A Straw by C. S. | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 22, 1874

A Straw.

By C. S.

THE Christian at Work, of Sept. 10., 1874, says:— “And now comes news of another cloud arising between Egypt and Turkey, the difficulty growing out of a desire on the part of the former to acquire the islands of Crete, Rhodes, and Cyprus. Egypt wants to become a maritime power, and the islands afford harbors and much timber for suitable ship-building. Turkey, on the other hand, opposes the division of Egypt, because she is anxious to retain her naval supremacy, and also because she has no wish for her already dangerous neighbor to acquire territory at her expense.”

We remember that the trouble which caused the downfall of the Ottoman Empire in 1840, was introduced by a difficulty between that power and Egypt; and it is not impossible that her final overthrow may result from a similar disturbance, of which we may even now be witnessing the commencement. C. S.