The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-01-28

once submit u lle Tulu VI lllc SLhE VI tuc
Nova. In this Professor Vanlbrey maps
out for Russia vast enterprise, as the an
nihilator Of Islam, and he asks who Is TO
stay her in her deslgnsg Not England,
not France, not Austrla-but Germany !
And vet recent events prove that It Is just
Germany-or Prussia rather-who ismost
friendly to Russia, Fortunately, Turkey
appears inclined to believe In the sincerity
Of Russia's assurances that she has no in
tention Of swallowing up her peace.loving
neighbor, but Is only DESTROYS of regain
ing that prestige which she lost In the
Black sea in 1866. The TACT has long been
evident that Prussia has been too long
treated as an overgrown boy, incapable OF
taking care Of himsell-being constantly
suspected OF evil designs on everybody less
than himself; but the view Is now gradu-
ally gaining ground in Europe that with
Russia restored to her natural position In
her southern waters, and Turkey placed
upon her own dignity, the peace Of the
East will be more likely TO DO secured
than blythe incessant intermeddling OF
the other powers. For the past week the
Turkish press has been adopting q more
independent tone, and even official journ-
ais declare In favor oil q Russian friend
ship, while the Government has taken
steps for the organization OF peace army
OF 100000 men, to be raised In war times
to 100000. Turkey has become i'm
pressed with the idea that neither Eng
land nor Austria has any deep desire to
60 into war for her sake, and she has
therefore adopted the plan Of looking af'
ter her interests herself is, at any rate,
step in theright direction, Should Rus.
sla succeed in gaining the friendship Of
Turkey, which Gen. lgnatieif can do II
any man can, the positions Of England
and Russia In Central Asia will certainly
not be improved. Nevertheless, there
Is no reason why the two Great Powers
should not pursue their separate ways In
peace on the immense Asiatic continent
but, us Prof Vambery says, there Is an
old Asiatic proverb that "ten deryishes
can find room on one carpet which Is fur
too small for two kings"
During our conversation, Prof YAM
berry also touched upon the Sclavlc qucs:
ton, in which he considers Austria and
Turkey arc indissolubly bound together.
He considers the Turkish Sclavs unfit for
selfgovernment, and In every respect in
icrior to the Mohammedans; they arc
vet in their iniantile state Of development.
1t may interest our missionaries TO know
that Prof Vambery has no great hopes Of
success for Protestanismin Asia, where
the people arc fond Of pageantry and
gorgeous raiments, and therefore easier
converted 10 the Greek or Roman Church,
while Protestanism Is generally too cold
and formal for the heated imaginations OF
supersticious and warlike tribes. Hound
tho Oriental traveller in the midst Of his
works on Asia; he has library OF 300
books on Central Asia alone, and most Of
them have traces Of being well studied.
He Is purely an Oriental scholar and tray
eler, and other branches Of science and
study are foreign to his tastes. His house
Is situated on the banks OF the Danube, q
river OF which every Hungarian Is very
proud; his windows look southwark TO
Constantinople, where he has apartments
rented all the year round. He often makes
trips thithcr during the summer. He
speaks enthusiastically Of Hungary and
lis future, and, like oil Hungarians | have
met, is imbued with the deepest Magyar
ism. He has almost been persuaded TO
visit America next year.