Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-10
A TALK WITH GEN. WALLACE
Views of the Elk Minister to Turkey on a
Variety of Topics.
From the Ee,o York Tribune.

IRON Ll6 LfeD ORR LTtDNUe.
Gen. Lew Wallace, late Minister to
Turkey, bronzed and hearty, looked
through pair of gold-bowed spectacles
and greeted a reporter heartily at the
Gilsey House the other day. When asked
for stalk" about Turkey he lit Turkish
cigar, to get rid of it, as he said, because
the cigars in this country are so much
finer, and said: 4,
"Well, lam home again from a foreign
shore. and am returning more than ever
satisfied with my own country. / was
always an intense American, but am even
more so than ever. | have no desire
whatever to go away again. The pos
sibilities of manhood in this country are
to be found nowhere else; certainly no.
where in Europe. The possibilities Of our
country itself are nowhere eXceled."
"You have made quite tour Of your
returning journey?"
Eyes; came through Naples, Rome,
Florence, Paris and London. l want TO
sound note Of warning, as result of
my observations in those places. All of
those cities are we'll prepared against
cholera. Their streets are so extraOrdl-
narily clean that the first thing that
struck me on my arrival in New York
was the condition Of it's thOroughfares.
Any foreigner, any returning citizen,
cannot help being struck with the laxity
that fails 10 use this first precaution
against that epidemic. which is liable to
appear at any time. All Europe is on the
alert. All America ought 20 be So"
"Was the Afghanistan difficulty over
when you left Turkeyw
81 left them on May 20. The Turkish
Government has been very uneasy about
10 A fgha nj al az he ne fal
have been calm and reticent. They were
fearful OF being drawn into collision, IL
one took place. They had a general
opinion. however, that war would be
ayerted. They do not talk at all about
Russian designs on Austria or COnstan-
tinOple They are wise in their reticence
Their view OF the Russian movement to-
ward Herat is that the Russians are seek
ing a liHe OF trade beginning at the head
Of the Persian GRf, and, with the line OF
railroad now In Process or construction,
coming into active competition with the
Suez canal. That Is my own view Of the
immediate object Of the Russian Govern
ment. That line Of trade is eventually 10
20 10 some point on the Eastern Medlter-
ranean, say at Alexandria,, Smyrna or
COnstantinOple, or north Of the Black Sea,
thence westerly 20 Europe. l cannot say
whether the Turks think the old Russian
policy OF securing t0nhtantinOple has
been abandoned or not. They do not talk
about il. The difficulty between England
and Russia ia O1ly temporarily laid. Both
movers are ready 70 fight. and eventually
must come 10 IL. think they would be
fighting now, but that Bismarck discov-
cred that the German capitalists held
slOO, 600. 900 Of Russian bonds and that
hostilties would seriously affect their
values aud bring about crash in Ger
many. Almost a. the last moment he
whispered IN the ears OF the parties and
stopped H.. With The tremendous force
he has organized In Germany he has only
10 whisper"
WWhat about Turkeys hnnncesY'
"Her financial troubles grew out Of the
Turko- Russian var. They crpstallizod
al the Berlin conferences OF the six
powers. Turkey under the pressure,
undertook 70 MAKE an arraneement with