The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-07-17

is supposed to settle yexed ques-
tons for an indefinite period, con-
tains sixty articles, and is in
all regards a remarkable document. At the
cost Of the lives of $4,000 soldiers Russia Sc
cures the virtual independence of the Chris
tian population of Bulgaria and Roumania-
Her great mistake was in not capturing Con-
stan Ginople and there debating the terms of
peace As it is, England, led by Beacons-
field, has gained by cunning what honor de-
MED. Cyprus" says the Boston Post, Gre
stores Turkey to life at her last gasp, and that
was the moment adroitly chosen by Bea-
'consfield for proposing the new
arrangement. By the simple planting of
a moderate force of Christian soldlery
on that peculiarly placed island, England
becomes mistress OF a situation which till
now does not seem to have been measured
by any of the other powers. She becomes
stronger in Egypt with Cyprus In her con-
troll than If she were in Egypt itself. Hold
ing Malta and Cyprus at the eastern and
Gibraltar at the western outlet of the Medi-
terraneau, she literally converts that vast
and important sea into British lake. The
Levant is wholly at her command; Turkey
is unapproachable for the traditionaTy pur-
poses of destruction; Western Asia feels
grip upon it that it VIII be next to an i'm
possibility to throw off; and the road to In
'dia is unobstructed forever. There will be
protests heard, but the deed is done and can
no more be disturbed than England's pre-
'liminary arrangement with Russia"
But while there is so much approval
there are those who surmise that
behind all the glitter and the
Joy there turks an unquiet spectre.
But this does not disturb Beaconsfeld. His
triumph over Russia and over the con-
gress was complete. The New York Herald
says:
1t will not surprise us now to hear of the IA
nous "Oriental Imagination" when the hoist
ing of the British flag on the new possession
announces that under Beaconstelds ministry
England has advanced from Malta TO Cyprus
from one post of the crusaders TO another on
the road to Jerusalem. II is rich, besides, with
Greeks, Egyptians-old Pharaohs and later
PtOlemieS = Persians, Romans, Crusaders,
Venetians, 0ttomans pass before the eyes in
many garbs and many civilizations From
conquerors and possessors! They trod upon
each others graves, and tore down each
others gods. We may get a glimpse of
what it i'm the dim ages by walk
amid Cesnola's disentombed sculptures; we
see il wildly later on in the crusades, and
shall we dismiss as unhiStOric the story told
by the bard of Avon OF how the Moor, Othell0,
loved and doubted there? The Venus OF Cy-
prus vanishes into Desdemona> and now tue
Turk recedes before the Englisnman. They
will run railroads through the island, and
joint stock companies will build hotels. and
the cockneys will make excursions thither,
and the wine of Cyprus-the rare vintage of
the commandery-will be fabricated in White
chapel. 1t Will be stopping place for those
going to take the EuphraJes Valley railroad.
derful career than this? IL is the apOthe0SiS
of Disraeli. Captured by shrewd trick, ii
Will be held with a tight hand, and while the
prime minister makes his glowing mind pic
lures out OF the past and the future, there is a
sound of the steam whistle in the present
which is not romance, but progress.