Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-02-18
RECORD OF THE TURK
Has Won and Lost More Land
Than Any Other Nation.
ONE TIME A WORLD BUGBEAR.
Then the Tide Turned, and One Great
Misfortune Followed Another Till
He Was Almost Swept Out of Eu-
rope by the Treaty of Berlin.


rope by the Treaty of Berlin.
The Terrible Turk" who may be
taken as typifying the empire of the
sultans, holds one record at least
which he is not likely to be deprived
Of He has won and lost more terri
tory than any other nation.
There was a time when the sultan
was the bugbear of the world. Even
little children in England shook in
their shoes when they heard his name
mentioned, and those people who lived
anywhere near him dared not call their
lives their own.
But at last the tide turned The
Turk began to lose, and one great mis-
fortune followed another
Spain was the first big bit of the
Turkish empire to break free. The
MOOrs, who were subject and paid
tribute to the sultan, were driven from
province after province until at length
they were cooped up in the solitary
kingdom of Granada.
The last Moorish king to reign in
Spain was BoabdiI-el-Chaco, or Boab-
dill the Unlucky. In 1882 Ferdinand
and Isabella, the king and queen OF
AragOn and CASTLE, declared war on
him, and in 1892 he had to surrender
everything
Hungary, which now forms half of
the dual monarchy of the Emperor
Francis Joseph, was province of the
sultan for $50 years. Then it was torn
from him by the sword.
After this came the turn of the
ears. The Russians, whom he once
despised, have been the Turks worst
enemies. They have either robbed him
themselves or encouraged others to rob
him.
Peter the Great set the example, but
was not, on the whole, very successful
In his wars against the Moslems. At
one time the Turks could have cap
tured and massacred Peter and his ar
my, but were frustrated by the slave
girl, Catherine, whom Peter had mar
ried.
Catherine the Great tore the Crimea
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