The Morning herald., 1877-05-22
the CROSS AND CRESCENT.

the CROSS AND CKEsCENf.
There was a map in Sundays New
York Herald, illustrating the text OF ii
<.scesram from London, telling Of the cap
,ure of Ardahan, a fortified town in Arme
MIA. by the Russians. We think it Is SAT
to say no such town exists, on Barhoio
news Atlas, said to be one of the best ex
tant; it is not to be found, and It's positlof
a. given in the Herald's war map-irou
k,rs according to Bartholomew, wonldplact
j, in Russian,erriory. Neither Matte Bru1
nor Murray in their geographies mention
Aydahan the Encyclopaedia Of the Ap.
pleton's is also silent as 10 such town:
are we to be thus early imposed upon by
kilograms, maps, and war correspondents
The Russians are engaged in the siege
of Kars, a large town very close 10 The
line. Its capture would lead to importani
results, as it would give to Russia fertile
and rich territory in Armenia, and leaye
their march unobstructed 70 Elzeroum, tht
chef city after Smyrna Of Asia Minor. Il
has 100000 inhabitants, and was taken by
the Russians in 1929. How far the ds.
SINS of Russia may grow with conquest, ii
is difficult to say, but'from present appeal
ance ii looks as if there was being a marcj
o. Constanlinople from two quarlers-'be
highlands of Armenia and the Danube.
The cause of Turkey we look upon as
hopelessy lost. whereat we rejoice, as it i,
foil time that polygamy and slavery should
cease in every land where Chris ian arm,
CAN reach. The ielegrams lead Us to be-
lieye that the Sultan has called upon the
CirGassians to rise and cast off the yoke Of
the Christians, and at the same time he i.
determined 10 open the ranks Of the army
to his Christian suhjec,s. The latter is so
clearly obnoxious to the Koran that We
can hardly see how it Can be done. Wa!
against the inhdel is again and again com
mended by Mahome;; damnation is their
doom. But after the Mohamedan doctors
fsnked the clear Koranic prohibition
against the payment Of any kind Of inter
es. for money, they may be able to gel
around the inhibition against arming the
in6del.
the Russians are massing about a quar-
ter Of million Of men on the Danube.
and if it be true they intend marching
past and operate in the rear Of the Turkish
forlresses Of Narna, Rus.uch ard Shnulla,
il Can mean nothing else than march OF
Adr.anople, and then to Constan,inople.
A number OF considerable rivers rise il
the Carpeathian Mountains, the border
line Of Waliachia, and Trsnsylvan!a, an
Austrian province, all Of them fall into the
Danube by an almost southerly course. 1t
WIS agreed between Austria and Ru:.ia
some months ago that the right wing #
the Russians should not cross one Of these
rivers called the Alu.a. It appears the
Russians have already passed that stream.
and explanations have been called tor from
Vienna. This, coupled with the hostility
OF The Hungarans, who never can forgive
Russia for aiding Austria in putting down
their rebellion Of 1919, may drive Anstro-
Hungary TO arms. Mr.. Gladstone in Eng
land has commenced jealous anti.Tulk-
ish crusade, and has apparently aroused
the religious sentiments Of the disseners
against the Turk. Ii such man as Isaac
Butt would j ,in Gladstone and "slumvy'
Ireland tor the same purpose, it might be
impossible for England 10 raise a hand TO
save Cons!an,inople. Is Greece dead :?
Have the memories # Marathon, Ther.
mopyle,and sa'ami- ceased to inspire, thai
she has failed thus far TO let the world
know that she is Of right entitled to
ThcssaIy and Albania. From present ap-
pearance Russia is apparently bent upon
war Of conquest, and it seems hardly pos.
sibIe to prevent general European war