Dying Empire

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In a recent book on the Eastern Question an English political writer furnishes some interesting data in connection with the decay of the Ottoman Empire in Europe during the course of the nineteenth century.<br><br>These figures are not dead statistics. Within them lies hidden an immeasurable ocean of suffering and bloodshed. Time after time European diplomacy has saved the Sick Man of Constantinople from death.