The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-28
TIE FADING CRESCENT.

Tho dispatches from Eastern Europe
IN the last day or two have been siy-
nificant and mean, more clearly than
anything else, that the efforts of AGO
years to drive the Turks out of Europe
are about TO be contaminated. Con-
stantinople fell into Ottoman hands
and bscame the capital Of tho great
Mohammedan empire in l453, and 10
l53O'the zenith OF power and prestige
by three new invaders OF Europe had
been reached under SoLYMAS, tho Mag
nihcent.
From that day to this tho armies Of
Russia and Austria, and indeed, OF all
Western Europe, hsvo bsen battling
with the Turk, and his grand empire
has been gradually crumbling to
pieces. The crescent thst once hung
over the Danube, shone before Vienna
and terrified Venice In the height OF its
glory, has long since ceased to shlne
beyond the Balkans or the EgeSn.
And now 1t looks ~ il the last blow
were TO bs given, and the
Mohsmmedan power IN Europe to DO
confined to small territory around
Constaniiaople, for q season longer,
and then be driven buck into Asia,
from whence it came.
The European powers have long as
sumsd to deal with Turkey as ID
pleased thom. The jealousies between
them have been al tina. has prevented
the destruction of the Ottoman rule In
Europe. Left slsno, Russia would
long since have taken Constantinople
and made European Turkey y part of
It's vast empire, aud to-day 1t Ia tho
hand Of Russia plotting for q further
diHmemberment OF Turkey, through the
establishment OF an independent Bull
gsrian union. Such an union ocoe
undcr Russian protection, aud Austria
and Servia snd Greece pressing and
conqserlng his western provinces, tho
sultan cannot but for very short
time maintain hla titful splendor an
tho Bosphorus or longer menace the
peace of Enrope. just SO surely as
civilization and Intelligence driv. out
batbarism aud Ignorance, 80 will tho
power and diplomacy Of Europe drive
the Turk beyond the Hollespout ami
transplant the fading glorles OF Con
stantlncple In Eraeroam or Jorusalem
Or Bevroot.
Tho Turks IN Enrope are oyosores to
both tho Christianity and politics OF
tho great powers. Their presence ia
ag novel and rs objectionable rs would
DO Chinese state in tho American
Union, and that they must 80 is inov-
liable. Their expulsion IL noces-
sary link III the chain of progreH1.
INDECENT and suparstitious and
fanatic, incapable OF civilization
or progress, in snsagonism
10 tho prevalent ideas aud wonderful
improvements of the philosophy, po-
litioGl and social, tho sci9nco and in
vention OF the Western Europeans, or
even OF the growing thought and
progress of Ruasia, conservative 20
stagnatioD and fntalisn, IL has boon n
loss to tho collective energy and
achievements OF modern times, be-
yond computation, that tho Ottoman
crescent has boon this long permitted
TO w&ve over some of tho richest
provinces Of tho world, and hold the
strongest key TO tho doorway TO Asia.
The deprivation OF Roum0lla, tho
loss Of Mscodonia, and other Western
dependencies, and the strengthened
powsr of Bulgaria and Russia and
Austria, aud long farewell can be
sais to tho Turkish power in Europe,
And this appears now to be tho most
likely result OF the present Roumolian
revolt. 1t viii require but another
move to Danish tho crescent beyond
the Dardanblles.