The East by Uriah Smith

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 22, 1877

The East.

By Uriah Smith

One after another the supports which have so long upheld the Turkish empire, whether as material aid or moral influences, are giving way, presaging the speedy downfall of that semi-barbarous power. A dispatch from London, says:

“Earl Russell has given notice to the house of Lords that he will move that England shall cease all diplomatic intercourse with Turkey on the ground that that nation is still barbarous, and unworthy to rank among the enlightened people of Europe.”

Bismark, who has perhaps as much human skill in divining the probable course of events, as any one, has expressed his opinion that war between Russia and Turkey is now imminent.

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