(From Otago Witness), The patience of the Turk under his recent provocations, manifold and grievous, is a phenomenon deserving of more study than it seems to be getting. When Prince Alexander, then a protege and client of Russia, seized Eastern Routnelia, bringing Russian uniforms within a day's ride of Constantinople, Turkey returned a kiss for a blow. She made Aiexander governor of the province he had stolen, reserv ing only nominal rights of suzerainty. Next, when Alexander, getting too friendly with his new patron aud too independent of the old, was deposed by Russian intrigue, Turkej stirred not a linger to put down a re volution so hostile to her interests. She merelj commended the matter to the consideration of the Christian powers. The closing of Batoum did not move her, nor the manning of the Black Sea fleet, nor the Ozar's Moscow speech. In this unwonted quiescence there is more than meets the eye. There is, if I do not misread the facts, a deep disgust at the British occupa tion of Egypt, aud reluctance to do any thing which might make British assistance necessary, lest, as the price of that assistance she should be required to finally surrender Egypt. If so, she has played her game badly. England now announces that she means to keep Egypt, stimulated to that deter mination no doubt by the evident intention of Russia to have Bulgaria. Thus it comes about that the unfortunatu Turk loses as much to the protector he was afraid to invite as to the enemy he was afraid to resist. This is rather rough on the unfortunate Turk, who, between Russia and England, is very literally between the devil and the deep sea. Now, however, that he knows the worst about Egypt he will proba bly see no further use in kow-tooing to Russia. On that supposition we may look for events.
