The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-01-10
miscellaneous.
Results Of the War.

Eight months of war have left Tur-
key utterly PROSTATE and Russia qulv-
erIng with exhaustion II bleeding at
every pore. Frederick the Great COM
pared the Russians and Turks TO a
o~ne-eyed man ngntIng with d bind
man AMI although me cOmDatanlS
nave been armed With the nneSt Wed-
pons OF precision known IN modern
warfare repeating rifles, UchatuS and
hrupp ordnance-Lne comparison still
nOluS good. 1nere naS been no man
OeuvrIng III the open held, II save IN
the last month Oh the Armenia opera
lions no brilliant ~generaish1p. The
turks ave demonstrated their ineffi-
cheney Oh water as well as on land. Tor
Lnelr navy has been feebIy handled.
Az every stage Oh the campaign except
the nuaI Investment OF PIevna, earth
works have been attacked III front.
Not since the thirty Years War have
SUCH terrible nanu-tO-nand conflicts,
such awful carnage, II such cold
OiOOdeu I~nnunanlly been Witnessed III
Europe. Inc Official estimates OF the
RUSSIAN losses already exceed 81, y
men, and these figures tail tar short OF
the IacuS. Inc turkish losses ave
been enormous, oVer 10000 men hav-
ing perlSned 10 Snlpka Pass alone. The
RUSSIANS nave captured about $4,000
prisoners II lUU guns. The material
Oh eacn empire nave been
squeezed dry. AS carry as June the
1Inancial pressure on the Porte was 50
great that a bill was introduced III
farllamenU authorizing a IOrCed lean
OF ~ per cent. at the ain period
hussla was borrowing at rates above
CnoSe Tor which the United States Gov
ernlent put loans on the market dur
ing the darkest uays OF the war. The
Credit or eacn government mas been
strained to the utmost during the SIX
mouths mat are now closed. LII South
ern Russia, moreover, the crops were
oelOW Inc average, ana owing to the
absorption OF railway stock Tor mill
cary purposes, the means OF transport
atIon are utterly Inadequate. Fac
Umpire viii be with bank
fupUCy anu famine DIT tne opening OF
tic second cam
Inc overlures OIL peace from the
rOrte to tile Oreat Powers, made early
III Decelnuer, were based on the ONE
&c reforms already Instituted. In spite
VI the underground commotlOn III the
capital anu the lntrlgues | the palace,
SUBSTANTIAL progress has been made
unuer The new constitution. The Ma
CiOnaI Parliament, after displaying lar
more VISor han lllunat nad predicted,
III IL summer to meet
.odIn Ill December ana eject a Christian
as itS preSIulnS oIncer. Although GnlS
ASSEMBLY Is III no sense a representa-
i've Douy, 1t has brought toSeUner dele
gates from the various provinces and
stimulated the growth OF national
lucas. In Its circular 10 the SIX Powers
the 1Ofte OILERS 10 go farther II 10
consider the OF the confer
ence which 1t rejected last january.
but Russia has made TOO great Sacrl-
noes TO allow the 1fuIIS OF her VIctOry,
Wnlcn are already ripe, To wltner III
Tile hands Oh LORD Derby. Sne insists
upon treating with Turkey directly.
Lie RESTORATION OF ner oIu frontier III
europe cannO be made except at the
expense OF h~ouIndnla, but III Asia she
mas nearly completed the u Oh
Armenia, ana IL Is not likely LnaU she
VIII release her grasp upon IL. Her
naval Tights III The Black oea and Me
u~lterfaledn, anu Tie political destiny
OF lne oIaNS III European turkey, VIII
De determined 10y GortscnakoLf, Bis
marck ana Anurassy.