The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-28
rolled In the army they have not been treated as

That uno Ne nding men, heads OF families wholly |
humble and honest avocation OF teachers. should
be suddenly selzed by order OF government,
as s0s and ds Oo 1ns
arms were tightly bound behind their backs,
until from sheer exhaustion they sank under the
these men should thus be driven |
through the length OF the land In tie sight oil an
ignorant population. who knew OF no crime LAID
religion OF CHRIST; that when they reached Da-
mascus. the locus or that fierce massacre or
worship denied them, and that they should
as ss'- only condemned criminals are are forced
into II; THAT all this and much more
gaze OF the whole islandlc population syria ana
Damascus, Is not only a SAD humiliation 10 all
bearing the CHRISTIAN name. but directly calcu,
OF 1850, when thousands OF Christians were
ruin essly slaughtered. Fanaticism, IN such a
easily aroused, anu II not checked in lime may |
burst out into widespread connagraslon, when
the government Of the Sublime Porte may not DO
able either 10 control or extnguish
LIBERAL1TY OF THE PORTE
An instance OF the lDerality OF the Porte Is given
by the following letter from LataKia. Tue ''order'
was intended to suppress all Protestant mission
schools In Syria:-
the ISSUING order fSr the Of ,Ceisn
son Of the sapssancs Of rsceyeS sep
ssSs$ss sss
q yh n1ds1 ds se S"an "s
shs S Ds e odsr ~ aSon tie S
tnorities to use ali possible cxerons That nothing Of
the %d may @ aH yo1 or , aS S. Ad
place you WIN prohibit i With The utmost despateh
fe ss sn and 20 the
communicate here Is that Of Abderrannan NahssT
(September i6, ISiD
yG X inserting TINS in your column: yfa WI Gss'
LATAkIA, Jan. 81. 1878
The animus OF the ottoman government is fur
ther illustrated by late adylces from Ezeroom, In
Eastern Turkey, received by tne American Board.
containing strong statements OF the hostile actOn
ana the no less hostile lnaction OF the Turkish
authorities toward Protestant nissons:-
In former years the Pro.estans PAID her taxes as
now expected to pay Tic once more through the rep
caed by in Is tho
ton at Ezeroom remains unhung tor want OF govern
Chapel eeionsHs to the eagerly desired
81 to
m for
and every evidence thus given OF hostility.
''MADR TOO HOT TO HOLD HIM."
Religious liberty exists in Turkey IN the terms Of tho
law but q, nd netween he LAW and
recent iract on iraih Of quiet and noensiSe re-
Ss at oc. a yet ea owea e
culation IN Egypt hadi tassan IS converted here to
oo H"a Old he he
b Sss ~so Esyp court m o hsId
includes most OF the young u!ema lpriests OF
ns s 49, nsy n sny' duty
he OF r an er a
OF inspectors have already examined all the
gaat Herald in Damascus In iasspt booAs circulate
the dignity Of dulness, and occasionally grow excited
be- nor as truly paT Sc TURKS wish % Men may
Of the its aud nc
human efforts can par s prosress Ana surely the sy-
THE TRUTH.
The discrepancies between the facts given by
your correspondent ana the o,nciai statement OF
cial statement OF inc Porte declares, 1T Is well
known that religious liberty is practlsed IN Iur.
key In the widest acceptatlon OF the term" The
truth Is that the Turkish government docs not
propose to permit "tne conversion OF Mussulmen
to Christianity" nor to RESTRAIN its military OFF,
| GERS IRON INJECTING cruel punishment upon those
| who have never been Mussulmen on their en-
| bracng Evangellcan Christianity. Hence 1t Ia
with no surprise that Anglo-American residents In
| Turkey, ana others VINO are acquainted with the
policy OF the Porte and the hatred OF religious llb-
| cry In every sense Oh the word winch anlmates
| Ottoman statesmen, read the result OF Inc depu-
tations attempts TO obtain an audience OF the
| sultan.
| The Gar OF Russia condescended to receive q
deputatlon Of the Evangelical Alliance a short
and his decaying government higher than the
| Gear Wei 1t mas been SAID, "Prlde sOetn before
a fall" The violation OF the mission premises, the
property oil American citizens, Is not to be nightly
| passed over by our government. AS soon as the
iacis became known at Conslantlnople our Mnls;
ViZier and obtained rom MN the assurance that,
II AFTER due investigation the complaints !,,s;nts
Porte shall give the United States Iull
and complete satisfaction" Five months
have elapsed since the outrage occurred sssu tie
Christian world IS not YET aware that any repara.
tiOn mas been made by the ottoman authorities.
| On the contrary we see the deputatlOn OF the
| Evangelical Alliance denied an audience OF the
sui all; rumOrs from all parts Of the Empire unite
in confirming an augmentation OF intolerance
| Can missionaries. TURKISH newspapers IN STAN
bOul are attacking Americans aud accusing them
70 illustrate how much dependence can DC placed
| In the veracity OF the Turkish Press i quote the
following from the LeUdnt Herald OF February 10,
| 1876
THE TURKISH PRESS AND THE EVANGELICAL ALL
| ANCE.
Our attention has been directed to statements con
lance published the samboul turkish paper, the
Pera paper printed in farhish Inc Bassrei pnrpor to
Ssee the the address, %hc the GO
ar1 tor the pefpose o! presenting Y the sultan as AN
!hanksl The CAa,S TOO speaks OF the memorial an
aSSsss Of nd also qaSe from
deputalon:-"The kvangellcal society OF Lon
s Mss tine
hdeiy with which those principles have BEEN OBJ
to take
OF cause Is legitimate ana proper, but with fair and
and and
feelings can the Use Of sucn devices inspire other
those Of indignation and cOnempt2 Is this the ui
pa0u UNI supplied TO Its reader by the turkish 4ress
What can turks VINO read french Eng iish and are
acquainted with The real circumstances the case
think Of this pitable exhibition the part of Ihs
! LasSsyet ana the Chdrk1 49,
u NOT ENTITLED TO SYMPATHY OR SUPPORT
The M0haulmedan Power mas by It's recent con.
duct placed Itself before the Christian natious Of
the eartb IN ali It's nakedness and deformity. A
government that uses laischood and gross misrep'
RESERVATIONS TO Cloak its secret purpose TO deny
all treaty obligations and stamp out BY It's op.
pressve cruelty, all liberty of conscience within
It's borders, Is not entitled to sympathy or sup
port, severe Justice should be melted out to il
when occasion presents itself. JOHN Il. HAY,
Late Consul General Tor Syria and Palestine.
THE PACE EGO.
TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD:-
Our good friend JOHN Bull is great man and
very curious animal, by no means Incapable OF
performing wonderful feats Int Won n,uar co.1