, 1877-05-16
THE ARMIES.
THEIR RELATIVE sTltESurH.

1rFN C7fFkSU6hLIfHf6 k0Hu3H 2JHfET
Independently OF the vast numerical superiority
that 1tussia ran bring tnlo tho fctd, she can now
fully reckon on tue corporation Ut Noumsuta,
whom geography haa placed at her discretion; Ut
ScETta. Noanaa, aud Montenegro. whose accounts
With tho Porto are not Jet 4atalact0rlly scttrl ot
uFcccc, whose astnatnents have been for months
carried Oh with uadssufsua ostentati0n; of Crete,
whcru anarchT ls rampant In town aud Country,
aud iusustucttoa openly organized; of Fessla,
which has been tscasurtng np grudgcs for yeaes.
and eloaka hrr ambition we'll; aud, anally, OF tho
Unaffected fubtects of tho Porte throughout tAu
Empire. nll Of whous+ Christians In tue European
Provinces and Mussulmans In Asia, especially
in Syria and Arabia, and oycn In Coaitantiaopie,
reckoning tho Fabble. which was yesterday gazing,
with uadlsgutsed delight, at the lowering Of tho
big wo.hcsded stono engls from tho top of what
was 10 lAtrly lguatied's hume-1ll Of whom, say,
unite tn their Intense feeling Ut hate to tho over.
bcaring osu,anli, and look to thu struggle which
has now hec0n,e Imminent ~ an opportunity for
the eradication Of thels long pent.up voheulenco.
We're Turkeys ruin dccrccd by faith, she would 10
sure to fall w1thuut frIend, TOR noshlng can bo
which many Of ths ssif,stylc1 Tu1kophIles whom
interest dlnds 10 has fortunes profess to feel fus
her cause.
Forther own part, the Turks. beside their fcQu.
lar hrMy, which even sAa ltusslAns reckon ii 60
oOo cotnbatInta. and tho HAaAl' 'D4x1uks, who
!his,t for e!ota .n1 pnnaus. ca9 well ther foses
tion Oh ths p4uuhe, uneguAlca In strength for d.
fcnsiys puE1,ose, aud besides tho command Of liz
ssa, which Insusps tlcu. Easy comniu uufcation b..
tween thpr two u,ain arntrs, they seun, to set m
limts " thcis imagination when ihey conjurU 10
ihu ~ xilisFea which MohaMmetap enthusinatn may
muster In the dell under the b&uuut or thu t'res
cent. We hear Of Kurdish CHIEF. calling together
shu nomat trieeS OF tho drueEt, aud pirpolIp:
TO cvne TO the re4cue with llO, pQu bprsC.
men. We heas Of Egypl, soue Of whose
battaliona arg still ene4mped In tho BOSNIAN
Or Albanian distElcts aftn!nY and equipp!ag fresh
contingent Ut IL 000 men. Equally xcalous In
his duty ~ vassal of the Faftu II ta!1 to be tho
Ley os Tunis. and lavish both Of hia men aud
money. Ho " TE!polt alunc, It appears. c,tncrs a
!akuwaFE, u not actually unfEic1idly. disposition
towas4a his SnLstaiH. What muruI SAkoub Khan.
OF KashRs!, whu Quo heass hus enough to do ~
keep o1 tho chtncss. IL cxptcte1 to 10 ablu to
spa!e ths sultan so 100 ot hls Tuskolnans; una "
u tho Aassalmaa muIttude which |. 10 itock here,
70 ens can say BY what ROUTE ffom urttt.h In4la,
Many tlaYs will MOI pass bcfoEu ihess auspI-
cioas dreams fads tnto tlin uts. and tho Turks
sec themselves confronted bv .uncs and stern
fe41lIy, for, Independently 0f tu l4alesa of rely
Ing tho aid Ut thu Wild warriors VI Ile dc4cft,
or I'll tllAt Ut smbitlous uHl d3s4iIrcted depeud-
ents. wrts even MI Asia auI Africa tu supply tho
uicn. onc does not wheuca ttu Furto could
dsaw tue n.tana u support such v1sk hoEies. No
doubt her own soldiers Will 1xht we'll, pul her
furtrtssex viii huia out With yTcat nrmne4s; but
thu want OF organization aud gou4 Louder ship and
the cxAauslou VI Acs nlcaux VIII suuM tell asaInst
tho UttouIau armies Ia tlt oprn htlI. und, upon
any Aesi0us re.eEsc oveft1klng them, the dlxc1uE-
azs1asns which Las sIrra1y seized thu Gosx1u.