Show amb turks are strange mortals semi occasionally they seem to le haunted with the phantom of the past power and glory of the ottoman emparo and they assume authority that is wholly inconsistent with the present condition of their tottering government the idea of them disputing the right of russian ships to pass through the dardanelles Darda nelles when bassia could again march an army to yae gates of constantinople on abort notice seems too utterly the dardanelles Darda nelles and the ous are the strongholds strong holds of the BO long as they are well guarded by land but it will bo understood that bulgaria owes her present degree of freedom to the czar and for complete independence tho bulgarian would willingly let a russian army pass through their territory furthermore ther more the bulgarians Bulga rians are also slavs and regard the russians as of their kin while both nations belong to tho greek catholic church in short turkey alone would be wholly at the mercy of russia should the czar start an army toward constantinople stantin ople england however watches this key to the orient too closely to admit of an advance on the part of russia it is just possible that england has a hand in the detention of the russian that was passing through the dardanelles Darda nelles last tuesday it was loaded with material for the trans railway and JOHN realizes that aban this road is once built his indian possession are therefore he throws every possible obstacle in the way of its progress |