The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1877-05-17
WAR NOTES.

1HE buSSlan papers were very 1nd1g-
nant at Lord Derby's declaration that if
disarmament was not E hieyed the pro-
tocol was to be null and void. The Rus
slams say it paralyzed the Czar's pacific
disposition, and they lay the blame of
the present difficulties at England s
door.
The military force of Roumania is or
ganized on the Russian plan, and largely
officered by Russians. ALI citizens from
Is to 81 afe liable to military service
The army numbers about 900. The
area OF the principality is 45,642 square
miles, and the population about 4, ,OOO,.
600. The railways are all state prop
perty.
The nominal strength of the Russian
army, upon a war footing, is 1918, ,259
officers and men, SOS,67 being in the
regular army, 127, 1923 in the first re-
serve, and 276, 1854 in the second reserve
This is Exclusive of 129, 900 Cossacks in
military service. The military forces of
Turkey, outside of the "sedentary %
army, are estimated at 459, ,36O Of
course, however, these figures give but a
slight idea of the force she can put in the
field along the Danube. The navy of
Russia comprises 108 men-of-war, of
which 20 are iron-clads; 4,477 officers
and 7,217 seamen. The Turkish navy
has 20 IRON clad ships and 70 other steam
efS
Won MoLTKE's warlike speech on the
occasion of his demand for additional
appropriation created a violent, but only
a momentary, sensation. The Court of
Berlin, as the London Times informs us,
is opposed to anything likely to disturb
the good understanding between the
Governments of Germany and France,
| ard the fresh assurance of cordiality
which Kaiser Wilhelm promptly had
| transmitted to Marshal MacMahon is a
satisfactory proof that no conflict between
Germany and France need be apprehend-
ed at present. The alarmists forget that
no War Minister has ever asked for fresh
appropriations without trying to show
that the country was i'll danger, unless
the grant were made. Won Moltke has
simply put his argument in somewhat
strong language, suggested, as it seems,
by the now half-retired Chancellor.
The command of the Black sea is an
Immense advantage to Turkey. She will
blockade all the Southern Russian ports,
and, if she cannot attempt to make any
landing of troops in the Crimea or ON the
northern coast, she can certainly do so
available for operations in the Black sea
is composed of sixteen large ironclads,
with ITO guns of the newest pattern, and
of some twenty-seven steamers with 600
small guns. The fleet is well manned
and officered by Turks, as well as AL
banians, while all the engineers are En-
glish and Scotch. To this strong fleet
Russia has but few gun and torpedo
boats to oppose. The importance of this
command Of the Black sea becomes still
clearer when we recall the fact that dur
ing the war of 1928 Russia's success was
determined entirely by her possession of
that command. From the moment her
troops crossed the Balkans, all their
supplies were forwarded by sea. Not
having this mighty resource now, she
will, probably, never dare to cross the
mountains, even il she obtains complete
success in Bulgaria. The roads in that
part of the country are so bad that land
transportation is out of the question.