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CONSTANTINOPLE A KEY-CITY OF THE EARTH

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Oct 9, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 50.

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CONSTANTINOPLE A KEY-CITY OF THE EARTH

The roads of the European nations cross at Constantinople; and on that cross “the peace of Europe was crucified.” The sword will never be sheathed until Constantinople, the Bosporus, and the Dardanelles pass from Turkey into the hands of some other great power or combination of powers.
“Since its foundation sixteen centuries ago, Constantinople, by position and natural destiny, has been one of the key-cities of the earth. It has been many times attacked and twice conquered. Its second conquest, like its foundation, marked the end of an epoch and changed the history of the world. Its third conquest can do no less.”—London Saturday Review.