New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-06
THE LECTURE OF DIR. STORRs.

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workng-people Of the First Ward OF this city.
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| THE LECTURE OF DIR. STORRS.
| The LONG STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE OTTOMAN AND
| THE RUSsIAN-CACsEs WHICH HAVE led TO 1T
| --IHE THEATRE OF wAR-EARLY POWER or
| TURKEY AND HER DECLNE-THE QUESTION or
HER FUTURE.
| The Rev. DR.. Richard s. Storrs, of Brooklyn,
delivered, last evening, at the Brooklyn Academy OF
Music the first of two lectures upon the subject The
ottoman and the MuscOvite their Long Duel" very
arge audience well representing the wealth and culture
of the city filed desirable seat IN the great hail.
The speakers finished address, full OF clear statements
and graphic descriptions, and Astounding IN passages Of
graceful and animated eoqueDce, listened to with
delight the first sentence TO the last and occasional
hearty applause showed how completely the lecturer mad
the sympathy of bis audience Upon the stage were
| members Of the Mercantile Library Association by
| whose arrangement the lectures delivered, and
whose president Adrian Van sinderen. introduced Dr.
Storrs The second lecture will be given next Tuesday
evening.
After the prolonged and hearty applause which fol-
lowed his introduction had subsidized Dr. sorrs spoken
substance follows:
Ladies and gentlemen: We have been accustomed
for the past twenty-five years to hear the frequent
reverberations across the Atlantic of great Until
twenty-five years ago had seemed for long time that
the of peace at hand After the battle
OF Waterloo there many years of unaccustomed
peace in Europe. This period was briefly broken i'll
upon by the war between Russia and Turkey, In 1929
and by the revolutionary cracke which went over
Europe IN 1913 But, aside from these minor inter-
ruptions for the long period Of thiryeght years
seemed as II the time near ut hand
when the nations should turn their plows
into pruning hooks. But in 1858 came the
struggle between Russia and Turkey. which was not
ended until the stormng of the Malakof, in 1853 ard
Tho of paris f0Dad a
it seemed as long interval Of peace might ensue
But remember the which have amazed us since
that time Sardinia, the French wars in
Africa the struggle of Garibadi in 1850, our
own Rebellion, the war of France against Aus
tra the war between Prussia and Austria in 1866, and
later the war United Germany, under the lead
OF Prussia and France. And now again, day after day
tor many days. have been receiving udiDgs OF the
struggle between Russia and Turkey, the second within
twenty-five years, the third within fifty And though
even now the treaty of its way TO ST. Peters
burg we may well believe that IL will be long before the
gates arc closed in the temple OF Janus.
Each these has been regarded with intense in
erest in It's relations the people, to the balance of
power Europe and to the interest OF CIVILIZATION ana
none more than the present struggle. owing partly 10
the tragic event III which it commenced, but
more to the uncertainty with which the action
of other European Powers was invested. 1t has
been watched with great vacatlon Of feeling.
believe safely say that when the struggle began
there strong feeling i'll this country AGAINST the
Turk the "unspeakable Turk Carlyle called him.
tbocEcd by the atrociIies III Bulgaria, Tiyalling
those at scio and Damascus INFUSION RON
Europe seemed TOO shgHt punishment Tor
| he OTTOMAN But now, while the same feeling
exists certain quarters, perhaps In aereis passive
because lie proved the weaker because he has fought
! wei, and is burdened with conditions OF peace
for the feeling, but there general gadne>s when
it was the English roncads had steamed
1 tai..a %
MarnOra. Perhaps there has been prevailing dlsrst
OF the Car II any monarch III EuGSIe mas edned
has been suspected OF desire Tor territorial aggra-
e1tIer direcnon Iii my purpose TO sketch The anc-
ccdent events winch have lead up TO this conflict We can
| we know 4<that in the great lakes back OF them
Il mo- than half the fresh of the globe. SO must
must 20 behind Plevna and the snpka Pass, behind the
Amdrassy note the London protocol and me Consantl
nople CONFERENCE.-THE must 20 behind the Ciiintan War
TINS struggle. The slopes OF the centuries
traced by HE currents winch have been rushing TO,
gcther into this conflict II l5 not stInese Wmch could
nave been terminated by diplomatic intervention IL
10 Central Europe.
THE THEATRE OF TIE WAR.
Let us took first at tine theatre OF the war. We
in general that the old Byzantine Empire Parts of
his country conquered by the Romans before ana
parts of it after the Christian After the fall of the
Western Empire these provinces were sim ruled by the
Eastern Empire, and formed the Eastern Empire of
Rome in Europe. 1t is not large country Its area Is
about 100000 square miles about twothrds Of that of
Texas. But territories are not dependent for
Richest and fruitful the world. The lordy Dan
ube flows through the great channel OF commerce. 1t
has diversified surface, nom lhe itch Bulgarian wheat
fields to the mountains up whose slopes TIE vineyards
climb 1t has soil rch and productive, even under the
primitive nplcmens still used 10 Til IT, IL produces
cotton, TAX, silk, wheat maize, rye. OPIUM the grape III
luxurious abundance, Turkey rhubarb, with which our
childhood was familar, dyesuis and tobacco. which.
those who say, is OF excellent quality This pro-
ducUn might be increased hyeiod:
sufficient do the work OF the world. mineral springs
ami immense undeyeoped mineral wealth. IL has ii
superb coast with bays and harbors almost IN
numcrabe, Its old relation to tle commerce Of tho
world VIII be again resumed and Turkey, under the III
fuences OF civilization, VIII yet take It's place among the
mate in what degree We are indebted to this
and. From COnstantinople came the Greek
manuscripts by which the Greek learning OF Europe was
revived For seven centuries the gold com OF Byzan,
tum the standard coin of Europe. ana during all
ionged Tins land great and civilized aud
famous when all Western Europe IN darkness the
OF gold with which be wove the story of its history.
This the land in which and for which the struggle has
been going ON.
SOURCES OF TURKISH POWER.
Let us look at the sources OF power of the Turks,
Ottomans as they prefer 10 be called Whence do they
come What their characterl Three main questions
here TO any student of their history: How came
| they to gain such sudden and enormous power
| In Southeastern EuroDei when achieved how they
came to il having lost It, what are the chances
that il Will be rcsOred-6ut that any part may con
tnue their hands The Ottoman Turks, or Osmanli-
named from their great founder, Osmarl-are OF the
| Turanian race, cousins OF the M0Dg0ls ana the
Tartars They a distinct race from the ATyans.
The Turanans are pastoral, the Aryans agricultural.
Ont of that difference grew the Immense divergence III
character and widely different results III d0mlnion Ag-
rlculture trains to patient industry stimulates nVen
iOn, fosters commerce. gives pernence ana sacredness
To home. order TO society, steadnes5 10 government,
growth to knowledge and civilization. Thus Is the
primal curse changed into a blessing. Pastoral life
the home lis sacTedness makes the government
despOc, the spirit OF the people fierce ana predatory
the result is that the Turanian people have not exhb
zaiOn. The Ind0 European or ATyaD nations Greeks.
| kOmans Germans telts-ail have IA history that Is
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