The New York Herald Newspaper, March 16, 1877, Page 6

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WALLACK'S THEATRE: w OLYMPIC THEATRE—! LYCEUM THEATRE| UNION SQUARE THEATR ACADEMY OF MUSIC. BOOTH HELLER'S THEATRE—Pre COLUMBIA OPERA HOU THEATRE COMIQUE—Vani uk DaNtcuxrrs, iG Dutonman. To THe Moon. NEW YORK AQUARI EGYPTIAN HALL—Sussatiy PARISIAN VARIETIES. TRIPLE NOTICE The Adams Express Company run a special newspaper tram over the Pennsylvania Kailroad and its connections, lenving M. daily and ALD ns [ar h to Washington, reaching Py i de pia ata quarter past six A.M. and Washington atone P. From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather in New York to-day will be sool and partly cloudy or clear, followed by rising temperature and increasing cloudiness, Waty Srreer Yesterpay.—The stock mar ket was dull, and at the close there was 4 gen- eral decline in values. The coal stocks closed a little better than on Wednesday, but all the other stocks showed considerable weakness. Gold was steady, opening at 10453 and closing at 10434. In investment securities government bonds were a little stronger and closed firm, while railroad bonds were firm. Money was very casy at 23 per cent on call, the closing price being 2 per cent on call. First AND NSIVE among the formal spring openings is that of the trout ‘Speckled Beauties.” Goop For Evin.—The street railroad direc- tors would not heat their cars during the winter, but the Corporation Counsel proposes to make it warm for the companies this spring. This Foor 1s His’ Native Heat, and his name is Peter B. Sweeny. Now let tis have a clean unbosoming ajl round, and full and true particulars of the great ise. Tne Testimony of the Medical Superintendent of the Flatbush Insane Asylum will suggest several questions which cannot be answered without disgrace to certain Kings county oflicials, Tne Oxty Strance THinc about the reduc- tion in the prico of milk is that it has been post. poned so long. Our special article on this subject shows what an enormous advance the consumer pays upon the price of the producer, THert 18 A Great Deas in a name. A boy who stole two chickens was yesterday sent to the Penitentiary for a year, but a couple of gamblers who relieved a man of a hundred dollars ina little game of banco went for only six months. Tur Teacners’ SALartes question is now be- fore the Aldermen ; but it should not be allowed to stop there. The people most interested are not the teachers, but the parents of the pupils under their care, and these can hardly make their opinions too prominent. Tue Herrtot Lrrication is only one of the hundreds of arguments which offers every year in favor of the plan of disposing of superfluous fands before death instead of leaving them to be the source of family quarrels which are creditable to nobody and profitable only to lawyers, Asorner Bap Pexxy comes to view again— to wit, the County Court House and its cost. If the consideration of the Kellum case by the Su- preme Court will lead to the satisfaction of pub- lic curiosity as to the cost of that editice the tax- payers will have received a little something for their money. A Sympatiette 11¢ will read with sincere sorrow of the impending famine in some of the Pennsylvania coal regions. To devise a sufti- cient system of relief for so large a number of people seems almost impossible, a little effort on the part of a few leading men would prevent considerable sufferi nd create among the des- titate a sentiment which is not to be despised by the richest and most intluential. Te Weatuer.—The depression which moved eastward of our meridian on Wednesday is now central over Nova Scotia, and the area of precipitation which attended it has dimin- ished considerably. The preasure, however, has fallen decidedly, and there are indications that the disturbance will become a severe storm while crossing the Atlantic. Another depression has advanced into the Bower Missouri Valley, but the pressure at its centre is as yet only rel- ntively low. The high area is now moving toward the Middle and South Atlantic coast from the Mississippi Valley. The barometer is also high in Manitoba, where the tempera- ture continues quite low. Partly clondy or clear weather generally prevails throughout the region east of the Rocky Mountains, except in amall areas in the Upper Mississippi, the lake and the St. Lawrence Valley regions. The tem- perature is very high in the Western Gulf States, but is low along the Atlantic const, Brisk winds prevail in tho Eastern States and British Provinces. Our despatches by cable from London, pnblished today, announce the marked fulfilment of our recent storm warn- ing and give some details of the damage caused by the prevailing disturbance in the British Islands. Wealso publish correspondence from Ireland describing the premonitions and effects of storms in that country. The weather in New York® today will be cool and’ partly cloudy or clear, followed by rising temperature and increasing cloudiness. ene ie NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1877.—TRIPLE Six Years and One Term. It is needless to say that our strong in- dorsement of that part of the late inaugural address which yecommends the extension of the Presidential term to six years, with ineligibility afterward, is not a mark of per- sonal or political respect for President Hayes, We do not adopt his views. He has adopted ours. We will not dissemble our satisfaction with an indorsement in so high a quarter, but the ground of our satis- faction is the hope the new President gives us that this important change may be accomplished with his aid, An array of great statesmen more renowned than Presi- dent Hayes is as yet, and of eminent phi- losophical writers on our institutions, whom he may have studied but can never expect to rival, long ago anticipated him in the view he expresses. But their opinion, cor- rect as it was, strongly supported as it was by sound reasons and solid argument, was like seed sown by the wayside or on stony ground. We believe that the soil is at length prepared, that the seed which the Hznatp has been industriously sow- ing for the last three years has fallen upon good ground, that it will germinate, tako root and produce a harvest. President Jackson nearly forty years ago made, in his first annual message, a recommendation substantially identical with that of Presi- dent Hayes; but the sleepy journalism of that day had not ploughed and mellowed the public mind for its reception, as the Henatp and its tardy allies have done of late. There has never been so hopeful a prospect of engratting this great reform in the constitution as exists at present, when recent events and discussions have pro- duced strong conviction in the popular mind of a necessity for overhauling and re- modelling the second article of the consti- tution, which regulates the choice and tenure of the federal Executive. It will not do in this connection to ery up the wisdom of our early statesmen who framed the constitution. Great and wise men they undoubtedly were; and the con- stitution, as a whole, is the most remarkable monument of political wisdom in history. But its second article—the article relating to the Presidency—is as weak as the other parts of the document are admirable. It broke down within thirteen years after the government was organized, when we barely escaped a civil war by its defective ma- chinery for electing the President. The alarming contest between Jefferson and Burr in 1801 led to a partial amendment which precluded another dangerous contro- versy in the ‘same form; but the radical vices of the system were left untouched. The amendment then adopted merely guarded against the,.recurrence of a controversy between a candidate voted for as President and one inttnded to be voted for as Vice President. As the constitution originally stood there was no separate vote for Vice President. The candidate receiving the highest,number of votes, if the highestnum- ber was a majority, was elected President, and the candidate having the next highest number Vice President. The amendment which followed the portentous agitation in the winter of 1801 merely provided that the President and Vice President should be voted for separately in the Electoral Colleges. The other parts of a thoroughly defective system were left to bear their evil but their unexperienced fruits in the future. It has been left to our own time and the recent Presidential election to bring out in fall relief one of the many defects of this section of the constitution. An amendment of the constitution will follow the recent danger as an amendment followed the great crisis of 1801; but we trust it will not be so short- sighted and so limited in its scope. The whole second article of the constitution is a congeries of blunders, and the time has at last fully come for replacing it with some- thing more rational. The absurd and ridiculous machinery of Presidential elec- tors must be got rid of; the people must be permitted to vote directly for the candi- dates of their choice; a safe method must be established for settling disputed questions; the tenure of the President must be limited to one term; his power to dismiss and appoint officers for merely party reasons must be abolished; the civil service of the government, like the military and naval service, must be organ- ized on a basis of permanence for meritori- ous officers so long as the offices they hold are not abolished as unnecessary. The second article of the constitution is demon- strated by experience to be an egregious failure, and the time is now fully ripe for repairing and reconstructing it from stem to stern. There was never a more senseless appeal to popular prejudice and stupidity than the habitual one about the wisdom of our ancestors. As if any human wisdom were so perfect as to be exempt from the possi- bility of mistakes. As if the truly great statesmen who framed the constitution would have been no wiser had they lived to our day, after ninety years of addi- tional experience, than they were when they did the best they could with the lights of their time and the imperfect foresight of the future whieh limits the usefulness of all founders of political institutions. We live ina new age. Our generation must be sadly wanting | in intellectual resources if we are incapable of profiting by the experience of the most eventful hundred years in the history of the world. Nothing could be more stupidly imbecile than the blind deification of our ancestors. The best tribute we can pay to their wisdom is by cutting loose from their errors with the same courageous freedom they exercised in cutting loose from the antiquated errors of their own time. They were bold innovators ; why should we not follow the example of noble innovation which they set us? The one thing which was most alien to their temper was a servile adherence to the past ; why should not we judge for ourselves as they judged for themselves respecting what we shall aban- don as obsolete or retain as suited to pres- ent circumstances? We are degenerate sons of worthy sires if, after the lapse of a cen- tury, we are incapable of profiting by our experience as they protited by theirs. Who can believe that if the framers of the constitution had been endowed with im- | mortal youth and vigor, that if they had | lived to our time, if they had now their original task put upon them of making a constitution suited to the present state of the country, they would repeat the second defective article which they framed in ignorance of the future? Would they retain the cumbrous, useless, preposterous machinery of Presiden- tial electors? Nobody. can believe it. Would they throw the final choice of President, when there is no election by the people, into a moribund House of Represen- tatives, elected two years and a half previ- ous and removed by that long interval from the existing public sentiment of the coun- try? Nobody can believe it, In the case of a disputed election would they leave any- thing at loose ends and expose the country to such perils as it has recently escaped by a doubtful makeshift? No rational creature can believe it. Would they make it possible for a President to re-elect himself by his control of an enormous and corrupting patronage? This isthe most incredible of all. The time having fully come fora thorough amendment of the second article of the constitution, we insist that this task shall be undertaken in the bold, free, sagacious spirit of our early statesmen, who scorned slavish adherence to the past and decided every question in the light of present experience. They teach us to profit by our experience as they profited by theirs, and if the framing of the second article of the constitution were an entirely new task no rational human being can sup- pose that the existing model would be fol- lowed. Germany’s Relation to the Eastern i Question. The views presented by the Moscow Gazelte are important in virtue of their source; for in a time like the present a statement of the relations to Germany and Russia that seems to rest on the knowledge of declarations made would scarcely be pub- lished at random where the press is only free under sufferance. This statement de- fines in both directions the limit of Ger- many’s activity—where it will commence and beyond what point it will not go; and we have not hitherto had any declaration so clear on this subject from any source even apparently authorized to make it, Eng- land’s proposition to give Turkey a year is said to have failed because it seems to involve action at the end of the year if Turkey does not improve the time os required, and because Ger- many will not in any circumstances now conceivable oblige herself to take part in warlike operations in that direction, This resolute disposition of Germany to keep her hands free, and which becomes more per ceptible as some nations of Europe seem more likely to have their hands full, might more justly disturb people in France than the pretended diplomatic communications over which they recently became excited. On the other hand, though Germany will not agree to anything that might even con- structively require her to fight Turkey, she will do a great deal to “persuade” Austria to help Russia and will ‘‘endeavor” to keep the peace in Europe should Russia actually invade Turkey. All of which looks as if Germany would rather prefer that there should bea little war on the Danube. These views have made their way in Russia since Ignatieff was in Berlin. Arctic Exploration. In another column will be found an in- structive and altogether piquant letter addressed to the President of the American Geographical Society by Dr. John Rae, of London, the distinguished explorer. Dr. Rae writes in the anticipation that another Ameri- can Polar expedition is to be organized; but he will be disappointed to learn that the bill making an appropriation of money for this purpose, though favorably reported, was not reached, owing to the delay caused by the Presidential complication, and therefore did not pass. But Dr. Rae's letter is of interest in virtue of its free and capable criticism of Sir George Nares’ dashing fiasco. With the authority of a man of experience and the distinct conceptions of a man of capacity the Doctor points out that nearly every act of any consequence to the success of an expedition was done wrongly on the Nares expedition, including the choice of the men, the feeding and clothing them, the distribution of labor, the con- struction of sledges, the arrangements for sleeping on sledge journeys, &c. In fact, it may be said that only one part of this expedition was a complete success, and that was the final rush on reaching home of all hands for honors and a recognition which presumed that the service had been im- portant to science. They all got some honors except Dr. Colan, who was left out in the cold because he had made himself disa- greeable by protesting against that act of Captain Nares which directly induced the failure—namely, the exclusion of lime juice from the sledge supplies. The Legislature and the Schools. There is an old story of o certain Meddle- some Mattey, who, like a magpie, insisted on investigating everything, and at last came to grief by too close an examination of her grandmother’s snuffbox. The experience cured her curiosity. Some of the mem- bers of our Legislature are likely to profit by a like punishment, A pill was introduced the other day providing for an investigation of the normal schools of the State, with the absurd pretext that children of other States, and especially those of the West, received their education at the expense of this Common- wealth. This awful calamity was gravely discussed in the Legislature, and an attempt was made to drag the school question into politics, The democracy were accused of being hostile to the schools, and other follies were perpetrated with the utmost soberness. It is our opinion that the Legislature should leave the normal schools alone. They are the nurseries of our best teachers, and have | deservedly obtained the confidence and re- spect of the intelligent public. The debate | about investigation is simply buncombe, and we would be glad to see the statesmen who | indulged in it employ their eloquence | on better subjects. Let them condemn the | crimes of the aristocracy of England, ad- | vise the German Emperor or warn the | Czar of Russia for the last time, but let them not meddle without reason with the public schools of the State. Our educational sys- tem is very good as it is, and we do not wish to have it dragged into the political arena. The schools at least should be supported by both parties. Why Does the Southern Question Drag? The noble, magnanimous and truly saga- cious declarations of the inaugural address have been responded to by the country, almost without distinction of party, with such unequivocal tokens of warm approval that we are puzzled at the President’s hesi- tation to do with reasonable promptitude what the country understood him to promise. President Hayes offered in his in- augural what seemed a sufficiently explicit pledge to sustain local self-government in the Southern States. Unless he intended this cheering pledge to apply to Louisiana and South Carolina it could have had no meaning at all, because the other fourteen Southern States are in secure possession of all the rights of self-government. Of course the declarations in the inaugural had no reference to the other fourteen, and there- fore, of course, they looked merely to the two States afflicted with dual govern- ments, unless they were utterly idle and irrelevant. But what possible meaning could the inaugural declarations in favor of local self-government had as relating to these two afflicted and distracted States if it was then a doubtful question in the Presi- dent’s mind whether he would not, after all, recognize Packard and Chamberlain as law- ful Governors? All the world knows that these two worthies cannot maintain even the semblance of authority without the support of federal troops. If the soldiers were with- drawn and things left to take their course Packard and Chamberlain would not make even a pretence of gubernatorial authority for forty-eight hours. There would be no disturbance pf the peace; there would be no necessity for the real State govern- ments to make a display of force ; Packard and Chamberlain, as soon as the federal troops were withdrawn, ‘‘would fold their tents like the Arabs and silently steal away.” No intelligent man who is politi- cally sane and has .watched the situation in the South can have any sort of doubt that the Packard and Cham- berlain governments would dissolve like the baseless fabric of a vision and vanish into thin air as soon as the federal authority should declare that it would no longer pro- tect them, This being so evident we cannot understand the hesitation of President Hayes in making good the noble assurances of his inaugural address. It is a trifle more difficult to account for the hesitation of the President in the South Carolina case than in the Lou- isiana case. The authentic testimony taken by the committee of the House established the fact that the Hampton ticket ran far ahead of the Tilden ticket. This committee, of which a majority were demo- crats, unanimously conceded that Hayes was fairly entitled to the electoral votes of South Carolina, although Hampton was elected Governor. The President, therefore, could not compromise his own title by recognizing Hampton, and we cannot see why he should deliberate on so plain a question. But, in spite of his unexpected coyness and delay, we believe the President will make yood the pledges and declarations of his inaugural address. The news from Washington which we print this morning encourages this hope and justifies us in hoping that the troops will soon be withdrawn both from Louisiana and South Carolina. When this decisive step is taken self-government and local tranquillity will be insured throughout the length and breadth of our glorious Republic. The Phylloxera, or Vine Destroyer. An alarming increase in the area affected by the ravages of the phylloxera in France recalls attention to this destroyer of the vine. Although several species of the insect have been discovered in Europe, and are, un- doubtedly, indigenous to that continent, it is now pretty well established that the par- ticular enemy of the vine, and that one which seriously affects the interests of man, is of American origin. The entire portion 6f this continent from Canada to the Gulf and eastward of the Rocky Mountains may be considered a vast breeding and feeding ground for the phylloxera. Its introduc- tion into France 1s stated to have been ac- complished by the exportation of American vines to that country, and dates back some ten or fifteen years, perhaps more. A curi- ons feature of the case, however, presents itself in the immunity of certain kinds of American vines from damage by phyl- loxera, while nearly all European and even Australian varieties become a ready prey to their destructive powers. The grapevine in- sect is very small and requires microscopic aid for its observation. It is divided into favo species—namely, the gallicola or gall making phylloxera, which attacks the leaves and tendrils of the vine, covering them with small Veadlike protruberances and ultimately causing them to wither, and the radicicola, or root killing type, which de- stroys the delicate structure of the roots and rootlets of the vine, and with them the vine itself. The larvm of phylloxera remain torpid until the renewal of vine growth in the spring. Then they rapidly increase in size and lay eggs. From the eggs come in due time a new generation of phylloxera, which, in turn, becomes equally productive, and so the insects increase and multiply with in- conceivable rapidity. About the middle of the year some of the females acquire wings and depart to spread the species over fresh fields and pastures new. It hos been ascertained by ob- servation that the eygs of: these winged phylloxera are deposited in the crevices of the soil around the vine stem, but an im- portant change takes place through them in the process of production. The eggs so deposited bring forth male and female in- sects, the latter being the larger, which rep- resent the parent sources of a new produc- | tion of phylloxera. ‘Thus the vine destroy- ers spread over the country, establishing colonies at every point. It would seem that a means of limiting the ravages of the phyl- loxera would be to remove the surface soil from around the roots of the vines at a cer- SHEET. tain season when the eggs of the migratory or winged insects are deposited. The fumi- gation or even burning of the earth so removed may at least check the plague by destroying the eggs. Coal tar spread over the surface immediately around the stem may also have the effect of saving the vines by preventing the deposit of the eggs. But perhaps the best remedy of all would be to plant the varieties of American vine which are known to resist the phylloxera. If the ravaged vineyards of France, which now embrace an area of about one million acres, were replanted with American vines, on which the French varieties could be grafted if necessary, a great change would be effected in the pres- ent condition of the wine-growing interests of France. As it is from the soil and the influences of climate that the quality and excellence of the wine are derived, it is cer- tain that even our least cultivated varieties of vine would prove productive in French vineyards, Concerning Dogs. | That every dog will have his day has been known this long while; but that every dog shall also have his knight is a discovery of the philanthropy of our own times and is a result of the emotional and combative characteristics of the age which oxpress them- selves in the organization of societies for the prevention of all those acts to which man is prone when left to the ‘‘cussedness” of his primary impulses, But it appears that Mr. Bergh’s knight-errantry in the cause of the inexorable dog and other minor members of society is inspired less by a tender heart for these creatures than by an oppugnant spirit toward those whom he can regard in the light of oppressors. It is the love of fight that inspires his combats, not the wretched prize of war which may be only some poor cur’s comfort. As the Puritans were said to have suppressed bear-baiting, not because it was cruel to the bear, but only because it afforded some pleasure to the people, so it may be said that Mr. Bergh’s objection is not to cruelty per se, but only to other men’s indulgence in cruelty. It seems he is willing that all the dogs of this city, as well as ‘‘the harmless, necessary cat,” may be condemned and slaughtered forthwith if only he may slaughter them himself. No doubt the authorities and the whole people will readily accord this mo- nopoly to the distinguished reformer of our dog lawé and objector to all reforms not in- troduced by himself. As Mr. Bergh has shown an epistolary interest in the many observations we have made on the subject of Spitz dogs, and, like some other pedan- tically ignorant cavillers, has declared that our remarks had no other ground than a desire to be sensational, we beg to call his attention to what is said in another column by Dr. Hammond on the subject of hydrophobia, particularly in relation to this breed of dogs. There are a great many doctors who know no more about hydrophobia than a mole does about the integral calculus—and even the most learned doctor in the world does not know all about it—but the most intelligent view of what is known is given by the liberal minded physician seen by our reporter, who has probably seen more cases of the malady than any other one of our city prac- titioners. The Ohio Senatorship. The contest over the vacant Ohio seat in the United States Senate has been settled Py the caucus nomination of Judge Stanley Matthewsas Mr. Sherman’ssuccessor. This, of course, insures Judge Matthews’ election. The principal opponent of the successful candidate throughout the canvass was Father Taft, although on the ballot the votes of the opposition were mainly cast for Con- gressman Howland. The nomination was made on the third ballot. The significant point of the result of the contest is to be found in the fact that the fight against Judge Matthews was made on his letter to Packard, advising the latter to resign his pretensions to the Governorship of Louisiana, while Father Taft had been urged on the ground that he was opposed to the abandonment of Chamberlain and Packard and the colored republicans of the South. The issue was accepted by Judge Matthews’ friends, and his election is, therefore, a very significant indorsement of President Hayes’ Southern policy by the republicans of Ohio. The election of Judge Matthews to the United Stutes Senate will remove the threatened contest over Mr. Banning’s seat in the House of Representatives. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Senator Logan may go to Brazil. There is no veneer about that Cabinet, Bristow may succeed Cushing in Spain, G. W. Curtis 1s spoken of for Minister to England. Clara Morris is at Santa Barbara, the winter Newport of California. > General Lew Wallace is spoken of as our next Mints- ter to Mexico, The American Newspaper Reporter will hereafter bo published by R. H.C. Valentine & Co, Spring is bursting upon us. You can tell that by the ragged edge of winter's pantaloons. The Misses Evaris, of whom there aro five, are bru- nottes, and eschew ornaments in dress. The Detroit Mree Press thivks that tho whale is a moudy fish. Yos; 1 somctimes spouts, The white haired Jewell will probably seek the snows of St, Petersburg in a ministerial capacity. out last week to eat thirty partridges ia thirty days ona wager. He ate the first one without any trouble, but the grocer refused to give him any further credit the very next day, and he is hopelessly stuck on the other twenty-nine,” Los Angeles Herald (January 30):— That Mr. Tilden will be the next President of the United States woen- tertain no doubt whatover. Any one who will take the trouble to castebis eyes over the files of the Herald for the past two or three months will be struck by the prescience and sagucity which have characterized its outgivings. Our confidence in the conservative char- acter of the American Senate has beom im no whit abused, aud the upshot of the wholo imbroglio will be ay we predicted.” Althorp, the Boston critic, savs of Mme. Essipoft's right hand when both hands ought to attack a chord simuitancously, and atter-suriking with the upper tin- ger of either hand when the hand in question ts to strike an interval of two notes, such as a third, sixth or cetave, Her absolute independence of finger, her power of striking one note ina ehord forte nnd the separate any melody from its environing accumpant- ment, often leads her to an abuse of this power that verges on monotony.” Mr. Althorp tnkos pains, how; ever, to say that she bas transcendent technical ability and groat cbarm and culture, Burlington Hawkeye:—"'A man out on West hill set | technique that her fault ts “after-striking with the | Test of the notes piano, which enables her to distinctly | TELEGRAPHIC NEWS From All Parts of the World. THE DANGER DISAPPEARING, What Russia Will Do in the Event of Peace, MONTENEGRIN MISERIES, Turkey's Provinces Restive Under the Shadow of the Sultan, ———— [BY CABLE TO THE HERALD.] Loxpoy, March 16, 1877, Goneral Ignatieff left Paris on tho tidal train, via Boulogne, last evening and will reach London about seven this morning. He visits England on the invita. tion of Lord Salisbury, who has asked him to come to his country residence, The object of Igna- tiefl’s journey is to second Count Schoawalofl’s efforts to arrive nt an understanding. The differences now aro merely verbal. It seems impossible that the efforts for an understanding could miscarry atter having reached this point. Tho Standard this morning announces in an official form that Sir H, G. Elnott will very shortly resume his duties as Ambassador from Groat Britain to Constantinople, and that it is probable that Mr, Elhowt’s return will be tollowed by that of the Am« bassadors of the other Great Powers, REASONS FOR HOPE. Although the war party in St. Petersburg is still confident, it 1s somi-officially stated that a peaceful solution is scarcely doubtiul, The only quostion be- tween Russia and England now is whether Russia or Turkey shall disarm first, The Times, in a leader, says that the supposition is reasonable that General Ignatieff would not have altered his programme to come to London unless there wero well grounded ex- pectations that a formula could be produced unobjec- tionable to either party. The English government may be right in requiring that the protocol should record Russia’s promise to domobilize, but England should not insist upon her views in this respect with too great stringency. ei PRYSH TROUBLE IN TURKEY. The Post in a prominent paragraph notices the renewal of the troubles in Bosnia and the stubbornness of Montenegro, and says they seem to indicate fresh foreign intrigues in Turkey. Tho Turks also are more than ever de termined neither to submit to unjustifiable dicta- tion nor to disarm in the presence of an overwhelming Russian force. It is to be hoped that conciliation and forbearance may yot solve the problem; but it is useless to iguore the fact that tho prospect of an agreement among the great powers does not necessarily involve esdape from some of the most awkward aspects of the Eastefn question, A telegram trom Constantinople, dated tho 13th inst, received by way of Bucharest, an- nounces that several Softas have been arrosted for posting placards denouncing Midhat Pacha's banish- ment, the peace with Serviaand the territorial cessious claimed by Montenegro. HOW RUSSIA WILL WAIT. The Moscow Gazette prints the following, which is interesting as showing Russia’s position in the evont of a prolonged discussion :— The English proposition fora year’s respite may be regarded as having {alien to the ground. Russia be- lieved that such a plan would necossitate acompact to apply coercion it ‘turkey aidnot/turn the probation. ary period to account. y and other Powers have no wish to sixn ai iment which might involve a joint expedit} to Turkey in a year’s time, General gnatie! met a irtendly reception in Berlin which bi red him that the vindication of Christian goosidored a necessity in Germany as woll: Goueral Ignatieff was tn’ eu that Gi to rve the Mi alliance of the threo emperors, id endeavor to per- suade Austria to act conjomtly with Rassla or at avy rate to retrain trom assisting Turkey in the event of war, Germany would, moreover, endeavor to main- tain the peace of the Continent should war in Turkey ensue, and in order to better secure this object would uot hesitate to declaro that Russia, was acting on be- hall of Europo, and she would strive to induce the other Powers to take a like vie Germany, whi nouncing this policy, declines to undertak Jute guarantee relative to tbe future, the she does not believe England’s policy a hence cau be foreseen. The Gazette considers Ge Ignatien’s mission completély successful at Borlin, and says 1{ he 4s equally successful at Paris and Vienna the opposi- tion of England won’t matter, and a path will bo open, Tho Berlin correspondent of the Zimes in referring to the above, says:—‘‘Although the Moscow (Gazetie's statoment may be slightly maccufate in details, there can be no doubt of its general correctness, It appears Prince Bismarck, to put an end to the present uncer- tainty, has so far deviated from his usual course as to declare in favor of the Russian propositions, even bo- fore the reception of Austria’s final reply.” NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY, A St. Potersburg correspondent emphatically de clares that the formation of a new Prussian army corps ought to cause no alarny It in merely an or- dinary measure of army reorganization. Ho also re- iterates the information that the Cabinet has de- eided on demobilization, and says:—“‘1f no unfores seen events occur I feel persunded that the conclu. sion of peace between Montenegro and Turkey will soon bo followed by Russian disarmament.” TURKRY AND AER REBELLIOUS PROVINCES. An officer stationed near*Novi Bazar reports tha, the Turkish forces ip that portion of the Empire con- ists principally of redifs, poorly clad and generally destitate of underclothing, The rations are bad and frequently fail altogether, Great agitation un- questionably prevails at Constantinople. The recall of Midbat Pacha and war with Russia seem dominant among the confused demands of the populace, Gravo complications are apprehended. A Vienna despatch tothe Daily News says:—“Eighteen thousand National Guards are ordered to be ready in Herzegovina in three days. The deadlock betweon the Porte and Montenogro continues. Nicsics is begins ning tobe pinched for rations, being still blockaded by the Montenegrins, Montenegro as a rule has been such 4 correct barometer of Russian policy that it 16 not — surprising the little disposition she now shows to abate her exaggerated demands excites suspiciog that she has been ordered to stand firm. ‘This suspicion may, how. ever, be quite unfounded, From all accounts it ap- pears that the Montenegrins consider their demands not only as quite justitied by their military success, but even as moderate, so that it would require outside pressure, particularly on tho part of Russia, to make thom abate their pretensions. Montenegros holding out must not therefore be implicitly received as a sign that Russia meditates war, while her yielding would | be atolerably certain symptom that Russia wants peace." JUST WHAT WAS EXPECTED. The foolish Montenegrins have got just the kind of an answer that all who knew Turkey’s methods of promising and of executing haa forose Safvet | Pachet informed the Monteaegrin dola- gates now in Constantinople on — yester- day that he regretted that Turkey was unablo to agroe to their demands, but added that ho was axious to cohtinue the discussion of a basia for pence, ‘The delegates roplied that they wero unable to accept this proposal, as their instructions were precise and limited and they must therefore communicate the Porte’s de- cision immediately to their government, It is said the delegates will wait tor the answer of the Prince of Montenogro to this communication before leaving Con stantinople, GERMAN APPAIRS. In each of Prince Bismarck’s recent important specches in the Reichstag he declared that his bealth was giving way under the exertions to which ho was