The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-05-11
HOW THE EUROPEAN WAR IS LIKELY TO
AFFECT Us.

HOW THE EUROPEAN EuRIAHSr WAR Xs is LIKELY Tc
ADMIRAL PORTER AND GENERAL sHER
MANS VIEWS.
Admiral Porter was found in his Office to-
day examining charts and maps of the pro-
bable scenes of conflict, and in reply to an
enquiry said:
This war promises to be the most gigan-
tic and important to Europe. and even to
the United States, that has taken place. 1t
will be great religious war, and the conse-
quences can only be surmised. The idea
of some of the newspapers that Turkey is
going to be wiped out in day is mistaken
one. The Russians will never capture Con-
stantinople. 1t is not in the power of their
army or navy, it is of very little consequence
in contrast with what it is required to ac-
! sSgplisa; They esys about ssisty lIs s iron:
They have 10000 inch in their nary and
| fifteen hundred and ifty-fve guns.
He then read off list of their iron.clads,
showing that five of them carry from six
teen to :wenty.six guns, and the rest from
two to eight guns apiece, and continued:
All these iron -clads are of the very best
material, and their guns Of the latest pat
tern and heaviest calbre. The other ordi-
nary vessels are all reported to be in good
condition. The larger portion of this navy
is now about getting free from the ice of the
North Sea, near st. Petersburg. Those
vessels of the Russian Navy that are now
in our ports came here to get rid Of the ice
there this winter. The navy, however,
makes little difference on either side. This
war, as between Russia and Turkey, is going
to be in the main land fight. The Turks
have twenty splendid iron clads, with eighty
four other good and substantial war vessels
They have ,zf8 guns ana 34, 600 men,.
For the defensive this is good navy
They have the great forts of the Dardan-
elles all along from its mouth up to Gallipo-
lis. Here they also have chains, torpedo
boats, their iron -cads, sunken hulks and
other distractions. The Russians have to
pass through these to Gallipolis, thence into
the Sea Of Marmora, and then they, will
have to fight their way up through the tor
pcdocs, iron. .clads, ETC., to the Bosphcrus,-
AS they pass by Constantinople up the Bos
phorus, they haze twenty miles of forts to
encounter. and having passed these they
arc in the Black Sea. You see, sir, this
fight is by no means to bc all on the side of
the Russians. They have no feet in the
Black Sea. When Sebsatopol was destroy
cd and their great fleet blown up and sunk.
en-, and their navy yards destroyed on the
Black Sea, that settled their fleets in that
and tie EgrSgsaa powers have fort
locality The Russians have fine army,
well disciplined, well officered, and doubt
less their arms, guns and supplies are ofthe
first class. They arc not commencing this
fight for sentiment sake. 1t is the hope of
their lives and they are now arrived at the
point when the Emperor will be able to get
every man and every dollar his people have
so as to win the great contest Of the nation
1t will b. no use, though, as it will end in
disaster. The Turks are thoroughly
aroused. From one end of their vast em.
pire to the other, the Mussumans are
crowding together by the tens of thousands,
and already the religious fanaticism of the
Turks is discernible. Just think of 40 ,0O0,.
900 Of people! They will give every dol
lar and every valuable they have to aid their
side. They have the best arms in the world
they were made by our own people, and
Europe has no better. The large guns the
Turks set from Krupp, and, OF course,
sHs pr1cvfiet is no doubt
bot6 Aia plcnty of arms Shd? ammunition.
After the Russians get much weakened and
the Turks have worried them n good deal,
then the Austrains and, perhaps, the Ger
mans will have something to say. France
is not particularly interested, and-mark
what say--she will not engage in this con.
flict She will go on with her exhibition,
and it promises to be grand success. The
war will not affect it in the least. Austria
is the country that is most in the contest
excepting England, and just how Austria
is going to act remains to be seen. She
will be in the fight, however, before the war
has gone on six months. England is the
grand puzzle. You can depend ou it she does
not intend to allow Russia to take Constan.
tinoplc, even if she could, and her time to
enter into the contest will be marked by the
cir umstanccs Of tho conflict. The great
good that this war is going <s have on our
country cannot be computed. Wewill no,
only sell flour, wheat, corn, pork, arms and
ammunition to the contending parties, but
VIC will sell AL these things to the other
great nations, especially our cereals and
provisions. If the war continues two years
and my prediction is that it will, We viii
have to plant for the whole world. The
entire agricultural pursuits of the great
grain country of the Black Sea will be stop
ped 1t was SO in the Crimean war. was
a lieutenant in the navy and commanded
the Supply, then in the Mediterranean squa
dfon, and well do 1 remember the rich har
vest our merchants reapcd during the war
This war will bring again to us the CONNER.
cial supremacy We lost during our war II
Congress lcgislatcs properly in June, so as
to allow vessels to be bought and placed un
der our flag to remain there, our CONNER
cial marine will be revived. We have moi
.timas TO build ships;ws must :irvy tAesss.
Admiral Porter went on To saw that there