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Show THE EASTEBH WAE- Admiral Porter who has cloaely studied all probable phases of the Russo-Turkiih coallict, thiuks that tho war promises to be the most gigantic of modern wars. Tho idea of some of the newspapers that Turkey is going to be wiped out in a day he regards as a mistaken one. Tho Russians will never capture Constantinople. It is not iu the power of their army or navy to take the place. The Russian navy !b insignificant in-significant compared with that of tho Turks. But the war U to bo ckiefly one of tho land forces. The Russians ' have a fino army, well disciplined, and well ollicered, their arms and equipments are of the first clas3, and the people are uuited and enthusiastic and will freely spend their properly and their lives for success. Bui after all, Admiral Porter thiaks tho eflort will end in disaiter. Tho Turks, numbering 40,000,000 people are thoroughly aroused with religious fanaticism as well as national patriotism. patriot-ism. They havo the best arms in the world, plenty of Krupp guns and ammunitiou. Austria will bo in the fight before tho war has gone on six months. England does not intend that Russia shall take Constantinople, but she will time her entry into the contest by its circumstances. Iu the meantime this country will not only sell flour, wheat, corn pork, clolh-inR, clolh-inR, arms and ammucilioii to lho contending con-tending parties, but we will sell all these Ihingi to tho other (trout nations, cp ci-ally ci-ally our csroals and provisions. If the war continues two years, and my prediction predic-tion is that it will, wo will havo to plant fjr tho whole world. The on tiro ri-CuUural ri-CuUural pursuits of lho great grain country ot tho Black sea will ho topped. This war will briiig hack aain to us the commercial supremacy wo lost duiing our war. If congress legislates properly inJur.0, so as to allw voselj to be bought and placed under our tlitj to remain re-main there, our commerei.il rnanno w 11 be revived. We have cot lima to build ships; wa must buy them. Geu. Sherman is not sanguine that Turkey will be able to stem the tide o( Russian invasion, but believes the war will keep Americans profitably buiy: It will keep our pvplo at work day and night to provido for Euroie, if there should be general war, and tnat now earns inevitable to me. I brieve aH the grt)at powers wdl b directly or indirectly indi-rectly involved before the year is out. Ic tho parts of the country in which lie held tights will certainly take placo a half million men on cither s:de can a-d will bo used. The Kalians will havo to pull along very fast throujh Ue turn-mer, turn-mer, for they got alt their tupp.ies by their railroad, and in tho win'.or the a aro rarely available. |