The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-28
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Lecture ON Turk0y.

suits There only thirty persons present The
following sketch Of the Lecturers remarks He would
speak relative to the march OF empire in favor o.
which eur sympathss wore already enlisted. He would
exhibit some traits Of Turkey 1t L. In 1899 the Sal
tan promulgated charter guArantyng to the psops LIE
and liberty 1t was while engaged in the WAT with Greece
that the late Sultan Nahmoud undertook 10 do away With
the JAnssaries The charter OF 1889 granted equality
TAXATION right of fair trial. and full protection and
liberty In the disposal and enjoyment Of their property
But Turkey Was not regenersd BY thss reforms though
there strong grounds to hope that she progressing
towards perfect liberty One OF tho greatest and earliest
reforms the establishment. OF quarap tines which vent
Into operation in the year 1889 In consequence of tbs
pssus that ragged so violently the previous year. For
% TIM plague rsorm VA, no. IN 's sss
national dress and now, with perhsps the exception
Of the red cap, Turk 10 dressed like . European.
This reform ~ hrst rcicue and considered
superb isl But has triumpned over the rdio us
OF Europeans and the opposition OF superstition ~
much important step than superb cal observer
may think. Along with this may be plao reforms In
domestic lvi & and Turk can now be en- ing All
the luxures which foreign countrie, produce With
ference 20 the military forces OF the Turks the lecturer
thought that the Ottoman government could easily bring
into the hed 500 o0o men. Her navy good many OF
her ships being built from Auercsn mocsls. Popular
education was fast spreading In Turkey. Taers
sr hundred soho In Cons antinops alone and through
ont The country perhsps Ave Tanks could read 10 one
Russian The exports OF Turkey we'll tins imports
lately very much increased. The abolition OF mono
poles great refor and have given plsce 10 domss
lie trade and very proved ysIem OF collecting tsxes
The government snl retains a peraioious lnes as Of
raising s1As. Native ind1sTJ Ia iaxeo several fold baors
than foreign industry 1t IL trus that tho rarks c1a
thereby buy French siss and Englsh cloths cheaper
than 1ericsna can; but the taxation on thsif own
labors is ruia The crimes laid 10 the gss Tukh
tctra are 0ribety Ind Corruption. On' law that con-
eeining ~crnsn, still remAes without any modification
she stil holds Inferior position to men, and
reflect that heprogess Of tocety depends much upon
women VS. rrtur,y ooIcluds that Turkey will never DO
Fr4A Ia NCslft AT AAr A.,
forms IL relation TO Christian sutjeti not n
could wish-tbey are osly tolerated Nov at least tina
Nuetulntr rbo turns ChFttEn Is not Ut to death But
since be the lecturer had written this, Accoaats had
reaoh uR that Mussulr put TO death for turo
Chrsiisr. Tie TURKS had ,Asop TO alter their
laws OF hospitality One Of the great evils Is that the
reforms have been modelled too much upon Christsu
forms OF government Another evil il the of iu
Temperance Fcrnerly Nussulman Was allowed to
drink Gny gitous liquor bat this Ia all altered and 1t
Ia Of frequent occurrence to meet drunken Turks we'll
az drunken Cnrhtians A. vice alone forbidden in the
Koran, they quiet then ences BY drL king alcohol
We ecolect that the pee Pile who have introduced
these reforms have hitherto been looked upon savags
race The Influence Of the new constitution has been felt
more by the Christian than by the Turk. Foreign com
merce the arts and science chiefly in the hands Of
Christians The Turkish press excludes nothing but d
rect attacks upon the sultan Il this late OF
Turkey towards her Christian th.t mas the
apinosiy OF Russia Russia asks for the professionals CT
TIE churches hat she suosct the synods OF Athens
and Corsan,inofle TO that OF ST. Petersburg Ia concu
sion, be desired TO cay that the which have pro-
ducsd these reforms viii demsrd further reforms and
NOT cease IL people OF q. Least
equal liberties with the people OF England BY OF
these reforms Turkey is fourfod stronger than
after the battle OF Nsvarno Bat here is the dilemma
for Turkey II tire government IL just and progressive,
and rebeone break ost she viii be enabled to put them
90 herself But il shs is sluggish in the OF
form she WILL the fires occurrence Of such rebeons
End hersel torsasen by ali her allies Turkey feels
The original dilemma, that she must either yield to
orm or have the whole OF Europe upon her.
The Eastern Question-Anglsnd Against
Russia.
LECTURE BY DIR. s0LGRR
Dr. solser delivered the nth lecture of his course
European History and Politics. last evening. The rub
ect was "The Eastern Question and the Policy of Eng
and The lecture 1ble and profound production
The following Is . sketoh:-
He fsid Il at since the revolution of 1885, England had
been governed By combination Of the landed Aristo
'rscy and the national cred The man OF
England took some interest in It, but 80 much ss
VAS generally supposed but 1t any these two par
Lies would oeode ,hs policy OF the county TIE puo,
BIT made the government expensive and with loans
the government became moe OK ,ensivs This was
shown in the years from 1903 TO 1875 when tbs
expenses OF the Army doubled Another reason m soaud
in fact that ian passes from one bank ug house
TO tnotEer-th.y nat all be paid ana oonseque
the people have " pay much interest than they
bsnkruptc, and ruin This is precisely the with
England Her a.. st amounts 10 eight hundred millions OF
Pourds Tor which the people have TO par thirty mi
licns As long trade IL good this will be pA d;
but II England should have to another career OF
borrowing 1t must result ruiuousiy As the constitu
ton is found,d on thus system IL uust share the
fate. Thus 1t VIII b. that the fundholdsrs
the rgos powers CT the country There the probsm
Q. Statesman ship this The taxss must % kept down
by industry and ome ce. ana they must rua Q race
with ruin England locks At the war IS place where
dividends may be raised BY lending IeJ TO fsrei,n
powers England sAthes her fund holders and saves her
self from borroving 10 Spain, Ferdinand tns Seventh
vas restored TO The throne BY Eosand and accspted
Z her snd SPAIN property sold OF
pay the debts which Eagnd had forced her to coz
ira in defending her owo fresoom The EGG ish argu
msn Is trst, that people who are not lost admrx
ton st royal carriage, can neither be free happy,
second the people II ~ hold cattle Bhow without lord
in the chair must be doomed 20 chy and ruin These
principles hold good in & eece and Spain, thsy
merely tributaries Now, EGG and mus! be per Arsd to
10 10 defend tntss tributaries against France
and Russia. Francs rae been ICES dependant
upon Eogbsd since the cas- Of Jaly Alter 1881 her
bankers copied Erg usa MODE els Bat France IL
* srsl country got the pros
pSrity TO back the banAss that EoglAnd has
q Of the M ne FAu,s thai the
I altes futo -hch Fetucs II divided msde
One parry which meroileesy ppre<sei the poor, and
the ot er Il roe ons oppges e. WOO gaze hung
eyes AZ lhH niYSl, ssis sooisl millennium
Lous Nspoirn sttenp 10 tsm stize stock ,ooi g,
oy be oapA OF -A5lss; out The poo pecpls lost
their s.vh g., 4oc Llu,f Sopol his
psrAiivt sasksse % bag aoc The real question in
Eastern is b. tween snsiaad ana Russ. TIE otaee
Stst>s ere tocls Frspos has atsaptst 10 make .
pc icy herself. but not ye. 500 &c isi Ensaud
the hsditsnspe,n ard 10 Ter East Indian empir. oy
which England tncl1r~s h. rord ia her The
three prlpciys po mt <here toe battle IL <nt
tbe S.uEo which commands tbs "a rance to ms
Brlt.c. the DsIcsgelles. command The ahole OF
Southern Eutups snd toe central portion OF r-rtary
which orml point for operations on Turkey I'll, first
q hsfe points ~ cDmaaee by the Dcches o. Sshles
sig AND bulstegp and By enmsrk PrussiA attempted
to tuy theie Duehes N is4s, but ths opposed by
England, . II would have pc reiful rivs So Eng
j. nd md Russia settIed the affair petw them and
Russia rece.ve the Sound ~ her share that he
c mE snds Der ara and Prussia, And the refors the
whole Germany TIE mex point is The town Of Jsrsut
In The plateau OF ss,s, bet-een Ru STA I'd he
sEsn possfssicns In IociA fhs tow bslpDgst
TO Perfis, bur rebclled nios years ines IN,
esrfe OF the Shah espou, led BY Russia, srd
that OF the rebels BY England they each desired taat
JAraut should he theirs The town Of JArant is the
borders OF AnghAntsn I'd the last named pia is
sidered 70 be the key OF India. Russia ARM TO
conquer ia aut and then occupied It, Her obsst In this
TO encourage the surrounding tribes rebel sgAnst
England and then 70 take what advantage they might Of
IT, This s proved by the fact that Russian at
tempted TO stir the Agh,ns to raise mp the standard
OF ItAmism the borders OF the Indus. Lord Palmer
ston ksd for explanation, and Nicholas said "thAt
no harm intended, and that Russia had always
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