The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-04-28
The Russ. .TnrcO War

For about two years Russia and TurRey have
been drifting towards war, and Tuesda, came
the decisive event in the manifesto OF the Rus.
sian EmpeaOr ordering his armies TO ma ch in.
IT, Turkish territory. The whole period since
The early summer Of SIS has been occupied IN
Negotiations between the sgnatOry powers TO
the Trea.Y of Paris of 1856 ON the one nand and
the Turkish Government (called the Sublime
PuT.el on The other, The occasion for lnterven
ton was the continued existence of expressions
plunderinG, outrages tand butcheries carried on
BY turkish officials in some of the Turkish prov.
iuCes and tributary States against the non.
Mussu,man inhablt9nts, ana especially against
the Chris;ilns Of the Greek Church, These
wrongs, winch were combinations of poitlcaI
IN sgOvernmenS ana outbreaks of religious and
4 ce tuuUticism, tue Turkish Government have
ben undel pledge to abolish aud prevent eyer
since $50, but mOrs especl1ly since 1856. aud
since the la ter date the northern and western
nations OF Europe nave been unuer obligation
10 see the pleoge carried INTO effect rhe naIiUn
more especially in-eTvs,ed III the umeliOrUtion
Ot the non NJ us .ulman STATES ana Inhabitants
oi European key m Russia, as her people
by religion ana IN part by rs or are IN close sym.
pathy with The great mujOrity ut the oppressed
peoples But the promises and pledges OF TuI
key have gone uniu.tled, and neither represea.
talon, nor protest, nor negotiation have been
OI any avail IN Bringing about Hny ameliOratiOu
on the contrary M the month OF May, Of last
yer. the uIkish district OF BuguTla wa, made
The scene ut massacre Of unaTmed ana u
Ou5uuing DeOpls 10 an extent IN numbers pnd
WIh marks of barbarity and DrItalitv uHeX.
mpiei IA modern times. Then came the ser
wan war. in which the brave MOntenegIlus
1Oned Hs "A patIlOtlc service TO their suit ing
rOmpltriOt. Since the peace with SeTvii the
turks have maue renewed pledges of efOrm
ana have promulgated a Constitution modelled
On thUse o. some of the Western EurOpequ
mOnarCnies. But these promises were distrust.
ed. especially Dy RUSSIA, because al on the
saIue KIND hitherto made had Oeen viOla ed
End tnere was request for material EuaTan.
Ices Tor Their Imminent. But tne Turei,h
Government WOud give no guarantees, holding
tOsttDslDlY) that suCn course would be Ia dero-
gailOn OF lue dignity ana sovereignty OF Turkey
over htr OWn territory ana sulJects Dut there
can be no doubt that the real reason WAS the
fear 81 a revolt among Eec own ianatical Mus-
bullnan population II the latter wee deprived
OF then iong enjoyed prlYi eyes of oppression.
Insult ana plunOer of the non. N usstIlInen in.
haD tanis Of the provinces. 1urklsu pubic Op-
inlun tafter that tashiOnl was supreme and tne
Government dared LlOI OeiY Il. /. was a lesser
eYli 20 risK war, even with power IKE Iussia.
Aud 50 100, IN RUSSIA puDnc opinion luleG the
su j. ct tuf inc COuurOMug pOpuar sentiment
lneie Is thai the uime has 10 last come when
TIE ScaYic peUple and auhertnts OF the Greek
ChuICh luhaOitlng tue Iurklsh provinces Dor
Ocrlg Cn ne H9nube must De rescued from
tine cfuta leeifnlnation OF the MussulmaD iaua.
llUa Hnu plundeung UuCals Neither the Rus
~ 60, ernment nor pc turkish Government
ueHiied war as Govern mems at this time, Tor
nelihHr Is nnAntaaly IN conoluOn W undertake