The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1895-11-21
THE SIGN HANS CRISIS.
How Are His Goods and Chatte IL
20 Be Divided Among the
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Chicago Times. Herald: The Ottoman
empire exceeds in square miles the area
OF the United Kingdom tenfold. while its
entire population is slightly in excess Of
the British. The empire extends into
Europe, Asia and Africa, with a hetero-
geneous mass OF inhabitants, including
Turks. Greeks, Serbs, Bulgarians, Rou-
manisns, Aremenians, Magyars, Gypsies,
Jews, Circsssians, Arabs, Syrians, Kurds
and probably some contingent OF almost
every other Asiatic stock.
To separate these nationslities into
their minute individual elements and
gather them together into compact terri
tory for either autonomy or protection is
practical impossibili,y. The empire
cannot be divided in an amicahle way for
this reason, and for the still further rea-
son that the powers which have hitherto
protected Turkey, and which will claim
the right to make the partition. can not
agree as to the principle of division or
knc portions OF AiiOIulent.
Consent of Pussia must he obtained to
any serious modification OF the empire.
Ii is Russia alone that for more than 3
100 years has delivered telling blows
upon the integrity OF the Turkish domain.
Ii was Russia that drove the Turks from
the Crimes, extorted the partial autono'
my OF the Danubian communities, and
secured for itself the right Of free pass
aye for its war ships through the Oar
dsnelles. Every time that Turkey has
come into contact with Russia, Turkey
has been the loser. IL was owing only
to the combination of England and
France against Russia that that power
did not completely absorb Turkey in the
middle of this century. 1t has lost one
after another the states of Woldavia'
Wallachia, Bulgaria. Thessay, Eastern
Roumelis, Roumania, Servia, Monten.
egro, Bosni, Herzegovina and Cyrpus
Although Bulgaria, Bosnia, Herzegovina.
Samos and Egypt still paw a monetary
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suzerainty. they are enjoying 8 modicum
of sel;-government, and upon any serious
disturbance OF the despotism, which still
holds more than % 900 900 human beings
in abject misery. they would undonbt-
eddy become completely detached from
the Ottoman empire. But whittier would
they drift?
Difficulties that must arise should par
tition be attempted would appear TO be
| insurmontable In the present attitudes
OF the great powers to one another. No
one OF these powers would care to assume
dominion over 100000 OF Monamme-
dams, whose religious bond is more firm
than any that can be offered in its place.
OF the $4,000 # Christ ians, the Greek
portion would naturally prefre protection
| by Russia, but he Christians who use
the Roman lltnrgp. with the exception
OF the Bulgarians, would not desire at
tachment to the Greek church. Besides
| the Mohammedans there are seven relig-
| ious denominations nominally ruled By
their own ecclesiastical superiors Per-
secution has intensified the creed fleeing
among all OF these, and craftsmanship is
not visible in any quarter of the world to
reconcile their animosities or consolidate
them in any part OF the empire into tran
| quill political factors.
When the real question OF the partition
| OF the empire shall arise, the same con-
| sideration that persuaded England to
bring abont the treaty OF Berlin in 1873,
| by whichshe became the actual protector
OF the sultan, will animate her represen-
tatives in any international conference
that may be held TO quell anarchy in the
Ottoman empire. England knows that
Turkey is necessary buffer between
Russia and her professions and possess
ions in Eastern Europe and Asia Rus
STA will not consent TO a partition OF
Turkey without getting her share. Eng
land cannot afford, in the face of the
virtual absorption of China by Russia, to
make any concessions to the car in any
portion OF the Ottoman empire. In the
rivalry Of Russis and England lies the
safety OF ".he sick man"
1t may he that Armenia will be deiach-
ed from the empire and made au,ono-
nous, but with that the present crisis in
the condition OF the sick man is likely to
end, unless Russia shall take the initia-
tive and by violence begin the accom-
plishment Of a colossal dismemberment
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