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    THE WALEWSKI PLOT

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    posf ^ ltio ^ &bftfae ' - AlliteaPb ^ r ^ rBi ^ Tit there wM an ? ^| seiitji » l aMerei | ce"b ' etW ^ eri his policy a&d theirs / Her desjgn&i ; no doubt , to go as far" as 'Siiecess would carry him ; his eneno ^ es ' nfever ' contemplated the disruption or amnilitlWioii of his empire . . ' interpreting the objects of the war , then , in thesense of the documents in which they Htere diplomatically explained , we find them represented in detail , by the Treaty of Paris . The submission required of ^ Russia has been exacted by force . Gaining not an inch of territory in Asia , compelled to relinquish a narrow border land on the Danube , her

    principal concession is that she acknowledges the right of the other Powers of Europe to control her policy when it affects the privileges of an independent state . It is this that gives the Treaty its importance ; it is this that has been now ; for the first time since the reign of Catherine , avowed by Btjtssia . ; . ' : " . ¦ . ; . ¦;/ , ¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' * . ^ or tHe reader ' s conTenience we may analyjj # " thel Treaty of # aris , placing in order the sti ^ ulattons that , affect Bussia , Turkey , the Pjnncipaliiies ^ Austria , an ^ r the Allies . - Russi ^ eva 16 uit ( 5 ^ Ear 3 ^^ dnd the Turkisli territories

    qccuj > i ^ d by' hjbr troops in " . Asia , consents to k ^ i ^ nicy : shi ps o £ War fo'ihe Blaefc Sea , to a ^ nrif ^ p ^ fls' to her Blacic Seai ports , to dbnstruct ^' iid military inaTritime arsenals upoii / the coast , to surrender the mouths df ttte iJauub ^ , t 6 rectify positively and niaterisfily ^ ft& i ? 3 essat ^ abian frontier ^ to" claim iio exclusive ^ o $ eeift > rate * 6 ? the Christians ^ i not ' ta infcepeTe , ' ' Midqi ? pay pretext ' , in the territdHes' ^ Me P 6 ¦ ¦ ¦

    il * i ? ir _ V rj ^^ i—;_?¦• ¦ : < -V ? r i « . '»« .- ' - . n > ¦ ¦¦ ¦ -: l : i -r / m .- ' f . - * . » -. it .. ' of the ^ tlt ^ ra * ^ ori ^ acteig Towers ^ andj' in' the ® &ftti , ^ f 6 ? - discontinueheir menaciiigprepara-^ n ^^» j Alan ^^ sles : ' . . v ^ e ^ e are palpahle cb ^ ceissio : ^ tire , policy M ; PJETEtt , Cathebike , and ' ] 5 FitMbiAi £ ^ icb ? the ^ Enaperbr Ax . exab * ee declared himlelf resolved to develop ; Their ^^ cy' ^ as to ^ cc | uire incessantly , and neVer f # stfrreHder , 3 ? 6 r the ; present , at least ; Bussia recoils ^ y ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' - to

    other Power ^ independently , and that armed interventions can only take place under the general sanction . The foreign troops in occupation of the Turkish territories , Russian , ^ French , British , Austrian , Sardinian , are to be withdrawn with the least possible delay . Thus , Austria , though she has gained by the limitations imposed on Russian influence on the Danube —which is henceforth to be a free highwayhas not gained the object of her ambition in

    the Principalities , and will be forced to leave Bucharest , which has been the centre of her intrigues and her brutalities . Neither of the Western nations has desired , from the beginning , to retain a territorial hold on the Russian or Ottoman dominions , but by both advantages have been secured-r-in the liberty of appointing consuls at all the ports of the Black Sea , and of stationing two light-armed vessels at the mouths of the

    Danube . Morally , it is an advantage to them that they have so far reversed the political conditions of the East , that the Ottoman Empire , which was previously , along its southern and western frontiers , the debateable ground of Austrian and Russian cu * pidity , is now placed under general guarantees , and associated with the diplomatic system of Europe . In the East , no successes have-been attained by any of the contending Powers . The rectification in the Turkish

    arid Uussian boundaries is to be mutual , and will probably result in the selection of a natural instead , of an artificial frontier , involving an exchange of equivalent territories . So ends the war with Bussia . The Treaty is a Settleinent of thelocal question raised by the pretensio&s-of the Emperor Nicholas , and of the diplomatic question involved in the refusal of Bussia to submit to the public law of the civilised world . It tvould be

    another and a different thing to say that the Peace of Paris terminates the troubles of Europe , The Peace that results from international justice and amity ; and from the desire of free and liberal states to extend their industrial and commercial relations , cannot be established by Treaty while the populations of nearly all the Continent awaifc a general change , to which they will at last force their way , statesmen and diplomacy notwithstanding .

    .. ^ TH § Port © ^ akes cbncessibns Kussia . It h&k constructed a programme of reform , which has ' been communicated to the contracting Powers , but the Treaty gives the Powers no righTt to interfere to enforce theadoption of the * eform . The Pbrte engages to keep no war navy afloat in the Black Sea ; biiV except to resist the navy of , Bussia , it Has not ftStemptedwithin the present century to enlarge' its armaments , or to build ' neyv fortifications ^ The' submisaion implied in

    this and the collateral clauses is entirely on th 4 ^ part of * Bussia . ' The rectification of the Bessarrfbi ^ ri ' frontier , bn the other hand ; is in the * nature of a positive triumph on ' the part ¦ of' Turkey ; The wa ^ i was begun by the in-# « sibii ' of he * ' frbritier ; Nbt only has her frofniiet' ' be ^ n ' defended' and secured , but' it friiWbeen piiahied . back into-the territories of the '• invading |) bwer , ' The extent of the modinfcation miak ^ s Htlile difference iirthe nioiv al Tiilu'e''oi * th ' e ' 're ' Bit'lfc / ' >¦ » ' ¦ : ' : - i '" ¦ ' ' : ¦

    c ^ TH ^ v 3 PtiW 6 ipialities remain 'unsettled . A Gbmttiiasic-n , ' represettting the contracting 3 ? oWe % 4 sto'b . e aBsembVed , 'not to establish , btttfto : tirjopbae a ( ioBstituiion , the final form of which is to bo arranged at Paris between th ^ . TtirJdshi'Bussian i Austrian , and Western € w > ve » ri ^( 6 nt « . -Ib 5 s understood ' that the 6 ^* nbw ? , o ^ 'i 4 li ^ lW aiiachian ! and Biile-ariari

    ^* e ^ iiti , tiyes >? , s ' ltoltbe considered fe the ) < f ganis ^ tion b ( f , theOJilnubian P > rittcipaKtids . Alqiies * io ^ isi > lie ^ inv olved bf a distmct and T O 9 **^* ^ arafcter ^ -whioh ^ ermiist . reserve loin ste ) M « rhte- exa ^ ninnti © n . /> / OJhe principle ' laid d ow ^ Tby ^ oifTareiatyr ^ B . ho ^ veVy thai whtm oncer ^ tHe \ 'rgoyej ? iim eait ' . iofi -the PiUncijialities has i beeri febttlfldron , ; a ^ ecbgjnised basis , ' it cannot be s modified- by tlie Portcl , ! or thy txtxy

    The Walewski Plot

    posed to have been laid aside . "We do not infer from his plan that he intends to induce his Imperial master to follow out the policy of King VioToit Emmanuel in Italy and to promote reforms by open combination with the Q-overnments of England and Piedmont , and in concert with influential men throughout Italy . On the contrary , we infer that he intends to compromise between that just policy and some convenience for the Pope , some convenience for Naples , and for the

    some Austrian Government . His language implies a determination to attack the Kingdom of Belgium . This is an old projeet . When Louis Napoleon ascended the Imperial throne by a military coup d ' etat , and at the same time , sword in hand , asked the people whether they would vote for his Empire , " Yes or no ? " a project was also on foot for occupying Belgium with an army , and asking that independent kingdom , whether it would be annexed to the Empire , " Yes or no ? " That was before the days of the alliance with Queen Victobia . ; it was

    when Louis Napoleon thought of a com * binationwith the Absolutist monarchs . He has since been in alliance with Queen Tiotobia , be has used the English alliance , he has gained a footing amongst the Imperial potentates of the world , and now ; his Foreign Secretary throws oub a hint that unless King Lbopolb will legislate in accordance with the dictate of the Emperor NApoXiEOu ' s Minister he may be coerced by French arms ? What part are our Ministers taking ? From the reply of Lord CiiAtcendon to Lord Cianbicabde in the House of Lords , on Thursday , we infer that our Government is

    not prepared to take its stand with Piedmont in maintaining the right of constitutional reform throughout Italy , ' and in procuring the retreat of Austria from the territories that she Ms . occupied ; but that he continues to recognise the right of Austria to keep down populations of Italy beyond its own territory , and to ignore representations except those wMchreaeh him through official channels . Our present purpose , however , is to show that whatever delusions may be put upon our statesmen by foreign schemers , we , the Englisb . people , have no kind of security .

    We are' kept completely in the dark . If our Ministers succeed , it is so much the better for us ; but they never tell us what they are afc till it is all over . If any representative of the English people insists upon knowing what the " servants" of the English people are doing , he is encountered with sneers and contempt , as going beyond his place . If or in this country we have suffered the possession of Government and of its approaches to fall entirely into the hands of cliques , who have an understanding with each bther , and who keep out the uninitiated .

    THE WALEWSEI PLOT . Count " Waiewski ' s address to the Congress at Paris , sketching out a grand combination of European Governments to arrange the affairs of the Continent ^ clai ms our attention nbt more on account of the schemes which it implies in the French Government , than on account of the position of our own Government . What ah&re have our Ministers in those projects ? "What influence have they been exercising to counteract the "Walewski interest in the couricils of the Emperor NaloiiEoirP - What pbsition have they takejt

    tb identify our Government with the popular interests oil : the European nations ? " What liave they done to place tlie Government in strict 'accordance' I with the opinions and wishes of the ^ English people ? We are urisible to answer- an ^ of these questions . We can . more easily give some information respecting the condition : of foreign Governs hients than of our own ; and if we have come out' of the [ Russian war without the disasters that . we might have apprehended , we have no guarantee whatever- tlia-Vthere will -not be a great' set-off * again&t ub' in the sequel oi that war . ' ¦ ' ' •¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ i

    Count Walktvski ' s project appears to have resulted from gathering up the proposals of Sardinia , Naples , and Austria , with an eye to ' projects long ' since entertained amongst the adherents of Louis NAPOi-ifiotr , hut

    sup-This : goes to the extent of keeping out members even of the ruling classes , who will not fall in with the plans of the day . The case of Lord Elcujst is an example . He was lately offered the post of Governor of Victoria . It is possible that- the offer was woll meant on the part of Mr . Labouchewe , otherwise , it might almost be accounted an insult to a man who has been .

    Governor-General of Canada ; who has succeeded in placing our iNorth American colonists , as well as the Empire * in the beat of relations with the "United States j whp has displayed a practical , arbold ^ and successful statesmanship under novel ciroum stances ; and who did so in actual contact wibh a proud , an active , and an ih < i

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  • Leader (1850-1860), April 26, 1856, page 396, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2138/page/12/