Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-07-18
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The Two armies are IN presence: Doth are
ANXIOUS 70 night II remains % be seen on
which side viii be TIE victory, Tor A NAV n.
truthfcily said or both, Nv hicb IA toe h-ss
IL not TIE question; which Is TIE worst h q
toss up" Rarely, IN the annals OF rnodera
warfare, has anything been sean 80 radlcslix
worthless rs the seryian and Turkish forces
No military man would dare 20 hazard an
opinion AZ 10 ne result Both have brave
soldiers, perfectly undlscipliued. ana COM
mSnded by chiefs OF equal incOmpefencV
The Turks have the best artillery Tie Ser
s.sns nsee .oe 10 Ssntsge OF position. Both
that OF France. The numbers OF the Infantry
sre about equal In short. % f. q case of mil
Diok, pull devil, and The success viii DC on
The side which will make the fewest blum
GER. Each government IL endesvoring %
snlIt upon Tie other the responsibility OF a
breach OF the peace, one Is afraid, and The
otner careS not begin the attack. They fancy
nere mat serviR will try 90 cross the front der.
ana 50 they hope 10 force her % give battle in
une passage OF The Drin. where the Turks are
suooely en- lrenched, and where their su perior
artillery win insure them an easy Victory.
Ine servlans may fall into the tran btIt
nom what was told me 1t Belgrade, fudge
lhst their game Will De 10 send over email
force, which will retire. nrst 20 hlexinats
and then 70 Deligrad. where the de~isl We an.
gagement will take place, which viii either
cIiveSthe Turks into Bulgaria. into Inc Inldst
OF hostile population, by whom tney viii
De destroyed IN detail, or Will open All Seryia
10 the invaders. 1 gave some weeks ago q
litlle principaliiy-on paper-of course ina
elective IN tie field is much less: and from
the most reliable authority the Servians viii
Lot De able 70 oommence the war with more
than 3 eco men, OF whom ., 0cO are tolerablv
armed and organized. To oppose these the
Turks have three army corps. mum berfne
g Soe9 men OF az srms. The First Corps.
1900 strong, with six batteries, at widdin,
20,oyo and twelve batteries Al Nlsch, forming
the Second Corps; the Third Corps of rsoOl
win twelve batteries, at Novi-BaZaar al
ia
tkrem or GeneraliSsimo, A 3D. III Kerim Pa
sha, who Is at present In Constantinople try
lng 70 hnd out what he shan 40 II the enemy
should not act in the direction which, Accord
Ing 10 ministerial decisions, n ought 10 taxa
BESIDES these three corps OF Observation
there is an army operation OF thirty two
lnoosand Ineu In the Herzegovina and in
Bosnia, where the principal rghtlne will
PROBABLY take place, and % 600 OF al arms as
reserve, echelo1led along the line between
,.s, ,l1. anu soma, ready TO move when
In Upper Albania there Is a contingent Of
lls520, destined 10 keep the Montenegrins
quiet, although Prince Danilo has received
the Grand Nizier's positive assurance that
no movement hostile 10 the prIncipality
was in contemplation. Ten thousand men
from the garrison OF Constantinople; 900
are In Crete, whence they cannot be removed
without the immediate explosion OF an IN
surrection; 500 are In Macedonia, Tnessaiy
aud EplTus; Il 900 IN Syria and the Leila non.
where lhes must remain a. prevent a re-
Va e1t tha-coCItc VI lou ADQ IlhlDR
OF The DTuses and Maronites; 90 600 IN
kurdistan, whose wild tribes are ripe for a
revolti 10000 In detached garrisons Ia Upper
Anatolla and along the Persian frontier.
The grand total, then, on paper, is 100000
men now under arms, TO whom must be
added $1,000 Redifs of the first ban fmilttia
OF The nrst reserve), who will turn out gladly
IL holy war be preached, but who will de-
cline under ordinary circumstances to leave
their tents; and forty-three battslions OF the
second reserve In Syria-about Is 900 more
In comparison with what we have seen in
America, this war will be a very trffine
anair, but Its results will be most important
10 the peace OF Europe. Neither side will be
aole 10 pront by success. Russia will never
permit another Turkish occupation OF Ser
via, and IL viii scarcely be the policy of
England 70 look on calmly at the dismem-
berment OF Turkey and the establishment OF
Russian proteciorste on the shores of the
Bosphorus. The individual who will prob
ably pront most personally by the conflict
Will be the Prince Danilo, OF Montenegro,
who is backed up by the Car, aud who
aspires 10 the position OF future sovereign OF
the proposed Sclavonic empire.