Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-02
&c. G. Young)

&c. C. Young)
Constantinople, Turkey, March 3, 1908.
Tae distance from Athens to the
above named great city is S27 miles.
We passed the site and ruins of am
Gent Troy AEGEAN shore. also the
Hellespont strait which divides Asia
from Europe. Here an army of an
cient Persians crossed on poontoons or
bridges and swept down on Greece
but were defeated at Marathon. This
strait is now called the Dardanelles
and leads from the Aegean sea into
the sea of Marmora at the north end
of which is Constantinople. The
'tGplden Horn is an extension of
the sea into the land on the European
side and the Bosphorus extends from
Constantinople 81 miles north, 500
yards at the narrowest point, and op-
ems out into the Black sea. We have
sailed over all these waters and a
beautiful voyage 1t is, and from the
Black sea we are back In CONSTANT
nopie. The reason We did not go
further up the Black sea is that Il is
so hard TO land anywhere in Russia
in these parts. Hard enough to get
in Turkey and Americans are careful
lest they cause suspicion while here
Our party behaved very well and no
body was harmed. Being so near Ath-
ems one can easily understand how
Constantinople was founded by Doric
Greeks in 65S before Christ, and was
by them called Byzantine, in $50 In
our era Constantine, Emperor
of Rome conquered the city and made
it the new capital of Roman empire
and the name was changed to Con-
stantinople in honor of the Emperor
Here it was that the Roman law under
the great Justinian reached its climax
of influence in Roman times and form
ed the code of that name. Here it
was that Byzantine art and architect
ure influenced for awhile all of Asia
and Europe; and Byzantine art is only
the blending of Greek and Roman, of
Asia with its oriental strain with Eur
opean plainess.
| The best sight in all the world is
| to look at Constinople from the sea
as its rises out of the waters edge up
to the high hills from which Lew
Wallace no doubt got his views in
writing prince of India" Another
great sight is to climb the Old Galata
Tower and look at the finest harbor
in the world. full of Turkish gun boats
even the Golden Horn" has these
floating guns anchored along its shat
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tower look at the city with its one
and half million of people, the surg
/ ing of tides of humanity with the
mixtures of about twenty races. The
Romans and a correct idea of fine
lharbor, and no wonder they wanted
to move the capital from Rome to this
place; and to me it is no small won
der that they held on to the place so
long. Eleven hundred years, Romans,
or their allies ruled it, and 1452 the
last ConsFantine took his las mid
night mass in Santa Sophia and next
morning rode through st. Romans
gate where he knew the Turks would
enter that day, and was buried in the
rush of Turks cavalry during the
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the city and they have made it the
capital Of their empire. Another ma.
ton in possession near by would 90
the same thing. If the Persians as
they have 50 often wished, had this
territory they would make CONSTANT.
nople their capitol. Andhere the Greek
would move their capitol, If they could
be turned from classic Athens to rich
and Commercial Constantinople. The
horn-shaped arm of the sea is call.
ed the Golden Horn" because 1t is
like one huge horn catching the stream
of wealth flowing from Asia 10 Europe
| / asked how many languages are
spoken here. A man counted about
a dozen and finished his reply by
Saying, "and all the others" This is
almost literally true. Stores and shops
often have signs in languages. Next
to Turkish is Greek, and then "aIl