The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-04-30
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A very fair estimate Of the chances OF war
is thus made by the New York Tribune: Our
expectation of the results Of the war, briefly
stated, is this; that after desperate resist
ance Turkey will be forced to succHmb, Rus
sia will content herself with slice of Arme-
MIA, new harbor on the southern shore of
the Black sea, aud her former European
boundary, including one mouth of the Dam
ube; that she will lay no hand on CONSTANT.
nople, stop short of any proceeding which
might provoke the armed intervention of 9TH
er powers, and leave Turkey phantom exist
ence in Europe for few years longer.
Certain well disposed persons seem to be
under the domination of prejudice against
Judge Spofford, the new Senator from Louis
lana, simply because he originated in Con-
necticut. This is manifestly unfair to the
Judge. A Connecticut Democrat is not nec-
essarily more depraved than any other Dem
ocrat, provided he emigrates from his native
state at an early age and beforei he comes to
his UickedneSs, as it were. 1t ought to be
borne in mind that Eaton and Barnum did
not reach the Senate by the way of Louisi-
ana.-N. Y. Tribune.
We are in receipt of numerous letters from
Republicans in reference to the Southern
policy of the President, and are frank to say
that, neither in conversation nor in corres-
pondence, have we found throughout this
section Of the state any universal commenda-
tion of that policy. 1t is acquesced in. 1t
is accepted as an experiment. 1t is taken on
trial, 1t is received with sorrow, if with
tremulous hope, at the best. Often it Is
bitterly denounced, being esteemed a surren-
der of principle.--RockeSter IN. ~ Demo-
crat and Chronicle.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor appears in the role Of
prophet. A gentleman in Richmond who
had conversation with him on the day pre-
ceding the Inauguration of Mr.. Hayes repre-.
sents him as saying at that time: "Should
Mr.. Hayes recognize Hampton and Nichols,
and otherwise show sense of fairness to
the South, they will support his administra-
ton. He can take the Southern people into
camp in one week. am satisfied from pri-
vate advices, that Mr.. Hayes's single, sincere,
and earnest desire is to repair and restore the
S5uth. Whether he will be able to act on
the voltion of his own will remains to be
seen. He has a great opportunity-such an
one as is rarely given to the rulers of men.
l can see policy before President Hayes by
which he will destroy the Democracy in the
that is by calling into existence and activity
the old.line Wing element of the South,
which, having been originally opposed to Sc
cesson, has, since the war, been yoked an
griy and unevenly in Democratic alliance.
By the policv of calling TO his succor and
support the old-line Wings he would build up
a legitimate native white Republican party
in the South.''
The fifth edition of Baron de Worms book,
''The Policy of England in the East" con-
tains some interesting tables on the popula-
ton and armies of the different European ma
tions. According to these returns the Otto
man Empire, Inclusive of the tributary states,
comprises 100000 Turks, 100000 Arabs.
100000 Tartars, Turkomans and Zingarees,
5,123,OO0 Roumanians, 100000 Greeks,
100000 Bulgarians, 100000 Servians, and
100000 Bulgarians protesting the.Mahomme-
dan faith. In Servia there are 100000 Roman
Catholics and 100000 in Albania. Altogether
the population of the empire reaches 52,092,-
06S; but this is inclusive of nearly II, ,000, 600
Nubians, 100000 Egyptians and 100000
Roumanians aud Servians. In another table
the effectives OF the armies of the different
powers are stated as follows: Russia, 1,7S9,-
571; Germany, 1,2fS,834; France Inclusive
of the reserves and territorial army, 1,11S,-
525; Austria, 964,2 ,26S; Italy, 71,S71; Eng
land, 655, ,80S; and Turkey, 629,736. In the
Turkish Army there are 154,376 regulars, to
49, 800 irregulars; while in the other Euro
pean armies, with the exception of England,
there is about an equal proportion of active
and reserved forces. In respect of fleets,
France has 63 ironclad vessels, as against 81
possessed by Great Britain, but the latter
| power has 449 other war vessels, as compared
| to only 366 in the French Navy. Russia has
| 81 ironelads and 124 other men-of-war; Tur-
| key has 21 ironclads; Italy II; Austria II;
Germany s; and Greece l. Montenegro has
| only 100000 inhabitants, with an annual rev.
| enue OF $4,000, but it has $4,000 soldiers-in
other words all the able-bodied men are un-
der arms. The public debt of Russia exceeds
$500, 100000, or half as much again as that
of Turkey.