The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-06
THE oT-roMAs EMPIRE.
After All tho acknowledgements it sum
Has 22 900. 600 subjects
New York Tribune.


Turkey In Europe. once the largest en-
pire on that continent. save Russia, no"
contains only g. ~ square miles. With
population OF 4.ess. 90 This, however,
does not include Bulgaria. Eastern Rune
Lin and Bosnia which jointly have an area
OF s., T30 square miles and a population OF
4,320,oooD The total population includes
about 10000 Turks. 10000 Albanians and
I.z01.eg Greeks, Buigarians and Walla-
chians. About ?. coo 000are Mohammedans. y
great part OF the surface II covered with
mountains OF moderate elevation. Since
the Balkans no longer lie within the limbs
or the empire although Turkey Is entitled
20 occupy their passes In case OF war;. the
loftieat mountains are those OF tie Rhcdcpe
or Desp0to DaRh G.4s4 feeD in the east.
and the mountain ranges Of Albania ia tho
west To the latter belongs the Skhar
pagh U0.0o7 feeD. the eliminating point
of the whole Balkan peninsula. Rivers ara
numerous. the principal OF which are the
Nardar. the Struma and the Martha The
soil Is for the most part fertile. but owing
20 various causes little progress has been
made in agriculture The cultivated pro-
ducts are maize. rice. cotton, harley, m.ilet.
sesame and other oil seeds. and tobacco;
the natural products are the pine. beech.
oak. maple. lime and ash. with the palm,
maple. sycamore. walnut. chestnut. carob.
box. myrtle. laurel. etc. south of the Bal
kans. large forests OF pine and fir IN the
northwest the olive. orange, citron, vine.
peach, plum and fruit trees in Albania. The
breeding OF sheep IL carried on extensive
~, and weol constitutes an important ar
ticla OF trade. The mineral products ara
Iron In large quantity lead blended with
silver. copper sulphur. salt. alum and coal.
Its manufactures are almost entirely do
nestle, such as wooden and cotton stuffs.
carpets. shawls. leather. firearms. with dye
ing and printing works.
V1srl In Asia u F.yf q -
more populous OF the two divisions II
comprises Asia Minor. Syria. including
Palestine. the greater part OF Armenia and
Kurdistan. Mcsopotamla (the valley of the
Fuphrates and Tigris). and the western
portion of Arabia bordering the Red sea
with the district OF FL Hasa on the eastern
side of the Persian gulf: having a total
area OF 6Se.eo9 square miles and an esti-
mated population Of is.353.eo inhabitants
To this number must he added the auton-
omous island OF Samos us0 square miles.
population fo.5l3l. and Cyprus. which pays
an annual tribute or the total population
about $4,000 are Turks. $4,000 Syrians
and Arabs and 100000 Greeks. The num-
Der OF Mohammedans Is 100000 The
chief seat or present interest is In Arme-
mia. kurdistan and Asia Minor where
massacres arc occurring daily. II Is to be
dable revolt has occurred In Ye-
men. In Southern Arabia, which
the porte will scarcely be able 10
suppress. That rich and important prov
fnee IL likely, therefore. 10 be lost to the
empire.
Yemen H. very fertile: In most places
there are two and In some three crops n
year. Rain fails abundsntly in June July
and August Besides coffee. the chief
products are lentils. wheat. grapes and
fruit I'm great variety. Among animals.
donkeys. camels and sheep abound. and
IN some places there are deer and gazeHes
ihe population or the province Is estimated
at s,ooo.90. The chief occupation OF the
people Is agriculture. trade coming next.
and the dyeing and weaving or cloth last
Iron, coal and copper are said 20 exist
rear the capital and gold IL found I'm some
places. Before the Portuguese came To
discover tho route TO the East round the
cape Yemen was noted for commerce he
tween tho Mediterranean and India, Per
sla and other countries OF the East. As
usual with every fertile country Yemen
was several times invaded by many ma
tions-the Assyriaus. Egyptians and
Turks. During the fifteenth century Mo
cha rose 20 emincnce in commerce. II was
a. that tlno that coffee was first intro
duced into Yemen. During the seventeenth
century the bdt-A and the East India
companies cstghlshs- 1sct0ries at Morha
and In the eighteenth Ct0.ury the French
followed suit, Mocha wa- very thrivinl.
tFAtitHtt hhAi ~ NAtH AHeG oeCafue a
British possession. Since that Tina sfo-
cha has declined. So that now only some
ruined buildings and huts mark the place.
In Africa. Turkey rules Tripol and
BarkA tJs9.oo square miles. population
i.9i0,eeel, and icv,cs 4 heavy tribute upon
EEypt. but the two former may now he
Tc1kars3 the property OF Italy.
and the last named Is llt,le else than a
british colony Nominsily. therefore. tho
Turkish empire has an area Of ITO eo0
square miles. Sith 32.51G0 inhabitants.
hut Of the vast territories only Las En0
square miles. with se8ftoa inhabitants
are under the direct rule % the Turks. me
rest paying tribute or merely acknoWIelE
lag the suEerainty ~ the porte