Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-08-25
ga--sa and Turk~y

Ea--sa and Iurk~t.
~ ~. sAr-hsga.s are Il a1a-t x-<s
~ s.esErTsno~. With tr~m-z ...ssiy srvcr-
sne every ia YEAS. A. IN Spanish Amer
lcA- II o.n hardly u eKE-C,esl tAst the
yeoPse should he eUtcrpri..u- Men DO
not lIse to eAEsend vast amcuEgs II labor
and money To- have them destroyed by a
CONFUSION lasting only q fcs second. or
minutes AT the most. Europe has not
been a. badly afflicted with earthquakes
o. south America yet her enterprise has
been crippled and the happiness Of her
natioDalities has been diminished by in
huences scarcely less demoraizing. Her
history is largely record of wars, for the
most part occasioned by the passions or
the whims of monarchs, their subjects
pouring out blood and treasure, while
they reaped the harvest of "glory." War
fury ortwoago; still it is menacing enough
to render necessary burdensome standing
armies.
For months past England and the whole
continent have been feverishly awaiting
the movements of Russia. War means
the disorganization of manufactures and
trade, as we'll as open hOstilities between
two or more conflicting powers. The nom
combatants are often great financial suf-
ferers. When our rebellion was in pro-
gress British cotton manufacturers were
in a sad condition, and this undoubtedly
led the British people generally to take
warmer interest in the struggle than they
otherwise would have done, the working
men sympathizing with our government,
while their employers hoped for an open
market through the victory of the South.
The struggle that is supposed to be i'm
pending in Europe comes nearer home
to all classes of its people than any con-
f1ict on our own continent could do.
Beyond the paralysis of business and
financial entanglements there remains the
possibility of other nations than Russia
and Turkey being involved in the war.
The Eastern question has long been the
dread of European statesmen, and, de.
spairing of its peaceful adjustment, they
have tried to keep it in the background
by palliative treatment. Their success
has only been partial, and when war has
arisen like that Of the Crimea, the nego-
tiations at the close have really settled
nothing. The occasions for this state of
things are manifold; the underlying
causes are few.
Four hundred years ago the Turks, a
fanatical horde of Moslems, established
fOothold in Europe and erected despot-
ism on the ruins of the old Grecian En-
pire. For more than 200 years they were
the dread of Christian Europe, particu-
larly of the nations bordering on the
Mediterranean and the Danube, and it was
not until the close of the last century that
the Turkish Empire could be figuratively
spoken of as the sick man, though it had
been slowly decaying for many years.
When the Turks took Constantinople
Russia was hardly known to Western
Europe, and up to the days of Peter the
Great (died 1889 was of no weight in
diplomacy. That half barbarous, but
wonderfully intellectual monarch, per
Csived the needs OF his country, and.
while lsboring for its internal develop
ment, foressw the necessity of its becom-
ing the head of all the Christians adher-
iog 70 the Greek confession Daring his
active life, a. in his political testament.
he urged the Russian conquest Of Turkey
- the grand principle If national policy.
HIS Iusacdiate successors. while sympa-
shs1fng with hrs views, lsckei his alsiIity.
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