The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-08-15 00:00:00

MASSACRKS BY THE TURKS.

The meeting held it Manchester on Wednesday to pro.
test against the atrocities committed in Bulgaria was in
Itself an evidence of the general indignation which is now
being felt all over England. Report after report has been
published of the state of affairs in the unfortunate
province of Turkey, and at last it would seem that the
exaggerations have been very slight, and that the Turkish
Irregulars have much to answer for. When Mr. Baring
himself, the representative of the English Ambassador at
Constantinople, puts the number killed at 12,000, it is
evident that massacres of • terrible kind must have taken
place. Not alone able-bodied men have fallen, but women
and children have been slaughtered in the most indis-
criminate manner. The Pachas at the Golden Horn must
have been aware of what was going on in Bulgaria, but
doubtless, they considered it was wiser to direct all their
attention to the Semi= war than to make awkward
inquiries into the conduct of the Bashi-Basouks and Cir.
csasiens. For • long time also the Great Powers were In
ignorance of the scenes which were taking place in the
obscure villages in the valley of the Lower Danube, and
consequently no representations could be made to the
Sultan and his advisers. When at length civilised Europe
was startled by the rumours which began to leak out in
all their horrible significance the Ambassadors at Constan•
tinople ventured mildly to remonstrate, but they were
blandly told that they had been deceived, arid that only •
few Christians who had risen is armed rebellion had been
slain. It was singular that this answer should have satis-
fied the majority of them. Sir Henry Eliot among the
number, anil that • new lease of terrorism should have
been granted to the Irregulars. How well they made use
of their opportunity is now a matter of history, and the
ruined villages and desolated homesteads too eloquently
express the sufferings of the peasants. One of the richest
provinces of the Ottoman Empire has been reduced to •
, desert, and even now its late inhabitants are being
, executed in large numbers. The expression of feeling
1 from Englishmen can of course assume but one shape, and
that is condemnation of the excesses. This was the tone
pervading the meeting in Manchester Weriesnday, and we
I cannot but think that the Government must be influenced
to some extent by resolutions similar to those which were
passed.
It is not a question of diplomacy but of humanity.
England must not be supposed to countenance, even
indirectly, the vile actions of the Irregulars who have been
' used to crush out the dissatisfaction which the Christians
of Bulgaria felt under Moslem rule, and, as an unnue
takeably significant request to the Sultan, would put an
end to the repetition of such atrocities, there is every
reason why it should be made. But there is now a ten.
fold necessity for action for action being taken inasmuch
all the Turks have entered Servia, and flushed with victory
are commencing in • new direction excesses of the most
frightful kind. The leading journal in an article thus
points out the new danger in the following terms:—' The
Turks will naturally be anxious to delay any armistice,
In order to make the chastisement of Servia as severe as
possible; but the atrocities in Bulgaria will remind the
protecting States that war may take &peculiarly revolling
form when carried on by a Turkish army in an enemy.
country." This "revolting form" means more than at
first appears, for it must be remembered that all the able.
bodied peasants have left their homes in Servia to join the
militia, and that consequently only the old men, women,
and children remain. The fate of these, if left to the
tender mercies of the Circassians and even the regular
Turkish troops, can readily be anticipated. &rens has to
he chastised by the Ottmius power, and the mode in vogue
with the Pitches is to lay waste with fire and sword every
yard of the country through which their armies pass. and
to leave no living soul to tell the tale. The Serbs, indeed,
find toe late that they must trust to themselves in the
contest they have entered into, and yet there can be no
doubt that the feeling among the Slave population in
Austria and Southern Russia is exceeding intense. The
conquest of Turkey which thegehriatians in these countries
fondly imagined WM about to take place has proved a mere
chimera, and the Servians find it a disagreeable matter
to fight the enemy by the light of burning villages in their
own country. The reaction in popular feeling both in
Belgrade and the smaller towns is said to be remarkable
and the cry for peace must soon be heard. It cannot come
too soon, (or there Is no doubt that the spirit of Moslem
aggression has been dangerously excited by the demands
which have been made for men to fight the Christians.
Just at the present time, the further advance of Osman
Priebe along the Morava Valley is delayed by want of
means of transport., and it would be desirable to bring
about an armistice before the hordes of uncivilised troops
are again put in motion. It should be remembered that
the Turkish successes have been gained only by tremendous
sacrifices of men, for the Serbs, when fighting in entrench.
manta or behind earthworks, have shown plenty of
courage. The desire for vengeance, therefore, must be
all powerful among Osman's soldiery, and it would be well
that the first passionate thirst for blood should be allowed
to pass away in the inactivity of an armistice. It would
appear that the intervention of the Powers must now take
place, and the first sign will most probably be made in
Vienna or St. ketersburg. Our own Government of course
will, in pursuance of their police of neutrality, decline to
take any initiatory steps, especially as they would have
the effect of keeping Turkey in check.

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