The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser., 1853-07-26
The Russian Power in Europe,
CHANCES OF THE CzAR.

In the Paris Prcs'e Of the lst inst. NJ F.
Girardin discusses some of the difficult condi.
tons under which an attack by Russia would
have to be carried out Having come to the
conclusion that Russia will not risk her navy
against the combined forces Of Fxnce and
England, he says;
"She must, then, prefer au expedition BY
land, as in 1928 aud 1899. But here an mn
portant point is 10 be noticed, In 1899. Rus
sia, advancing upon Adrianople, was acting
in harmony with France, England and Prus-
sia In 1858, Russia, marching on Constan.
,inople, would do so in opposition TO France
and England Can we doubt that the sup.
port of these powers would double the cour-
age Of the Turkish army, and the force Of
the Musselman populations
Constantinope has barracks which may rival
the finest Of those Of France or Russia, Two
of them, situated in the environs OF the eapi.
tol, are really eptrenched camps, and capable
Of shcltering an entire army. One Of these
two barracks is called Daoud Pacha the other
Damis Tchfiiich. II was in the latter that
during the late war in 1929, the Sultan plant
ed his standard and announced his resolution
to bury himself beneath the ruins Of his em.
pire. The military arsenal called Topkhana
contains mandatory Of arms, The "a 2
parts which surroundsthe city consist Of dou-
BILE wall with f)sses and towers capable Of q
formidable defence II the Bosphorus presents
an opening at which Russian fleet may ar.
rive from the Cnmea in forty eight hours, the
fortiiications raised at the entrance Of the Bos.
phorus, among which the fort Of Roumilly
lIissar Is distinguished, render this entrance
Of the fleet both difficult and perilous, and
the coast offers no favorable spot for eflecting
a dsembarcatiou, The neaincss Of CONSTANT.
nople would make It easy TO send force TO
resist an attempt by land, during which we
cannot suppose that the fleets of France and
Russia would be idle.
"As soon as we assume The combined inter.
vehtion OF the French and English fleets, we
must give up the hypothesis Of an attempted
landing at the entrance Of the Bosphorus, and
limit ourselves to that Of a new occupation Of
Adrianople, as in 1929. The city Of Adrian
ople has population Of 100000, n citadel
and an arsenal. From Adranople TO Con.
stantinople the distance is l7O kilometres, or
AZ leagues; but Russian regiment destined
TO long march, cannot accomplish more than
20 kilometres per diem, marching two days
and resting on the third, without increasing
the risk Of having to leave q number Of men
on the road The Russian soldier Is fed on
hard black bread and carries on his back a
considerable weight in arms, ammunition and
equipments. The official report Of the cam.
paign in 1923 and 1929, shows that the Rus
sian army lost one hundred and fifty thousand
men from fatigue and sickness alone.
"In 1923 the Russians passed the frontier
20 the number Of 10000. For several weeks
all their efforts failed before the small fortress
Of Brallow. The Emperor Nicholas scarcely
succeeded in defeating the enemy at Baan
louch. The seige Of Varna Jasted niue weeks,
and at last was boughtof Jonssouf It's eomman.
dant, with gold. Joussouf retired to Russia
and there lives on pension. 1t is true that
the Russians repulsed the Turks mt Tchoran
and Shuma, but without defeating them, not
withstanding the enormous sacrifices which
they made their. The succeeding campaign
was commenced under Diebtcli; Rechid Pa
cha only had 10000 irregular troops, and
5000 vagabonds Az Bazar-Y Yeni, the demor-
allied Ottoman army gave way almost with
out combat but Kouteicka made vigorous
resistance, and little was wanting to turn the
balance Of fortune in their favor. Itwas then
that Diebitch advanced on and occupied Ad-
rianople. Yielding to the influence Of Eng.
land, the Divan asked for peace. Would
Turkey follow the same course in 1853, hay.
ing the support Of France and Engiandl But
it is already too late 10 undertake war; for,
at the end Of May, forage fails completely il
the principalties and on the banks Of the
Pruth."
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Blsnop IyEs or NoRrH CARoLIxA--The
I,es affair has taken on new and still more
unhappy phase:
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