, 1877-01-28
THE EAETERN 011Eash.

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| II. HISTORY or TIE PAKTICISA8
In order to understand the e:' letlAo.'
the actors in the Eastern " auo We a
| nature OF the issues involved 'ue eoA1.e1
| Is necessary to cali to our aid'e 1eaN'o'S1'
| history. ,,..,.
OF the history Of Turkey i4ufope 1el, ..ssn 49,.
".aae ~ o,,,,aa+s.1 .,,es -. This has not been
because such history has b taeA4p s.l - so,',
for the European proyineeoi tne as+ ou4I-' ~, six.
stituting a border-land beeen snc ,s.s NV hoxe
ilizations Of the Christiat tna luz iosl I.r,i,.
been the scene Of pe7pea1 sssuss,e' " ...is. of
deeds without numbc'o eue eno..s' r.s..,,
orost;on hoe neen for ore than SIXTY years tue
a,os+ rno,no,to,,, ~, in European politics.
+hon1h ~ 10 f,n,o~t,n, has been BY no means
1oas:nH -. But the country hss
hsa. d,i,;c,,1t ~ sess, latter-day means o.
.e,az1.,,oo.;on ling their way in 1t oa1
slowly, and q herf fourteen ans;."nts esu.! fnom
separated the inte5ts oi i's iitn .-;ss. I'm.
those Of the pcoe OF tatnoac eouu.' .,; ,;ts, TIM.
ther, the Slave + no literary nls'ol, na ,,rs1v
~ +he G,ccE tGiye him 8 hold upon tue ll'etI
svn,nath,es m, imaginations OF the cous@'4s4
ci,sscs ~ the Test. But now that steamDoass
NV nnon tb Danube, and other toRens -
1veatcrn clyzation are slowly but s'ie1
,no,-;ng tbciyay into the heart Of tue eoan1t!'
a hotter tnSledge Is awakening new "'e'sS" T.
~, tha o,fmdifIerence, born Of ignoFance' ol
appears. .,...oa. ~ Tnr,er COM
nrisc tht se1vians, the HerzcgoF'nlaoD, W.
Rosni,n@ the Bulgatinns, and inc Aoan. ~
The Ro,aanians, though nominaly o"1ns
,ar;.nc to the Sultans, are 50 cntlEe'9 sepa
rotcd from the struggling Christians o. eur -.
80 49,. that ve NAV leave them out o. W.
rreset account. ~
r1xhe fourteenth century these pro'1n.o =.
rn,stIan Turkey, together with the kepoons ~
sII,tcneoro. constituted the g1oat serTlan e,s
NE. Long united By common descent 49,.
smmon language, aud still more oy 81 so - ~
attn. all the provinces from the Adr1a'le "
,,ack Sea acknowledged the soTerefsn'l -.
,overfnl Gar, STEPHEN DCsHAS- fof '"sA,s s.
hrce years this ruler governed ably bis "ue
min Hc coaided the laws Of the sa1. ,.s
,royinces, ordaining National Assemo5 p,m,s<t
upreme legal authority, providing u. ~ a tast-
dmInistration Of justice, recognizing tue MSe II
ution Of trial by jury, regulating the ea .nd in-
establishing equaolc ta1at.on' '..sd,I
fstinr on free trade as necessary TO Inc na' . n.
,rogrcss Of the people. There sttl e.l'. -, .he
,est Of the LAWS OF DusHAS, elasS'e =. oa,,t.d
;1av,c tongue, and which has been tins ns1an.::
nto Tho German and otnEr languages OF Eme ..e;o,
UuhappI>y, DcsuAs was tempted y rnnfrs to
nd by The weakness Of the Greck kmpA ,,e.
urn covctous gaze upon constantlnopss' eolas En-.
q possession Of the Greeks. Ine u''I Ihe,oDd
'cror called upon the osmaul1 1ols'' Turk ,hs ser-.
he Bosphorus, for protection aganas ~. ro1yes'
ians. The Turks came, bringing tne s md
.rotection, 80 characteristic OF theif n tho
raditfon, and before they turned NV .n,. Ct
erylans they crushed out the last re1hl,t ;,- that
he Empire Of CONSTANTINE in the ca, - tho
,ore his name, and rendered both ahos
,osphorus alike subject to Aoslem rue: s:.a nd
Meanwhile STEPHEN DrsnAs had o's.1 1.t. rs
be provinces had chosen bis son, =. s r.,,iors
heir ruler. Under him the SLATE ,...d nth
altered when the Aoalem hoFdes' e'A'~ '"..: