The Panola weekly star., 1885-10-10
TURKEYS FATE.
Expulsion From Europe Appears
To De Inevitable.
The AlinstlSa psnasd - fassis actively
nsstiha iiaissfia ssa the other rau.
en Passive, ref the rressnt
~ fssst Possibilities.

Lospoy, Octobsf --Dlplomiiio opln.
Ion Al ihIs capital ls unanimous that
fnfkev must yield. II tho Sultan gives
way without lighting ho will prove him.
self q wiser man than tho caliph Of 1871,
who wagrd . bloody war and lost all the
defensive barriers Of the Turkish En-.
plfe In Europe for bis pains. Another
campaign would be tolcrabiy safe 10
leave The Porte without an inch Of terri
tory north Of the li1sphorns. The sllu.
alton Is thus denncd by member Of the
0ovtfhmont who was actively engaged
10 the military operations undertaken by
England at the close Of the Russo.Turk.
lsh war "li Is absolutely certain"
no sald, THAT Russia IA directing
this movement Her soldiers, nlcknamed
volunteers, are crossing into Roumana In
shoals, hor officers nro already CONTROL.
Ing the armies Of Roumanla and Bul
garlai her cavalry Ia at this instant act.
ually on the march through Bcssarbia
for the scene OF possible war She has
commenced supplying paper money TO
Bulgaria. She Is mobllizlng two power.
ful armies aud Is seudlug on men aud sup
piles In advance. Before actions like
these, the dlsayowals OF ministers 20 foi
nothing. lfTurkcy counts on English help
now she makes mistake. English sympa
thies arc with the Christian races In Tur.
koy, and Salisbury aud Gladstone alike
recognize the fact Russia has only "a
act with moderation 10 work her will
without let or hindrance from this coun
try. There Ii one contingency likely TO
involve England, aud that IL a Russian
occupation Of Consiantlnople. This the
English will never consent 10. Russia
can have all she wants short OF Constan.
tnope, so far as England Is concerned.
Turkey IL an Aslatlc power and stand.
Ing offense and menace TO the peace OF
Europe. Lot her cross over the straits
and all Europe will breathe easier. Cor
1on's idea Of u fUe state OF
Constantnople meets growing favor.
England would willingly acqulescc
In so obviously safe solution
Of tho Eastern European question. As
long as Russia is locked from the sea by
the Dardanelles and Turkey holds the
key there must be perpetual danger Of
war. There ought 10 be free navigation
Tor all tho world, and the only way 10
bring 1t about Is to place Constantinople
aud tho strait under European coalition
like Belgium and the Danube. II will be
rather too much OF good thing TO ex.
psct the Sultan TO give In his adhe-
,lon TO such an arrangement without re.
slstancc. To do this would be 70
put an end 10 the supremacy Of
the callphate and all that makes life
dear 10 Mohammedans. The Turks, TO
glvo them their due, are ready
and willing enough TO die Ia defense Of
their country and religion. With an
empty treasury they continued 10 bring
COO, 900 brave, well.nrmed men into tho
field In 1871, and gave Russia all the
work she wanted and her Roumanian
aud Bulgarian allies as well. She can
do the samo again and better, for the
n.ntlug, II there Is TO be any, will be at
the very door almost OF tho Mohammo.
dan capital, and tho fanataclsm OF tho
Mohammedan race will be aroused. Our
immediate object Is TO connne the area Of
disturbance within It's present limits and
put n stop TO Russian aud Austrian ar.
msments before war breaks out In ear.
nest. Concert Of action between Germany,
Italy, France and Great Britain seems
the only thing possible TO prevent Rus.
sian march on Constantlnople and an
Austrian advince on Salonlca. The
Turkish proposal 10 restore tho status
quo 10 Bulgaria 10 too late. Who's 10
restore m The Sultan Is the man 70 do
Il II he can, and II appears he wants tho
mandate OF Europe. England won't give II.
Russia and Austria certainly will not,
aud does the Sultan suppose Germany,
France aud Italy are. going TO take upon
themselves the responsibility There
will be no mandate, aud Europe Is not
going 20 attempt 10 restore tho status
| quo by force Of arms, the only force
united Roumelia and Bulgaria
are llkoly to recognize. We
shall endeayor TO have an understanding
with Russia and the powers on the sub
| jcct OF Constantinople. | am Inclined tc
think Russia will be reasonable and agree
TO Constant!nople being turned Into a
Tree State. That provided for they may
70 ahead aud drive the Turk out Of Eu-
'ope, bag aud baggage, as soon as they
Ike. We should probably occupy one oi
| nc rthnhH htVuR tne NVhhh ipi uhW
station In the event Of the seat OF tho
Ottoman power belng transferred TO Asia,
We are pledged to defend Aslatic Turkey,
and intend TO be as good as our word"
AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA.
There Is some apprehension here as
TO the possibility OF collision be
tween Austria aud Russia arls
Ing out OF the conflicting am
billions Of both countries In European
Turkey. The Serylans arc receiving
strong reInfofcements from Austria, and
the rarrlsons In Bosnia and Herzegovina
are being rapidly brought mp 10 a wal
footing The Monlenegrins aro again
masslng troops on the frontier and the
rising 10 Albania IL spreading. The war
feeling among the Christian races 10
Eastern Europe has never before as
sumed such dimensions as the world
now witnesses, aud the slightest aeol
dent may act like the spark which fires
powder magazine and spreads de-
siructlon and ruin far aud near.
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