The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-05-11

Of war. The Siberian fleet comprises
II ships of small account, and there
are ships in the White Sea and 5 on
the Sea of Aial. The total available
strength Of the navy is stated ut about
120 mon of war, Of which only % are
ironclais. The public debt of Rusaja
Is estimated at .e25O, 962 900, of whicl,
Ell ,67l 600 does not bear interest.
Added to this Is paper currency OF
sl13, Oh, 1888. Both gold and silver are
| ut a high premium.
Tho total war strength of the Turkish
government is 6lG,lOO. Military SER
vice IS made obligatory on all the
Mohammetlan population, the duration
| arc spent In tho regular army and the
rest In the various reserves. Only one
religious division Of the empire, the
Mohammedan, is permitted to serve in
| he army, though men of other cree1s
] are Obliged to serve in the fleet when
| called on. Tho on.Mussulman pop
ulation pays an exemption tax from
army service, and the citizens of Con-
| stantinople arc also exempt. Thus the
| army is recruited from about twelve
! millions, or less than half the popula-
ton Of the empire. Tho official report
OF the navy gives twenty iron clatls,
other steamers seventy. Nearly all of
tho iron clnds wero built In England.
Three, additional iron clnds have been
completed during the past year, and a
number OF smaller vessels gotten In
order for Warlike services. The navy
is manned by thirty-fonr thousand
men. Hobart Pasha, the chief naval
commander, Is an English,nan Of deci-
ded ability.
In the Crinean war, twenty-three
years ago, there was no telegraph wire
nor q milo of railroad in Turkey. The
| first railroad WAS begun as lately AZ
1865. The country is nos. we'll covered
with lines connecting all important
points. From tho feroclty and ianati-
! cism of the Turkish character it is
apprehenled that If Turkey triumpha
! there will not he enough Christians left
in her 'lOminions to quarrel over.
| The financial condition OF Turkey is
bad. Her deficit last year was nomi.
nally "a, O36, 1924. 1t will probably
prove to be. on account Of the insurrcc
lions i'll the provinces, s7,5oo,ooo.
The foreign debt of the empire is up
wards of Else, 900 900. Turkish sccur-
tiles Of the best class have been treated
in London and Liverpool with deris-
ion. The ssinternal' debt is placed by
official figures Mt about el3,OOO,O 900,
| though the enemies Of Turkey say il
| cannot fall below E3O,OOO,OOO. Tho fl
! nanctal resources Of Turkey for war pl,r-
poses amount to nothing, though the
fact that 80 much of her paper is held
by Englishmen may lead, with other
supposed English interests, to military
assistance from England.
| Here the military strength of the
British empire becomes II subject Of in
terest. Tho total Of the army of Eng
land is 8J0,G2 OF which the regulars
are 22S, 1924 reserves, ;,2O,42l; Irish
police, $4,000; Channel isles, $500; In
dian army, llO,l97, and Indian police,
| 1907 900. 1t is probable that large pro-
portion Of the entire Indian forces
! would sylnpati,ize with tho sultan and
his ally, although Russian agents arc
active, and tho prize Of Independence
from British domination is tempting.
1t is unnecessary to add that the navy
of Great Britain Is the most powerful
in the world.
Tho army of Persia, which is said to
have formed an alliance with Russia,
can furnish ut least seventy thousand
men of all arms. Her geographical
position enables her to render effective
service to Russia in such u quarrel as
the present, inasmuch as she bars the
way to an Auglo-Indian army moving
westward. The principal drawback
upon the colossal military power of
Russia is its remoteness and tho incom-
pleteness Of her railroad system, which
is inadequate to tho transportation re-
qutrod for such IL war as that n wirentl-
ing, and which may possibly involve
other powers besides those mentioned.
The attitude of Austria has not bcen
satisfactorily defined. -Tur.
key, however, seems to have been busy
i'll diplomacy ut Vienna, and there is
talk Of concessions of territory, which
may have q tendency to keep Austria
out OF the struggle, or ut least from OPP
posing Turkey.
One OF the new Pompcian discoveries
is Il wine shop, roughly ornamentctl
by limitations OF marble in fresco. Over
tho podium Of the front room is u band
ofstucco, with four groups painted on
a white ground. The first represents a
young man kissing q woman dressed
in, x,cl1nv, xvith hlonl- Shooo ho