The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-11-17
England, Turkey. Austria, Italy.
Their Military and Naval Strength.
ETC.. ETC.. Etc., ETC.. Csc.

! The war-cloud in the East, which has now and
then obscured the horizon ever since the great
keontinental upheaval which undermined the
throne of the Bonapartes, has at last assumed
Threatening proportions. Russia, having sub
united quietly for fourteen years to the humilia
Ring restrictions placed upon her by the Treaty
of Paris, now rises in her might and solemnly
hectares to the world that she will no longer
consent to the humiliation. England, seeing in
every forward step taken by Russia fresh
danger to her supremacy in the Indies, protests
against the violation or abrogation OF treaty
obligations, aid her people are clamor-
ing for war. The present critical
situation is the legitimate fruit of
The CrimeaE War,
md the conditions of the treaties by which it
VAS brought to close. The war was brought
Ibout by the cunning management of Napoleon,
who was anxious to make French influence
redominate in the East, and at the same time
o engage in a contest that would afford oppor-
unities for gratifying the thirst for military
iory of the French people. He began dispute
Fith the Emperor Nicholas about the guardian
hip of the holy places at Jerusalem, and sue
eeded in exciting that monarch to the fighting
SOint. Then he abandoned SO much of his claim
8 was sufficient to appease the jealousy
England and to excite her
gainst Russia. The Russian EN-
(eror, led on by these maneuvres
bmmenced an attack upon Turkey, and Napo-
ION, by consummatng an alliance with Eng
And, obtained the position and recognition as a
aiding sovereign of Europe that he desired.
be war between Russia and the two allied
estern powers broke out in 1854 aud on the
th of September the allied armies effected a
pding at the Bay of Eupatoria, in the Crimeau
aniu mi tn rel Sa-
stopol. Upon the banks of the river Alma
ey were met by the Russian army. under the
mmand of Prince Mentschikoff, aud on the
eh of September bloody battle eusued, in
lich the Russians we're totally defeated.
the 25th of September Balaklava was
zed by the British troops, and on
9th of October the southern section OF
bastopol was regularly besieged, the northern
ft OF the city being beyond the reach OF the
les owing to the entrance of the harbor having
6n rendered inaccessible by sunken vessels.
e Russians were badly routed at the battles of
aklava and Inkermann on October % aud
Sember 5, and afterwards they mostly con-
ed themselves to the defense of the city. II
at the battle of InkerRann that the French
Dps under Canrobert won special distinction
this fight BOIL Russians were killed aud 599l
hnded. The English loss was 469 killed anC
WOuuuSu, anu IuO cIcuCu lOSb OoJ hlll6u
1887 wounded.
puring the siege the Russians made frequen
lies, and some of the contests which ensueC
"a these were of sufficient magnitude to war
being designated as regular battles. Amonl
most prominent of these incidental ighu
brilliant but unsuccessful attack by tn,
pch upon n new redoubt; their first assault
b the Malakoff and Redan, June Is, 1855
the battle of the Tchernaya August 16, il
Ihich the Russians with $4,000 infantry ant
cavalry made a desperate effort to cripp
enemy. Tie trenches having been advanced
e enough, the final bombardment commenced
he 9th of September, and was continue,
hree days. The Malakoh aud Redau wer
med on September s, and captured after
endous struggle, aud SebastoPol was at tn
cy of the allies. With the conclusion of ia
of Sebastopol the war was brought To
pai termination, and the fna
stions of peace we're settled by
The Treaty of Paris.
he contracting parties TO this treaty wer
kia, France, England, Sardinia, and Turkey
different powers participating in the wa
III il brought TO a close, and It was finall
ed at Paris on the 18th of March, 1856. Tn
essential points of the treaty were the TO
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eicie mentions that the Sultan grants reform
gard 20 his Christian subjects.
iele IL declares that the Black Sea Is net
ed its waters aud its ports thereon. open
ercantile marine OF every nation, are formal
erpetually interdicted TO the dag OF war eith'
powers possessing its coasts or or any oth'
with the exceptions mentioned In article
cen and nineteen OF the present treaty.
icle IL prescribes that all regulations respec