Thoughts on the prophecies of Daniel; . easily recall them. It wasevident from the first that Turkey was overmatched. Russiapushed her approaches till the very outposts of Constantinoplewere occupied by her forces. But diplomacy on the part ofthe alarmed nations of Europe again stepped in to suspend forawhile the contest. The Berlin Congress was held Jan. 25,1878. Turkey agreed to sign conditions of peace. The condi-tions were that the straits of the Dardanelles should be open toRussian ships; thatRussians should occupy Batoum, Kars,and Erzeroum ; that Turkey should pay Russia £20,000,000sterl
Thoughts on the prophecies of Daniel; . easily recall them. It wasevident from the first that Turkey was overmatched. Russiapushed her approaches till the very outposts of Constantinoplewere occupied by her forces. But diplomacy on the part ofthe alarmed nations of Europe again stepped in to suspend forawhile the contest. The Berlin Congress was held Jan. 25,1878. Turkey agreed to sign conditions of peace. The condi-tions were that the straits of the Dardanelles should be open toRussian ships; thatRussians should occupy Batoum, Kars,and Erzeroum ; that Turkey should pay Russia £20,000,000sterling (nearly $100,000,000), as a war indemnity; and thatthe treaty should be signed at Constantinople. In making thisannouncement, the Allgetneine Zeitung added : <The eventualentry of the Russians into Constantinople cannot longer beregarded as impracticable. The Detroit Evening News of Feb 20, 1878, said : —According to the latest version of the ])ea(o conditions,Turkey — besides her territorial losses, the surrender of a few. CHAPTER 11, VERSE 45. 2S9 ironclads, the repairs of the mouth of the Danube, the reim-bursement of Kussian capital invested in Turkish securities, i h jindemnity to Russian subjects in Constantinople for war losses,and the maintenance of about 100,000 prisoners of war — willhave to pay to Russia, in round figures, a sum equivalent toabout $552,000,000 in our money. The unestimated itemswill easily increase this to six hundred million. With her tax-able territory reduced almost to poverty-stricken Asia Minor,and with her finances at present in a condition of absolut3chaos, it is difficult to see where she is going to get the money,however ready her present rulers may be to sign the contract. The proposition amounts to giving the czar a permanentmortgage on the whole empire, and contains an implied threatthat he may foreclose at any time, by the seizure of the remain-der of European Turkey. In this last aspect, all Europe has avital interest in t
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