The Morning herald., 1877-04-27
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sOpe. your ..ps, any article upon d
rev crusade without consulting them, VI
he in . great measure uninsealigibl
When opea-east your EYES upon the sOuii
eassesn conner of Russia, called Bessarabi'
The Pruth, larye tributary Of the Dar
ube, 6rns in great part The dividing 'in
bstvees he tributary State Of Roumani
and Rasia Just beyond the line on th
Deslia, . large sfauens Of the Pruih
ssaads Jassy, the capital Of Roumania
with population Of 60, 900, this is the fl.
effective point Of the Russians. There i
csmplsie railv.y communication besweei
J.ssy, Galaiz, Bocharest, Rastuchuk o.
the Danube, thence through Bolgaris IL
shumls and Varna on the Black Sea
Rus.chuk i strongly fortified with pop
uIation Of $1,000. varna with about u,
600 inhabitants and its fortified seaport,
from whence the French and English fee
saiIed in 1854 to invade tie Crimeg il Wa
here also that Amarzsh II, in l444, crush
iugiy defeated the Christians under Lads
las, the King Of Hungary and POlaod. ii
by the aid Of Bulgaria and Re1nsni., H.:
Russians could mas,er this line Of connu-
Dication, they would then be well prepared
to force the passes of,he Balkan and lnen-
ace Adrianople and Cons,aniinople. TIE
Turks have no railway porh from Con-
nauinople, save to Adrisnopls, and west
ward to Philiiopolis, vel. W. in tie Balkan
group Of mountain
The disadvantages wbied Turkey ,abalf
under are tha, she is literally surrounded
by armed enemies. Or lie Wsss she has
Herzegovina AID Muuansgrp. On the
Sonh, Greees. On tie for.a. Szrvis.
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px1 IN Ec-e.ssx his;.-, tsre .sen lorr
iosing their Fir1s, il / couro.plaes of
politics; and there CAL X % oasstso. ihs,
from the time of the gs=a. siege 0. yiepns
in 1852 BY Kara Mustspha The Ottoman
power has been both absolutely and ,sls.
lively on the decline. But in the frs.I
years Of the last century, when all the
world thought it broken and decsying, it,
uddenly humbled the pride of the grea,
Peter of Russia, and inflicted mor.s,
blow upon the splendid Republic of yen-
&c. When the Car Peter in l7lO made
Up his mind that it was entirely safe for
'im to press Turkey to the wall, BY en-.
'ourssing the designs Of the disafec,ed
'ospodar of Moldavia on the Danube
kussia was attracting the attention of the
Whole Of Europe by the progressive in-
9roVement and her visibly increasing DOW.
u. Peter, elated by his victory owe,
Charles XII. Of Sweden, the grea, military
nero Of the age, though, himself ab.ol-,el,
'ure OF an easy triumph over Aclluet I'LL,
me Of the weakes: of sutans, surrounded
" court Of ministers notoriously WORTH
eS and corrupt. Russian agents had
ouod al the Christian. Of European Tur.
Key ready and ripe as they though, for
'e'olt, and when the Sublime Porte as,op-
SIZED him by declaring war, the Gar led
Biz army forward 10 person to invade ,bs
ottoman dominion with drum, hes,;r.
md banners flying as to a cafe and splen-
LID parade. But aingle campaign utterly
'2ofounded bis hopes and ..amazed the
'hole Of Europe. The Christian sub
ects Of the Porte .hrank, as the
'sF''an' in our time have 10 recently done
com confding their des,isiss ~ H. -