The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-19

to remain at Shipka. and that hcnsefcrth
they We're detached from his orl-Is. The
lntrisues against Mohemet Ali, tccdi"o Cf
his German origin. ended IN his ult.mrte
supersessiop hy Suieiman. With Ae change
OF commanders in the Turkish anne and
The arrival of Russian achievements,
armed with the Berdan rifle ami "otioben
as commander. the fortune of war termed,
The efforts Suieiman made. first round
Tirnpva In break in on the Russian con-
munications were repulsed ~ every oin'.
osman succumbei 10 the blockade Iodle-
ben had established Iovnd pleVna, nd his
2ttempt to cut his way ont was irus tratef
nv the Russian general, to whom b. sur
rendered with the whole Of his ANN
With the collapse of the defense Of
Pleyna the campaign north OF the Balkans
was OYER. The retreat OF the Turks over
the Balkans and into Roumelia Icgeneratod
first into a flight and then into a general
overthrow. y portion of the army found
lis way. having lost its artillery and
thrown away it's arms. 10 Adrianople. from
where IL was conveyed TO the TVhataldja
lines before Constantinoplc, Other por-
tons reached the Aegean coast over the
Rholopre mountains and were picked up
by Turkish warShips, and part reformed
at Gailipoii under Sabzri Pasha under the
guns OF a British squadron, The rest went
on 10 re-enforce the army covering Con-
Stantinople, which was placed under Me
hemct All. The arrival Of the Russian
army az san Steiano and the negotiations
OF the treaty of peace followed in due
course. The Turkish commissioners,
Safuet and Server Pashas, signed it only
under the threat that If their signatures
We're not attached before the sun had gone
below the horizon the Russian army would
advance at daybroak next morning 10 the
assault OF Constantinopie. They signed
Just as the lower rim of the sun touched
the horizon.
General lgnatieff. the Russian commits
sioner, who had In the treaty created a
Bulgaria that embraced all Macedonia,
throwing down his pen after signing the
treaty. said. And now let the Greeks
swim 10 Cons:antinOpIe." Tn, treaty OF
SAN Stofano was not to be allowed 10 stand
in its entirety; and the intrigues set ON
foot by General lgnatieff TO create a pre-
text for an occupation of Constantinople In
violation OF the pledges given by the EN-
peror Alexander led 10 an understanding
between England and Austria for combined
action of the Austrian army and British
squairons. Two Austrian corps were or
dere1 to be mobili2ed on the Russian
southern frontier. and the British fleet was
held ready TO pass into the Black sea. The
russian army was Withdrawn and the Ber-
In congress met. East Roumelia was de-
taehed from Bulgaria; servia and Monten-
egro received accossions of territory;
Greece nothing. The part of Bcssarabia
that was given TO R0umania in 1856, after
The Crinean war, was taken back by Rus
STA, and the northern part of the Dob
rudJa was taken from Bulgaria and given
10 Roumania as compensation.
All Macedonia was restored to Turkish
rule, and Armenia was withdrawn from
the effective protection of Russia, Austria
Was placed in a privileged position north
OF Macedonia; but no one was satisfied.
Tho results of the policy of the powers
need not be recapitulated here; they are
patent in the events of the last two years
in Armenia, and the tragedy now being
played In the land of the Greeks, The re.
sponsibility for it all may not be easily un-
d~erstood by tho present generation, but
history will have no difficulty in appor-
tioning to each his due.