Rumania

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Excerpt from Rumania: Her History and PoliticsThese olliccs presently fell to the lot of the l'hanariotes (reek merchants and bankers inhabiting the quarter of l'hanari who had in some wav or another assisted the princes to their thrones. These being now practically put up to auction in t'onstantinople. I natural consequence of such a state of affairs the thoughts of the Rulnanian princes turned to Russia as a possible supporter against Ottoman oppression. A formal alliance was entered into in 17 with the Tsar l'eter the (treat. But a joint military action against the Turks failed. The Tsar returned to Russia. And the ¿ute threatened to transform.\ Ioldavia. In order to secure her against incipient llussian influence. Into a Turkish province with a l'asha as snlministrator. The nobles were preparing to leave the country. And the people to retire into the mountains. As their ancestors had done in times of danger. It is not to be wondered at that. Under the menace of losing their autonmnv. The Rumanians welcomed the nomination of the Dragoman of the l'orte. Nitholas lavrocordato. Though he was a (lreek. The people greeted with joy the accession of the tirst l'hanariote to the throne of the l'rineipalitv of Moldavia (l7l I).About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.