| Show T 4 WAR AND RUMORS OF or wan WAR russians ardd alid iro ire are fairly launched into war and blood has begun be C gunto to flow ho aa n 13 s tu ye i 1 the war will be in rega regard rd elther either to its elu clu duration ration or to the num berof nations that may be engaged in it is not for us to say but thero thein is a prevalent prevalent apprehension that tila t it will be a great and ancl grievous war and that the principal nations of europe will sooner or later be e embroiled M in it whether it is their desire or not it that be the case scenes of death and destruction of suffering and desolation to a heart sickening degree will abound and what the better will the nations be for it after it is all ovel where will lie the advantage with the enoi enormous costin cost in treasure and blood there is na justification for the present resent war BO so far as we can see wa to towar war var with turkey be te because lecause cause the latter power powen has abused some beof si of its christian population but has not russia ruwa done the asinjo same bame to portions of its population what about the cruelties cruel ties of that power in poland in the Caucasus in khiva has rai turkey hey donaann dona any thing worse than some 0 of f the enormities of russian rule ruie iii in the fair land of poland then wherein Is s russia justified in calling turkey to ac ac account for fot similar thing would russia consider that turkey ought to interfere if edans ero were ere abused in russia russia at the afi present sent time is ig a despotism turkey has hns dional government and a parliament a representative body re lie Ile alcious lous fous toleration is established in turkey turkeys but not in russia benca turkey is actually more advanced in the tho way of the worlds progress wore word in jh sympathy with western ideas of government and more liberal th than thau u russia and so farthi far ahe the co conquest of portions of turkey by the former power would be a retrograde movement movements though it possibly might prove favorable to the christian population of the greek persuasion yet that is rather doubtful russia is full neither of tender mercies nor liberality in go government thousands of chris tiang of other persuasions would rather live in turkey than in russia V I 1 |
