The Greenville times., 1874-09-05

sble to raise the necessary funds.
LevAnt Times, July Is.
We feel It incumbent upon US to
give our readers some explanation
Of the rigorous measure which has
Just been put into force against the
I.evant Times. A plain uavarnish-
ed history Of the circumstances will
suffice to convince them that what
we have done has only been In the
interest Of the public, and does not
in any way justify the act Of the
Press Bureau.
After the publication Of the para
graph relating the visit Of Kha'il
Sheriff Pacha and his wife to the
British Embassy. the manager of
the Leyant Times, In compliance
with an invitation from the Press
bureau, waited upon Sadonllah Bey,
Director Of the Press, who reques-
ted him to inquire into the truth
Of the paragraph In question, and
II possible to modify or contradict
It. The following day the manager
again called upon the Director Of
the Press and told him that the on
ly inexactitude which had been
found In the incrin,inated article
was that the visit tn the British
Ambassy was paid on Sunday and
not on Saturday. The Director Of
the Press, sadoullah Bcy, then said
that he also had obtained what In
formation he could In 30 short .
time, but I've was not In = position
Ito contradict our statement; and
| lie therefore thought It In the inter-
est Of khalil Sheriff Pacha to let
the matter drop. The other para
graph, relative to the letter tn the
Ishediv, was not made the subject
Of official complaint. It was only
on Monday Afternoon after 4 O'Clock, /,
NAT the editor received an intima-
ton that he waasrequlred TO pro-
duce, within ! week, proofs Of the
yersslty Of the two paragraphs nc
had inserted relative to Khalil
Sheriff Pasha, and q few minutes
after he had quilted the Office Of the
director Of the Press he was recall
ell to be informed that according to
fresh instructions from the Grand
vizier he must produce satisfactory
proofs Of the truth Of his assertions
the following day or his papel
should be suppressed. Ifthe editol
Of the Levant Times had been thu
sovereign Of the country It woult
not have been possible for him t
have complied with the demand
rs he could not compel the attend
ance Of the necessary witnesses +
the facts he had Narrated. sI'hf
was duly explained to the directo
Of the press by the editor Of the lie
want Times. We must add In on
own Justification that q week afte
the paragraph relating the visit t
the British Embassy, the edito
had the honor of conversing witt
the Grand Vizier, who himsel
turned the conversation on th
question Of Khalil Pacha's wife
visit to the British Embassy bu
did not In any way express his dii
: approval of what we had publish
, ed. We were not little ast0nisll
: ed at being called upon, some fiv
4 weeks after the publication Of til
0 article complained of, and after TIL
question had been officially she
we'd, to produce proofs, within a
impossibly short space Of time,
0 the veracity Of what we had at
4 vanced. If an action had bee
D brought against US, as should hav
Y been the case ifjustice were desired
]. It is most probable that we slroul
U have been able to prove what "
asserted. The decree Of suspensio
= accuses the Levant Times Of bein
! actuated by sentiment Of persor
al hostility--to whom 1t does nj
! say--and accuses us also Of havin
published sensational news wit
: the evident intention Of caluminl
!, ting a high dignitary Of the empir'
We were not aware that It was
!" calumny to say that an ex-Ministt
: ofForeign Affairs had lunched wit
u the British Ambassador. We onl
. touched upon the private life
y Khaffl Sheriff Pacha 30 for as to n
+ cord what, from a European poir
a Of view, we may be allowed to n
Q gard as sign Of progress. The d.
/ cree says also that the government
It cannot permit the publication {
IS false news (n0uueylcs cOntrouvees,
n This does not apply to the Levan
d Times a. the news complained Q
% hassno only not been contradicte'
+ but WREN the question was put :
!. the Director Of the Press wheths
d he would authorize it, contradlt
ton be refused to do 20, and prefer
!. red, ~ ws have Stated above, to l.
!. |it pess.
. Itlsa fhct not unworthy of bein
4 noted that this \ the SIKH suspeu
! oloa ~ Lsvang Times ~ expsrl
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