, 1877-05-23
TURKISH ILLUSIONS.
from the Times,)

Independently Of the vast numerical
superiority that Russia can bring into the
field, she can now fully reckon on the CO.
operation of Roumania, whom geography
has placed at her discretion /; Of Servia,
Bosnia, and Montenegro, whose accounts
with the Porte are not yet satisfactorily
settled !; of Greece, whose ornaments have
been for months carrisd on with undisguis-
I'd ostentation; Of Crete, whers anarchy
ig rampant in town and country, and in
surrsetlon openly organized Of Persia,
which has been i%nsuring up grudges for
years, and cloaks her ambition well, and,
finally, OF the disaffected subjects Of the
Porte throughout the Empire, all Of whom,
Christians 10 ths European Provinces and
Mussulmans in Asia, especially in Syria
and Arabia, and even in Constantinople,
reckoning the rabb!e, which was ysster-
day gasing, with undis8uised delight, at
the lowering Of she Big two-heade stone
eagle from the top Of what was so lately
1gnatief's hcme-a'l Of whom. I ssy.
unite 10 their intense fecli & q nate o tn3
oyerb'aring Osmanli, and look to the
struggls whic6 has now become imminent
as an opportunity f9s the qualification Of
their ioag psnt.up vehaneuce. Ware
Turkeys ruin decfesd by fats, she would
be sure to fall without q friend, for
nothing can be more hollow, more skin
deep than the attachment which many of
the self styled Turkophi}ss whom inter
est binds to hsr fortunes profess to feel
foy bor cause.
For their owl pa-:, tas rhks. beside.
their Regular Army. which even the Rus
slams reckon az 500, zoe combatants, and
ths Bashi-8 azouGs. who thirst TOR blood
md p%lundst, can swell thair force to AL
most an indefinite esssat. BesidAs their
position on t13 Danube, unsqualled ia
strength for defensive purpose, AMI b,.
eides th3 command Of the sea, which in
surss them easy communications bstween
their tWo main ARMIES, they seem to set
20 limits 10 their Imagination when they
conlura up the auxiIiaries which Mahome-
dan enihusi&an may muster in the field
under tbs banner OF the Crescent. We
hear OF Kurdish Chiefs calling together
the nomad tribes Of the Dasers aad pre-
pairing to coma to sAe rescue with 10000
horssmen. We hear Of Egypt, some OF
WHOSE battol;ons are etili encamped in the
Bosnian or Albanian districts, artning and
equipping q fresh contingent Of $4,000
men. Equally Jealous in his duty as a
vAsssl OF the Porte is said to be the Bey
of Tunis, and lavish both of his men and
money. He Of TripoIi alone, it appears,
~evinees q lukewarm. if not actually un-
friendly disposition towards his Suz9rain.
What more7 Yakoob Khaa Of Kashgar,
who one hears has enough to do to keep
of the Chinese, is expected to be able to
spare the Sultan $4,000 Of his Turkomans;
and as to the MussuIman multitude which
is to flock here, no one eau say by what
route, from British India, it is something
positively battling calculation. Many
days will not pass before these suspicious
dreams fade into thin air, and the Turks
see themselves confronted by sober and
stern reality, for, independently of the
madness of relying on the aid of the wild
warriors OF the Desert, or on that of
ambitious and disaffeetsd dependents. were
even all Asia and Africa to supply the
men, one does not see whence the Porte