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Show THE WAR LIKELY TO EE LONG ONE. Louis J. Jennings, the intelligent London coi respondent of the New York World, gives his reasons for the belief that the European war will bo long-continued. long-continued. It is a war in which Eure-pean Eure-pean bouudarios are involved. While Kussia declares that her object ia solely to protect tho Christian subjects sub-jects of the porte, all her movements will be secretly directed towards Couatantiuopie. She will n-t bo allowed to tako pos-o?e pos-o?e on of that city, or f the strivU connecting con-necting tho Euiino with the Meditur-rntieau, Meditur-rntieau, without having other powers to reckou i'Q besides Turkey. Nor will fhu bo permitted to menace Egypt, and It'll t of all to land trvops there. And vet sho cannot win anything worth bav in it, or hold it, without committing bt-rifll' to oao or othar of these moment-oui moment-oui steps. Ihwiuare many othar cnu;es which niut n-nd to render this war a long and b'tinato ono. What U tburo to be sid on tho other side of this question ? What is lik-ly to mke the war a short one Nothing but tho rapid exhausti-'n of oiit ei'inbalant or tho other. Ai?d ih'it i -circ.'ly to bo anlieioatod. Kussia h powerful, and her people are really enthusiastic en-thusiastic aoout tb:s war. Tusy arc not being forewl or dupd in o it. It i? well known thatthey have wblied for it av-n u.oro earnestly than tte governing class- And a for Turkey, sho has never teen an uay foo to conquer, and now that the grt-at crisis of her fate has to be iiitt, she will strain every nervo to succeed suc-ceed Thus, I for one do nt ;eo how it is possible to arrivo at any other conclusion conclu-sion than thit ibe war will not b an ilhur ol a day or two, but will hsvc to be fought out slowly and ic a constantly iLcieai-ing area. Mr. Jeuuings thinks that the strong intt Turkish feeling is confined to a comparatively small class ot Englishmen, English-men, Thwworkingmcn's papers are generally anti-Rusiau, and the popular pop-ular feeling is rather in syrup it by with the Turkish people and government govern-ment than with tho other side. Ot: the other hand, the London correspondent corres-pondent of tho New York Time-writes Time-writes that the English enemies o; Ktissia outnumber those of Turkey by a hundred lold. |