Show EUROPEAN NEWS POSITION or OF AUSTI kIA the greatest importance is now attached to the movements of austria the young emperor trembles for his crown he be is well aware that if the turks are able to cross the frontiers of hungary all the country rises like one man he therefore wishes to assume the appearance of a strict neutrality but bat at tile the same time to aid the russians and in the case of a turkish defeat likewise to step in for the spoils france however will call upon austria to define her policy most precisely for napoleon III wishes to have an opportunity of pouncing upon italy the present war is in one respect an improvement upon all the former ones and strange to say it is the sultan who sets gets an example of humanity to the christian monarchs according to the barbarous code of I 1 1 I 1 I 1 OLM 4 fi I 1 i 1 J I 1 0 nations now in force all over the world private property is is not respected upon the high seas in time of war and the movements of commerce b tween the individuals of the belligerent parties are stopped from the moment of the declaration of war now the sultan has declared to all the russian merchants that he gives them all sufficient tune time for winding up their affairs in in turkey and for securing their floating cargoes the czar has followed him in in this step and has assured the leading british firms at st petersburg that it is is not hi intention in the event of hostilities between russia and england to detain the british vessels in in his ports provided that the british government did the same with russian rusian vessels letters of marque will of course not be granted by any of the belligerent parties barties lar ties and thus the greatest national calamities of if war are to be avci avoided ded the defeat of prince Or belian the russian general in in the caucasus has been conf confirmed irined with the addition that schamyl followed up his success and captured the small fort of bopre kalch on the black sea the fort is is of no great military importance but the carcas have ant aft by it a communication with turkey by sea which cannot be sufficiently appreciated now that turkey is is able and willing to I 1 supply the mountaineers with arms and ammunition the turkish army at baaun is is under the command of abdi pasha a native of cir cassia and the hungarians Hung arians in in turkey with the exception of those who from the beginning have served under omer pasha have not yet been employed ir IP active service yet they are to be employed in in the corps of Erz eruin on the other hand there is is no doubt whatever that the sultan has recognized the independence of Cir cassia and has sent powder and muskets to those gallant foes of N Y T THE FOOD QUESTION the food question continues to be alarming the mark lane express confesses that nearly the whole of the available stocks held at the ports of the baltic earlier in in the year have been already shipped to england and france and as the new wheat in la not coming to hand in in fit condition to stand a sea voyage we cannot expect to receive any further aid of importance from that quarter until the spring span it would be folly to fo e to dis dia guts guise e gih that at great britain and france will require immense importations between this and the next harvest and that the baltic ports will have a smaller surplus for export than in in ordinary years the extreme scarcity of shipping too many ships have sailed to australia prevents a great importation from the black sea and th the present season resembles in m wetness en entirely lirely that of the last year the alarm is is therefore spreading all over the continent france and belgium have prohibited the export of potatoes and the viceroy of egypt has limited the export of wheat to a certain not very large amount in piedmont there have again been bread riots and no c continental cont menial minister of finances can think without shuddering on all the probable results of such a state of things which must lead to a financial crisis crisis N Y tribune the opinion still prevails in in western europe that russia will w ill yield as much from fear of the rise rise 4 f the people in in hungary poland and germany as from the certain interference of franca and england the principal engagements so far have been immediately on the north bank of the dividing river danube near where the turks crossed crosse 1 one immediately south of bucharest about 40 0 miles direct from the black sea and the other one opposite I 1 miles further west has been superseded as leader of the russian forces in in tile the principalities by prince Paskie wilch a a general of experience and reputation about 65 years of age the impending danger of want of food is is not a little increased by the pending bendin biffi difficulties caldes and a long and gen ral war would would bring starvation among its is attendant horrors |