Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1877-05-10
half Of the Greeks in their strng-

half Of tho Greeks in their strng'
gle for liberty a few years before
She undertook this war however
under pledges to Crest Britain aut
France thatit should NOS be 6sSs)
couqrest II Russia absorbed O
Turkish Territory. gaining sbso'
lutte coutfol of the Back Sea and
valuable ports on Mediterranean.
the commercial interests Of The
Western nations would suffer a6t
on his ground the Turk WAS thar
the Russian. Russia made peace
when she had virtually conquered
Turkey and this was .'in the IN,
terests Of Russia" Russia was
content with treaty stipulstioh'
looking to the protection CT The
Christians.
ET Kinglake contends that The orr
gin of the Crimesn war in 1858
was a quarrel between the Greek
and Latin Churches as to priv.
leges at Jerusale,a. Turkey 10,
Aue rced BY Louis Napoleon, favor.
ed by Louis Napoleon, favored the
Roman Church and the complica.
tions led to irritation TO war. Rus
sia, taking up the old quarrel Of
the Greek Church, and claiming
that existing treaties had been
violated invaded Turkey. Great
Britain and France formed an al
lance with Turkey aud Russia was
compelled to make peace on their
terms. .,,
While Russia made war in the
name Of prosecuted Christians, En-.
gland and France made war not
so much in the interest of the Turk
as in the interest Of Western Eu>
rope. Their scheme; in the event
Of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Turkey.
was to form an Independent nation
of the Christian provinces Of Tur
kew. and thus remove the cause Of
Russian irritation. Russian in
Huence was ret on It's own ground
and couuteracted. The result Of
the defea' Of Russia o. Sebastopol
was the treaty Of Paris, In which
the Eastern question was taken
out Of her hands and committed to
the great powers of Europe. All
troubles as to the Christians in
Turkey were to be considered 10
commonland no one nation was to
act independently except under
circumstances. The Black
Sea was opened to the fleets of ali
nations. but no war vessels OF Rus,
Turkey were to be allowed
in4its waters Russia was to dis-
arm and the fortifcstion on the
Black Sea. coast were to be ldls>
mantlcd The Christian provinces
Of Wallachis and Moldavia, lying
between Austria and Turkey, we're
formed into the independent prin>
Of Roumania, and placed
the guardianship Of Europe.
In 1870 when France was pow
and England embarrassed.
rice led from certain pro-
visions Of the treaty of, Paris and
awar feet on the Black
Sea. She began the work Of pht
ting her army on o war 4 toetmgI
and under various .pretences made
for the coming struggle,
elHerzegoviaiau ipsWrechon
,f9 years ago was a rebellion Of
the Christians of that province
against Turkish taxation and per-
Seryia was drawn into
The conflict. And as Seryia was
} creation Of the treaty of P3ris
made semiindependent under the
rule Of native Princes and placed
lnder the protection of the Euro
bean powers, although tributary
o Turkey. all Europe became in
,ideptally interested, European
Interference compelled a truce and
negotiations were commenced look
ng TO permanent peace. Russia
'ecretly assisted Servis in the
against Turkey, and de-
handed that the great powers
Ihould interfere in behalf Of the
Christians Of, the northern pro-
Certain reforms we're de.
handed and these met the appro-
raj Of England, France, Germany
md Austria. Turkey adopted al
lew constitution and announced
Ter Intention to carry out reforms
lcrself. Russia held that this was
! mere promise and demanded that