, 1877-06-09

o5qu5uC;S OF CilIS feIuSdi lcG uS G ISL Out
eye over the map Of Turkey and fix in
Our memories taa positions Of thu various
provinces iuFo waica Turkey is divided,
and alsD some facts about then which are
necessary 70 til, understanding OF recent
events.
And here we would paus4 to observa
that it is impossible to follow ont ques-
tions Of this sort in an intelligent manner
without tho uses Of maps. They need
not be very elaborate, q common School
Atlas being sufficient for a general view {;
but nj Fps of some kind are indispensable.
Looking then at the mp, we perceive
that Turkey in EIrope occupies the
whole breadth Of the great peninsula ly-
ing between the BlaG'l Sea and the
Adriatic, while it stretches from the
Kyean Sea and the Greek f%fo1tier on the
south TO the Save, Danube, and Pruth,
Oh the north an forth west. The en-
pifes which border it o? tn north are
those OF Austria AL 215sjl. Through
the middle Of II e..lcy thI1 daileI
shera runs in a. .3s. aal west dreo-
,ioa the moa1taG. cllj1 Of the Bd-
&a1s, Of wljcl ~ Shall p.oba5Iy
atar much az th3 va gO@ o.; AID
moth Of this We s3a tha srelt ri 'er Dl1I53
lying in tn sane dlrec in and presenting,
ike the Blklus, a fornilt bie ob9tlcie
10 an invading army IRON the North.
Edwards the west, thu whole COuntry
stretching along The Altiaric is occupied
by numerous mountajn ch tins branching
from the Alps. Such IS very briefly the
physical outline of The country; let US
now note its artificial divisions. South OF
the BlIkans, the country sIoping to the
N5eun, forms the rich province of Roume-
liza which contains the capital aud is the
farlhast from the seat OF war. North
Of tA3 mouataias aud S'opjng to the
Danube lies B1'gariI the province whose
sufari1g5 have lately created 50 much sym
patby. Crossing the -reat river We enter
the united priucipai!iia is OF WatlAcAiA and
MollayiA stretching Ouw lrds TO the Rus
sian f|f0aticg. West Of Bulgaria AMI
suc.c1ilg asa from the B lhans to the
Danube w3 ful Ssrria the tributary prin.
cip4ii,y which has made Itself so c1nspi.
cuous IN ne q%llrrej. Tnose provinces
and the small province of Thsssiiv in the
south occupy the pain portoo OF Turkey,
aAd tie comparatly 'ly gentle slopes OF
:he Balkans and are all OF them rich
and wei poop ed territories. The renaja-
ijg proyiac 5 occupy the mountainous
County Of the VS., aad ave beginning
from the south, Albania, the small priuci-
patty of Montenegro, IIerzagovinl, and
stiIl further north Bosnia and Croatia.
The entire area OF all these provinces IN
the plains and the mountains IS 10000
square miles. and their totaI population as
already stated, is about sixteen millions.
For The sake of comparison 1t may be
menti3aal that the population OF Russia
in Europe is over SKY millions, Of France
ard Germ NJ each about forty millions,
and OF Gre.A Britain about lhitty Millions.
OF the :jxtceG n. ions ~ people IN
European Turkey, nearly halt b.Iong to
tha great Sciavoaic family, to which also
belong The Russians, Poles, Bobe mans
and others. 1t viii be seen therefore
that the sympathy b'tween Russia and
the Christian subjects Of Turkey has a
national as well as a religious ground,
Next in importance to the Sclays are the
Roumanians who form about a fourth Of
the population. They are descendants Of
the ancient Dacians and the Roman solo
nists settled among that people, and their
language is said TO bear n nearer resem.
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