On the west the ambitious schemes of the Latin race have been checked, and it is hard to imagine that we shall ever allow this prize of victory to be snatched again from our hands.

On the south-east the Turks, who formerly threatened the civilized countries of Europe, have been completely repulsed.

They now take a very different position in European politics from that which they filled at the time of their victorious advance westwards.

Their power on the Mediterranean is entirely destroyed.

On the other hand, the Slavs have become a formidable power.