, 1877-01-27
TIE EASTERN QUESTION.


FuI AaH Gaz<t.t.
Q,-What Is tho E4stcFn question: A.-Thc
aq9S'tSWS a9Wa S' ts asys ,sts i II Fl, n,ass s An u,,o
statca In his "Alculoirs" that the nalnc wus
given In 1879 by "cyery one'' to tho quarrel l.e-
tween TIC Sultan Mal;suoud aud Ills SUBJECT the
pasha @ e. !FEpt; w.t., ncest ns AZ! 1!,1o, ,n.,, o
serves, IL not the Ottoman Empire; thu Dsto-
war E"ri & t n.t tho t,s sMtTs Eis.; IT.. The gFea.
acaulrei, turn by ti.rl', either thT"uRh
tf,e Wc.,ern qu.stion." why !. s,,r ] LANGUAGE e.
n. no orc wnta!d have thought of employing In
regard 10 The tcrrtt"r., crises ot chftaslan In
lM connection Will ttc Ottnn,an Emprus A.
The reason IL, TINT III tue Ottuutan Eupre thcrc
arc now no l.<al Or partial qacstiois., Not ihr
satt shk II, II .hs w"as ot ~. ;,uizut snn
btoHe rnn fall out, hut tic antlrr sirtrture
seems to bc, a>sd IN Iact Il, un tbs point Of
crutnbitng to pieces.
sn6jrett A.--DIrclent opiulous, he a,,ls, ,nay
10 entertained % to tho amount Or ssrcnstll ard
pruhahc life still rc1,ainng to t'lis Immense iu-
, vai,d' Ut no olle seriously txsscs tut hs
lrs. uear, nlore Or less natural, is a
fact wi,tch tniturneea the wiiuic. Situation, 4
prcsenttmcnt which trouh'es all Europe. The
Huesttua Of Egypt was, tn lSn, The aaratson Of
LHE 0lIpuaAH ItAFuE lt6p4ls AIaH taG HHESklUH VI
tic otto'n4u Empire I. indeed tho question of
the East: mt au'y OF the European East bat Ut
the Asfsttc East as wcii, fur Asia IT, nuw thc
theatre Of the ambitions and riyulsics Of the
ptre ID !hr read. thr cute, tue key Of Asia.
,Q.-What part it'd II. i3utzot play In eonnec-
s!on With the Eastern question! A.-ln 1850
aud 1si0 this cluincnt statesman. then French
Quoted On tic part Of France thc negotiations
with Lord Parerston Oh tho part ot Eng1and,
conrornng tne E.a.tcsn 4ursth,n Of that time.
,Q.--iiaw did tfe iato I4oEti ktra'Isfoni Iclne
expression was aconseaIcnt une, IN two wo,is.
politics."
V.-Whcn does str. l;raas pnlt think Iii. cx-
prcsston wa first usctlg Allie believes It WIZ
first used ''in IT, Latin equivalent at tho time
Of the battlu Of Lepanto.
Q.-WhAt was the battle OF l.rpantof A.
Tho third Of tho four ttecls!ye battles xou "
lost by thc Turks on European soil
Q.--Nane them IN due nrjcr, aud say what
IheY dccadcd A.-kossora, lSs9, In which The
Turks, having Just penctSatel Into Eurupc, DE-
stroycd tlie ancient 5csyiau Empire; copstahta-
took tho Byzantine, capital; Lepanto, 1911,
WIEN, Mt Tho hands Of TcnctIans Gsctk., Spun
tards, and other fmntrlalists under Dot, john
q Austria, tlls Turks received their first severe
fhcck al the greateat naval engagement Of
modern times; and rlcnna. l9S3, whon Turk.
lab army raca1npcd outside the Austrian capital
W. lrIvcn hask and routed BY JoAu soble.kl
Q.-state, tn thc simplest n,as,neE, how the
four great Turkish battles Ut the fourteenth,
fifteenth, sixteenth, autl seventeenth eent,lrles
should b. viewed A.-Thc two tlrst ~ building
IN the Turkish power, tho two last u breaking
It down,
Q.-Was Turkey still regarded In the eight
cath &C injury rs q danger to Eurvpel A.-No;
Tor already. towards the c,ld Of the seventeenth
eEntufy, Sir Thomas Hoe, Jamrs HIS Aaibsssa-
dor ~ Coustantiuoplc, wrote home that Turkey
ras "Aks The body OF an old man crazed with
vices, Which puts on the appearance OF health,
though uear tt4 cud.''
Q.-Wbat important portion Of tts territory
70 Europe did Turkey 1sst loae and uhenl
A.-AQuggy 1t tho end of the keseRtseuta
ecnAsy. ~ nnxt REeat territorial loss uas the
Csttne9, a& ~ e14d of tbs eighteenth century.
Q.-Whs4 RroItuees ha1e has&ad from heasath
h dominion sno bsye<Eaa hxapp4adent. ar qvAas