THE HISTORY OF A CENTURY.
A correspondent of tho Dotroifc ftvoo Vi'ow supplios a curious rooord of oronts whioh has spooial interest at tho prosont time, Ho says :— A century in not muoh I in tho lifo of a nation, aud tho following datca may bo of iutovost to our roadors.
From Ibis it npponrs England had been alternately friend nnd foo ofall tbo Europoan powers on tho Turkish question in littlo ovor 100 yonrs. I.7lo.— Austria and Russia ngrco to divide Turkey. Great sea fight at Scio. 1770.— England and Russia Tight Tur. koy. 1700. — Austria and Russia fight against Turkey, aud Turkey loses 200,000 men. 1708.— England joins Turkey against Franco, and drives tho Eroaoh out of Egypt. 1807.— Russia joins Turkey npainst England and almost dostroys tho English fleet in tho Dardanelles under Sir John Duokworth. 1827.— English and Russian fleot dostroys tho Turkish flcot afc Navarino. 1828— Russia fights Turkoy, and tho • Snored Standard,' is unfurled. IS33 — Kussin enters Constantinople, nnd en ors into an offensivo and dofonsivo alliance with Turkoy. 185'lr-l^ghnd, Frnnco and Turkey subduo Russia in tho Crimon. 1877— Russia defeats Turkoy, nnd this timo England looks on.
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Inangahua Times, 12 August 1878, Page 2
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