| Show I 1 TIM THE PO POSITION FOB for the present the russo war rests an armistice e ba has been agreed upon and we victorious troops troop swill will stop thein their thole march upon thie the cond conditions lilo ns of the protocol 01 ar are 0 given in our telegraphic graphic dapa dispatches the only oil one e 1 is 1 likely to cause I 1 a culty u hy ia Is the ha fifth and this is 0 one ne of the main issues s of the tha war it if cannot be dispo disposed bed eed of by the czar and the sultan alone the other powers are interested in this question and england in particular will demand a voice in its settlement pro ru russian aslan journals have u uttered much during the con jeon nilet filet which is now ceasing for a timela regard to time necessities they claim that the free passage of the dardanelles Darda nelles esis is absolutely requisite to russian commercial prosperity and that th the treaty of pans paris in closing the dardanelles Darda nelles nelies to a russian flee ilee t dri liples and paralyzes the he trade trado dathe black sea provinces adt they the seem e n i to 0 forget that it itla Is only war vessels that thad are prohibited from the 6 freedom of the straits leading into and from the black sea rea and tins this is the point which troubles the Colus sus gus of the north while this provis provision ioa loA bribe of the treaty of paris is maintained by I 1 the powers russian bussian aggression I 1 in n the south and east will be held in ch chack aek let russia once gain free in ingress gress annd arid egress for ships of war through gli gil the darda nelles and the and the blackseth black blaek heh sea Seh would become lake take arsenals and dockyards dock yards would be lest iest established abill ablis shed on its northern and eastern shores and England En glands sau ssu dau supremacy on the sea seas would become in all probability a thing of the past while the Empire of russia would find ample opportunity pf af extending to the orient orienti making queen victorias new title iem JEm empress Press of indiaman In an honor of tery very doubtful continuance solar so far jar as commercial interests are concerned no no treaty barriers are ia in the way of russia russi a and thelast the fact jact that it ia is for the freedom of lof the tha dardanelles Darda nelles for her navy that she contends ia is a proof what her intentions are in regard au emia emba ma ion lii lif itis stated that hobart pasha is i to sail with the turkish fleet for the tha rineus this is the port of up athens the capital of greece the threatened invasion of turkey bahe by the greeks ostensibly for protection the of christians the pretext russia offered for jor em bark bar kingin nig hig in this war is to be met by this L movement of the turkish navy and sharp on the heels heeds of chho reported movement comes hordof am an iEnglish English scheme to jno seize th the e T turkish u dhigh diett and convey it tu to maita malta to keep it out of the hands lianda of russia such buch a step would set europe in a ablaze blaze and preci precipitate 1 pi tate that general conflict which has sever several altime times sueh appeared d imminent but however s feasible such ucha a scheme may appear and although atwould it lt would no doubt checkmate Russia inthe high hand ed gaine garne she is playing for extended power ion land and sea it looks improbable thau thab england would I 1 commit such an anover overt act tact andl andi take upon herself the responsibility of forcing a continuance and enlargement of a struggle which possibly may now be settled by peaceful negotiations the story is probably a press sensation nut but the war though resting is not at an end the settlement of the terms of peace cannot be effected by the principals no pil vate arrangement favoring russian adv advantage e in the dardanelles Darda nelles will be tolerated teed by the other powers rs and if it russia insists on such suph special privileges as gera seem to be held in view wars abd and rumors of wars for tor a long iong time lecoma to coma come will convulse a the be aas eastern tern hemisphere I 1 |
