New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-12
BRITISH AFFAIRS.
THE puGARlAN ATROCITIES.


.-o,, ~ OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNEl
,,nox Iulv 29.--The public meeting at Williss
- over which Lord Shattesbury presided the
~ dav has attracted good deal OF attention,
- more than most Of those over when the
r,,thropic Earl exercises paternal care. Inc
ZINC was held under the auspices OF the League
- oia of the Christians In Turkey, ana was
ID ". ILL held with the two-fold object of
-.s;rc indignation at the atrocities committed by
~ turkish irregular troops in Bulgaria, and of
.ro,sstinc against any support either moral or
PIo.S,ial being given to the Turks. The attendance
,rised almost exclusively philanthropists and
Ynl,ol members of Parliament, but the objects of
- ,,ostipc appealed 10 a much wider circle than
- IN atte7,dance, and the sentiments expressed
80 found almost comprehensive sympathy-one
h;ol cannot fail 10 have an effect upon the Gov
-roent The Daily NeicS has with great persistence
sna spiri; for some weeks past published from its
rnrlisb correspondents what have since turned out
tho accurate accounts of the barbarous atrocities
soomitted by the Circassian and Bashl-Bazouk
,oI,uteers upon the Christians of the insurgent
Ns,-,,oos in Turkey more especially of Bulgaria.
Those accounts naturally attracted great deal OF
o,,eption but on being brought to the attention OF
,boGovernment MI. Disraeli attempted to push them
sside ON the preteXt frequently made use OF here,
that thew were "mere newspaper accounts" ana
brore presumably for that reason If for no other,
evocceratcd Mr. Forster. however followed the
-, mn til Mr. Disraeh has been ultimately COM
rolled 10 admit what the published official docu-
a,,s clearly show that tie whole of The Daily Nc,s
ooyrcspondents' accounts of the atrocities were
tonnded mon fact Coming at that time these re-
norts naturally fed tbe-then by no means smol-
5or;no-fres of Indignation against the Turks. The
49, is !
olse that il has publicly recognized the truth of
ooo,nts which we're at first received with soothing,
srsers and ultimately with but a qualified admis-
s; from the Government. What may be described
&c on extremely radical view taken by the
erooLors The Turk was freely denounced as an
;n+rud,r in Europe, and it urged by some
sneakers that the time had come for hlm to be
driven out Resolutions passed in accordance
the professed objects of the meeting expressing
,ndicnation at the reported Outragcs, and calling
upon the British Government to recognize the facts
that no settlement of the Eastern question would
prove permanent which did not confer upon the
nsurCcnt provinces the full rights of self govern
nent. The Times IN commenting upon the meeting
TODAY speaks in no measured terms The great
majority of the British public WILL" it SAYS, "reGcho
the sentiments of Lord Shaftesbury, and they cannot
lmt regard the condition of the Ottoman Empire as
aseandal which cannot be permitted to endure much
longer" The only complaint which the press appear
10 hiring against the meeting is that 1t arrived at no
practical result and does not suggest any way out
of the Eastern difficulty. The Times says the diff
fcultics of the Eastern question cannot be disposed
of by assuming that the Turks only invaders
encamped in Europe, who may be driven out at any
time ly the combined humanity of the European
Powers" The Telegraph cannot see that the meeting
will serve any purpose but that OF blast to fan the
fires of international passion. The Standard discovers
q naralox IN the suggestions of the speakers and
The PaH Mall Gazette admits that everybody shares
the sentiments of the meeting but 1T ended by talk
ing about and about" political difficulty which
It's speakers no more saw the way out of than any
body else All this may be very tIue. but as pro-
test against Mohammedan rule in Turkey and
against the Stacking barbaritics which have been
recently disclosed 1t is of great value and, say,
influence. The meeting and the party represented
by it may not be very clear as to which is the way
out of the Eastern difficulty, but il has shown the
Government most emphaically that it is not to be
by the bolsteTing up of the Mussulman rule by
means of British money and British blood. III the
"sck man'sis again unto DEATH he is not to be
revived by the same means as he was in 1851; at all
events that the party which thinks so oyerwbcm-
ingly stronger than it was then.
We have for the past few weeks had among us Sir
Salar jung who is here some mysterious sort OF
mission which no one seems to know anything about,
and which is guessed at being almost anything from
the floating of a State loan for Hyderabad to the
restoration of the territory now under British rule
which the Nlzam of Hyderabad once reckoned
among his dominions. Whatever may be his work,
the eminent Hyderabad Premier, or Grand Vizier,
whichever he may be, has been Hospitality received.
Though he happened with an unfortunate accident
- in fol Cta Of
Hotel which has deprived him for the time being
of the use Of his lower limbs he is remarkably active,
and has visited nearly all the sights of London, &C
cOmpanied by his suite This week he has been.
with all the world of fashion, to GOOdwOod races,
and only this afternoon he has gone to Osborne on
visit 10 Her Majesty. As told You at the time, Ok
ford has hOnored him by giving him the honorary
degree of d. G.. L.; but, owing to his accident, the
degree was not formally conferred till this week,
when there was great display in the SheidOnian
Theater in his honor. The event, however which
has brought HIM into greater prominence this week
has been his entertainment by the City of London.
The city, or that small portion of the metropolis
which goes by that name, always. of course, enter
tains distinguished people, and accordingly 1T
offered to Sir Sar Jung the only honor it has in its
power to bestOw-itS honorary freedom, OF the priv
ieges Of free citizenship. l cannot remember
half the crowned heads and great people who are
honorary citizens of London but believe this is the
first instance record of its comforting the honor
on an Eastern potentate. The occasion was one for
some amount of merry making for the Lord Mayor
gave civic luncheon) aud good deal of speech
making. Sir Salar Jung himself made speech,
which, though delivered in graceful English and
with perfect pronunciation did not afford any clew
to the mystery of why he is here He did say, how
ever, that he was induced to come by the kindness
and urbany of the Prince of Wales in India and he
uttered besides good many of the oi'aary graceful