The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-02-21
4 REMARKABLY PREDICTION DY
NAPOLEON.

The Eastern War Ends az He Predicted
Nashville American: The four strong
forts at the mouth of the HellspOnt ma
med the D~ardenelles, has given that IT,
tie to the straits to the Sea of Marmora.
These straits are thirty miles long and
from a half-mile to Il mile in width,
and their craggs and bluffs may be Ii
ned with batteries which no fleet could
possibly pass. The straits of the Bos-
ph0rus connecting the Sea of Marmora
with the Black Sea are about fifteen
miles long, with an average width Of
half a mile. The Bosphorus and the
DardenclleS being the only gate for
nearly the entire commerce OF ~l'ussia,
the importance of the possession OF the
gateway to Russia is apparent. Other
leading nations have opposed Russia's
possession of it, from apprehension
that its acquisitions would give
give Russia power which all united
| Europe could scarcely withstand.
In this connection, the predictions Of
historic European leaders, from time
to time, in the past, have a peculiar i'll
terast at this time. "rhe D~lrdenelles,'
said the Emperor Alexander l.,
care the keys of my house. Let me get
chem, and my power is resistable. ,
''The possession of COnstantinople,'
said Napoleon l., "givcS Russia the
dominion Of the world" SO great was
the desire of the Empress Catherine
for the possession OF Constantinople
! that she christcncl her youngest grand
son Constantine, hoping lie would
march to the conquest CT The capital az
ter which he was named. MGneval,
private secretary of Napoleon l., re-
cords that in one of the interviews OF
| Napoleon with Alexander /. he over
heard the Car offer to cooperate with
| the Emperor in all his plans if NapO-
leon wNllld consent that Russia should
take Constantinoplc. The French En-
! peror replied, after u moments heSita-
ton, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . 1t Is
the empire of the world"
Napoleon said to Las Casas, at Hele-
! ma, "Rus@ia has Il vast superiority over
the rest of Europe in regard to the i'm
mense powers she can call up for the
purpose of invasion, together with the
physical advantages Of her situation
under the pole and backed by eternal
bulwarks of ice, which, in case of need,
will render her inaccessible, Russia
can only be attacked One-third or one
fourth of the year, while she can.
throughout the whole twelve months,
maintain attacks upon us.
"ShOuld there arise an Emperor OF
Russia, valiant, impetuOus and intelli-
gcnt-in a word, a Car with Il beard
upon his chin-Europe is his own
Napoleon then added, after measuring
with a pair of CON passes, the distance,
on the map, ''Constantinople is, from
it's situation calculated to be the seat
and center OF universal dominion"
"In the course of a few years. SAID
the Emperor of O'NIeara, his physician.
"Russia will have ConstantinQpIc, the
greatest part of Turkey, and all Greece.
This ] hold to be us certain AS if 1t had
already taken place. Almost all tho
cajoling and battery which Alexander
practiccd toward me was to gain my
consent 10 effect this object. In the ma
tural course of things, Turkey, IN a
few years, must fall TO Russia. The
Powers it would injure, and who
could oppose it, are England, Prussia
France and Austria. Now as to Aus.
tria, it will be very easy for Russia tt
engage her assistance by giving hel
other provinces bordering upon the
Austrian dominions. The only hypoth'
csis that France and England may even
be allied with sincerity will be in order
to prevent this. But even this alliance
wonld not avail. France, England
and Prussia, united, cannot prevent it
Russia and Austria can at any time eff.
feet it.
"Once mistress Of Constantinople.
Russia gets all the commerce Of The
Mediterranean, becames a grelt naval
power, marches of to India an army OF
10000 good soldiers, and God knows
what may happen. All this foreSaw.
! see into futurity farther than others,
and / wanted to establish u barrier
against those barbarians by re-cstab-
fishing the kingdom Of Poland and pu'-
ling Poniatowski at tho head of it Il.
King; but your imJecilicS Of ministers
would not consent. 4 hundred years
hence | shall be praised and Euro @
especially England, will lament that |
aid not succeed"
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