Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-27
THE TURKO-HELLENIO DIFF
FICULTY.
His Present AsPect--The Re-
sources OF Turkey and Greece.

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The latest cable kilograms announce
that actual war has broken out between
Turkey and Greece. An engagement
has taken place between the Groek steam
er Erosis and a Turish cruiser. and the
latest dispatch indicates that the Greek
vessel had been worsted, since when she
had taken refuge in the harbor Of SYRIA,
where she was blOckaded. The ultima
tum Of the Sultan has been rejected by
Greece. and the Greek envoy at Constan-
tinople has received his passports. All
Greeks are virtually expelled from the
Turkish dominisns by an order that de-
CARES that such Of them as remain after
New Years viii be considered subjects
of the Sublime Porte. OF course, the
Cretan instruction is the cause Of the
present difficulty. aud the new phase of
the controversy may reach 4 magnitude
involving some Of the European powers.
Russia. at all events. has been long pre-
pairing for the outbreak, and Russia
wants COnstantinople. If events should
involve Russia, and should seem to JUS
tify the seizure Of Turkish territory as
that power, there would not be the gen
eral opposition to such seizure that there I
was in the days Of the difficulties that
led to the Crimean war. If the contest
Is confined to Greece and Turkey, an idea
of the ability of these two countries to
carry on a protracted war can be gath
cred from the following statistics, show
ing the extent of territory, population
and resources of the two countries:
The Turkish or Ottoman Empire,
which embraces tracts Of contiguous
territory in Europe, Asia and Africa, has
an aggregate area of 1877, 134 square
miles, divided as follows: Turkey in
Europe, 203,4S4 square miles; Turkey
in Asia, Cos, 992 square miles; and
Turkey in Africa, 955.357 square miles.
The large cities of European Turkey are
Constantinople, Adrianople, Salonica,
Bucharest and Sophia, all of them hav-
ing more than 10000, and two of them
more than 100. 600 inhabitants. There
are besides twenty-five towns with a pop
ulatiOn between 10000 and 10000, and
eighteen towns with from 10000 to 20
600 inhabitants. Asiatic Turkey has
two cities, Smyrna and Damascus, with
a population of above 100, 900 Aleppo,
Soutari, Broussa, Afoom, Kutaieh, Bag
dad and Bassorah have each more than
10000; seventeen other towns have be-
tween 1000 and 10000; and twenty
seven towns between 5000 and 10000.
There has been no complete census Of
the Turkish Empire since 1915, but the
latest estimates put down the total pop
ulation at 81. 100000, of which i, 600
600 are in European Turkey. These
people are religiously divided as follows:
European. Asiati,. i
Greeks aud ArInenIans, 100000 5000 :
Gnittd Greeks ans Ar I
menisns .....a.a.-....--- 10000 |
Roman Ca'hoiic---~- $4,000
lUJtOU $4,000
l4UUO [
and other sects, Druses, HISTORIANS. etc, I
number 100000. Turkey in Europe a
has a coast line of upwards Of 1900 =.
miles, 200 Of which are washed by the q
Adriactic; 100 by the Ionian sea: 600 /
by the Kgean; and 400 by the Black a
sea. The coast line Of Asiatic Turkey q
Is about 1000 miles, embracing the Med $
iterranean, from the Dardanelles to the s.
boundary Of Egypt; the Black sea. "
from the Bosphorgs to St. Nicolai; and q
and the sea Of Marmora, from the Oar Il
daaelles 10 Constautinople. African Y
Turkey has a coast line on the Mediter- m
ranean, from Cape Rosa to Ell Arish. and O,
the whole western side Of the Red n
sea, from Suez to Cape Marneb. n,
partly belonging to the Empire. NJ
rs the east shore Of the Red sea and h,
inSau gulf. Some Of the best harbors Ia
raneSerld are to be found in this vast ID
In EnQast. le
but there M Turkey there is no coal ar
quality. LSsnty Of iron Of the best 81
and alum abounNlphur, copper, salt br
there are copper, leSp Asiatic Turkey 40
rock salt; in Asia MinJum, silver and vi
considerable quantities ofu these and AT
ria, iron, coal and limestone. ~ in Sv- wi
aud Asiatic Turkey both produeqpean an
rice, cotton, rye, barley, wheat andSge. W;
let. The camel, d~r0medary. horses II of
the best breeds, oxen, sheep and co,ts I,
are the principle domestic animals !
No country IN the world is inhabited =
by SO great a variety of races a. tbo :
Turkish Empire. The Turks are diyida5 :
two races, the Osmanlis. or Turts :,
proper, the ruling race. NUMBERING 2 =
10000 in European and 10000 900 in p
Aslatlc Turkey, and the Turkomaps +,
who do not exceed 100, 600. The Greeks =
number 1000, 600 the ArncDians. :
100000; the Selayic races about 6000 Il
the Roumans or Wallachr. 1000 tr
200; Arabs. 100000 and besides If
hese there are Franks, Circassians. Tar. \
ars, Druses, Copts, Berbers. Nubians
tic. The Turks proper are an inteDi,
-ent race, robust and well formed bnt
and licentious. T.
In 1860 there were imported into the
ports of Constantinople. Smvrna ~.
nd Trebizond, foreign goods 10 The val :
e Of S75,5OO,O00, and the exports are
ueh less. OF this trade Great Rrit.;n ~,
IS the lions share both in exports and e.
,Ports. The exports from Turkey - !
: United States in 1860 were 81 On -
and the imports $4,000 Two 90
GFays have been completed. and Sow VI
4 more are projected or are now bn;id. ~
g The receipts Of the imperial treas ~.
y for The year ending October ee1 nm~
ere So 20 GOO, and the e-xpepditnre5
J the~same period, s67, O45. 900 Tbs con
pug debt september -, 1861, was Of van