The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-04-24
Ole Bulletin.
RoUMANIA.
The Part she viii Play inahe lmpe nd
Ing Btruggle-Her Resources.
louisville Courier-Jourpa,.

louisville Courier journal.
The Roumanian government seems des
| tined to take prominent part In the an
preaching war, unless indeed the Russian
move their troops with such CELEBRITY acros,
the Danube into the Dobrutscha district o.
Bulgaria that the Turks will have to use al
the 10000 men they have in the yilayet Of
the Danube to defend the,passes of the Ba
kan mountains and prevent the Russian
army from getting down into the Roume.
liam plains. The principally Of Romania
contains an area Of 4G,7l0 square miles,
and population of 100000. ninety pei
| cent. Of which are Sciayes, the remainder
being foreigners, largely Jews and Italians.
| IL comprises the extreme northern portion
OF Turkey 10 Europe. ~ is bounded by
the Austr0-Hungarisne empire on the we st,
and on the north and east by Russia, and
south BY. the Danube, which sepaf stes IL
from Bulgaria and Seryia. Roumspia is
composed OF the two provinces of Media.
via and Wallachia, which were united by
q firman OF the Sultan in 1861. The Prince
Alexander John was ousted by q revolu.
ton IN 1860. when Karl OF Hohenzollern
was elected Prince Of Roumania. Rouma-
hia " ~ formed tor the express purpose OF
keeping Russia and Turkey apart, and its
freedom IRON Interference from q foreign
power Is guaranteed by clause Of the
treaty OF Paris. The reigning prince &C
knowledges allegiance to the sultan, and
obhgates himsclfto pay tribute Of $3.50.
900 annually. The surface Of the country
10. for the most part, low and fiat, and in
wet weather large portion Of the ground
- swsmpy Forests abound along the
Danube. The country produces an sbu1.
dance OF corn, wine, tobacco, and hogs.
There are about 900 Of railroad and 2, 600
miles OF telegraph in operation, but the
people have had to pay dearly for these
privileges. owing 10 the rascality Of Strous.
berg. the railroad contractor who recently
came t. grief at 81. Petersburg The army
OF Roumanis on peace footing numbers
ABOUT ~, 900 men. but 1t can be readily in.
creased to 10000 by calling out the mill
TIA. The military reserves of the princi-
pality may be divided ms follows The per-
mauent army and Its reserves, embracing
9 regiments OF infantry, 4 battaliions OF
rif"men, battalion OF pompiers, CON-
panies OF foot gendsrmes, company OF
discipline, regime nts Of huzzar., / SQUAD
ron OF instruction, squadrons OF horse
gendarmes, regiments Of ba tteries. / |
company OF pontoniers, and 4 com panies of
engineers. besides work men, hos pitsl and
transport service; second, the territorial
army and reserves Of SO, 463 infantry and
Il, ls4 cavalry; third, the militia, composed
OF all those between q and 81 year. not
drawn Tor the permanent or territorial |
armies and, fourth, the natioL al guard, in. I
Guiding all the men from 81 to 70 years Of |
az e, who may be called out Tor garrison |
service. II may be added thar the Rou- |
mlans entertain the hatred toward the
Turks which is characteristic of the |
Cc!ayic race, and no Turkish officials will |
be tolerated in the country. The Turks |
eiZed BONANZA in the sixteenth century,
'nd aimee then ii has been alternately In
ne possession OF the Russian and Turks.
ne treaty Of Paris finally guaranteeing i,s
efeTed 10 is paid to the Porte. N"'"