The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 1, 27 December 1877, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

\jBBP' *- 4S5*- * 4AyA :AA. „, iii.tics to ail men, r> jpi whatever -UtuorpeniiMton, religi»un r political • • • • • __ffi!B!_^h!iil'ith«^P7«S'i«the--PBOP_iB-s rig , 1. uiaintain, Unuweil by influence and unbrihed iiy -In UMtmS&LY, MiQW it f 27. 77 Xhb Boeuo arr_iugemtiU d i*io uei.g rapidly shifted for the coinrnencement of 'he second ao. m the great, drama now enacting m the Ulu World. The tide of war, which tv the earlier part of the late campaign set m so f ivor&bly for the Turks, is wholly turned against, them, aim Russia exulting m victory after victory, each of, which secures tbe advance of her armies, is pushing on " $j*jU ds ' ' Cd-isiUrit i uopjle. Ar d [.hetcio^ |iea, the danger to th% jpeac.of i i_]arope.7 Xhe; questioa^ Las uo.v come to oae^bf set-lotnen. by mcdi* , ation. and tbe~tern_s which alone '^ilTfj|^^i-fl_jr "'Hiiiiliif, iabd ihe Or.ia sßowepi., wiio alj alonir have, without doubtj formed a triple alliance witn her, cahhoi but be objectionable 10 British interests. \. IS or wilt Bri aiu qflieUy subini'' to my encroach iiieu. on her. power which may threaten her Eastern . possessions. ; The purchase of the Turkish fleet is a poiidcal coup, which shows unmißta__eabi; enoagh the spirit and determination lof tbe nation. The early summoni ing. of the British Parliament- tuj gether, and the preparations tor patting the army on its fullest war tooting, show that she ispiepared 10 let foot once more on Turkish soil for/ (he preservation of British inttragts. As might easily have been seen, the real danger to the peace oi Europe woald arise when the terms of peace came to be discussed. More v ihan a year ago we pointed out the probable outcome oi the campaign— ithat the three powers Hussia, Germany, and Austria, working together, would seek to parcel out the (.dependent Christirn provinces of the Porte, between the first anu last-mentioned nation*, Germany receiving as her quid pro quo cortain portions of Weßtern Austria, whion it has been the policy of the Euojieror ..to annex to the German Empire.. Thia apportionment has come to be openly spoken of, and, couplei with, it, proposals for the occupation of the Dartf anellesf >y Rnssia, to wh ie: > ; Oreat Bi itain can nevei coisen. War' certainly appears imminent, but it is quite possible thai the determined front shown by Greu Britaiu, and the more than probable alliance with h*-r by France, m the event of Germany taking open par m the struggle, will cause even the heads of the Triple Alliance t* pause ere they provoke to bostihti-^ the two most warlke natims u> EJurope, and one ot them — which m everything now-a-days.iu the gamt otwar-— the wealthiest nation m th? world.