The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1873-07-19
is TURKEY IN DANGER.

l. Russia mrditsting anew the seizure
OF Turkeyi There Is rumor ahoat on
the Continent that such "A iesign is seri-
ously entertained, aud that the Emperors
OF Austria and Germany are not only cog
infant ofit, hut are parties to it. The
current story is that plan has been
agreed upon for remodellng the map of
Eastern Europe, in accordance with the
following programmes The Austrian
Empire, as 1t at present exists, IL to be
b oxen up-Bohema, Moravia and Aus.
TRAN Silesia are to be annexed to Prussia;
Upper and Lower Austria, Syria, the
Tyrol, Corinthia apI Carniola to from a
new kingdom under the Archduke Lud-
wig; Russia to have Galicia, with the
whole OF Asiatic Turkey, and the present
Austrian Emperor is TO be provided with
"A new Eastern Empire, which Is TO stretch
from the western border OF Hungary to
the Bosphorus, and is to include Hungary,
Croatia, Siavonia, Roumania, Montenegro,
aud all OF European Turkey. Such "a
project, II 1t were successfully carried ou.,
would give Francis Joseph, as the new
Emperor of the East, Coustantinople
Tor his Capital Whether this ALLEGED
scheme oil ACKNOWLEDGMENT and RECONSTRUCT
lion has any foundation in truth or not.
so far as Prussia and Austria are concern
el,,thcre can be no doubt that Russia has
never given up her designs upon Turkey.
and that she only waits "a favorable op-
portuuity for prosecuting them with all
the immense force mt her command -
Whether also it be true or false that Peter
the Great left the conquest OF the Ottoman
Empire as legacy to his descendants, or
that finger post was planted in the Cri-
mean steppes, during the rci,n Of Cattle
rine the Second, inscribed With the signi.
tioant words: The road to Constantine
pie, Is OF less consequence than the fact
that for the past hundred and f:ty years
Russia has been steadily detaching. one
by on, the outlaying provinces OF Turkey,
and rs steadily looking forward to the
day when she could transfer her seat Ut
Government from the ice burg waters of
the Neva to the shores Of the Bosphorus.
That some danger OF this sort is now i'm
pending, seems probable from the energy
exerted by the Ottoman Government IN
fort Tying, IN the most formidable manner
possible, the approaches to Constantinople;
as well as from the remarkable concessions
made by the Sultan to the Khedive Of
Egypt In return for the Sultan virtual
recognition of the Khedive as an indie
pendent sovereign, the latter binds him
self TO bring the whole OF his aisposable
army TO the defense of Turkey in the event
OF invasion; and as the combined forces
would not number less than two hundred
and fifty thousand men, trained for the
most part in the tactics of modern warfare.
Russia-for size IL the only Power to be
feared-so opposed, would find the con
quest OF Turkey no easy matter, even if
Prussia were to hold France in check, and
Eng Iaud-which is not at all probable
were to leave the sultan and his Egyptian
ally to fight the battle unaided. lt is a
sorry commentary on the Crlmean WAT
that all the prohibitions imposed on the
Gar should have been abandoned two
years ago at the demand OF GortschakoH
The destruction OF Setastoppl the neutra-
lizgtion of the Black Sea, aud the agree
meut wrung from Russia, neither to con-
struct naval arsenal nor throw MP for
tiications on is shores, where all neces-
sary conditions OF peace II they had
been maintained, Turkey wouli have been
secure from menace But they have
been abrogated, and all the fruits Crimeap
struggle given mp Russia hiss rebuilt her
naval arsenal, her war ships are once
more ailoat on the Euxine, and Turkey
once more in serious danger.