Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-10-23

THE ROO TELI M 3 YollUTI,s.
Aalrobsbtiiis that the sNaoDllid WIN Witness {
further Carving of Turkey.
D 4 is among the beliefs of Christians
that nothing was mad . ithout q pur-
pose. Turkey, for instance. was made
q be carved. Although thu Turks,
not being Christians, may not harbor
this nfortable belief, the history 81
Euro pean politics during much more
than half 8 century establishes conclu-#
siYely itsSverity. Peterand Fred erick
carved and denounced poor Poland
without inviting to the feast any OF
their neighbors, and perhaps it was
the compl eteness of their success that
caused the former to try his skill as
bend carver upon Turkey. In thatex-
pertinent, however, he was not suffered
to proceed without assistance. and
ever since then. ut not very long inter-
yals, the business OF carving Turkey
has occupied the attention of all the
"great powers" of Europe. Natural
~, there have been guarreis, bloody
and savage quarrels, among the cary-
ers for the savory cuts and succulent
joints, and the head carver, has not al
ways had his way, but the outcome of
every quarrel has been for Turkey on
ly a new Acknowledgement. The mod
ern kingdom of Greece, Albania, Sor-55
via, Bosnia, Roumania, Bulgaria, are
among the discovered fragments of
what was, Il century ago, the great
Turkish empire. Egypt, also. is
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
word is about to witness a further
c'rying OF Turkey. The revolution in
tue Balkan region means, and distinct
~ proposes, the complete excision of
the great province o. Eastern Rou-
mel!a. But it is not alone the loss of
Eastern Roumelia that now threatens
the "uuspeakable Turk.'' 1t is said
that lie is preparing to recover that re-
VOTED province or. rather, to recover
his right under the treaty of Berlin to
exto1j m oney from it, which is about
the extent OF his practical dominion
over it,-by force OF arms. But it he
is preparing to carry war to the north
for the recovery OF Eastern Roumelia,
the Maeedonians are preparing to
make war in the west for the sever
ance OF that great province. Thessaly,
also, is more than willing to sccede,
and Greece is more than willing to re-
peat the exploit of the prince of Bull
garia by seconding 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
minister of King George declared to u
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 carvlng-knife whetted for a couple of
convenient Turkish dependencies"
and King Milan of Servia excitedly de-
clares that ''Uniess we are all going to
be kept quiet together, I must be one
of the first to mover .,%'..,. f..
The question is: Are they @.all 60
ing to be kept quiet togetherp'' To
that question Turkey has already
answered: mo! The porte has is
sued circular to the signatory pow
,ers, protesting that the conduct of
Bulgaria in annexing Eastern Roume.
liza is violation of the treaty of Ber-
lin,--a fact as plain to all the world as
is the existence of that treaty,-and
making known that the sultan has re-
solved to maintain its stipalations in
relation to Eastern Rouuel;a by force
of arms. Which means that Turkey
is not going to keep quiet under the
carving-knifc OF Prince Alexander of
Bulgaria Very well; the evident
probability is that the march of a
Turkish army into Eastern Roumella
will be signal thar willlight the torch
of revolution in Macedonia, end set in
motion at the opposite extremity OF
the Turkish empire an army ofGreeks,
IN, army Of Servians, and heaven only
knows how many more European
armies. N III. 4, j4 5S K. ss$s$ Gss
i would seem thai only q prompt
and decisive attitude by the signatory
powers can restrain II movement OF
Turkey that almost certainly would
start not merely a4revolutlon bat
ioonflagration from Thermopylm to
the Danube; from the Adriatic to the
Dardanelles contiagration that in
it's outcome would reduce the '1miE.-
tary camp Of the Turk in Europe to
the limited compass that eventually
will preeede his predestinated retire
meat to the Asiatic side of the Bos-
phorus. Will the signatory powers
take the step that the conditions Of =
pacific settlement OF the disturbance
reqniref The question involves an
other one: Can they do itP There