The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-20

ciouu tnnt Huu toomcn Up hcfoHa tnc
horizon OF the east Tor several cen
turtles. descended upon CONSTANT
nople and southeastern Europe.
with a fooihold IN Europe, the
Turks realised that they could main
tain Il only by a process OF expansion.
And European poiltics at that time,
just as In all the centuries that have
succeeded until now, prevented
Christian Europe from uniting against
Kohemmedan Turkey.
"But the several countries OF
Europe we're too busy with their own
particular affairs and too Jealous OF
n another TO unite in checking the
Ottoman invasion. The result was
that by the middle OF the sixteenth
century Turkey included all OF the
Balkan peninsula. Greece. Moldavia,
Pennsylvania. bosnia. Herzegovina,
and that part OF Hungary cnst OF a
line drawn north and south half way
between Budapest and Vienna.
"As the generations passed. how
ever. Turkish power In Europe began
OF wane. In her s~tock-taking after
the treaties OF Utrecht and Rcstndt,
Turkey found her European domin-
ions shrunken considerably as COM
! pared with what they were In the
middle OF the sixteenth century.
Hungary had pushed back the in-
fvader several hundred miles TO the
east aud south. and Russia had crowd
ed him out OF one OF hts footholds
on the Black sea. Where formerly
the Turk controlled the entire regioa
around the Black see, Russia had now
driven him n OF the land OF his foot
holds on the Black sea- Where form
eriy the turk controlled the entire
region around the Black sea. Russia
had now driven him out of the land
OF the G~eorgians and had gotten "a
short stretch Of the coast OF the Black
sea.
But Turkey was sim left In pos
session OF the mouth OF every river
entering that sea. including the Don.
the Dnieper. the Dniester and the
Danube. She had lost Greece. but at
the same time had a sort OF recon-
pense In Crete and Cyprus.
I'm the century tina followed many
things happened. BY 1910 Russia had
lost control Of the Georgian coast OF
the Black sea. but she secured in ex-
change the section OF the coast oc-
cupied by the mouths OF the Don, the
Dnieper and the Dniester. In the
next ave years there was still another
story Ia tell-Russia had forced her
way around the Black sea to IN
mouth Of the Danube on the west, and
1 almost to its farthest extremity on
the east.
And then came the century that
has passed since the rcmaking OF the
man OF Europe after Napoleon had
sent Il 60 the scrap-pile, Everything
went fairly well with the Turk until
the middle seventies. When Servia
and Montenegro revolted against
! Turkish rule. Russia then in a secret
alliance with Austria for the divis-
ion OF the spoils. encouraged the re-
volt.
After many negotiations between
the powers. Russia finally went TO
war with Turkey. with the under
7 standing that II she won. Austria was
to get Herzegovina and Bosnia In re-
turn for her acquieScence In the move.
Russia won and negotiated a peace
with Turkey which was distasteful 20
! Great Britain, Germany and Austrin.
They demanded that they be permit
ted 20 have a voice in the matter and
Russia. with her land route To Con
stantinople threatened by Austria.
and her Black sea route by the Brit
ish navy. acquicsced.
The result was the calling OF the
congress of Berlin. And the
WIS a great disappointment To Rus
STA and a greater blow Ia Turkey. It
/ did not give RuEsia what h "a
she ought 10 have. and yet Il took
away from Turkey perhaps more
than Russia would have takca. l.
set up the Balkan states, Servia
among them. and by SO doing start
ed that long chain OF diplomatic ne
gotlations and intrigues that have
beer 80 disastrous TO Turkey In the
past third Of a century
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