, 1877-07-08
FANATICISM AND TOLEIeA.
HFJ0N

QUAINT WAR BULLETINS FOR MonAMMEDAS
TunKs-nuss1A INDIFFERENT TO Christians
OUTSIDE THE GEKE6 CHuRcH--ruRk1sa LII
ERA1lTS EXPLAINED.
Correspondence Seo Tork Tribune.
CoSsTAST1SoPLE, June 10.-Official reports
,r. Interesting rea,linr II, the oripinnl. There
- .,;no r,.,,dsd for thc Nna1ems alone ,rr;rb
- =. ep'ee '"%e1o a.. ~ rs., .....,'.:' 1s.a
disappears III t"c I'cAe" ttaastae'ons' Ane
Emperor OF Germany was mark for witty
critics in his pious war bulletins. The Turkish
vor bulletins NIT him to the blush entirely,
,rh;. :, fr,,1, , Major f:.nar,1. s.Tbc bartla
A"1o - A. ,.
was very herce, anu lasteu ior 1hree "ouFs, auo,
glory to God, five Of the enemy were killed."
An Admiral hos to announce the loss Of an iron
,.ad lie e.vs. uTie stea,n-}aunrhes an
@.1' 80 ,r;.,,,, . ehor+ 1;ct.nt.. anil nov
pioaenca ~ +,. .an,a;n;n, sl;,.a If nur f,cet
At this time the Imperial iron-clad called The
Sword of the Lord received q blow from tor
nrttoo of the Dish kind, which proceeded from the
stcam lau1ch, and it exercised such an influence on
her stern that Il; she sank and Thanks to tn
This sad occurrence was doubtless necessity to
the Great GoI, aud as is well known, ae always
rives victory alter such dcfcat.''
A tieht III tue Caucacus is thus reported:
ave had teu martyrs and twelve woundce, and
MANY more we're wounded, which We tannot
Int :scriIr to the Spiritual uiu OF the Prophet
and to the favor shown by Alulightr God
tnwarti our glorious Sultan, the refuge Ola Uni
verse; This is not exactly Tartulish. The
eommop ncoplc, at least, really have faith that
he Cod Of battles is listening to their prayer
a1,a nr,;sa II is only a pty that they do not
aid aid t to their iatu solne article requiring
m,,rt,i life in harmony with faith and prayer.
tbaIa a. ~ s6onld s6 T be - anv hesitation among ths
Ghr,st;ans OF Turkey as to which side they
snnnid sympatilizc with In this fight.
There nrobaLly is no such hesitation In
servia and Roumania, but They arc precisely
IT ali Turkish control for score or more OF
raors The Russiau mode Of speaking often
Tn,islcads foreigners into the suppositiou that
th. christians Of Turkey are concentrated in
seryia. Roun,ania1 and Bulgaria, OF, at any rate,
IN Enronenn Turkey. This mistake very natu-
ra,1v arfsrs from the fact that when the Czar or
ans Pnss;an sneaks Of Christians, he means
Chr;stians Of the Greek Church, while other Eu-
1ean peoples understand the term to apply to
~ RE vari1us Christian sects Of Turkey.
ria Czor Nicholas explained This phrase at
thc time of the Crimean War. ttEvcn
si,ort3 +I,e christians J, said he, tnot under
eto't, tr;e 1thcr duty to rcbel)fro,n being under
tie ;nfuence OF Europe, which is given over to
mission rniss xhicl Heaven has confiacd to him as
rhisf nf thc Ortnodox Christians, that is to
~, =, +,;th,1raw fnrcvrr from the Ottoman soy
er,;1ntr those Who profcss tho true Christian re-
iionn 2thatis. the rciclon OF tic Greek CHURCH."
;acntion tlis Simply because there are already
fi%ns ol that Russia NAV make peace on the basis
o. Graor Ihrstnns Without taking any steps
fne pr htecn 1otnrtion Of the Christians Of Asia
i95 mnnr tre h"rc is danger that Euronc will again
a.nU aaont +bc Rnssian nhrascolocy aud the Russian
;s', ~ ~ viz the hrstans Of Turkey arc, as
We" Us to WY ~. t4,s Tnn1erencc hr attitude Of
vas Inc Ga3e ~ isG * Ike that Of tie woman
thc iutksn ~ % t;ght;n~ thc hear and
WIG ,,eh ,ct rh;ci, sShnneI The Tarks arc
ou' ;a ;ss n'u, =, +hc;r annI;catinn of The word