| Show europe itself has a monroe doctrine it Is in the memory of all people of middle ago age that russia not many years ago set her army on foot and practically conquered european turkey I 1 coy she hid had more rights alire than great britain has in venezuela because hundreds of oc thousands of the slav population of turkey had long petitioned tor for that interference to extricate themselves from the unbearable turkish rule but when the runs guns of russia were sounding bounding almost in hearing of constantinople then the great rowers powers convened at berlin left tho the unspeakable turk on his throne in cons constantinople tant I 1 nople and wrested nearly all the fruits brulls of victory from russia it was waa done on the score that it would disturb the balance ot of power in europe for russia to tale take possession of turkey and build a new capital on the now constantinople Is farther from england than venezuela Is from our southern coast |