, 1877-01-12
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..c,,trv an a vorse state than Turkey
nov n. From all parts oi the interior
Wc hear oi nothing but stones oi rob
t.cr,e.. Village. murder anil acts of Nio-
Icncr oi ali kinds. frum every poiat.
bo,h IN Europe AMI Asia. come CON
plsiut. Of Christians against their Nus
sulmen neighhors. against the authori-
ties for neglecting 10 reprcss the disor-
ders. and even countenancing them.
rsof massacre still exist, for It seems
thai not in Bulgaria alone, but IN Jeru-
salem. smyrna, and everywhere
through Asia Minor the Turks are using
the same language and making the
same threats. Take all the outrages
said TO have been perpetrated IN the
south, concentrate them IN one State
within three months, it would be
nothing TO what it is here. Our infor-
nation about this state of things is not
derived from the complaints of the in
habitants alone or from reports and ru-
mors. Isis certified by official reports
from the Consuls of almost every part
of Turkey to their legations at Constan-
tinople. Armenian towns and villages
are pillaced by regular troops, and the
complaints of the inhabitants pass un-
needed, or, if something be done in
order to save appearances, the COM
plainants are subsequently made to sign
documents saying that what they had
complained Of was false. In Smyrna,
crime is increasing to such an extent
that the Consuls have signed a Joint
note calling the attention OF the author
tiles to the inefficient state of the police
and to the bad government OF the
province, and have requested their Am
bassadors to call the attention of the
Porte to the same subject.
Among other crimes several iron
safes belonging to American citizens
were forcibly opened, and the Govern
ment, under various pretexts, refused
to arrest the persons who were pointed
out as guilty Of the act. This has COM
pelled our Minister, Mr.. Maynard, to
make a representation at the Porte for
the better administration OF Justice and
the increase of the police in Smyrna.
Four American travellers were robbed
last Winter near Jerusalem, and not
only has the Pacha of Jerusalem excused
himself from performing his duty. but
the Porte has devised several pretexts
to shield him from blame.
The Consuls at Salonica report con-
slant murders and robberies throughout
the whole of Macedonia. Their reports
have been in part officially denied by
the Turkish authorities, but, neverthe-
less, the Governor of Salonica has found
it necessary to issue an address to the
Mussulman inhabitants, recommending
them to live on good terms with their
Christian neighbors. While the burn
ing of villages, and the massacre of
large numbers of persons has ceased in
Bulgaria, outrages of every kind are Of
daily occurrence, but, instead of whole
sale slaughter, we now have separate
and individual cases of murder, rape
and outrage, amounting in the whole to
almost as great a number as at any pre-
eeding period. N
The ebullition of public feeling in
England has had one good effect upon
the English Ambassador here, as it has
impressed him with the necessity of do
ing his best to allay the excitement and
retrieve his past omissions. Mr.. Barring
was sent up to Bulgaria again with
mixed Turkish Commission, a. was sup
posed. and as he himself believed, for
the purpose of weakening his report.
The additional evidence, however, which
has been brought before him has only
served to strengthen the conclusions
which he had already drawn. he has
had his eyes fully opened to the tricks
and illnesses of the Turkish Governors,
and has begun carefully to follow all
the cases Of outrage reported from the
neighborhood of Philippopolis. and has
insisted that redress be given to the
sufferers. Both he and Mr.. Calvert, the
English Vice Consul, have followed the
trials Of Bulgarians accused OF partici-
pating in the insurrection, and they
have become convinced of the frequent
use Of torture, fact which they had not
previously believed. Indeed they paid
so much attention to these trials that the
authorities considered it best to discon-
tinue them for the present. Mr.. Barring,
by the direction of Sir Henry Elliott,
has also been urging on the trials of
the ringleaders Of the massacre. So far,
however, he has but little success. Two
or three are under trial but they have
not yet been convicted, and, judging
from what Mussulman members of the
commission say outside of the court,
they. viii probably be acquitted.
Chetket Pacha, who was living in Con-
stantinople, for whose arrest orders
were given at the request of Earl Derby,
has found means for running away.
Practically the Government has done
nothing for the sufferers in Bulgaria.
The authorities still demand tithes and
taxes, and are now endeavoring to make
out that the Bulgarian population is 50
rich that they need no help. At
Perushtitsa, within three hours Of Phil
ippopolis, they have begun to build 120