Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-04-12

fganization. nCathaf4insg Set herself about
this, and theme division into govern.
ments. nakingthis empireaoamp ground
followed. At this time, Baron iThugut
was the Austrian envoy at Constantine
pie. IN a despatch addressed to his
court, (dated September Sd, 1775.) he
accurately predicted the consequences of
this treaty, especially those of the artful
clause relative to, the protective right OF
Russia as TO the Greek Church. The last
number Of the North British Review re-
CARDS the politicsl prediction of the Baron
as to the facility the new Russian ports
would offer in a capture of Constantine
pie, to have been remarkable. This has
long been predicted, and is as clearly re-
marked in the Mercury of 1895 as it is in
Thugot's despatch of 1774! The latter
well llIremarked as follows: :
"The most dangerous and dificultPart
of all this business is that the existence
of the Porte appears henceforward to de-
pend on the will of other courts. AS soon
as the works which are to be erected in
the new Russian establishments shall be
completed, we may expect any day the
capture of Constantinople by the Rus
SLAMS"
FROM l774 TO THE PEACE OF JKssEY, 1899:
The disgraceful peace of Kiarardgi,
dictated as it was by Russia, was the
pressage Of a speedy revival of war
Catharine's ambition grew with the orga-
nization of her empire. Her leading
project was dominion on the Black Sea,
and as necessary to this, the possession of
the Crimea; and she aimed at the parti-
ton of Turkey as she did that of Poland,
and to raise on the ruins of the Ottoman
Empire a Greek nation, with the Grand
Duke Constantine at its head. She first
fomented, by her agents, disafection IN
Crimea. In this she was completely
successful, and Crimea became Russian
province. The monster, Paul Potemp-
ki figured in these proceedings, and
one of his acts was to cause thirty thou
sand Tartars to be massacred. At
length the Porte, August "a, 1887, de-
clared war against Russia. Its manifesto
contains details ofthe occupation of Cri-
mea; of Russian intrigucs in MoldaVia
and Wallachin; of the march of Potemp-
XII to the Turkish frontiers with sixty OF
seventy thousand men; and long cata-
logue ofaggrcssive acts. The great prime
mover in all was Prince Potempki, then
in the zenith of his power and the height
Of his crime.
This war lasted four years. It's thea
atre was Crimea, Bess arabia, the coun-
tries Of the Danube from Bosnia to Mol
dava, and the mouth of the Dnieper.-
The distress TO which the Porte was redu-
ced, aroused the sympathies OF other
powers. An alliance was formed with
Prussia, and England mediation. During
this war, exciting debates took place in
the British Parliament in regard to Rus
sian ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Those far-seeing
statesmen urged that then, if ever, was
was the time to preserve the balance oI
European power, and that the future re-
ouired Of Great Britain to maintain the
integrity of Poland. Pitt was ready to
declare war against Russia, but the VIC
lence of opposition prevented him. Al
length the peace of Jassy was made Jan
10, 1922. BY it, /, the Dnieper was
made the boundary between the coun-
tries, which left Crimea, Cherson and
Tursida to Russia, whence soon sprung
the Russian ports of Odessa, Cherson
Sebastopol and the Russian Marine. g
all the conquered places on the right OF
this river were restored to the Porte. 3
the cities of WalIachia and Moldavia were
confirmed in the ancient rights and pri-
vileges This result was of great conse.
quance to Russia, for it promoted the
great object of the creation of a marine
force.
ERoM 1892 TO TIE TREATY OF CONSTANT
TINoPLE, 1900.
1t was the policy of the Porte, in the
wars ofthe French revolution. to maintain
strict neutrality. In 1894, the Divar
made a formal declaration to this effect
But this drew from Russia most imperi
Gus declaration (June 1894. that it ''ne
yer would allow power capable of mo-
testing its frontiers to profess neutrality
and that refusal on the part Of the Porte
to declare war against France, would be
regarded by Russia as a declaration oi
war by the Divan. 1t made FIVE F6rma
demands, all of which the Porte rejected
No war followed at that time, but the in.
vasion of Egypt by France forced the Di
van. for the first time (1T98) to declare
war against that nation. In December,
1898, an alliance was formed with Rus
sia by the treaty of Constantinople. This
consisted of fourteen articles, and they
contain the strongestcoyenants to main
tain the integrity of the two States. The
! second article confirms the treaty of Jas
sew An alliance with Great Britain was
also concluded in 1899 The fruit of thi,
alliance with Russia was the establish
ment of the republic of the Seven Is
lands, which a combined Russian and
Turkish fleet conquered. and which By
the treaty of ConstantinopIe, of Marcel
81, 1900. was with Rngusa, to be undei
the Protection of the Porte! y 81. b. .
FROM 1900 TO THE TREATY OF BUCHAREST
1919. i=5 tt7a1 81
After peace was made with France il
1910 there we're trzn narties in the DIYan