Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-12-16
RussiA.s DREAM.


me Present Status OF the Eastern Ques
tioo and general European Politics.
When Plevna fell. the object OF Rus.
STA. as automatically stated. was at.
ta'nedL Bulgaria was in her possession.
II Was hers by conquest. and had she
stopped there she could have expanded
into European Turkey mt her leisure
and Europe would not have interfered.
But, as often before. her military off,
GERS and couns ,lors-General Ignatief
specially. who has always known how
to ruin succ SIS. and who was at that
tine supreme -cast aside all prudence,
rushed across the Balkans In winter.
with the loss of twenty thousand
men. and were almost at the ga,es of
Constant nople before aston shed Eu-
rope could act
At Buyuk Tchekmedje. the British
iron-clads saved the city. The approach
ing army coud not avoid them. Russ a
had broken the treaty of Paris. and was
bu ID ng n fleet, but had nothing in
readiness TO enable her to appear on the
water. The army stopped. as stop it
must For there was point where
'rhe whale" could fight 1.-THE elephant"
but not the elephant the whale.
Then followed the celebrated treaty
of San Siefano, between Russia and
Turkey, March 8, 1873. So soon as
Europe had time TO study the treaty.
and 10 get at the geography of il, il saw
that Turkey had ceased TO exist. The
fine phrases that showed the contrary
had no substant nj meaning. England
demanded that the treaty be submitted
to convention of the or, mt powers.
gnatories OF the treaty of Paris, and
rice we'd n courte Gus but naughty mega
tive. General Ignat elf had boastingly
said: 'J'y su's; j'y reste.'
Lord Bea consiield had. in the mean
time brought up seven thousand Se-
poys from india into the Med teranean.
rs an int nation of the vast nun Der of
Sepoys and Moslems at England's COM
mand. The war had already made un-
loo ed-for demands upon the army and
the treasury. The indignation of Eu-
rope was rising to dangerous pitch,
and Russia changed her tone. 1.-The
treaty was elastic. and woull admit of
any notifications that the great powers
might deem necessary"
Hence the great Congress of Berlin.
which reuu red that Russia should w tn
draw all her troops from European Tur-
key with n spec fed tine. Then the
del mitat ons of the treaty were materi-
ally changed, AMI the principally of
Bulgaria was organized. Unwisely. this
enterprising, thr fly and un tel people
was div ded, by the Balkan mountains.
into two governm mis-. The port on
between the Balkans and the Danube
was the pr ncipality; that south OF the
Balkans. under the name of Eastern
Roumela, remained nominally under
the ultan, tut W tn great municipal
freedom. The principally was made
self-governing. Its young patriots.
many of hem educated at Robert Col
lege. intelligent students of American
story an of the Constitution of the
United States. took the lead in the for
mat on of the government, and greatly
sgusted the Russian agents They
chos, Prince Alexander. and he gradu-
ally fell in with the pol CIV of these en- ger
young Bulgarians Russia's firm pur-
pose 10 upset this free government, and
10 eSpel the Prince, beloved by all the
people, the cause of the present Bull
garian complication.
Our object has Teen simply to- del'n-
cate enough of Russ as achievements
anu VI Cttoh1tu EtHls tnCt 10 present
the two powers as they now stand: the
one. mighty and aspiring; the other, ]
impoverished, bank upt, di couraged.
The one, dur ng the long conf ct Of
four centuries. has increased her terri
tory more than tenfold. and her popu-
lation to hundred mill ons. Tn 9TH
err has lost in almost every war, unit |
she has only n foothold in Europe; and
her As attic poss, IS ons are growing
beautifully less. AS n combatant, she
has ceased to be. AS an auxiliary, she
can still furnish splend d soldiers.
And yet the dream OF Russia is not
realized United Europe stands in the
way. The possess on OF Con -tantinople
will, in time, IL realized make Russ
great at sea She would have the
Black Sea, the Marmora, the Mediter-
ranean. She would next grasp at
Egypt and the Ind an Empire: and
England, France and italy would be re-
duced to compar alive nsigniiicance.
AS she would then command the Dan
ube. and would crush the hated Hunga-
rians, Austria and Germany have rea-
son to look upon the future w tn solicit
tude. Putt ng off the evil day will not
save them. The real contest is no
longer between Russia and Turkey, but
between Russia and Europe Gurus
Hdmtin, in atlantic.