The Washington herald., 1915-04-11
2 o/I/9OEO LAN0S REAGLY

I janissaries deposed him ana locked
| him up in 1907, Just as his victorious
ally was meeting with the Car Alex
ander l on the raft in the Niemen at
1T is a decree Of Providence" Ma
poleon exclaimed to Alexander as the
! Int opened. that the Turkish
emperors rubbed their hands in a de-
Ightful expectancy but. As anyways
when nations sit down TO feast on
agria y the pair on the rart could not
tinople slice. Alexander. therefore,
%ent away from Tilsit with a longing
4 could have shared the Turkisb
empire with Russia" Napoleon after-
ward said. but Constantinople always
saved 1t; Russia wanted it and
an empire mp Whoever holds 1t can gov
The Bear Cleared His Throat.
For eight bloody years tho British
ministry, had the hardihood to face
England's freedom-lovinE people in
shen emit for Greek independ.
Greeks from the Turkish yoke. Russia
wished to take her stand by the side
or her embattled coreligionists in 1921.
but England and Austria laid Restrain"
ing hands on Alexander.
The unequal struggle between Turk
h hndro Greek et we went on; therefore to the
sSs SG their dee 5hs s.1vss
into slavery. And MetternicH cynicaiiy
to the sbss
individuals !butchered down there
In the end Russia interviewed and
iP Isss The Of Ca. a,ssSs
once to be the arbiter of Turkish des-
TIMES and he went ahead. regardless
II es sa sstish rst he o
porous and next. in isss. he t osta hosi
the virtual control Of the entrance into
bear thus had cleared his throat Eng
lish and French fleets appeared In
front Of Constantinople and virtually
No Entente Then.
The Gar Nicholas I then stunned to
England as his only hope Of gaining
ses to as where he eG.s
the guest Of Queen Victoria. Nie lie
courted English statesmen and sought
an English alliance. He assured them
and that Turkey was falling to pieces.
While he vowed he did not covet its
soil. he declared he would not allow
and he proposed that Il England aaSa OF and ID
Russia establish a sort Of Joint pro-
tectorate over the Ottoman Empire.
Several SsS g. sTsr va The hs sun
THE sick man" Of Europe. he pleaded
again with England.
when we are asreed.". he said. 7
Of Europe: It would be immateEiai
lion. however. refused to make up with
the bear and let him out Of his cage to
The Gar undertook alone to pre-
scribe for the sick man" and to make
himself the protector Of AZ Christisns
England and France Joined in advis-
ing the Sultan to reject those preten-
sions. and they supported him in the
peninsula In 1855.
PrsDpins Up the Sick Man.
After hundreds Of thousands of men
had fallen before the guns and before
ease in that crimean war, Russia &C.
cepted the hard terms that were writ
ten in the Treaty of Paris in 1855.
destroyed. but the BritisS th "H fef to
assure Russia's continued helpnessness
on the water BY STIMULATING that neith-
er she nor Turkey should have war
Nor did England stop there. She
forced the family Of nations for the
hrst time to recognise Turkey as q
and thus give the sick man" 3 clean
bill OF health. The victorious powers.
under the lead Of the British ministry
y r OF MspG3'Ie sSnn III were Determine
Up Of Turkey. The eiviiissd WorId.
lowship 20 the Sultan, who .in his con-
.SS ran The ns Tr:ssy 81 p f.r ni
had issued Q Arman Ir0cordine hie