New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-13
InRn nLRRYyS ANSWER.

Tn 1864, Lord Derby made this declaration
3" believe the breaking up of the Turkish
"Emplre to be only a question of time, and
"probably not very long time. The Turks
"have played their part VI history; they have
chad their day, and that day is over; and l
"confess | do not understand, except it he
"from the influence of old diplomatic tradi-
" TONS the determination Of your Older states
"men TO stand by the Turkish rule, whether
"right or wrong think we are making Tor
" ourselves enemies of races which Will very
" soon become, in Eastern countries, dominant
traces" On Monday, in answer to the two
Occupations from Societies of Workmen, he
stated his belief that " it would be as much
"nistake now as formerly to let the Turkish
"Emplre take care of itself, The value to us
/" TEnglandl of it's territorial integrity was real
" and permanent. Any attempt at partition
"would be the signal for European war.
"The relations between Turkey and her sub
eject races had been modified repeatedly, and
they might be modified again." lnasmueh
as the whole course of events in the East
since 1864 has simply verified and emphasized
the first of these views, we ere JUSTIFIED I'D
assuming that it was then sho man who
is the statesman who is forced TO make an
apologize explanation for the policy OF his
Government.
With all the seeming candor OF his reply, 1t
gives such false coloring to the character
and effect of Eneland's action, that we are
compelled to assume either ignorance or pre-
varication on the part of the speaker. We are
very much mistaken if his statements will
satisfy any considerable portion of the English
people. The latter know that the sending OF
the British feet to BeSika Bay was Interpreted
by the Turks as an act of protection; that the
worst barbarities in Bulgaria were perpetratcd
after that event; and that ignorance of those
barbarities is no excuse for a Government
whose business it was to know them. The
attitude of England imposed upon her the SOL
emn duty, as it gave her tho power, of over
looking, if not Of contrl ling, the course OF
Turkey toward her Christian subjects. At the
first report of the carnival of crime in Bull
garia, the Disracli Government should have
investigated and intoiposed; bu, il cont nted
itself with pronouDcing the report fabulous.
Lord Derby further says: "The conviction
L" that England desired fair play has done more
" than anything else TO prevent the var from
" assuming the character Of a religious war;"
Does he not know that 1t is, and has been
from the start, religious war 7 Has the Eur
bassy at ConstantinOple been blind to signs
and movements which the rest OF the world
has not been slow TO interpret And il
"fair play was intended, was it TO be Sc
cured solely by the presence of the fleet and
the inactivity of the Embassy Those who
promise fair play 10 fighters do not usually
keep out of sight of TIE ring.
IL would be o mistake TO let the Turkish
Empire take care of itself, Lord Derby says,
vet, he adds An eDdcavOr TO blot Turkey
+" from the map of Europe would lead to II
war, in which the Bulgarian horrors would
abe greatly exceeded We infer, therefore,
that Turkey il to be- carefully preserved, UNI
der the Joint control or guardianship of Eu-
rope. The constitution of such n guardian
ship is work of great dclicacy and difficulty
il requires time ard it can hardly be accepted
az an eficacious remedy for q crisis like the
present. Moreover, the piincille was already
violated when the English feet anchored In
Besika Bay. To menace Russia, at such
critical period, was not the way to secure her
cooperation now. TO encourage Turkey, and
then let her alone to send her soldiers to end
less outrage, is hardly proper diplomatic in
auguraton for :" the concerted action of all
Europe
The London Times Of Monday is right when it
says that more countries Than Russia may
easily pass beyond the control of statesmen.
That journal has at last reached the same
ground which was taken by The TRIBUNE ut
the very beginning Of the struggle, and
declares, as we have not ceased TO do, that
"eyery day of warfare adds 10 the likelihood
that the strife may overflow its present
"Iimits." In such a situation as this, Lord
Derby calmly deprecates war while fastening
it by his iDactiOn. He advocates q plan Of
settlement requiring long discussion and the
conditions TO which it should apply are chang
ing, or disappearing, day by day! This will
not do.
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