policy of Intervention, an
= with the communication the posses
r sion of those colonies seriously Ell
5 dangered, when the vigorous int
l VentiOn of Lord BeacOnsfiel
/ arrested the danger, made the rOut
= to India safer than ever, and estal
t lished the resources of India as
bulwark of the British Empire il
r stead of that colony being, as it hs
] been for years, its vulnerable poin
D And the people of England will SUI
;. tain the man who has done this, a
r the presidents in the world to til
t contrary Notwithstanding.