Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-07

IN Europe and that her integrity sh,ua
not be altogether destroyed
The sensations OF the congress-. e,,,
neered by Disraei, were supplied hv
Great Britain and We're the secret trs,
les then for the first time revealed. IN.
tered INTO between Great Britain IA
turkey, by which the former agreed -
al future time 10 defend the AsiEa
domlnions of the Ottoman empire ~
iorce OF arms" while Turkey on a,
otner hand, promised to Introduce b
necessary reforms as agreed upon WIN
i's any and to assign the island of G..
prus TO be occupied ana Administers
by Great Britain 50 long as Rush
should occupy Baum, Arabian ana
hars. This was tly In the RUSSIA
ointment, and 1t sticks there SIN
greatly to the annoyance of the Run.
sian Bear.
since then have occurred tho atm
elous Armenian massacres, beginnho
N 1894 IN which It was reported mus
man 10000 persons of both sexes ana
al ages met death at the hands a,
.ne hurds and Turkish soldlery. En-
lahd was at the time almost as greatly
leprobated as the real criminal, tn.
MY on account Of her apathy and a.
parent Indifference.
me war between Greece and Turke
III 1917 Is the most recent appearance a
ihrge bodies Of Turkish soldierv In I'm
ned 1t arose from the Cretan insun
rectlon' during which the so called con.
cert OF powers rallied to the aid Of the
TURKS In Crete and even fired upon the
cretah Insurgents and blockaded theh
ports In the hostilltiesvhlch followed
between Greece and TurAy II must be
confessed that the soldiers of the for.
nier made bad showing ais compared
WIN those of the latter. Whey were
oeateh at every point and Ahelr cow
aIulee was in marked contrastNo Turk
ish bravery. In the peace negolMtions
turkey demanded permanent nosAs.
sion OF Thessaly, which had been rnJA
~ oVerrun by her soldiery, but eyentI,3
any obtained little territory and WINS
Obliged to be content with large mon
ey indemnity instead.
From this epltome Of Turkeys dolngo
as a nation we can see that Of late she
mas been supported more by outside in.
huence than by innate capacity. She
holds her position on sufferance onlv
ana would quickly lose her grin on En.
rope ana be summarily kicked ocross
the Bosporus were II not for tho ouay.
rel that would surely arise among the
powers over the vacated territory
Structurally weak. her only strength
lies in the incongruous elements Of her
population, so dissimllar that there can
De no union among them for success.
iul rebellion AS to area, while Turkey
In Europe covers about $3.50 souare
miles, Turkey in Asia overspreads 72e..
40 square miles The population of the
former is $4,000, Of the latter 1g 18g
600 with about 100000 more In terri.
tories such as Bulgaria, Trlpoli and
Egypt which acknowledge hardly more
than nominal suzeranty.
Ii war were to occur. the porte could
reckon upon the support OF only the
lOOOO,OOO or 100000 Ottomans togeth
er with a million or SO Of Circasslanc
Tartars and Albanans, for the maiori
ty OF his subjects are secretly hostll,
to his government. Many Of them ais
non Moslems and hate their rulers
heartily.
Inc Turkish army on nominal peace
footing is 100000 on war footing over
100000 of all eategories. The Turkish
soldiers are brave and faithful, cana
BILE Of great endurance and excellent
manders Ia leaders. As eomp s,'l
with some bench they are poor shots,
deficient oagdiscipline and armed with
almost obsolete guns. Their artillery
comprises some great guns furnished by
the Krupps, but, taken altogether is
inefficient.
In the Turkish navy there are 1902
steamers, all Of a more or less ancie N
type, including IS ironclads and rs tor.
pedo boats, with total peace strength
OF about $4,000 men. The navy. how
ever is not seriously considered by any
power In Europe and Is likely TO prove
more formidable to It's owners than 10
their foes In her commercial marine
Turkey has hardly more than 100
steamers and 100 sailing vessels, about
100000 total tonnage. The annual rev.
enue OF late has been about 1000 OOO
with an expenditure always above re-
ceipts, no matter what they may be.
The total Turkish debt Is about $500,
100000; imports. slOO.OOO.0OO annually,
and exports approxlmating SEQ. 900, 900.
CLAIMING A. BARLOW.