The New York herald., 1876-09-04
ENGLAND CHARGED WITH RESPONSIBILITY ron

ENGLAND CHARGED WITH REspoSsIpILrrr ron
THE ATROCITIES.
LoSpoy, August "a, 1876.
The Datiy Neics OF to-day prints a letter from a
gen eman whom charactcrizes as IAN eminent trav-
eer knows the East than any other person
living" The OF the writer thus referred to has
been ascerained, and II is only just say that his
for withholding his from publication
clearly accounted for. What might appear incon-
sstency IN attacking ground which, before pc sonai
examination, he had held does need TO be explained
1t is only greater guarantee OF the grave which
have produced such a change iu his mind 1t may be
stated further this point that three prominent
members OF parliemcnt now in Bulgaria collecting
material for attack upon the conservative camp
that wi, give great trouble to explain away sncer
down. Tho DAILY Nesvs letter is as folows:-
THAT UNHAPPY
do not not go so far the press OF Europe gcner-
ally aud that OF Russia universally does, to assert
that the unhappy order Tor our eet TO rendezvous IN
Bes'Na Bay has caused whole of the terrible
cities which have lately shocked The civilized world;
but tho measure so careessly and ignorantly taken
doubtless shed vast amount OF Innocent blood, and
~ John Lcmoinne Is again right Al such a conJunc-
,ure the Turkish popuacc and only The populace
but also the officials. ana especially tie officers OF the
army and navy, would say, i.k eri tall right; the
tect US right or wrong, nst the Muskov and the
Nimsa lAustrian), and We now deal with our own
enemies as they wish US to do. Our Giaours arc Cath
will burn their fathers and delle Their mothers without
danger of getting INTO trouble" And upon this prin-
| ciple they acted heartily despisng us thc while.
CAUSED BY. IGNORANCE
Official ignorance caused tho disaster II was tho
same IN syria during the massaces oil 1860, horror
directly brought about by the late spiriiuet Fuad
Pacha, who, however, intended nothing more than
mere iumult Our good allies and protegts the Druzcs
at once began TO ravish and piunde ravish and mur
der every Greek, Maronite and Armenian who Ie INTO
their hands with the firm conviction that they were
dong what was most pleasing 10 the "Brotcstant"
country The horror and repugnance with which we
! heard their barbarities were looked upon
shams; such feelings do not belong aud are conse-
| quenly unlnteliigblc, to them and | am convinced
that whenever other atrociles OF tho kind commit
ted SYRIA the Druzes will In their friendship Tor
us, play exactly thc same part. Evidently the
| English government when 1t made The fatal
move OF sending It's fleet to support Turkey neglected
the first precauton that OF warning our dscreala able
allies. The Turks against their normal course OF hor
rors. Probably the heads of departments never ex.
pected these horrors and the systematic snubbng of
all lis employees who dare TO tell the truth when 1t is
not wanted prevented their learning what was TO be
eXpccted-",awppote multiplied twenty limos ove.r'
Evidently this Turk, this thing that governs many
millions OF Christians, saw what would be the plan OF
the Servian and Montenegro beratng armies whose
only chance lay IN general rising OF non-hosiem
Rayahs ana determines to prevent BY The hel,sh
nounce to be considerably exaggerated"
PLAYING INTO RussAs HANDS.
The indignation meetings IN England, which Will
probably assume greater proportions during the recess.
must be very satisfactory 10 Russia The great Siav
empire will Judge the feeling TO be strong when man
In Lord Shaitesbury position prefers to the Mus
covitc the banks OF the Bosphorus rather than Il
continuation OF Ottoman msrue In fact, govern
ineni could not have played completely the
hands OF Russia Than by defending, or at any rate pal
lialing. the abominable crimes committed and still
continued by lis protese Russia thus stands proudly
forth AS the defender England the offender OF tho
iaith; the former wins the friendship and sympathy,
the or IN, Interest nmity and dsrust Of
dom throughout the East and In thus playing te beau
role Russia need DO nothing. absolutely nothing be-
yond allowing English olundcrs TO play into her hands
The OF hs civilized world has already determined
that the man. II not the only difficulty OF the situa
ton, is the antagonism between England and Russia
neither OF which has yet secured the compicte and
whole hearted sympathy OF Europe. But the mighty
mistake OF apooging tor murder and torture Will Sc
for auhorittes what they amply deserve, the
antpathy of the right thinking while the attempts
deiude the public oy local inquiry, negecng men like
Mr. Wrench whose tried and noted honesty would have
siIenccd all objections can only win contempt In
matters Of this kind also pity for the sufferers is
spread, and to become intensified, especially in the
case OF those who have no India to tremble FOR.
MosLEMs OF INDIA THREATENING ENGLAND.
have little doubt OF what will be the effect of our
last moves IN the case OF The Mohammedans OF India
However much they may enjoy the maltreatment OF
the Katr under our consent. or rather by our instru
mcnality they will look with the greatest aversion
and contempt upon the Christians who base
cowardy and untrue enough to justify the oppress
or their coregionsts our fent has practised
cunning strategy please the Indian Mosem by sup
porting tbe Turks IN the murder and torture OF our
fellow Christians it has notably deceived ITSELF So far
from srenghcning British rule, II viii, far as Mo-
hammcGans concerned, do It's utmost 10 weaken our
position. Whatever our government PROCESSES TO do
IRON policy they Will set down as done from lear
and | am quite sure IN doing they will not be
wholly wrong The late Overland Tunes Will show you
unless We support the wretched "Commandcr of the
Faithful" have yet to learn that the editors of
these articles have been brought TO trial they de-
serve AZ Constantnope, the Istihbul newspaper
openly declares that If we do rot prevent the extension
OF the bcrang movement 'the Caliphat OF Islam will
find 1t necessary transform the world INTO garden
OF tnps-the popular expression for shedding tor
rents Of blood. The Bassrdt again solemnly assures
us that ''Mussulmanlar zalim dcidir''-the Moslcms
are guilty OF oppression and u proceeds to throw
the whole OF their l.. 900 murders upon tho mur
dered
CARRYING Az
We are thus IT would appear, at once dong our best
to Turkey and to rum position in the East;
ana when add that our governmcp pt with the curious
mixture OF ijudged interference and tmid backward
ness which have characterized II Tor the last two
years proposes 10 talk. not 10 fight, IN favor OF the
Turks, aud that the Army Mobilization scheme, OF
which Mr.. Hardy lately the city iourlshing
account has been pronounced by practical officers OF
all grades to DO sham, "A dcuson, an utter failure,
he must be bold man who does not despair Of The
Az INCOMPETENT AMBASSADOR.
The feeling awakened by tho snow blooded policy"
and, worse si, bv the bundering Inactivity Of the
BRUSH ambassador to the Porte, wiz probably end IN
his recall measure which should have been taken
years ago. Sir Henry Elliot, the Right Honorable has
accepted In its entirety the role laid down Tor him by
the advanced liberal partytha is TO say, no has ci
faced HIMSELF with AS much vgor and energy as his
Russian colleague did the reverse There are many
excuses for ordinary man placed In extraordinary
circumstances but none for the general limo OF policy
anxiety TO make things easy" pas Jd,ye
dss dGdires, Louie Philippe used 10 enJoin his
VOWS this successor of the great Eltchcc has allowed
n whole line OF such .svizcrs Aali Pacba and Avni
Pacha to have their way in everything. They
could direct shots to be nred at English engineers when
| surveying for tho Euphra,es Valley Railway. They
could order Secretary Tor Foreign Affairs 10 recall his
consuls did their duty. Bytheby they afterward
Qs73l tried the same little game with Austria whicn,
unke England stouty supported its employees and
dcmandcd aud received an unconditional apology.
Simply the Lord Napier and Ettrick at
Constantinopic better for the honor and the
interests OF England.
TIE POLICY NERO
Our government seems 10 think that II has fully
atoned Tor past imbecty and provided against future
inassacrcs by appointing an English officer To
pany the Ottoman Geucrassimo in his invasion Of
Servia But they apparently again forget that This
ony one Of the fields Ia which Turk sh barbariiy is
rampant The crucltes still committed all Bosnia
exciting the strongest feeling Suutbern Eu-
rope. Herzegovina also, Ike Bosnia, IS being dcci-
mated by murGerous Crcassans gy psies and Bashi-
Bazouks those rich ana icriiie provinces are threat