Arizona weekly miner., 1877-06-01

and lofty purposes, selfish and sacrlicial | combined. Her treasury k impoverished, it | is true, but her resources are great; all are at the service and for the support of the war; her people are more intelligcntv one than ever before, and she gathcrs to herself
 an host of malcontents who do not love Russia, but hate Turkey nor, Russia can
 bring SOO,0)O well trained soldiers into the active campaign. and hold behind them a million more while still other score thou sands can be brought to til their places if they go io the front.
 A, between Russia and Turkey, tho final issue cannot pc doubtful, however long pro ;racicd.
 Bat what of the rest of Europe, Who ht> enough at stake to prevent it, fit be pos slblc, the cap~ummdtion ot RJs>iAN ultcrivr purposes. TNvo powers only, in direct scu>,. The Empire ot Austria Hungary and thc Government of Great Britisn. Germany and France must, a~ far J> can set toe secu stand of and ScDW at each other ant th. rest ot mankind. Italy can only wait She wants Dalmalia and tue Marie Alpine region that looks so boldly down on tie blue waters of tae lovely and historic Adria,ic. She mast nurse her wi>hc, and probably learn ag in to chew the cul of disappointment
 Au>trl1S Interference will cone ln the form of a protcctorate over S,rvia, Bosnia and the Herzegovina. She may be able to do this without an open rupture with Russia. IL k eycE iutimatci thlt an understanding has been rcachcl, hy which Franz-Jo>cph may move his white icEioas into the ancient kingdom ot Dicia at will But England'S attitude k ot far more importauco-wh will she dni Her stake l. greater than any other Power in the world The Rus sian, sc- cure at Coa>tantiaoplr, opens the road to India and mark, the Imperial dccadcncc of Great Britjau. The cohqueror ot Asia Minor the ruicr of European Byzantum-,ln Power whose flag ilje, d-iautiy over the Golden Horn, will m tkc the Mediterranean It> lake, and ere iong occupy Syria thereby controlling Egypt, aud dictating terms to thc o.i world. l dn not for one moment believe that England will permit thS. At present her people t..i kindly toward Rus >iI. Turkey ia nus >Iuse to them. Glad stone stands f1- the brave heart and clear brain of thr Aus.u-S ,NoI race. His posi- tinu IS ia alliance with all tbc best ot Eng lands history. Fh' spirit ot Mi.touS ma lc,tic po~c, llsmpdcpS sacrifice, ot Crom- wells cad d.Jvlu-. ot Nne and Prymm ct fort. of S.dney'> chiyairy, aud Rus>el'> d .iH--"t Hl, Una. H' pH t' cnh'h.c EnS,lSh history. Tac-t forces animate the brains and p,1S that gc-i~t .ur l-rte.itiSn Prcmirr'> eff ,r ln commit Great Bntian more and more tp 30 struggle Itr .a A>iatc Imperial ism. Blt~t'ip.r, r,.,,.on k stronger than sentiment, r,Hr. p'tcl,jM at times than justice. E.4avj'> I ct and army, ton, will at some jpEr.Cr' step n and. occupying C'u-tantiuHu.r, Crete, Syria aud Egypt, po- Ijtr,y invite Ra-s., t'a p'~, mogtcm exam inati'n of TurAcy, and propose with 1t to administer Iaty u3 jt, rf-c.s. England will uo, fight ilr rnraey, lou, at the righ, tim, she may and p..A.b.y will be forced to fight for Cau~tnHupp.r. With Turkey dc>- p,r,te. Ru,>.a c.a',d with victory and Eng land struggling a,mo>, iaG cNi,,auce, it may hr Ihrt in tJi~ contest thc words of the Persian Poet viii a--in come true:
 "Thc spider has woven his web in the im- prrial p1ac.; tAe ov. hath sung her watch -.t-F.r an fIt. {. .,, ..r- ..t A .s-4lt