“DISTRESS OF NATIONS WITH PERPLEXITY.” LUKE 21:24.
THE New York Herald has able correspondents in every land, and their statements in regard to the different countries are reliable. The following extracts from an editorial in this paper of April 1, 1881, will show the condition of the nations: “The strained relations between Turkey and Greece have a special importance now, when we consider the assassination of the Czar, and the advent to the imperial power of a sovereign, who is believed to have ambitious plans for the development of his nation, and who is known to be a soldier of approved courage. “If the question between Turkey and Greece related simply to the boundary lines between the two nations, it might be easily adjusted. Nothing seems more certain (unless we misread the decrees of fate) than that the Turkish Empire in Europe must come to an end. With Greece fighting Turkey alone, it is in the power of the Sultan to destroy Greece. If Russia or Austria interferes, then there is no knowing where the contest may end. In fact, Europe is now in a critical condition. The spirit of revolution is abroad. The continent is burdened with standing armies, every peasant in Germany (as it is said) carrying