Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-29
ENGLAND AND THE TURK,

Some days since We expressed the ap-
prehension that the English people were
not in mood long TO sustain III admin.
istration which winked at such atrocities
rs the Turks have been guilty Of in Bni
garis. Since the days when tire Crimean
war was precipi;ated England has been
the ally of Turkey. Great Britain COM
bining her forces with France resisted
the effort Of the Mnscoyite GOvernme mt
to establish itself as a maritime power
at the expense OF Turkish territory. The
alliance between Britain and Turkey
being continued to the present day, We
witness the spectacle Of our mother
country lending tie weight of her in
f1nence in favor Of warfare which in
wolves the wholesale butchery of Chris
tian mothers aud their babes, the
slaughtering of helpless old men and the
violation Of the persons Of girls who are
spared from the dreadful conditions of
slavery. Tha. our anticipa;ions of what
may he on the eve of happening in Eng
land are not ours alone. is proven by the
following. which we clip from the New
York Herald of August 81:
A to the hope that mere contin-
einuaDce of the conflict will force the
great States of Europe in,o new attitudes
toward one another. it is not without
reasonable basis. Russias attitude has
hoos, aU,,0i,St1v, Gnn1rn Che 10
we'll disposed toward the. Servian people,
but will not take any step hazardous to
the peace of Europe. and. therefore. |
will not relinquish her inactivity while |
it is possible that her doing SO would |
lead to the extension of hostilities be. |
yond their present limits. The reason
fOrithe assumption that any moymeDt on
her part would involve war is that Eng
land is regarded as actually arrayed in
support of the Sultan, and that the
Power which fights the Porte would. if
it once cut through the flimsy forces OF
Moslemism, find itself in front of line
with the standard of England. The
demonstration with the British fleet is
in Europe actually called an intervention
and Russia acts upon the assumption
that it 10 one. These facts cannot be-
without their influence in England,
where public opinion is already very
greatly excited on the relations of that
country to the conflict-so much excited
that it would not be an extreme view to
the retirement Of Mr.. Dis
raeli into peeraSe and the other min
isterial changes as SO many preparations
for . grave and inevitable modification
Of the attitude of Great Britain toward ,
Turkey. The more this change becomes
likely the more the solution Of the diff
6culty resolves itself into q question of c
lime and justices the Servians in des- i
perate effort to hold out. England's :
position is at best difficult. The govern
ment is between the commercial classes
which require the support of English
against Russian interests III the East and
hat strong Christian sentiment which 4
'evol.s at the supremacy of Moslemism G
n Christian countries. England. there
ore, supports material Turkey as fact
Useful to her, and endeavors to suppress
eligious Turkey AS fact offensive and a
epugnant to her. But every victery a
hat Is gained in this war b. ne Moslem a
greatly that cement of
6ensive Moslemisru in Turkey which II
enders it more and more difficult for o
England to sustain the Porte. The b
progress Of a revival of Islam g
ury directly produced by Islam VICTORIES :,
nust secure the retirement of the British
linistry from even a moral support of
be Sultan; but ere this result is brought OF
bout Servia may be treated as Bulgaria 81
As been.