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    【】ntto

    takea.afterashortandratherufulhe

    spaniardsofcubaaoriandthe

    philippines,aeloheunited

    states.

    thiseofthely

    natural.theincreasingnueroffactoriesinenglandand

    frandgernyneededaneverincreasingauntofraw

    terialsandtheequallyincreasingnuerofeuropean

    ountoffood.everywhere

    thearkets,forre

    easilyainesandrubberplantations

    andoilersuppliesofandgrain.

    thepurelypoliticaleventsoftheeuropean

    dereinsignifienwhowere

    kingplansforsteaoatlinesonvictorianyanzaor

    forrailroadsthroughtheinteriorofshantung.theyknew

    thatnyeuropeaionsstillreiobesettled,but

    theydidnotbother,andthroughsheerindifferendcarelessness

    theybestoheirdesdantsaterribleiance

    ofhateandsery.foruntoldturiesthesoutheaste

    erofeuropehadbeentheseofrebellionandbloodshed.

    duringthesevehelastturythepeopleof

    serbiaandbulgariaandntenegroandrouniae

    retryingtogaintheirfreedourkshthe

    supportofnyoftheeptoprevent

    this.

    afteraperiodofpartiassacresinbulgaria

    intheyear1876,therussianpeoplelostallpatience.

    thegoventley

    ogotocubaandstoptheshootingsquads

    ofgeneralheyear1877the

    russiaheshipkapass,

    andafterthearchedsouthilthey

    reachedthegatesofnstantiurkeyappealedfor

    helptoengland.thereanyenglishpeopleed

    theirgoventtookthesideofthesultan.

    butdisraelipressof

    indiaauresqueturksedthe

    russiansallycrueltothejehin

    theirfrontiersdecidedtointerfere.russiao

    ncludethepeaceofsanstefano1878andthequestionof

    thebalkanstoangressberlin

    injuneandjulyofthesayear.

    thisfausnfereedbythepersonality

    ofdisraeli.evenbisrckfearedthecleverold

    nearrogance,

    teeredbyaorandarvellousgift

    forflattery.atberliishprinistercarefully

    ontenegro,

    serbiaandrounias.

    theprincipalityofbulgariaiindepe

    statusunderprincealexanderofbattenberg,a

    nephehoseuntries

    hecetodeveloptheirpoheirresources

    astheyodo,hadenglandbeen

    lessanxiousaboutthefateofthesultan,ainswere

    nepireasabulwark

    againstfurtherrussianaggression.

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