Year: 1875

Bandits win wander about the hills to the destruction
OF trade and travel and such a sanguinary civil war
may follow as shall obge Russia and Austria put
end 10 il one way or another by the strong hand All
Europe might even drift into another war literally
showed by the breech into causeless hostlities by
MEDDLERs AND MuDDLERs.


Delay is the great danger, indeed; for the rainy
son is about to commence, and there roads,
canals or other Of transport during bad weather
in these countries and the Turkish armies must
main inactive in their winter quarters or go ounderng
about in pathless bogs to purpose at ALL For half
century, at least plans have been from time to timc
submitted to the Porte for a good canal between
Priepo and the Save; but no effect has ever been
given to such proposals Engineer after engineer has
tried to get contracts for roads no roads have
made and therefore the Herzegovina fairly shut Off
from the world for six months out OF every twelve.
Herein consists really the bad government Of Turkey
The charge which can be properly brought against the
Turks is not that Of ferocity oppression, but Of
lazinesa have just heard of plan for the founda-
ton OF


KINGDOM


which 1t is proposed shall comprise Croatia, Sclavona
and Dalmatia The King of it is to be appointed by
Russia, and IL is to be incorporated into


SOUTH scLAvoHIAN EMPIRE


can think OF no better illustration Of the wild
ideasnot OF the rebels who have perhaps, no ideas,
but Of the odd lot OF politicons who looking at
them and trying to pick up something out OF the gen
eral scramble. The worst tidings I have heard for
the Turks is that Prince Bismarck IL is said favor
of the annexation of the Herzegovina Austria 1t
certain that the papers inspired by the Berlin Foreign
Office, beginning to write with unexpected favor OF
the insurgents Moreover, the German delegate at


THE CONSULAR CONGRESS MosrAR
has been instructed to support his Austrian colleague
Je
behind the scenes here that Prussia desires a catas-
trophe in the East that Austria may find employment
for her troops and be kept out of any alliance with
France. Should there however, be truth in this
rumor, Prince Bismarck has abruptly become more
Austrian than the Austrians, for neither the Kaiser
his advisers have any desire to increase the difficulties
of Turkey.


Lord Derby is understood to be supporting very
questionable policy and English peer, who is as
intimate terms with the Foreign Minister as any one
ever is said frankly to that the British Foreign Sec
retary would like to Russia cntanged in quarrel
with Turkey to check her advance upon the AngoIn
dian frontier.


l find the opinion everywhere gaining ground that
the Consul Congress at Mostar will prove failure
my previous letters must have enabled the American
public to anticipate. The insurgents afraid to put
down their arms while the Congress is sitting, and,





is difficult to open any satisfactory negotiation with
them Several of the persons who call themselves lead
OF the nsurrection would be willing to treat the
basis Of getting advantage for themselves but It
has been hitherto found by experience that none of
them had any real influence over the wandering rob-
bers who make the real strength of the move
ment, and who will go plunderng and
cattle stealing till their arms are forcibly taken
away from them. The Turks, upon their part
cannot put end to hostites because if they did
they would leave the Mohammedan population of the
province entirely at the mercy of the insurgents A
congress OF six commercial gentlemen sitting arrange
the condition Of peace, upon which nobody is agreed
during the midst of civil war, would be very novel
spectacle and good can be expected from the inter
of the great Powers until the fighting has been
brought to end without it, Moreover precedents in
this unfortunate and they certainly lend color
TO the belief that the promises of mixed commission
OF this not to be trusted has been said with
great truth by living statesman to whom all forms Of
evasion are familiar that accepting a mediation in
principle" las the Sultan has dono) ''s the most
form of refus ng demand" Thus it so happened
that when last rebellion broke out in the Herzegovina
in 1861, events took much the same turn they are
taking now. The insurgents kept quiet during the
delivering Of consuls, presided by
omer Pacha, and at last proposal of peace





and forwarded by special courier to Constantinople
for the sultans approval. The Sultan, however de-
clined altogether to ratfy the treaty. and meantime
omer Pacha having received large reinforcements of
troops stamped the rebellion out Its leader.


LUcA vUcALov1o


now forgotten died few years ago, Russian pen
sioner ODESSA 1t was perhaps satisfactory end OF
the business for him, because Odessa is pleasant
side bathing place, with good climate and his pension
was ample; but Russia has survived the weakness
OF giving pensions and LJubbratich, who is the best
known rebel of those in arms, cannot prudently
feel sure that dgnihed and gded retreat will
be provided for him. Indeed, Ljubbratich has
far better cards in his hand if he knows
how to play them for it is just possible that the Turks
may make of HIM the French made of ADD Ell
Kader the Russians made of Schamy during the
in Algeria and in the Caucasus 1t would perhaps
even be good policy to let him proclaim himself Grand
Vojvod and recognize his title IL sufficient number
the insurgents could be brought TO do okewise be-
cause Porte would then have somebody to with
and somebody who would be found manageable enough
If the usual terms offered to him. Schamyl and
Add e Kadcr the heroes of Algeria and Caucasus
both found extremely willing to sell countries which in
no sense belonged to them, for a small pension.
THE YOUNG sERvIANs-PRoPosED CONGRESS OF
THE SIX PowEBs-THE RELIEF OF TIRE
BIGNE.


VIENNA, Sept 4, 1875
''The telegram from Ragusa" trick has been found
out within these last few days has been exchanged
for


''-gE TELEGRAM FROM coNsTANTNorLEn


Both of them mere Stock Exchange devices and
learn from good authority this morning that several
of the messages by wire, dated from the Turkish cap
tal and published in the principal European journals,
were never from Constantinope Fabricators of
false should remember that the governments
Old World keep very


STRICT WATCH OVER THE TELEGRAPH,
and all the dispatches which do not to refer to
ordinary business to love affairs we'll as those
which bear unknown false signatures are trans
mitted TO a department specially organized TO de-
cypher and explain them The dispatches
or rather, dispatches, alleged to have