The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-12-05
Mr.. Paekard's consent as to what the taxa
ton OF this State sball be.
ConStantinople.

gladly identify his power, civil and reli-
gious, with the historic glory of the ancient
Greek empire. There is q new German
emperor; why should there not be a new
Greek emperor. This is, in the opinion of
many, but dream still it is q profoun dl?
cherished dream in Russia. For genera
tions they have been scbeming, fighting,
working for the realization of that dream.
Now, in this our day, it seems at last a.
though crisis approaches when what
seemed but chimera may sudderly be-
come reality.
The Turk stands but insecurely OF his
European domain. The instruction
among his Christian provinces grows more
grayely complicated, his forts are being
invested, bis troops captured, and, worst OF
all, his e1chequer is waning rapidly. No
more loans for Turkey; and without foreign
money the copf1ict cannot last very long.
England is VIGOROUSLY the great supporter
of the Sultan among the European Powers.
She does not want the Car to occupy n
position whence he can sentinel her road to
India with iron clads. If that should hap
pen she might as we'll withdraw peacefully
from her Indian Empire and yield it with
out the inevitable struggle, which would
certainly terminate in not only defeat but
disgrace.
There has been an idle rumor that an ar
rangement is made by which Germany gets
Holland, Russia absorbs Turkey in Europe,
and England occupies Egypt But the
possession of Egypt could not guard the
approaches to the Suez Canal against a
tect England's trade with the Indian Ocean.
Until England has been BUNDLED into a
third rate power Russia eau never occupy
Constantinople.
Are there no other obstacles than English
policyf The Christian Provinces of Tur-
key contain q population of about twelve
millions. They are an exceedingly hardy
and warlike people and, being of the
Sclavic race, have notendency to utilization
with the Cossack and Tarter hordes that
populate the country above them. They
will naturally prefer independence, and
under proper protection would, if relieved
of Turkish misrule, soon develop into q
powerful Christian nation occupying the
territory now called Turkey in Europe.
In the struggle at present going on be.
tween the Herzegovinians and the Sultan
Russia, therefore, stands in an attitude, tc
some extent, of antagonism to both parties
She wishes the ownfall of the Porte but
not through such agencies as will foster
the independent spirit of the Provinces
England is Indifferent whether it is the
Turk or the Christian that controls, 81
| long as he stands firmly in the way of Rus
sian aggression.
In this maelstrom of conflicting interests
it is very difficult to form an idea of the
preponderance of forces. In the Crimear
war, England and Turkey had trouble
enough to withstand the Muscovite Power
aided as they were by France and Sardinia
Now, without France and SARDINIA, Turkey
divided by internal war, and Russia in The
mean time having grown far rore power
! fuI, they might find tie issue taking
different turn.
1t is hardly possible, however, that thu
rest of Europe would remain quiescent il
such struggle. Prussia, in her over
] weening ambition, would not like to SCI
the contamination of a scheme which woulC
form a magnificent Empire of hundred
millions of population, equally potent b!
sea aud land, and overshadowing the Ger
man Empire as colossus beside pigmy
The MEDITERRANEAN States, too,-AustIia
Italy, France and Spain-woald find them
selves mere dependencies of such an En-
| pirc with its men. of war commanding ever,
port on that sea, and the prospect would
be as unpaIatable to them as to England
and Germany.
To us, then, it seems as, though the
Muscovites' dream will remain dream
though the Crescent will probably with
draw from its long usurpation and leave
the Cross to glitter again over the Lowell!
lands where the Constantines reigned.
| DIED-On the 2nd inst, at the Convent of th
Sisters of Notte Dame, at Chattawa, Miss