New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-20
THE BULGARIAN MAsSACRES.
EFFORTS or TIE TURKISH GOVERNMENT 10 DEcEI
FOREIGN NATIONS.

EFFORTS on THE TURKISH CONVENIENT 10 DECEIVE
FOREIGN NATIONS.
CONSrANTINOPIE. Sept. 2G.-At the time a Turkish
commission was sent Mr. Schuyler and Mr.. Barring
the English Commissioners sent 10y Sir Henry
Elliot 70 Bulgaria-werc both in that country
pursuing independent investigations; and prelimi-
nary accounts which had appeared Informed rs that
from 1000 to 5000 Christians had been mas
sacred. while fostering corp-cs ,till covered the
ground in many places. It was too much even for
the Turkish Government, even los the aid
of IT'S mixed commission, 10 deny these
allegations; and consequently story was IN
vented m which We can scarcely help smiling
were the case not grave and the excuse so pJtry
We were told that the lulgariaus bad dug mp
corpscs from the cemeteries and disposed tlcml pon
the floors Of the churches and in other plat,, %
lead the English and American Commissioner 10
believe that they were the bodies OF those who had
been slain hy the Turks.
At length public opinion became excited ~ such
an extent throughout the whole civilized world chat
the Government felt constrained 90 make some snow
of furnishing the guilty and II was reported ten days
ago that several of the leaders II tc troops who had
committed the atrocities had been arrested aud were
being sent under escort 10 Cou,i1ntiuoP.c. whore
they would be-, tried. THIS report having been
officially published. there appeared 20 last some
probability that those who headed the movement
would Doe brought 10 justice. Vain hope; the
prisoners have not yet arrived. and letter from
Philipp1polis in some measure account, FOR th, Toy
saying that Io-iin Pd,ha. one Of those who took "a
prominent part in the massacre. has collected his
Ba.h- l}azouks and CirCas,iau~ together and dric,
the anthorit.rs 10 arrest him BE- this IL nav The
official programme has been changed, for another
mixed commission. under Ba,quc Bcy. has just
been sent 10 Bulgaria, and b. said to have full power
10 try on the spot aud 10 sentence those
who are guilty. After what has followed Oh"
other inquiries, II Is too much 10 expect
any more satisfactory results from this new COM
mission. But suit. the purpose OF the Turks well
enough. Does il not prove that the Government Is
deeply moved" by what has happened and that
il is DESTROYS Of continuing that patcrual watchful-
ness over its beloved children which II Is ever
Haunting in the face Of the publici On the author
ity of la Trquie-onc Of the few journals here which
have not been suppressed because they dared tell
the truth-wc have IT that this commission has taken
with il several thousands of pounds for the relief
of the sufferers. Has the issue of paper money
enabled the Government To exercise this act OF
generosity so as in some measure 10 alleviate the
suffering of which II has been the cause, or Is tins
statement merely another imposture upon public
crcdulity for the purpose of leading IL TO believe
that the Porte is really DESTROYS of making substan
tia amends for the pasti several thousands of
pounds" is rather vague. especially when we are
asked 10 believe that this sum comes out of the
Golfers of a virtually bankrupt Government aud has
not been raised by public subscription.
Commissions, by the way, are in vogue here. Mr..
Barring. who returned from Bulgaria about a month
ago, has like "a schOol-boy whose task did not meet
with the approval of his master been sent 10 do his
work over agan-a duty which hear the English
Commissioner does not take to very graciou,ly. IL
appears that the Porte has asserted its ability to
prove that the English Commissioner was mislcd on
the first OCCASION and Sir Henry Elliot has therefore
sent HIM with Blacque Boys commission, to give
them an opportunity of adducng evidence before
him to this effect This is another act of the En-
gsh ambassador which proves his persistence III
dsbelcving the magnitude of the Turkish airOci-
ties in Bulgaria; and yet Mr.. Barings preliminary
account, Mr. Schuyer's two reports, and the letters
of the special correspondents of The Bdiiy Acrs aud
Cologne Gdseiie ought to be enough to satisfy any
body.