The New York herald., 1876-09-23
THE BULGARIAN ATROCITIES.
ENGLISH OPINION OF MR. GLApsToNE's PAM
puIET.


From the London Times. Sept IL
The practical value of MIR. Gladsoncs pamphlet
turns on his expression OF opinion that tho intelligence
OF the MiasIry is not darkened to be anablc
receive now impressions of policy. 'In my hope and
my opinion, when the old illusions British
scntimsn. are dispecd and Lord Derby Is set free.
with ms clear, impartial mind and unosten talous
character, to shape the course OF the administration.
he will both faithfully aud firmly give effect 10 the
shes OF tho country" This belief also. If
did not hold IL, and reasonable grounds why 1t
shIud be held, might well despair OF anything be-
ing in lime the darkness OF the prospect
The East. Tho Ministry power, and even II it
attempted no agitation from without could by any
pos bllty affect their tenure oil oce tor months
hence. The stray suggestions that have made in
iavor OF holding autumn session may be utterly
disrcgardcd Even when February comes, and Par.
Lament rcasscmbles the government will be able.
unless they add something worse 10 what has gone
before, to rally their friends about them, 10
cape any direct expression OF on their
duct Lord Beaconsicd and his colleagues thus
tar like the Sultan and his Ministers that II they
choose to be obstinate they may defy their
least for time; hut neither the Prime Minister nor
Forcgn Secretary be suspected of this impru-
dencc. Lord Derby has done moro than profess a
sire to know the judgment OF the country upon The
Eastern question he has tried to follow it, though
with halting and indecisve stcps that might gam
in vgor and movement. AS tor Lord Bcacons-
field, may quote another sentence OF Mr.. Glad
stones pamphlet succincty expressing the result OF
study the Prime Minister'S ''No Will SO
well understand the Prime Minister what Is tho
force aud weight of public opinion, and at what STAGE
in the development of national movement, its express
SION should no longer be resisted"
INA Mini NOT ahnv In or;pi ~
the people they serve and Mr. Gladstono's pamphl et
is u vigorous contribution toward the formation of
public opinion the question which now
cupie all minis. We all sufficiently stirred by the
horrors that have been perperated IN Bulgaria, and
there clear determination on the part Of the
OF the nation that power shall longer be used
10 protect aud uphold the government which permits
rewards, the comm lssiOn OF such atrocities.
Nut something more thau this 1, lelt to 0e wanting.
Az the meetings tina, nave been held and being Eed
throughout the country there has been and
nana ior some vigorous act to redeem the past aud
give better hopes OF tho iuture. lhc recall ol SIR
Henry Elnot has again and again been demanded
TO the prearranged resolutions suDintted at
these gatherings. Mr.. GLADSTONE Justly dcprccatcs the
danger tnat feelings may evaporale and opinion DO
diverted by cries Ko this, aud ne writes 10 press upon
the CONSCIENCE OF the people tho pracca measures
be prolnoed by tho weight OF their Will The end
he would have forced upon tine government
Is, they Should their energies
to secure as part OF the paclncatiou Of the EAST
tllc adoption OF eIectual provisions excluding
the adninis .rative cton O the Ottoman government
Tor the iuturc, not only from Bosnia Herzegovina
Uut also and above al, from Bulgaria upon winch at
best there viii rcmain for years and for generations,
Tho traces ot It's luul aud bloody hand." These prov.
lnces may remain aud Mr. Gladstone thinks thai IS
better that they should integral portions OF tho
Ottoman Empirc-L C., that thcy should pay tribute
| 10 the SGi,an and acknowledge his sovereignty-but
their internal independence should DC assured. 1t
be that lar as Bosnia anu Herzegovina
concerned thus Is the policy we have Tor some time in
sisted upon. We urged II twelvcmonths since; and
hai the advice been tnen taken, should have
messed an important step peacefully taken and should
revol,ci humanity Bulgaria is now added to tho
provinces TO receive partial emnncipaton-Mr. clad
writes is ''above ali' necessary and the
| problem is enormously complicated by the addition.
We do not say IL becomes insolub.e; We have heard
too OF insoluble problems which resolved the
moment they iaceu but we couiu we'll have spared
the added iaoor and cannot repress the conviction
that 1t must be lett IN tho end more imperfectly iu-
nllcd than the other conditions Oi peace. The gist Of
the difficulty must not, however, DO misapprehended
The conversion OF our government TO the adoption of
these conditions OF settlement secures the agreement
Of all the guaranteeing governments IN their favo.
| and If Russia and England, Austria aud Germany,
France and ally arc united IN pressing the same terms
Pore they Will be accepted Ut Con- tantinopie.
! No part OF Mr.. Gadstonc's argument is better pu.
than that in which he cniorces this opinion.
Mr.. Gladstone does not waste laoor the
porientous nonsense that has been spoken and written
about our interests IN maintaining unabridged the
authority OF tue Ottoman governments These and the
Russian shobgoblin' may serve be paraded before
the electors OF Bucks but Ar Gladstone dism,sscs
them IN foolnote Their unrcality has, indeed, be-
evident under the scrutiny OF serious politicians.
| 1t Is melancholy 10 think that a judgment per-
| verso snOuIu nave ootalncu tuc cItuchce IL AZ
time undoubtedly had that tho interest
OF Great Britain served by alicuating from all
the growing Powers that eme gng out OF the old
Ottoman Empire, and not by alternating them alone,
but by driving Them Tor aud. protection ami support
INTO The arms OF the very Power We proIcssed to
gard apprehension. This deiusion passing, has
almost passed, away; and We bceve the government
WILL the last to glvc II up Already, when the
eager apolosists Tor Inc Ministry pressing with
| the vchcmencc OF n last struggle lor tho
maintenance of the status quo throughout
European Turkey, the Foreign Office admitting tho
| %
remember the praise that bestowed vigorous
policy the despatch o! The neci 10 Beska
Bay, and the awkwardncss OF the situation when Lord
Derby declared that the fleet project
Turkey against Christians, but Christians against the
! Turks2 This experience ought 10 MAKE men more
guarded mignt induce them to pause IN the midst
o elaborate apologies Tor the supposed policy OF tho
NJ nistry kas to inquire whether that policy
does indeed what tncy have bclevcd 1t 10 be-