THE EUROPEAN OUTLOOK.

Evening Star, Issue 4212, 26 August 1876, Page 2

THE EUROPEAN OUTLOOK.

To-day's cablegrams inform us that the Governor of JS'ew South Wales has received official intimation from England that "a war between Great Britain and Russia is imminent." Such a contingency i» indirectly discussed elsewhere ; and now we give a few extracts, which indicate how perplexing ami difficult the situation was when the last mail left England. Writing editorially the * European Ma ; l' said : - By the Treaty of Pu-is the Gioafc Powers are bound to respi-ot the integrity of Turkey, or, in other wovl«, to j»rct#ot her from a foreign enemy, so tliatso lonsr as the signatories to this tieiU keep out o>' the strife the contest will be localised to the rebels, ami a coutinvufcil war nifty bo avoided »h<Mi!4 ike Tuj&isfc' do{tai>de&oiaa, however, be worsted iutho strife, or should .Kussia hi em-no', the quarr«l would aasumo au; entirely different ns[ ejf, aijd a strafe might arise i» WWoh Bugland find hgrsetf oflajpfUpd to take part. On Jwne J5, the '-integrity Qf the Turkish

fmpir*" fcrriujd the Ear Del* mrr, replying to %lom I*** Derby said:— « \ ■•'•' i^L tbe §■■*?<*' April 15.18W/artat'iwt»in, Austria, and France enrage to guarantee Jointly and severally the independence and;integrity of the £ accordance with&e treaty =ot ajarch, 1856, and the second article goes on to My, f^L ln^ t,oa < £ the stipulations of the eaid treaty wm be considered by the Powers signing the present treaty as a c MM belli, and they witt come to an understanding as to the measures which may Become necessary, and will without delay determine among themse.vea as to the employment of their military and naval forces." The treaty has not, so rar as I am aware, been validated or modified by any ?„^ aeufc treaty or diplomatic arrangement. As lotho cirejuEß an 3es under which guarnnte:softhat kind are to be held absolutely binding upon the S£Zf** ich have J° ined ia thenOherek nS uo fipubt, also.tliat under certain circumstances they S *??** tmit . tw fllftt JS 50 ««»"»Btaneeß are under which nnLAnLT* U l d l™ which I think *° *? called «Po«» to determine, «nd winch no one can determine until the case actually •*' ■ •' • The guarantee, whatti,?wOV t *? c °P eatid meaning-the guaiantee £" treal y' «»taiiui.is a Inwm.tee\>rthe independence and integrity of theWkiriaGtovemi ~ meat asamst erternal aggression, and doea nSfc contemplate that we should take part onthe one side or the other in internal quarrels arising be. t«™o ** he * ,E JSS rit * BB at Constantinopls and the populations within the limits of Turkudi province* The probability of Rusaian interference is thus discussed by the 'Argus's' corresponlh?^£s« B ?w"* tho advanta 8 e shouldremain wtm :«»t:*™ to, # lie K.^ e Sr access will aggravate their situation; for then Bussia, who is watchii* fort hS opportunity, will interfere. This is uoSttvelv dl Claredintjieprocamatioa of (^eiaflSSaiel^ S^S7 T J!h ,B J^ for the ho tr ««»> ofsSrism: Should she be defeated, the Busßian natonTer sister, wi enter the lists"-and tlKterteWoSof' Kussia will be. according to all ri£ ?L\S<peralwarthroughoutEurope. arebemifma.le everywhere. Au^.HuWy" ETSft*? lf aware ? f some ■*»* imminent&Ser* SS pL2i? °!« an l of . P uWio option, bothut \ffi and Pesth, to whatever party they may belomn agiee in considering the triumph of question of life and death for Austria.* And^in

The same view is taken by one of tho leading London papers, which savs— «'H Servia should sustain two or three"crushing defeats, and the Turks in turn invade then? Xt is Austria and Russia will not look * on and beh-ld the re-subjugation of a Ohnstian province as large as England totho Moslem rule." For some time TEtatoia has been giving the Servians active support. - Apart from the iact that the wife of &&» Milan, whose influence on the course of events in Servia has been great, ifi a Russ of * lngh degree and great wealth, and thaV : tfce bervian army is commanded by one 1 of the best generals Russia possesses, we hav* this testimony to the open assistance the Servians are receiving from Russia : Tw^™** 8 **° % or ? wero oxd J ?<> Russian offioera tW have more than 130. At that time there waW? only2o or3o Austrian er German offieersinTSS?h,^ft^ ngs . lß^P°Bßible to believe IfeatSanS*-': Before I left cpecie had almost drc^ahon in Servia Ithad aUbaSaSSfiSv' wJS 1 !? bM, il* Bß hadt:> w * it **<> OT three dav«' before he could e et a amaU cheque - place of the national coin Russian roSs wewb£ SK? *° appear in the cities. Whenoe oeuld these have come except through the SarvUia Go. venimeat,? They iesae them but there they are, a recognised SSdaWStHS " M»n at 40 piastres, 8s 4? each. EngMahmeTivilf Zt e t«£^ tmiß< ? k( ? "*** Wlint/thedeluste* ' that Servia u.entering on this contest either for i= SfflSJMr Z r nft ? oDal Of the first neither herrulers nor people understuff the very meaning of the term. «•«*■■*»