Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . nglands support ofthe Andrassy note had been neutralized by itsrefusal to sign the Berlin note; that it hadfailed to cooperate in the naval demonstrations,and that it had opposed the Russian policy inthe matter of the six months armistice withoutgiving Russia previous notice of its intentionto do so, whereby the esteem of the Porte foithe unity of Europe had been greatly depre*ciated. Nevertheless, there was now, at length,accord between Russia and Europe. Russiahad with pleasure seen Lord Derby take thefirst step t
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . nglands support ofthe Andrassy note had been neutralized by itsrefusal to sign the Berlin note; that it hadfailed to cooperate in the naval demonstrations,and that it had opposed the Russian policy inthe matter of the six months armistice withoutgiving Russia previous notice of its intentionto do so, whereby the esteem of the Porte foithe unity of Europe had been greatly depre*ciated. Nevertheless, there was now, at length,accord between Russia and Europe. Russiahad with pleasure seen Lord Derby take thefirst step toward calling a conference, and hadcooperated in this object. Both powers wereagreed as to the necessity of guaranteeing re-forms and prosecuting them; they were notagreed upon means. England was seeking tobring into effect the stipulations of an earliertime, without thinking of the unfortunate re-sults which they had produced, or to what weak-ness the action of Europe in respect to Turkeyhad been condemned by the treaty of had been obliged several times to deny. COS9ACK MAN AND WOMAN. those stipulations, and they were to-day, aswas shown by incontrovertible facts, the causesof evils which had been pointed out by Russiaas threatened by them for twenty years. Thepowers must act, and present conditions to thePorte, which had broken the treaty of 1856. RUSSIA. 711 Russia would not bo satisfied with merely pre-ventive measures, but would still hold in consid-eration whether the existing difficulties couldnot be peacefully salved by the concurrence ofthe. six great powers. Russia had no selfishwishes, :is the Czar had told Lord Loftus atLivadia. It the Knglish cabinet would nowpublish the report of Lord Loftus, and if itcould convince itself that Russia had the willto go hand-in-hand with it, then the principleson which they were as one would be no deadletter, and the threatening danger would nothover over the peace of Europe. A decree was issued February 5th, abolish-i
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