Year: 1876

OF the reckless habit of carrying revolvers.


Tho Crisis I'm Europe.


For the ever recurring Oriental difficulty
to be handled in new style is fact at
which the world should not complain, for
in all the old styles it is tedious topic but
that the new style should be sort Of diplo-
matte Mysteries and come from the London
Times as the appeal of nation to other
nations-these are odd circumstances. This
intelligent and potential exponent Of British
opinion screams ''over the housetops of the
world" that the peace of Europe is i'm
perilled, which everybody knew very we'll
before, and appeals directly to Germany to
come to the rescue of the peace Of Europe and
the British investor. Does the Times seriously
believe that the conduct Of o great govern
ment like that Of Germany is ever influ-
enced or determined by objurgations of this
nature? If the Times believed it could scold
Germany into the pursuit of British policy
it had rs erroneous an opinion of Germany
as the British Foreign Office seems to have
of the rest of Europe. But if the
utterance of the Times represents the
thought of the Ministry, us seems
to be limited, it must be conceded
that this is the most remarkable of the
eccentricities that distinguish the history of
the present government Is this the end of
"the vigorous policy of Palmerston" which
the tory organs lauded but few days since
in the conduct of the Turkish negotiations !?
Palmerston got the government into many q
scrape but he did not get out Of them by
pititul appeals for help; and the present
difficulties in the situation, and this war,
that is certain and so inimical to English inter-
ests-all these are the creations of the British
Ministry by it's dealing with the Berlin
note. By that note the difficulties in the
Turkish provinces would have been RENE
died, and Russia, Prussia and Austria were
in agreement in support of it. England
alone opposed, and the project failed; but
the war that has followed, the massacres
the negotiations, the appearance of Russia
on the scene-all these are but the necessary
consequences of the defeat Of that first wise
project, and the British Ministry was the
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Russia, of course means to fight, and is
ready. Russia has intended war ever since
the obstructive policy of England in regard to
the Berlin note showed plainly that no peace
full remedy was to be had for the oppression of
the Slavic people in the Sultan's dominions.
Europe proposed to guarantee to those
people q good government and Russia was
ready, as their natural supporter, to accept
that guarantee and remain at peace; but
England stood in the way, prevented the
guarantee, and thus the people were to be
once more left to the tender mercies of Otto
man rulers, with promises of reforIn-those
promises which have become the farcical
element in European politics. All the
Cabinets then saw the imminent necessity
of war, to determine by force that which
England would not permit to be determined
peeceablyMall the Cabinets except that of
England, for Lord Beaconsfield and his
associates seem to have fancied that they
could play at Palmerston till they were
tired and then stop, with the applause of
England in their ears. At the same time





sary by England's attitude it was evil
dent that England was isolated in
regard to it. Every civilized Power that
was in the case at all was in agreement
against her. Between Russia, Prussia and
Austria there was definite alliance Italy
was assured by her desires in regard to
Tunis; France was England's natural ally
in such case, but the history of the Crimean
war is not to be repeated now. But for
Frances participation in that war Russia,
perhaps, might not have preserved her tran
quillity in the Franco-German war but that
course on the part of Russia then preserves
her against the repetition of an Anglo-French
alliance. England, therefore, if she enters
Turkeys quarrel, must enter alone against
ut least three other Powers, excluding Ger
many. She will not enter, therefore, and
this has been evident all summer. Hence
the Russian policy of thrusting Servia for
ward to force the war. Russia has played
her game wisely, and is not to be turned
aside now by the shallow proposition of a
six months truce, intended to give time to
her enemies. Within few days from this
time the Russians will be on the Danube
they will occupy the Christian provinces
this winter, and even if peace is made in the
spring these provinces will not be restored
to Turkish dominion.


THE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION has singu-
lar faculty for blundering in the matter OF
the awards. The great number of the