Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-01
WHERE THE WAR WILL BE
FOUGHT.

The New York Stn is . paper upon
which no reliance can DO placed when Ito
editor comments upon political Affairs.
But as an authority on all matters out
side OF politics. its supremacy Is &C
knowledged. It's editor. Charles A.
Dana. is the osly writer Of pure. unad-
ultsratsd English that this nation has
produced. He Is Learned scholar. the
editor Of the American Cyclopsdia, and
probably knows more about the history
Of tho world. than any ether journalist
in the United States. This being the
case. what he has to say about the war
between Russia and Turkey. will b. OF
interest 10 all our readers. and we nov
reproduce an editorial which appeared
in the Sun Ct April Goth. Mr.. Dana
evidently agrees with the Nrws in the
belief that Russia has undertaken q
Hsrculsan task. He says:
We have had the widest and most i'm
possible theories autographed from Europe.
and gravely commented upon here, OF .
Russian advance upon constantinopls
through Asia Minor along the southern
shore Of the Black Sea ; and one Of our
contemporaries has gone 90 far a. 10 pub
lish, - q special piece Of information re-
csived by telegram from England. the
| news that In consideration Of pecuniary
assistance received from the Jews, Russia
10 70 advance directly through Mesopotamia
upon Syria and occupy the Holy Land BY
July next.
All such rumors and conjectures imply
Q profound ignorance Of the Asiatic prov.
inces Of Turkey. and Of tho nature OF tho
difficulties which Russia will have to con-
tend with in that direction. so far from
being Turkeys weakest point. nature has
made Il her strongest: while. owing to the
extreme length Of the limo OF communiea-
tion, II 10 tho side from which RussiA will
and 10 most dangerous and dificult 10
ADVANCE. This WAS proved by the exp~ri-
eucs Of the Crimean war. and. although
n In true that conditions have changed
since then, tho physical obstacles remain
the ssme, while there are others Of . po-
liticsl nature which cannot DO ignored.
but a. there can be no doubt maj Russia
really intends To attack from this airsc-
ton. n ~ there IL every reason 70 De-
lisvs that she has concerted action win
| Persia, ID will be interesting TO consider
| what. under the most favorable circum-
stances. she might possibly achieve.
In the first place, w may dismiss the
| idea Of . campaign upon Constantinople
through Anatolia as an im~pracucao'e ao-
surdity. The n OF march, extending
/ over o thousand miles, would % through
. wild. mountainous country, trAversed
only BY most rugged brtile pains along
which IL would b impossible 70 convey
the highest field artillery, totally desu.
tnte Of supplies, inhabited by fanatic ana
warliks tribes. aud defensible at every
point. Any attempt TO move along the
s-ashore would not only be extremely dii-
ficult from the absence OF any good road,
but a. the Turkish fieet commands the
Black Sea. tho whole length OF the Russian
line Of communication would DO exposed
TO It's attacks. The notion Of . march
from Georgia through kurdistan to the
Holy Land IL. II possible. more chimerieal
than the other. Here We have not 1
mountains, but deserts, and . population
trained 10 the most lawless and daring
feats Of arms. IL the russians could only
DO induced by the Jews to concentrate
their military energies on this comPalgn,
tho latter would confer . greater favor on
the Sultan than II they iurnisned MIN
with the expenses OF the war. :,
What Russia may Q ? 10, IN ,nis III
rection with tue assis'aneeo Iers'A, nov
| ever. Ia 4 rNctluc1tlOn Oh LTOuUtI. ~ tlt
close OF the orinean sa.
cure oy ,ne uesty -. i0so ~. ~. IL
toum' whieh hes some n'o v nn
rom her Presen. ~. .sI III,
10 almost essenuai 10 he as'siopmen'
Of her Trans-Caucasian provinces, whlei
are now dependent upon tue ihsecurs rosd'
stead Of Poti' twsn.y.ioui ml,ss u ~,
rom batoum .ns .no "tnIaus " vi
Tihis railway. when the weather 10 bad
ships lying on Pou are obiiSel W run
down to BAtouni Tor snei'sr. nseepuhs
one or two obscure htue haioors uhuc'
the CireAssiAh rahse qui.e nns, n'',v..n
mereiAI pu'p.S,s .ns'. p,"nw I'm.
tns ouAis =. ner'en Anu =,
possession OF WI. p.Aes pn.s,. osu.oi'
very great importance W .ah.n1 ~,
ally now th.t sne u soins r.oai,u ne'
neet ON the BLACK sea anu Prv.
diet a. very PropAo'o 'esui' VI "' WA
that she VIII secure H. .n..
Doubtless. Also we Snail ha.o nr,
siege OF hArs. lnis Ior.Iess ~ pu'
INTO gocd oruer sinec Us ,a' i'm,
against Muravien IN 1919, .ha - mus
either DO taken or masked II Any opeia'
tons are taken IN Armenia. As tue PoPu'
lation here viii ee TO some ex'ent symPa-
II ALL A.. Al. .....lgE NhaaA nrAFQtlnna nav