The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-01-04
TOR TIE new MOVEMENT
An interesting Series Of Historian
and Other Bright u
Sketc he's.
MATTERS IN THE EAST DANGEROUS
CHANGING at the unspsak abIo Turk and
His Way of Doing Bust
ness.

esting sketches to the Chicago Citizen,
the first portion being here reproduced:
II we are in downright earnest in the
New Movement, we will employ our time
in seeking methods to cripple and en-
barrass the enemy, and herein suggest
two plans which have the double merit
Of being beneficial in the highest degree
to both Ireland and America. Previous
to developing them permit me to glance
at the situation. Every day the Eastern
crisis becomes more and more threaten
ing. The awful massaeres of peaceful
Christian people by England's Internal
ally, 1.-The unspeakable Turk" have arous-
ed all Europe. and such spirit Of war
like enthusiasm has not prevailed since
Godfrey's Crusaders planted the banner
Of the cross on the towers Of the Holy
discern a striking resemblance between
those times and these. The parties to the
strife are the same, and if the Turks are
stamped out, as they ought to be, not only
will the Christians be liberated, but the
tomb of the Lord will be purified from the
unclean touch of the infdel. If we have
no Peter the Hermit, we have the press,
which penetrates into every part of
Christendom, and under the influence of
it's teachings Europe seems ready to pre-
cipitate itself again on the savage Ma
flomedans But beside our feeling as
Christians, what interest have we as IT.
ishmen in s'the impending crisis?" A
very great interest, indeed, and it lies
right on the surface.
England, who has been deaf to the pitt
full appeals for help for the Christians in
the past, and who cares not for them at
present, has been busily engaged in de-
ceiving the world and in temporizing
with the Turk. and he being almost as
great an adept in the tortuous wiles OF
lying diplomacy as England, has kept up
a show of yielding to the demands OF the
Western and Northern powers q almost
said the Latins) without the slightest
intention of doing so. If this game Of de-
ceit was being played by the Turk on the
Bosphorous and the other Turk on the
Thames, the whole matter would be gloz-
ed over, as it has often been before, and
the Christians would be left again at the
mercy Of their atrocious enemies. But
such is not the case now. France, Rus
STA, Germany, Austria and Italy are also
parties to the contest, and today's dis
patches tell us that the tortured Armen-
ians, encouraged by he demonstrations OF
the powers, have flown to arms and al
ready have met their murderers in open
strife May God give them strength and
victory. While all of the great powers
have interests amtagOnistic to England,
Russia's oyershadows them all A glance
at the Russo Turkish war of 1878 will
elucidate the present situation. At the
close of that war, when the Russians oc-
cupied the northern shore of the Sea of
Marunora, their scouts had penetrated
the streets of STEAMBOAT, and the conquest
of Mahomed II. was on the eve Of being
reversed, the English fleet passed through
Constantinople and save the sultan from
being driven from his! palace. Thus
checkmated, Russia halted in her career
of conquest. We have heard of
'The patient search and vigil long
OF him who treasures up wrong"
Russia has pursued the patient search,
has kept the vigil long, and has also
treasured up that wrong ever since that
memorable day. But Russian policy is
far-seeing, and it was considered more
prudent to bide her time than involve
herself in "a war with England, Turkey
and Austria, and she could we'll afford to
do 80. She had taken from Turkey "a
$50 square miles and 4,306,000 inhabit-
ants, and divided them among her former
provinces, of which ROunania, Servia,
and Montenegro are independent, Bulga-
ria is tributary and the Doburdja is Rus
sian. 1t is impossible to overestimate
the Importance of this last province to
Russia. In extent and population it is
very small, being only 4,9O9 square miles
with $4,000 inhabitants, but lying, as it
does, on the right bank of the Danube,
and at its debouchment into the Black
Sea, with Bessarabia on the opposite
shore, also in the hands Of Russia, the
greatest river in Europe and all its i'm
mense trade is controlled by the officials
of the Gear. Turkeys vast and wealthy
European possessions are reduced to 61,-
coo square miles, with 4,790,000 inhabit
ants, more than half of whom are Latin
and Greek Catholics, and these are either
surrounded by, or contiguous to, indie
pendent states, it is only a question ct
very short time when they, too, will be-
come independent, and Turkey will be
driven out of that part of Europe which
has been cursed and blighted by her de-
testable presence.
1t has been well said that Turkey is
merely enca.nped in Europe" and when
she has decamped she will not leave one
useful or ornamental work to tell future
ages Of her occupancy of 500 years. In,
nf M Xxi aI}
cation, the Turks, or all the people in
Europe, have actually retrogated. Their
brutal kurds are not as civilized as our
widest Apaches. They found CONSTANT
nople the most beautiful city on the earth
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