New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-12
EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY.
.cr,ovs TOO SERIOUS TO BE EN-
uAusTIvELY DISCUSSED AT
ROYAL TEA-TABLE.
London. October

Nv rrossed by many English Journals that
hcp ot;c ARRANGEMENTS may be completed at
op x.u,;,v party at Balmoral for putting an end
y" W. ,revaing system of organized assassina-
" :, The Sutans dominions. The hostess
~" IT. Oueen. the ;orce of whose example and
...,ce is felt in every Court on the Continent
' ,,a principal guest at her home in the High
s'~as Is the youthful and inexperienced Elm
' . NJ Russia. who holds the destinies of Flu
F..,n and Asiatic Turkey in the hollow Of his
iT and it is assumed that by reason of the
''.dmotherly advice, offered with consummate
gre" md with caresses for a favorite grand
.'.,rhter and received With dutiful and affec-
u .'.o,e humility 10y an autocrat. the most COM
~. nroblems of modern diplomacy. which have
pa.d the resources of craftsmanship and de-
-. the moral force of Christendom, may be
w '.oa over a tea-tabe easily and COM
.s.,.bly as days plans for Devastating. in
~ ~. highlands Princess Alices daughter might
,a a new chapter in Wonderland. if results
..n.ht with such n,omentous and far-reaching
,..nor,ance we're accomplished by means as In
'-n,scant as a family party at Bamoral.
I'D Salisbury was at the Castle to oirer MS
,.cs II the Queen were In need of IT. at THIS
table conference; and he could have spoken
.a,h authority. for the confidence or the Eng
a.. neonle in his sagacty and enlightened jung
-. had not been clouded by partisan attempts
" oomnel him to intervene at Constah''hoPie
.,.,y and without an ally in the Eastern
p..,Ir For three weeks persistent efforts
- hoen made by the leading opposition jour-
NJ, ora nv zealots like Canon MacCal 10 or
-,,s a popular agitation in England on pehail
.,o sultan's Christian subjects. Ihese at
..,,n,. have failed. not because 'here was a"'
''m'' .r,,oous indignation against the Sultan.
mol
.,, because there was NATIONAL confluence l."
pu' s.,shurv as a Foreign Minister, with hu-
-.re instincts and English coniinoh-sehse' ""o
"A 49, ,rusted implicitly. Mr.. Gladstone,
- possherv Mr. Asquith and Mt bryce nave
. assr with moderation and reserve and an
s""e" ,.o,,, or,t,c,srn and denuncation Of the
s"> ,f,er the Bulgarian massacres
20. q Government Of the day In england
- VOC steeped in the spirit OF Orlentai IN
I'D q nonular agitation was required III
.. ,;rdcate national moralit; Inc pres
". orarnn,ent is not in secret alliance WIN
.ro,on who has organized n monstrous CON
80, osairst life throughout his commons
80, susnectcd Of entertaining any leellhe
.no,bv for government by massacre. IL
=" ,.,,rr IN be true alike to EnglHh instincts
.s ,rtorests A popular agitation was not re-
o,,rea IN orde, 10 set the nation righ'' anu
,hore has been none The English people nave
~, taken fire. They have trusted Lore oa'is
bury.
LORD SALISBURY PowERLEss
prt while the Prime Minister was al baiihorai
armed with the resources of diplomacy anu VII"
f,,, authority to commit the nation 10 any poi-
icv OF Intervention or coercion IN TURKISH al
fairs. he was perhaps the last statesman III hu-
rors who could be allowed to take the initiative
-
su,,ans dominions; and Of this fact both the
oueen and her imperial guest, her grandoaugh-
ter,s husband, could not have been ignorant.
Vie had shared with Lord Beaconsfed the re-
snorsibility for the Treaty Of Berlin and the
C,vnrus Convention by which Russia was de-
sno;ed Of the trophies OF victorious campaign
and England pledged 10 defence OF the sui
fan,s territories; and the chief recreation OF
Russian diplomatists like Prince Lebanon has
been the diversion Of worrying and Furnishing
him for his success in thwarting and humiliat-
ing their country The Russian character Is
deeply resentful. After the Crimean War the
ruling motive Of the diplomacy of Russia was
hatred Of Austria for lngratltude in deserving
an ally who had suppressed the instruction In
Hungary. Austria was punished in 1866 when
Russia was an idle spectator while Prussia was
cOnquering in a single battle in Bohemia the
leadership of Germany. In like manner Eng
land was punished last year when Russia rem
dered the European concerc imperative. and
virtually assumed a protectorate over the Sui
tan's domain. Lord Salisbury had taken the
initiative and was menacing the Sultan with
coercion and partition Of territory. Prince Lo-
banoh interposed his Veto and England could
do nothing when there was a concert Of inaction.
1t was Russias revenge for the so-caled tro-
W honor yyh ord ReacOnS-
field and Lord Salisbury brought back with
them from the Berlin Congress nearly twenty
years ago. During the last twelve month" The
dominating European Power in Constantinople
has been Russia, with France in alliance with
her, and the privilege of initiating any change
Of policy In Turkish administration has been
withheld from England.
II Is true that the Emperor Of Russia. influ-
enced by the Queens advice at Bamoral, may
enter into friendly relations with England and
unite with her in some policy OF coercion which
vii be operative in Constantinope. Resentful
Russia, when Austria had been punished and
Inundated al K0nigsgratz, made a secret treaty
With her. by which Bosnia and Herzegovina
we're eventually handed over to her. England
u her turn may be forgiven for having COM
PEELED the revision of Ignatieff's treaty dictated
a the gates of Constantinople. and for having
netotsted IA defensive convention with Turkey
snen Cyprus was occupied
Russia having succeeded in displeasng Eng
land as the protector Of the Sultan and in
ihwarting every attempt 10 secure European In
'ersention, may finally enter into working rela-
ions with France and England. by which her
Own ascendancy in Constantinope Will be recog-
nsed and sanctioned by the allies of the Crmea
Tbs Is one Of the mysteries Of future diplomacy
Which may have been forecast over the tea
uN< a. Balmora: but it Is hardly credible,
eahsr. that tine Emperor OF Russia has assumed
ne responsibility Of reversing or even modifying
hs recent diplomatic policy Of Prince Lebanon,