The Evening Mail. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1878.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 601, 5 April 1878, Page 2

The Evening Mail. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1878.

Thf. New York Times crives its views of present rupture in Europe as follows: "Let us tiow bri'fly sum up the whoh position. . . Russia "ill ti»t hesifat> to accept t!te jjaitntht if thrown down h\ Enuland, as victor}- has blinded her u. he/own state. Int.niiilly she is rotten to the core ; her finances are at the lowest ebb, while twiMhirds of her population are ripe for rebellion. England, on the other hand, is stronger than ever she was before; her people are united, and will respond to a call to arms like one man. It will be a si-rry day for the Bear when he meets the Lion England

needs not the assistance of Austria. France, or any other nation, to drill Russia; and instead of there being any foundation for the statements so often circulated, not only on the Continent, but in England itself, that the latter is louktd upon with contempt, the fact is that every eye in Europe is ni on her, and that het movements art; watched with more interest than those of any other Power." We tr've the foregoing extract from thi 'limes, a paper that is undoubtedly a refhx of American publn opinion, "in order to show that Mir cousinson the other Bide of the world are noonly fiicndlv. but entertain a feeling towards Great Britain akin to patriotism. The voice of the Aim-Wean pub'ic. assounded through the Xe>.<: York Times. when writing' upon tl:e present critical position of affairs in Europe, is as earnest, solicitous, and encouraging as it conh' possibly have been Iwvl it referred to tinAmerican nation. This goes to prove thru America's feeling of respect for the peoph from which Americans sprang has far from died away. The New York Times seems to scout' the idea that Great Britain's supremacy depends upon the cooperation of anv other nation ; but should she evei require assistance, America would be on. of the first to proffer her services. Tin writer of the article in the Times seenif to have viewed war as inevitable ; bur 11 should be borne in mind that at the tim he wrote it was thought that Russia would be aide to reckon upon the assistance of at least one nation, if no' more, but now it is somewhat question able whether any nation whose aid woiih 7 be worth much will risk her army, capital, and prestige in such a cause. Tlv frothy coiirageof Russia, the outcome of her success against the wretched Mussulman, whom she overwhelmed by numbers, has given place to terror at the turn events have taken. Austria will no' assist her. Germany keeps her own conn sel, and in fact, realises that s'e haquite enoliu'h to do to fight her own battles and maintain her own position. War may not now take place, and this is. i we think, on the whole, a matter for self ! gratulation—for it would seriously nff< c( ' our commerce, if it accomplished nothing worse—although Russia will never be satisfied until she finds that her insatiabh , appetite for territory will not be permitted to he app> ased at the expense of balance of power. Russia may re tin from the field now, hut it is almost certaii that she will ai-ain essay to cany out hei scheme of ncgrandiseimnt at no distant period, ar.d when ulie has had time to gather iherself together. This has beet her policy in the past, and will no doubt be her policy in the future, for she seem.' to look upon it as her duty to tnd'avour to carry to a successful issue the injunctions of Peter the Great—the father of Russia. Her pugnacity may he harassing to the nations of Europe, but it will certainly, by preventing her natural progress, help to keep her within hounds.