Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-18
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The speech Of M. Waddipgton, French
minister of foreign affairs, on Monday re-
garding the necessity of carrying out the
provisions of the treaty of Berlin, is one OF
the clearest presentations of the case yet
given by any foreign statesman. III speak
ing of the Grecian question, he says:
To give satisfaction to Greece is to remove
one of the most dangerous elements of the
Eastern question. and it is to the interest Of
the porte itself. For the treaty Of Berlin, to
have some durability, it is necessary that the
territories restored to the pcrte-the consid.
cradle nucleus it possesses in Europe-shouId
be governed by it without constant fear of at
tacks, inroads or revolts on it's frontiers. Tur-
key must be able to set herself solely
to internal reorganization, financial
adjustment and the development of her
numerous resources in Europe and Asia. This
involves reduction Of her armament, but SC
long as there are constant menaces of revolt
and disorder on the frontier in Greece or else.
where, she cannot devote herself to that task.
This is why Europe is pressing her to accede to
the rectitication OF the Greek frontier.
This is the whole question Id a nutshell,
Every power in Europe save Russia is
vitality interested in maintaining the Turkish
emperor, rather, @ nucleus of tin
Europe, and to enable her to maintain her
SELF and to render herself impervious to all
attacks from her ancisnt foe, she must be re-
level from all danger Of internal embar
easements. She is in the condition of sick
man, with two or thrae excrescences OF
diseased limbs. Before he can hope to at
tain that health which is necessary in all
we'll ordered constitutions, it is necessary
that these excrescences be remoyed-that
the limbs that are diseased be amputated.
Servia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Thesssly and Crete are the worst Of these.
They have long besn u source of weakness
to the empire, for they have been in con-
tinual revolt against the authority of the
porte. They have kept the government SO
busy in suppressing outbreaks that its re-
sources have been lessened, it's military
power weakened, and no time was left to
prepare to meet and repel foreign foe.
Most of these excrescsnces have been re-
moved by the foreign powers through the
treaty OF Berlin. The operation has, no
doubt, been painful and distressing one to
the patient, but in the end he will be stronger,
and enjoy far better health. All that remains
to be done is the rectifca!ion of the Greek
frontier. The people of Thessaly and Mace
donia are Greeks by race, and will never be
content while they are under Turkish domin-
ion. They demand either independence or
annexation to Greece, and their demand was
heard and acoeeded to by the Berlin congress.
This provision of the treaty, however, has
not yet been carried out, and it is this to
which NJ. Washington refers as beinghecos.
sary to fully relieve Turkey from entangling
and weakening domestic complications. She
would, no doubt, assume far more COM
handing position in the affairs OF Europe if
her internal economy was SO managed as to
be at perpetual peace instead of in continual
strife. She would not be obliged to spend
all her energies in suppressing internecine
quarrels among her own subjects. Though
circumscribed in territory, Turkey can, by a
wise policy, become far stronger than she
has been before, and better able to repel
foreign invasion, because she will have no
domestic strife to distract attention and
divide her counsels and her armies.