The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
THE ORIENTAL WAR.
Relative Strength of the Russian and Turk
ish Armies
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ISh ARMIES.
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independently of the vast numerica
superiority that Russia can bring int
the field, she can now fully reckon on til
cooperation of Roumania, whom geoe
raphy has placed at her discretion;
Serv1a, Bosnia and Montenegro, who's,
accounts with the Porte are not vet sat
isfactorily settled; of Greece. who's,
ornaments have been for months carried
on with undisguised ostentation: of Crete
where anarchy is rampant in town an0
country, and instruction openly organ.
lied; of Persia, which has been treasur-
ing up grudges for years, and cloaks her
ambition well; and, finally, of the dis
affected subjects of the Porte throughout
the empire, all of whom, Christians in
the European provinces and Mussulmans
in Asia, especially in Syria and Arabia.
and even In Constantinople, reckoning
the rabble which was yesterday gazing.
with undisguised delight, at the lowering
of the big two-headed stone eagle from
the top of what was SO lately IgnatiefFs
home-an of whom, I say, unite in their
intense feeling of hate to the overbearing
Osmanli, and look to the struggle, which
has now become imminent. as an oppor-
t1lnity for the qualification of their long
pent-up vehemence. Were Turkeys
ruin decreed by fate, she would be sure
to fall without friend, for nothing can
be more hollow, more skin deep, than
the attachment which many of the self
styled Turkophiles whom interest binds
n FORM 70 h
cause
For their own part, the Turks, beside
their regular army, which even the Rus
SLAMS reckon at 100000 combatants. and
the Bashi-Bazouks, who thirst for blood
and plumber, can swell their force to al
most an indefinite extent. Besides their
position on the Danube, unequaled in
strength for defensive purposes, and be-
sides the command of the sea, which in
sures them easy communication between
their two main armies, they seem to set
no limits to their imagination when they
conjure up the auxiliaries which Mo
hammedan enthusiasm may muster il
the field under the banner of the Ores.
cent. We hear of Kurdish chiefs calling
together the nomad tribes of the desert,
and preparing to come to the rescue
with $50, 1000 horsemen. We hear o.
Egypt, some of whose battalions are still
encamped in the Bosnian or Albanial
districts, arming and equipping fresl
contingent of 5000 men Equally zeal
GUS in his duty as vassal of the Port
is said to be the Bey of Tunis, and lavisl
both of his men and money. He
Tripoh alone, it appears, evinces a luke
warm, if not actually unfriendly, dispo
sition toward his Suzerain. VIVA
more? Yakoob Khan, of Kashgar, wh(
one hears has enough to do to keep of
the Chinese, is expected to be able tC
spare the Sultan so, 600 Of his Turko
mans and, as to the Mussulman multi
tude which is to flock here, no one car
say by what route, from British India, il
is something positively battling calcula-
ton. Many days will not pass before
these suspicious dreams fade into thin
air, and the Turks see themselves con
fronted by sober and stern reality, for,
independently of the madness of relying
on the aid of wild warriors of the desert,
or ON that of ambitious and disaffected
dependents, were even all Asia and
Africa to supply the men, one does not
see whence the Porte could draw the
means to support such vast hordes No
doubt her own soldiers will fight well,
and her fortresses will hold out with
great frmness but the want Of organize
ton and good leadership and the exhaus-
ton of her means will soon tell against
the Ottoman armies in the open field,
and, upon any serious reverse overtahng
them, the encouragement which has al
ready seized the Government will soon
extend to the much-enduring countries.