Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1895-11-30
EUROPES SIfK MT
THE POWERS SEEM TO HAVE Aoa.
ON A DIVISION OF TURKEY

Russia Has Changed Her POLICY
to Mediterranean outlet-But 81 ,ss'''|
Claims of the Bear and the =,
Problem Would Be Easy.
The moro one reflects on the si,n,
neous and harmonious uttegasa w.
Lord Salisbury and of the Frennh, sss y
ter for foreign affairs regarding y
of things at Gonstantinople the s,ta s''s
becomes the impression that al n.y.
ment has been reached between ~ s, =
ropean' powers for the distribution ~ ! =.
snltan's dominions. = "
OF course the Turk, though na
sick, is not yet dead, and he is nni;,
to lie supine while his assets are ,li,,is
But in these days Of perfected ay,aa ~
ammunition one cannot fight las y
effectively without money, and
ey the Turk has next to none IT ~,
sheer lack of funds Abdul Hanna 49, ~
be unable to cali out the reserve
keep any considerable army in tbs ss,l
1t is not even certain that Masles ~
natieisn would be arrsyed upon bis III
and If it were, fanaticism wonld +.
no match for maxim guns. pbraas..
at once with internal anarchy and
aggression from without, the nrs,.
sultan seems to be in as helpless = cors
tion as was that much ADLER rnler n. Il
mond II in the interval between +bo 4
struction of the janizaries and tba
ganization Of a new military e,
Then the Russians under Diebitse5
will be remembered, won Adriana,I
with ease, and might have gained II
session Of the Bosporus but for the
easy of other Christian nations
But, while we assume that IN the Il
the European powers can, if thofoDo
agreed, deal as they choose with TnTp.l
the apparent fact of their ability +.
rive at an agreement may s II ;,s,,;;,,
constituent. To Russia the aeonisr
of Constantinople would be inealeplS
more useful than to any other nav
since only through the Bosporus can
great northern ompno gain access to4
Mediterranean.
Hitherto the ears have acted on
theory that il was better for them
leave that coign of vantage under
control of a weak Turkish ruler than
suffer it to fall into any Christian hg
but theirs Let them but have the b
porus, and by comparison they cared
what became of the rest Of the sulgtI
dominions. Such we repeat, has
the traditional policy Of the Roman
Yet now they have departed from ii /
we can rely upon reports emanatA
/ from sources usually considered til
worthy. According to these reports
difl1eulty-of disposing Of Constituting
to the satisfaction of all the powei
terested has not been definitely 1
mounted, but postponed by placing
der an international commission
city, together, we presume, with a &
of territory on each sideof the Bospaf
the sea Of Mafmora, and the pa
nelles
Te induce the successor Of Peter
Great to assent to an arrangement vi
would adjourn, perhaps to the g B
ealends, the contamination Of bis
est wish, some weighty eompasa
must have been offered to him in A Il
io Turkey. We find it hard to ba
that he would content himself H
Turkish Armenia and the heads. :
Of the Tigris unless he We're leYl 4 Il
erty TO follow that river thr9ahghoa
southwark course, thus obS siHins d
Russia an outlet TO the Ind Han
Yet how could England. w ieh
forth in angry protest at the ram9
cession of Port Arthur to tlS czM,
oneile herself to his obtaining a H
station in the Persian gulf, in Il
proximity to India? Why, too, fd &
share of tho Ottoman inheritance sh
she accept Syria, which is ALLOTTED
her by report, unless she aimed al I
control Of the projected Euphrates
! ley railway, a control which implies
possession of Bassora, at the hea
the Persian gulf?
1t is the accommodation Of EngN
and Russian interests that rendeH
problem OF distributing the 0ttomal
tate so hard of solution. The CLAIM
other European powers might be ADJ
cd with comparative facility. It
been accounted probable, since by 4
acquisition of the Herzegovina, Of
MIA and Now Bazaar, the Austro-H7
garian monarchy inserted deep w
in the Balkan peninsula, that it "
ultimately absorb Macedonia, inclul3
the important seaport, Salonica.
Italy would get Tripoli and that
would fall to Greece have also
taken for granted. The proposal 70 q
western Asia Minor, including Of q z
Smyrna, to France, is new to the
eral public, though it may have
mooted in the inner circles Of diplaA
1t has been generally supposed TN
historical reasons Syria would haV 4
cfal attractions for France, but that
Minor is a FAR more valuable allou
is plain enough to those who recsli
teeming population and immense W
of that region during the early cent /
Of the Roman rule. and indeed dos
the Ottoman conquest.
According to tie rumored tefa
partition, Germany not being Men
ranean power would get nothing
profit would be indirect, derived ~
from the strengthening Of her ~
Austria and Italy, and partly IRON
assurance that the development o.
Minor would be likely to oecuPl
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