New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-11
THE BRITISH PEOPLE AROUSED.

BARBAKtTIES IN BIIGARI, RTCOUNTED- SHOCK
ING ATaOCiIIEs REVEALED By MIR. MACGAH,N
AND MR.. sCHUYLER-THE BRITISH EMBAssA-
DORIS INDIFFrgENCE EXPOSED.
IRON An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE TRIBUNEl
LONDON. Aug 2G.-We have to-day arrived at
the beginning Of the end. Prince Milan has sought
through the foreign COnsus at Belgrade the in
fuence of the Great Powers in the cause Ot peace
and the terms OF n cessation Of host!lltes remain
the only question to be discussed. There are, how
ever, many contingencies more unlikely than that
fresh complications viii arise in the course Of these
negotiations 1t may even be, III tho present temper
of both parties 10 the combat, that the hostIlites
may be renewed. The servians hardly know their
true position. Tclernaycff has Systematically rcpte-
scented their defeats as successes. The Servans
may have made some detailed points in the struggle
butthe general bearing of the has been against
them from the first. 1t originated a war of ag-
grcssion, but speedily became war of de-
Tense yet wtha their commander eOntriyed
To make a large number of his countrymen believe
that lie was at all events equal terms with tho
Turks. OF course all this viii make it a wori. OF
great difficulty 10 appeasc the war party, which Is
still strong Soryia, and who will naturally resent
to the uttcfmOsi any onerous tesns oi peace. Tue
position is even to-day lIttle complicated by tho
fact that the fighting before AicXInaiz continues
and Tchernayctt reports great victory" over the
right wing OF the Turkish army while OH the other
hand the Turkish accounts show that they are
gradually cncrcmg MeNinatz, and that they Will
shortly begin 20 lombard the placS. Of course no
one believes TcheInayefs reports or accepts ms
views Of the situation but in Serva IT is different;
and if the Turks are not disposed TO accept the SIRIUS
quo aate JcIm ia exacty toe light that Prince Milan
intends. he will find good deal OF difficulty in per-
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when they axe led to believe that he voluntarily
ave up war in which he was fast becoming
the victor. 1t is Of course rather early 10
begin to discuss the terms of peace, neither has
as yet scarcely hinted at what it will demand.
The English journals, however, to-day do discuss
them somewhat freely. 1t Is pretty generally as
smed that IN spite OF the Scrvian defeat the Powers
will insist on the abrocation Of Turkish rule IN
Seryia in whatever form il may take, and that any
proposal for the occupation of Servian Notifications
by Turkish troops will not be allowed On tie other
hand il is also assumed that the Turkish Govern
ment viii not insist upon the deposition OF Prince
Milan L. is NOT improbable that the tribute to the
Porte may 10 increased by way Of wax Indemnity
and that the Porte viii dcIIlnd q reduction OF the
Servian army. Any annexation Of SaINln terri
tory is treated - cut of the question: Were t not
for the fear Of Russian intcrpo,tm in behalf of the
in regard to this settlement. The exposure Of their
dongs IL Bulgaria, wich il is mild 10 term " lend-
ish atrocities" has not been without its effect in
guiding public opinion. The Turk has daily fewer
friends and more determined fees. Were Il not for
certain influences, small though potent, could
almost mG@inc England joining hands with Russia
and driving the Turks into Asia. Lord Russell for
once represents very large section OF opinion when
he appeals in his letter to Lord Granville, published
this week, for firm and res0lute treaty among all
the European Powers against what he justly calls
Turkish tyranny" in Europe, and says: care
not whether Russians, Austrians, Germans, or
Italians succeed the Turks, England will only re-
qure 10 have the passage into the Black Sea free to
all ships of and of commerce and the passage 10
Odessa aud Varna open" As it is, the Porte GER
tainly will not mmand the terms which victor
under ordinary circumstances could command from
a vanquished foe.
The letter from Mr. MacGahan, The Daily Ners
special commissioner in bulgaria, amplifyrng the
details of his telegram Of the ID of August, from
Philippopolis, has been followed by another dis
patch, dated Aug. 10, which The Daily Ners pub
fishes to-day This dispatch is but a continuation
of the terrible catalogue of barbartes foreshadowed
by the telegram and detailed in the other letter.
IL is taken up IN great part by "A description of
markable and accomplished Bulgarian girl whom the
Turks had imprisoned at Phlppopols as an insur-
rcctonary leader, a sort Of modern Jean dare, when
in reality she had done little more than TO work with
her needle a small flag which had been made use Of
by some of the leaders TO arouse the feelings of the
people. Mr.. Schuyler procured her liberty by bis
influence but not before she had been in prison for
two months, scantily clad, and fed on bread and
water and previously suffered every mdignty and
outrage that cowardly brutal soldery could think
of. The story of this poor girl-Raika, as she is
called-is one of almost indeScrbable sad
ness, but it Is mere nothing compared
with some of the other incidents narrated.
Cases of outrage and violence upon women,
aud the surrounding circumstances of these
cases-some of them committed in the public streets
are described with the boldness of man who is
determined that the world shall know tie truth, but
who yet feels constrained to say by way of apology
that he does not write for young girls and children,
but for men and women. "lf tell what have seen
and heard he says "it is because want the people
of England to understand what these Turks are and
if we are to 90 on bosterng mp this toterng despot
ism, if we IRE to 20 on carrying this l0ahSOme
vice-s,rickcn leper about our shoulders, let us
do il with open eyes and a knowledge of the facts;
let us see the hi locus things we are carrying The
struggle between the representatives OF Ibe DAILY
Necs in Turkey aud the British Embassy at Constan-
tinope naturally enough wakes warm when Sir
Henry Elliot, the British Minister, throws cold
water upon these accounts in his dispatches, AMI
mildly informs the British Foreign Office that mo
cases of violence outrage have been reported to
him. The Constantnople correspondent OF that
journal, who was the first to send to London any
indication of what going on in Bulgaria devotes
nearly two columns of The Aews to his own yindca-
ton, and he does it with calmness and dignity,
under the circumstances, worthy of all praise but
Mr. MacGahan who has seen all tins with his own
eNrs is eNcn.ahlN moro vigorous. Having detailed