New-York tribune., 1886-03-07
SUNDAY EDITION.
MARCH Y, 1885.
MANY-FACED RUSSIA
ATORTUOUS POLICY IN THE EAST-SCHEMEs
AGAINST BATrENBERG.

| has been long enOagu before the puDllc 10
| enable one to see somewhat of its value as pam
acea Few Of those who are most anxious to see
the day of reckoning for the Turkish Empire are
able to suppress their signs when the dreadful day
seems to draw near Hence theIe has been much of
tae feeling of the condemned wretch who Is re-
proved IN the Joy that burst forth the announce
menJ that the Sultan aud the Prince had come TO
agreement. The trade Of the Sultan was actually
signed, the union of the Bulgaras was actually rec
Ognized, and the ImpotenI protests OF Scryia and
| Greece were relegated to the pigeon holes of the
Foreign Oihce. The crisis was ayaued, aud all Tho
| dread wars and rumors OF wars in this country
| were able TO draw the full breath of relief.
1t now comes out that the mere lact ol an agree
| ment between the Turks and the Prince does not
Gear the Tue agreement Is not bad document
| in itself. The Powers had told Turkey that 1t
ought to regulate the Bul gar an question III its
| way. 1t regulated il. The Bnlgarlans wished
! union with kumea. They received this union at
least in part and with lai ge possibilities III tho way
of extension. III the oil the kumelians Ill the
| way OF administrative simpiIhcatioDs AMI financial
| reforms were not fully met, at least the whole
| matter of administration unt the details of the
new regulations settled ls lett to the good Iug
| nent OF the Just and loyal Prince.
Yet the crisis has not b. en calmed. the Scryians
are increasing their arnanents. the turkish troops
not disDandei and the bulgarian Prince Is still
obliged To keep MS people under he &c eral
| mudde called the Eastern Question stIii looms in
the horizon promising u terrIty the people 10y its
ghostly presence stu more when the spring shall
open.
The trnth IS that the key to the Balkan problem
is not in Constantinope, nor at rhiippoDo!is. nor
at Sophia, nor at Belgrade. The agreement with
| Bulgaria, having failed TO quiet tho storm. has
shown ut last all eyes that tue key this prob
ha. .Is .f Pm ala laa.t fla
hands of the three Empires of the North When
they lit to allow peace in Turkey, and hot be-
TORE there will b. peace. Until these empires have
obtained from this crisis ali that they ht 10 gain,
Turkey and the lately victorious Prince, and
defeated Servia and uproarions Greece are all mere
puppets ia the hands oi tic Snowman. The
approach OF spring has promise of new surprises for
tue world
What Russia wants is just now an interesting
problem. Russia in SeEvi. Is aggressive, wishing
to push the Powers to fresh admontlous and to tho
use of force to lead to disarmament. Bat Russia in
Greece is quite different creature, peaceful and
kindly and ayerse to inter, wi.h the playful
antics OF the Greek Ministry til AZ threatening TO
seize Crete Inc Powers agreed 10 send tneir heets
TO the Mediterranean to stop the OreeAs from enter
ing upon foolish enterprises Oy sea. Ihr English,
Austrian =nd Italian ioo.s are assembled III the
bay OF Suda, in that island, bat the Rnssan heet
yainly looked for TO aid IA the demonstration. is
exchanging civities with tAe Checks III Tue haI Dor
OF tine Pir.eus and Its ottsers rejoicing To sec
how tho action of England in proposing the
demonstration against Greece has made the name
OF England to stink in the aos,ris oi OroeAs IN all
the Levant In Turkey. Kuss.a Is severe. it mods
q position of .sapproval toward the bulgarian
agreement, but when some vi tic Turkish Ministry
intmated tIat II the unlon oi kunclIA WITH Bull
glria WAS dIstasteful To Russia ths mes agree
uIeLt coald easily be torn up, hoy were astOdndcd
at a warning that To touch tae Union would DO
to incur the wrath of tue Car IN some awi al form
80 the Turks, who believe actually contemplated
rev"Eing the agre;ment Tor one moment, contented
themselves witn snppTessng ~ Eao''~' "s'"s-s tS
local English Organ, Tor untmeiy 0ut5urst Of JOY
over the success OF English policy and the corle-
spending failure OF Russian hopes IN the East. No
one can nope to decide what the X usslns are really
gong 10 do. But this much Is pretty certain: they
are gong TO defend the Union OF the Two bui-
varas make it more real and pernanen., aud at
the same time illustrate the principle that IN" Car.
ike the BourODns never Iorgcts an injury, by
thoroughly uudolng all that the diplomacy ot Lord
Salisbury has accomplished and by eliminating, II
possible the Prince ot Batt.nberg from the Bull
sarIan question.
There are serious mutterings in Eastern Rumelia
and in Bulgaria itself against the Prince Tor ais
Art IN concluding the agreement WITH the sultan.
Meetings are being held Ia ali parts oi the territory
TO express dissatisfaction at the result, manly De-
cause the Prince consented to yield 10 turkey two
SNAIL districts of Rumean territory that nave ever
been A thorn IN the side of the Rumeil III Govern
msnt The strcts are close along the Mountains
Of Rhodopc, soath OF PhlppoDOlis, and arc lnhaO-
tied by Mose.n Pomaks, iawless that the hoIo of
them any country may nave the worse Oh IL Is.
some of the villages have never suDmitted tO
- IA, I,3S "a tug
Berlin gave tuem to that province Bat 10 yield
territory to any one when the Bulgarian troops are
still hot from their triumph IN Servii Is et by many
Balglrians TO 10 oOw AT national prlde winch ctn-
not easily be forgiven. Fac Prince Is aiter ali .
foreigner and no has no hold on tue hotr,s oil tue
people that assures him against overthrow H. rs
soems to be tue case, the Ru sian agents are once
tod to see that the people turn against niin. Inc
SIay power in Bulgaria Is still the nearest power 10
the popular heart and Russia can aud way To use
uis fact for her profit One th,ns shines forth IN
all this turmoil and that is that t1e aSroeineht,
hailed two weeks ago with such enthusiasm, Is not
the oauacea which the occasion requires
As usual in times of crisis, the Turks are furnish
ing some interesting pecullsrites OF thoaght Ihey
too are not satisfied with the arrangement wItn
Bulgaria Inc Pachas are always eager, "noh lHry
have decided 10 do - good deco, 10 reap thc IaiI
reward Ot merit. 60 no" haHIhS sfdn'ei VLe J"st
demands of the Bulgarlans, they are iOOAhS ih Nan
Tor tue reward, ami seeing none, they Iic SICK OK
heir work ana why Snodld tAo DtiGdiIt.io Do
allowed tayors, il Europe is not gong ~ trea5
Turkey as a nero tor It's justice A 10 TIC people,
they are indignant from uJliitlran point oi Wow,
They have mad the burdens Of war To bear
without any of its advantages and they are loud
in camor, for policy Ot var "a one Ot aOsoiulo
peaco They say that they have been iOfeed -
sIDnort n great army Tho frontier All these
months have had To give quantities. oI special
for the comfort OF the army aad now
the matter is settled by aslcement that dttacAs
the integrity OF the Empue. lhey demand That
the army ii ght somebody or he disDandcd. lucy
gave their subscriptions that the inudels might Oe
smashed. Ii this cannot Do done, tuey sEOud at
Icast be spared the cost of further camps and
supplies in those mountains where no road can 90.