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

MAN b 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 q 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-
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They have 40, 900 inch in their:navy and
fifteen hundred and ffty-fve guns.
He then read off list Of their iron -clads,
showing that five of thom carry from six
teen to twenty 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 calibre. 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 ,2fe guns ana $4,000 men,
For the defensive this is good navy
They have the great forts of the Dardan-
eles. all along from its mouth up to Galipo-
lis. Here they also have chains torpedo
boats, their iron -clads, sunken hulks and
other distractions. The Russians have to
pass through these to Gallipolis, thence into
the Sea Of Ma-mora, and then thsy> 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
are in the Black Sea. You see, sir, this
fight is by no means to be all on the side of
the Russians. They have no feet in the
Black Sea. When Sebsatopol was destroy
ed and their great fleet blown up and sunk
en-, and their navy yards destroyed on the
Black Sea, that settled their fleets in that
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locality. The Russians have fine army,
we'll disciplined, well oficercd, and doubt
less their arms, guns aud supplies are Of the
first class. They are 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 Mussulmans are
crowding together by the tens of thousands
and already the religious fanaticism of the
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, worlt
they were made by our own people, ant
Europe has no better. The large guns tn,
!. Turks got from Krupp, and, Of course
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both hasa plenty of arrns sh6 ammunition
After the R6ssians get; much weakened ant
!, the Turks have worried them good deal
then the Austrains and, perhaps, the Ger
. mans will have something to say. Franc
!, is not particularly interested, and-marl
what say--she will not engage in this con
, Aict. She will 60 on with her exhibition
! and it promises to be q grand success. TIL
: war will not affect it in theleast. Austri
is the country that is most in, The contest
= excepting England, and just how Austri
is going to act remains to be seen. Sh
= will be in the fight, however, before the wa
has gone on six months. England is tn
y grand puzzle. You can depend on it she doe
. not intend to allow Russia to take Constar
i tinoplc, even if she could, and her time
e enter into the contest will be marked b. th
o circumstances Of the conflict. The eres
ri good that this war is goisgte tehaye on Sou
country cannot be computed. We will n,
~ only sell flour, wheat, corn, pork, arms an
- ammunition to the coptending parties, b,
~ we will sell all these things to the 9th,
great nations, especially our cereals on
40 provisions. If the war continues two year
and my prediction is that it will, We wi
r. have to plant for the whole world. III
! ! entire agricultural pursuits of the gre
y grain country ofthe Black Sea will be sto
~ ped. Il vas so In the Orimean war. Iw
~ Ksusouhnt in the navy and commando
~ the Supply, then in the Mediterranean sou
~ dion, and well do 1 remember tho rich ha
vest our merchants reaped during the wa
This war win bring again to US tho CONNIE
no cial supremacy we lost during our war.
an Congress legislates properly in june, so
=. to allow vessels to be bought and placed u