The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-24 00:00:00

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--LONDON,- MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1854.

The attention of the people of England should
ou no account be diverted front the extraordinary
policy Which haS for some time past, and is still
at this moment, being pursued by the Athenian
Government. ;rite geographical position of Greece
renders its conduct peculiarly important at this
juncture, When there is open war, not only be-
tween Russia and Turkey, but between the North-
ern AUTLICE.A.T and the Sublime Porte aided both
on land and on sea by the armaments despatched
to his, assistance by the French and English
Sovereigns. But for its position geographically,
Greece, as one of the lesser Powers of Europe,
w`ceild, at a juncture like the present, be, all
illings remembered, scarcely worth one moment's
Iyassing consideration. But for this one solid and
'sufficient reason, King Orao might; in ask-
ing what attitude he should assume in
the general conflict, really and truly, be not less
than King Boxes himself, simply ridiculous I
And everybody remembers—everybody who hap-
pened to glance at that delightful " skit" in the
pages of that contemporary of ours whom Mr.
THACKBRAY delights to call " the venerable Mr.
PuNeß"—everybody remembers surely how a
question of that kind from his MAJESTY of Naples
was recently met in the London Charivari. What
attitude King BOMBA should assume ? " Mercy
on us," Said':Punch, " we would earnestly recom-
mend his MAJESTY to get under the bed as soon
as possible ; but, at any rate, to get out of the
way !" Now, it would be precisely the same in
regard to. Greece and its faineant Monarch, but
for the one reason, the one simple but substantial
reason already given, that of the situation of
Greece geographically.
It must be remembered, moreover, that the
Greek kingdom liei under extraordinary oblige-
tione. to:t the great Powers of Christendom. It is
indebted to those Powers, in fact, for its very
t3eiStence, Indebted --recollect this—not to
*Russia arfAle, but equally also to the rest of those
other eh'sef States of Europe who, together with
hguaranteed its independence. This, by
:usein,
ve 11' ay, would seem to have been altogether
Lrnoked by the reigning Hellenic Sovereign.
ek
tur
~cuch soohat we find him openly setting at
Aance both France and England—identifying
his "in the cause that of the Rusgian Cze.e
Sublime hostile position, not only to the
Peite; but &ISO to the allies of Turkey,
those allies the recognised champions of the sacred
interests of civilisation. Lord JOHN RtiSSE" has
said it. Lord STRATI/OED D
it. • And
pacity the former has Z RIZECLIFFE has said
said it, remember, in his
ca as Leader of the British liOnseo Com.
TllO/13—and the latter in his capacity
ambassador at Constantinople. as the British
On Friday evening we •took occasion to refer to
the "circular in which her Ms./earl's representative ci
at the Court of the ST;LTAN, addressing himself to
the various Engliffda Consuls in the Levant, repre-
hended the Greek: insurrection as a movement
which " operates only in favour of Russia, while
it has not even the merit of being spontaneous"
----the circular 7n, which this was said being
'1444 on the 29th. of March from Constantinople.
At the 'same time' we directed particular attention
t?
t4B ceinidence which awe Ac fterwards ren-
dered tl‘ie" Gtli9f April some what noticeable. We
I"'44leut how it camepasa, curiously enough, that
on flint, memprnialee 6th of April Lord glom' RUSSELL
de..el4llea in so; mazy Words " that there were
nunit roue 1.."•(
Ms of the RING and Qusev of Greece
hawing given the 'greatest encouragement to the
insurrectimie is"---(entreating the public while we
quoted tp. pitfitartlirw assertion thAt .4 was a formal