New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-12-11
c4RLrLE ON THE EASTERN QUESTION
PLEA FOR THE RUssIANs-wAR FOR TURKEY
sTERNLY DlsAPPROyED-THE EXPULSION OF THR
TURKS RECOMMENDED.

A PLEA FOR THE RUssIANs-wAR FOR TURKEY
srERNLY DIsAPPRoYED-THE EXPULSION OF THR
TURKS RECOMMENDED.
From The Pal Nall GGzetts Nog. o.
Mr. George Howard sends for publication tho
following letter the Eastern question which he has
received from Mr. Carlye
me Is Il does 20 you and your friends that uerancs
OF my opinion on the Eastern question could be i'm.
pOrtaut but since you assure me that 10 might be OF
service TO many persons now In doubt on that
matter ! overcome tie very great reluctance had TO
indicated sumlnary what my own poor private views
upon In the trst place, then, for 30 years back
NY clear belief about the Russians has been that they
ale good aud noble element in Europe. C0nspie,
ousy they possess the talent Of obedience OF silently
following orders gwen which IN the universal ceeBlF
ton OF bdl0tboX divine freedom, &c, will be found an
invaluable and peculiar gift Ever since Peter tue Greas
appearance among be they have been IN stead, prog
rcss OF Development In our own time they have done
s.ual service 10 God and man Ia drilling into order and
peace anarcmc populations au over theif sac OF e
world The present Car OF Russia Judge 10 be strictly
hoOest and Just man, and In short my belief Is th e
Russians are eaDed TO 90 great things 10 the MOi anu
be conspicuous benefit, directly and indirectly to
their feiOwnen. To undertake war against Russia on
behalf of the Turk, II Is evident to me would De
nothing short OF insanity ); and has become, We
or Prime Minister, that exists among US. Twenty
years ago already had a mad war In defenss
OF the Turk; "A mass OF the most hiieOus and tragic
stupidity, nsmanG cement, and disaster in spite u the
brayest hgiEtinG that England was ever concerned in
since knew II hundred millions of money and above
90 900 lives spent in the enterprise By treaties Of
Pars, the Turk preserved intact, binding hi.
certainly OF all things in the world needed reform Aud
now after % years of waiting, the Turk is found 70
thing Not TO add that by bankrupt finance he has sw
lowed disastrous tribute Of many new millions hom
ile widows aud orphans OF England As fms 20 al
which he has wound up by the horrors OF Bulgaria and
such sayagerles rs are without a parallel.
with these weigty aggrayat0nS, the Turkish question
returns upon anew aud demands utiOn. II seems
TO thai s,neeaYg very different frou war on his be-
aud from all the world-namely, 10 be peremptory in
formed that we can stand no more of his attempts 20
Hmm ND ba
his face To the eastward. for quit this side Of he
Heespont. and give up his arrogant ideas OF governing
any body but himself. such Immediate and summary er
pusOn OF the Turk from Europe may appear 10 many
TOO drastic rcmedy but to my mind 1t Is the only one
management Of these unhappy countries might besnSa
the morrow after this longeontnued curse was via
human effort. The peaceful MOngol inhabitants S0uio.
course, DO Lett in peace and treated with perfect equH
ami even friendly considerations but the GOVERNS
Turk with all his Pashas and BaShl-Bazouks, should ~
once be ordered to disappear from Europe and never
return. This result is M the long inevitable ana
were better 10 set about u now than 70 teiApoe
heggle IN the vain hope or doing IL cheaper some ots
time A. 10 the temporary OF preparatory goyernMse
OF the recovered provinces, cleared Oi hef 49,
TURK government for 90 say any other term oi !ea
our own experience III India may prove That II s posS
bic and IN few faithful and sklliu hands Is even %
Nor in the temper OF the Car aud or the Austrian "a
perOr need the fair partition OF these recovered ei
tories be q of quarrel. Austria must expect lv
| come more and more Slavic and Hungarian Enlt1,
| her 100000 OF Germans more AMI more gravlaIssss
toward their cOuntrymen OF the great German Lmps
The Car, whose serious task 10 Is 70 protect TIC
]
10 territorial footing in the recovered country 10 -
| Gland there is vital interest and one ODly-ts'.
securing its road TO India, which depends on h!
the Suez canal The thing be desired Is concord
the three Great Powers, aud IT, do hope theIs "a
mutual trust grounded honesty Of intention OF
paIt Of each, claiming more than Ia the na".s III
| things belongs to him, may confidently eAlEcshn
The dieul les of the business cannot prove
II seems 10 ine the advice OF Prince Bismarck
in,Ous noble ard deep-seeing man, Who has no U.s. ne
| aims or interest In the matter, lhlsM.s
very valuable; nay, were he appointed aroieel 'd b
difficult dissdeDees arose. what but benefit NUT an
likely 10 RESULT But this portion OF the supos ave
not caei 10 write The only clear advice nav
is as have stated, that the unspcakaDlo I9Ih
Immediately struck out OF the question, ana ue al" %
lett honest European guidance, delaying ne stok
profitable agreeable only 70 gamblers on al OtRef
| Exchange but distressing and unprontdole 20 ~
men. freman always, dear Howard, yoa5ns uusLrIA
| O. Howard. ESQ.,