, 1877-01-06

The City Con,lu..,u 1t, 70 its Fo'ition'

| growing Roman Empire required an lmpe-
rial center nearer to iss geographical center
than It's Old capital on The Tier; and Ger
,,inlv. IL Constantine had fixed his rev cap
i-al with the ail Of modern science and art,
be could no. possibly have chosen site
which would prove so natural political
center as the one he actually selected.
Compare !. today, CONSIDERED as the capi-
tai of great empire, WITH Rome, or with
any European capital. There is nos ore OF
them all that can sustain TIE comparison for
moment. Cou7,ptinoPlr sits I'ke queen
on The one great highway between Europe
and Asia. Her site Is easy Of defense She
has magnificent barber. She Is faei!e mis-
traSs Of the sea on either side, by means Of
the straits Of the Bosphorns and The Helles-
mont. What is The ste Of L.ndnn, OF Paris,
or Berlin. or Vienna, or St. Petersburg. in
/ The comparison : 10 wonder the Car has
/ long looked with envious eyes toward the
| Golden Haru-to the capital city Of the
Greek Church and the Creek empire. No
w.nder tina. the whole " Eastern question 3"
ha. long hinged on what Is 10 be done with
Cous'au,inople and the highway which she
controls Europe cares little about the out-
/ living possessions Of the Sultan bat il Is a
vital question with every chief European
/ STATE who should hold the kew city Of all the
Er-t.
| Let Russia, with her already enormous
possessions in Europe and Asia, hold Con
stantinople as her southern capital. and she
will not be long in showing Europe who IS
mistress Of the whole Eastern continent.
While the Ottoman Empire was still at
! the hight of her power, while the glory Of
her arms made All Southern Europe trcmble,
this fear and dread was because she held her
seat at Coustantinopla, and thus sar mistress
OF the two seas and the two sands
Bat later, whea the auciear prowess Of the
/ No-l-rns gave way 10 snPinsneSs-when tn
Turk. who was a strong man in has aucient
home, became eifsmin4re in thess SUMMER
! cjimas. the fear grew 70 Je, no' lsst he TUX
should encrolcA upon EUROPE the dread WAS
not bectuss he hell his seat in Europe; but
there i d;~guict sud auxirry le-t he tie un-
able to hold the position he has conquered ;
l-~t r. become "a prey 70 'he teeth e -Le
huge Rus-i-n bear. And 'lis Is 10 IDLE fear,
for given any strong ard intelligent Euro
pan government seated here aDa-rhe rules
the wor,I.
viewed commerrisl,y, The ste Of CJns'an-
.irof]- j. -r.rsr'y l.-- psf g. Even before
tie Christian .ra lcr commerce was v,rv
considerable. Duriu., h, davs Of ae great
R,n.ra Eanp-ror- h-r corrmerciaI prosperity
WIS uuriyalrd. CaI,r tn Su!tau~, al Asia
NIinor Swim. Ar.Eia. ey.u Iu5Ta. ~ v.r'l a-
Ssa hern Europr, have I'D her c. mraerce.
And to-dsv. While her aat.rs are aIwaye
/ white with sails .ud her haybor lined on
every side with tho smaller vessels Of COM
n,trca. the cepaciou, h.r;ar i,s-If is filled
with steamers be.,fu., evsrv E,r.p.an u.r.
which come and y, almost every horr Of
every dsy. brincip, the rraarcrs # Fgropean
Industry. and carving grain. wool. mohair.
fruits. and various proIu.,s of Turkish man
ufac,urs to Eurrpe,n rorts.
Irm.r be said that the commerce Of ssve.
ri European cirias and Of more than cue
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''ai' I'' PIE D1' 1t ''''. DC Ie'''lii' 0eiT
| -aG here Is long list OF counts mos: ImpoT-
tant of all to come Into our reckuuiag-that
/ Tnrlav i u.i,b,,t roa5s ,I,t Turts tbar,-
( Prise that the e0mHr5cs Ind trade OF lu7-
/ key are nearly all IL the hands Of foreigners
/ and Of har ,,v,p CF.rfs,faD ,,r,I.,i,,, s,l NJ
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/ u'HinI many western cities naturally lar
! ie-s favored than herself. Turkey has almost
/ pnrivaI-J resources. which sill remain but
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her d strong WISE H'eF@i government
government which shall exist aad be admin
/ ;s,ara3 !, he interest oF The ,,-o,lo HONESTLY
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facilitate The bringing OF her produce OF
/ every sort 10 the sea encourage her agricul-
,,rs ,yo-z her nf,.s 5svs,,.. her ,,a,uf,a-
=.
'"i's' 'I' 'Is'' "'I'-' N'' y " '''1 Ii '-'
word where eommeTce would embrace 50
( many artlc!'s and keep alive = trade 50 vast
aud various.
/ Look at any map Of The Eastern continent,
: and It Will be seen That the natural CONNER
! c!-l center not only Of almost all Turkey. but
/ Of Persia and Ct vast region BORDERING on
/ the Caspian Sea, also Is CDnS'antin0pls.
/ Bu; with the marchless commeFclsl ftci,i-
ties and large Uuieve!opei RESOURCES, Turkey
has been, uII This day, 50 w0fuiiy "i-Spvern-
/ ed; her resources, instead Of being developed,
have been 80 zen. g-r!es-ly drained her grl-