New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-25

good time of it here at present. it is difficult to
certain facts OF obtain confirmation of the numerous
stories of Turkish victories, Bulgarian atrocities,
ETC., ETC., which are related by every with whom
l come in contact. Americans have doubtless long
since ceased to place any faith in the kilograms, Off
cial or otherwise, with which the public is fur
nished Apropos of this subject an article appeared
in lie Courier de pOrien, day or two since, which
must have caused the compiler of the official tele
grams to blush-if indeed. q Turk can be capable of
such weakness Since the beginning of the war
the Government kilograms have been issued inces-
sanity and the number of killed and wounded has
always been stated. For the instruction OF its read
the newspaper referred TO collected the statistics
and published the total, by which it appeared that
the rate of killed and wounded on the side of the
Servians about two hundred to one compared
with the loss on the Turkish side. The Turkish
soldiers may, and, indeed do fight bIavely, from all
accounts; but this difference is enormous, that
now the kilograms of course disbeleyed Turkey
has good reason to try and convince the world that
the present instruction be Queed by her with
out much difficulty; but she has adopted strange
means and resored to almost childish subterfuges,
to attain her end.
For example, few days since the Government
announced that the Greeks, far from sympathizng
with the Servians and Montenegrins, were not
aid Turkey In putting an end to the war. As proof
of this it was stated that petition signed by num-
erous Creeks had been presented to the Sultan ask
ing to serve in the Turkish army, and had been gra-
ciously considered by His Majesty, who granted
their petition and also consented to their request
that they should be allowed to fight under n banner
upon which the and the crescent should appear
united. Soon afterward cOmpany-or at least
portion of company, numbering about SCOT these
Christians who had shown such feeling OF good
fellowship for the Ottoman Goygrnment were pa-
raded through the streets attred in Turkish uniforms
and marching beneath the and crescent banner
The Christian population of Constantnople had be-
fore this felt some inclination to doubt the state
ment regarding their counrymen, made by the
Porte, but now, could they doubt it There they
were. marching before the eyes of the public, and
wearing the Turkish uniform. The most skeptlca
could no longer refuse to credit it, The Porte, how
ever, had not considered 1t necessary TO state that
this band of valiant Greeks consisted of prisoners
who had consented to serve in the Turkish army if
they were released from prison. So much for the
cross and crescent story The official statement
that many of the leading Greek merchants here have
contributed to the public subscription which has
been raised for the purpose Of defraying the ex-
penses of the war, may be placed in the same cate
contributed $500 to this fund, a contribution
which looks very good paper, but does not in
atty amount to much, as it is well known that the
Turkish Government is deeply in the debt of this
merchant so deeply in fact that there be little
probability Of the obligation being discharged, at
least for some time to come. Under the circum-
stances it is hardly probable that the amount was
paid in hard cash, and it is likely that the Bull
garian merchant allowed his name to be used on
condition Of some part of the debt being discharged
There has been rather dearth of news from the
seat of war for days past-that is 70 say of
trustworthy for to reproduce here.
OF Turkish accounts of engagements with the enemy
hSGT" more esSec h th Ss she tee be STsa
not wanting from Sorvian and Montenegrin sources.
Constantnople is the best quarter
from which TO obtain information Of the movements
which are taking place at yarious points; but II
were to trust TO official kilograms ana
reports of the newspapers here no would be CON
staptly contradicting himself. The great difficulty
is this that when items of apparently authentic in
tellipence are so numerous, and when IT Is rcmem-
bered that experience has proved a great proportion
of similar items to be false and circulated for specu
lative purposes there is a chance OF ignoring news
which ia not without foundation and does not par
take of the Murchausen character which distin-
large. Most of the papers here contain at least half
column of war kilograms, to say nothing of CORE
spondence Occasionaly-evcn in the same paper
these kilograms contradict each other, and always
are more or less biased according to the parlsansp
of the journal in which they appear.
The Turks have everything to lose in this war and
nothing TO gain, for even should they succeed IN
putting down the Servian instruction 1t would be
but temporary cessation OF hostitIes nj the BEST
for the other vassal States have now taken up such
an attitude that the universal disailcction OF the
Christians throughout Turkey to the arbitrary and
tvrannical rule of the Moslems IS everywhere mani
tested The Government troops are meeting the
enemy in Bulgaria, the inhabitants OF which state
perhaps more than those Of any other have good
reason TO know the cruel weight OF the heavy yoke
placed upon their necks by their Molammedan
rnlcrs Trodden down, harassed, and taxed lar
beyond their power of payment for years, they nave
now been massacred in thousands, their women out
RACED, children sold publicly as slaves here IN Con
stantnople until few days since the Porte issued
an order that no more slaves were to be sold
here clearly admitting that the traffic had been car
RED on openly and atrocities Of horrible char
acter committed that even did the inclination exist
to chronicle them here it would be hard to find
words in the English language sufficiently strong for
the purpose. These outrages have been committed
by the Bashi-Bazouks reprisals; at least so the
Porte has informed the world. Reprisals for what
is naturally asked. Can any acts of the Bulgarians
in showing their sympathy with their fellow Chris
tans now stalking all they possess and shedding
do: blood upon tho battlefield in one bold stIyhe
for lh; called for Fprisais Of 80 Horrible
characterf That they have constantly shown their
hatred to their cruel and hearless oppressors-nay,
that they have occasionally turned, worm-like,