The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-10-01
THE RoUHkLIANE EVOLUTION.

THE ROUHELIANE REVOLUTION.
i 4 Probability tAat tie World WIN wleasss :
s Further Carving Of Turkey.
+ It is among the beliefs Of Christians
that nothing was made without q pur-
pose. Turkey. for instance. was.mado
to be carved. Although tho Turks,
not being Christians, may not harbor
this comfortable belief, the HISTORY of
European politics during much more
than half a century establishes oonolu-
sively its verify. Peter and Frederick
carved aud denounced poor Poland
without inviting to the feast any Of
their neighbors. and perhaps it was
tho completeness Of their success that
caused tho former to try his skill as
head carver upon Turkey. In that ex-
periment, however, he was not suffered
to proceed without assistance, and
ever since then, at not very long inter-
walls, the business OF carving Turkey
has occupied the attention Of all the
"great powers of Europe. Natural
ly. there have been quarroIs, bloody
and savage quarrels, among tho carv-
ers for tho savory cuts and succulent
joints. and the head carver has not al
ways had his way,sbut the outcome IT
every quarrel has been for Turkey on
ly now ACKNOWLEDGMENT. The mod.
ern kingdom of Greece, Albania, Ser
via, Bosnia, Roumania, Bulgaria, are
among the discovered fragments Of
what was, century ago, the great
Turkish empire. Egypt, also. is q
fragment in another continent that has
been virtually severed in the long pro-
cess OF extinguishing the Moslem
power.
Advices from the east point very
plainly to the probability that the
world is about to witness further
carving of Turkey. The revolution in
the Balkan region means. and distinct
ly proposes, the complete excision of
the great province of Eastern Rou-
melia. But it is not alone tho loss of
Eastern Roumelia that now threatens
the "unspeakablo Turk 1t is said
that he is preparing to recover that re-
volted provlnco-or, rather, to recover
his right under the treaty of Berlin to
exto1t money from it, which is about
tho extent of his practical dominion
over it,-by force OF arms. But if he
is preparing to carry war to the north
for the recovery OF Eastern Roumelia,
the Macedonians arc preparing to
make war in the west for the sever
ance of that great province. Thessaly,
also, is more than willing to secede,
and Greece is more than willing to re-
peat the exploit of the prince of Bull
garia by scconding the secession from
Turkey of all the Hellenic provinces.
At Athens popular demonstration
has taken place in favor of Greek in.
tervention in Macedonia, and the prime
min slcr of King George declared to a
deputation that "if events threatened
interference with the expansion Of
Hellenic dominion, Greece is ready to
intervene'-a declaration that may
mean much, or nothing. Austria has
q carvlny-knife whetted for couple of
convenient Turkish dependencies"
and King Milan of Servia excitediy de-
clares that ''Unless we are all going TO
be kept quiet together, must he one
of the first to move!'
The question is: Are they call 60
ing to be kept quiet together?", 10
that question Turkey has already
answered.: mo! The porto has is
sued circular to the signatorv pow
ers, protesting that tho conduct of
Bulgaria in annexing Eastern Roume-o
liza is a violation of the treaty Of Ber-
lima fact as plain to Ill the world as
is the existence of that treaty, and
making known that the sultan has re-
solved to maintain it, stipulations in
relation to Eastern Roumcl:a by force
of arms. VIII ch means that Turket
is not going to keep quiet under the
carving-knife of Prince Alexander of
Bulgaria. Very we'll; the evident
probability is that the march OF
Turkish army into Eastern Roumella
will be a 81 gnal that will light the torch
of revolution in Macedonia, end set in
motion at the opposite extremity OF
the Turkish empire an army of Greeks,
an army of Servians, and heaven only
knows how many more European
armies.
1t would seem that only prompt
and decisive attitude by the signatory
powers can restrain movement of
Turkey that almost certainly would
start not merely revolution but a
conaagration from. Thermopyle to
the Danube; from the Adriatic to the
DardAnelles-a conhagration that in
it's outcome would reduce the ''mili-
tary camp of the Turk in Europe" to
the limited compass that eventually
will precede his predestinated retire.
ment to the Asiatic side of the Bos:.
phorus. Will the signatory powers
take the step that the conditions of a
pacific settlement of the disturbance
require? The question involves an
other one: Can they do it? There
are conflicting interests, ambitions,
projects, to be harmonized. among
which how to obtain harmony may yet
present the most difficult question of
all. -..
One thing, however, is extremely