The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-06-23

nople fell the Empire Of Constantine
the Great, i,l25 years after the rebuild.
ing OF the city by that monarch. Ma
homet III. followed up his triumph NJ
Constantinople by series Of important
movements on the line Of the Danube
and was SO far successful as 10 reoccu.
Ply Servian territory, which had been
partly wrested from the Porte DURING
preceding reigns, and TO compel John
Hunyady, the most active opponent 81
the Turks, 10 make peace and pay A
tribute To the Sultan. Under Mahomet
the Greek Archipelago was attacked by
Turkish fleets and many important
islands were added 10 the Ottoman En-.
pire, but the Turks were defeated in
their second attempt TO capture Bel.
grade, although this check was more
than counterbalanced by the conquest
of Greece, which was accomplished I'M.
der the personal direction of the Sui
tan.
s0LIMAN THE GREAT.
This remarkable man was successful
in the third siege of the Belgrade.
city which had hitherto deiied capture
by the Turks, and alss in the second
siege of Rhodes, which now became
part of the Turkish Empire. In 1924
Soliman conquered Hungary after de-
csive battle, near Mohacs, and desc.
lated the country with fire and sword
In 1929 he besieged Vienna, after tax
ing possession of Buda-Pesth, but fail.
ed to take the Austrian capital owing
TO severe autumnal rains, which threat.
ened To cut off his retreat. An inya-
sion of Germany took place in 1882,
but when strongly entrenched on the
Danube, the German Emperor made
the Sultan proposals of peace, which
were accepted by the latter. After
series of successful expeditions, which
added much glory to his reign, Soliman
died in 1866. He was the cotempora-
ry Of Henry the VIII. of England, Fran
els |. of France, Charles V. of Germany
and Pope Leo ", and riyaled them in
the magniiicence Of his reign, but far
surpassed them in the extent of his
onquests. His son
sELIM III,
assembled the throne and conquered
Arabia, but the power of the Ottoman
I4unpllt ItNtlNtu niNA AAAdl ~uNik
under this ruler. The Christian nations
organized fleet under the commando Of
Don John of Austria, consisting Of
more than 200 ships from Spain, Rome
and Venice, and, meeting the Turkish
fleet ut Lepanto, completely destroyed
it. The reign of Selim marked the
commencement of the decadence Of
Turkish power in Europe.
MEHEMEr MURAD EFFENDI,
as the successor Of the deposed sultan,
shows that adherence to anciant Turkish
laws and policy is the guiding idea in
the minds of the reactionary party
The flame of fanaticism is famed by
appeals from mosque and minaret. and
the new Sultan mounts his dead IA
theirs throne with the keynote Of the
policy expected of him ringing in his
ears.
The rise of Turkish power was sur
rounded with bloody magnihcence
which dazzled and overawed the semi
civilized nations that strove TO combat
it. Its prime was an era of splendor
and comparative progress, because the
Turks are naturally given to refinement
and study; but in its decay the evil
dences of the corruption that is gnaw-
ing its vitals are only too plainly visi-
BILE. A little over 600 years ago the
first footprint Of the Moslem was set in
European Turkey, and we now watch
with increasing interest the signs OF his
departure. Truly it is said, "Iime
makes all things even"