, 1875-10-13
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From the Times J.

Some foreign journals (says the Messenger
/, d'Athenes) have entered into coniectures
as to the attitude which Greece will as
sumo regarding the disturbances in Her
zegovina, the gravity of which is acknow-
lodged even by the Ottoman press. They
have fallen into misapprehensions which
are pardonable enough, since Europe seems
TO be ignorant of the work which has
been going on in the East during the
lapse Of some 80 years past, Before 1910,
1t is true, all the Christians of the East,
then known under the common designa-
ton OF Greeks, had but one object, their
liberation, and their union under o Chris
tian Prince. Through the power of her
noble historical "reminiscences, Greece ex-
erclsed a sort offascination over all the Chris
tan peoples inhabiting the South Eastern
peninsula OF Europe, who were subject,
moreover, to the spiritual jurisdiction of
the emincntIy Greek Church of Constan-
tinople. Since that time, other aspira-
tlonS and other interests have sensibIy
between Greeks and Slavs, aud, conse-
quently, also, the political situation OF the
East. This has been the inevitable re-
sult OF the waking up of the spirit of
nationality, assortment of which the
Slavs of Turkey had until then but a
vague and imperfect notion. The anita
gonism of races has been adroitly turned
to account by Russia. During the last
80 years, all the efforts Of her Eastern
policy have been directed towards the
creation Of an impossible gulf between
the Greeks and SIavs of Turkey. The
Greeks. for q long while dupcd by the
platonic declarations ofRussian diplomacy,
only became alive to their mistake by OBJ
serving the constant predisposition of
Russia to side with their enemies, and to
take advantage of her good relations with
Turkey by obtaining for the Slavs con-
cessions disastrous to Hellenism, or by
contriving to make capital out of the
sacrifices of the Greeks and to turn these
TO the profit of the Servians, the Mon
tenegrins, and the BuIgarians. To cite
but one instance, the Cretan revolution
served to open our eyes to the Eastern
policy OF the Russians, the Servians, the
Bulgarians, and the Montenegrins. While
Russia loudly declared her sympathy for
Greece and the Cretans, the Servians
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tensive alliance, without, however, bring
ing matters to an issue; and the Montene-
grins cQsfined themselves to preparations
tor invading Bosnia and the Herzegovina.
During three years we lavished our
blood and our treasure on the battle-6elds
of Gambia, while continuing to look for
the cooperation of Russia and the open
ing of a Servian and Mcntenegrin cam.
paign for three years, unaided and with
our W resources alone, we held in check
the whole power of Turkey, welded by
her best generals, only to find ourselves
at the last smitten down by a humiliatipg
declaration, imposed upon US by a con-
gress OF the European Powers, and which
declaration Russia was the first to advise
us to sign. In the meantime, Russia,
whlle.c6ntinuing to encourage US in our
struggle represented us. at Constantine
PIE as the only really ~redoubtable ener
mics of Turkey. The Slavic populations,
on the other hand, were made out to be
t1e1natural allies Of the Empire against
ths inordinate ambition of the Greeks,
abd. as such, fully worthy of Ottoman
sollnitude. Aali Pasha purchased the fneu-.
trslity of SerFia bv the evacuation of the