, 1877-08-13

tfea1 aecura%r whrS ) III ra,ha has reached In
afew DAYS ~ 'rE 8 ,.of Tt' OF 40 miles from
the, scenes Of tn ). :,fes which he .ecortla. 4
l!ti'e eyitfnee wonll have been valuable ad,!t.
have fh'cn a]f the more valuable tera,i.c II il
Impossible tn sce aH,w the Minister can havr
t1,lretrl his irtchisl statistics. What Is
NJ NJ ey1entc sur H. s.ory that the nhstlt,ns
= atnf'sluef tt il given I'll the authority Of tho
finyernor 1T tfIat tnwn; hut. all the 'Tnrki-.,
officials 'lc't when the Russians cntrred Irn"ra
s"nii precisely Know ~ what @ a infan,c, 'S 4,al
the BulQarIans. stint msrc ,liillruii Is il
to ascertain low tic. rursc cu,,la have
~ ut'rr siiias.s. Those places are in lie Tie hands
Of the Russians; oil the TnrKIsh oil. a1a W,u;.
lnfe been driven away: ami It is lsartl II h.
)iesc that tic t;ossa"ks wttlltI have furnished
mystery Is increased NJ s by By '' The TACT tI,at
these atrocities hare not l'cen described
by the newspaper correspondents III
3'lEara, although those gentlemen havn
written some very un1atterfaR accounts Of tnn
acts Of pillags committed by the Hu!yar!a,,s anil
the Russians III tctcsertci ltouscs vi the urks.
1hc Porte will be expected to furnish testimony
very different from It's farc worsl that Russsa ia
waylng war in way ~I,lc'' would llsgra~a sav.
ares. 1t was mol by ya1ue reporis er by lousy
statements of slaronic Committees that tho In
Ilgnasaon Of this country WA stirred avaliIst
Turkey last ycar. Our nwn CuHsnIs sent reports
which, oathonGo at tlfst ''l.srcdltrd US "tvlrse.
house babhlc,'' turned ou: to lie true. Tho
American missionaries. t!lv raIlxas officials, mud
educated bnE9arians pasel mass q prons
Hetore 9p.'l'ea EnSli'hnsn a.! sIr lis5s e.
report was read In the House of Com
mons a year aEo, md Until eyc-wttucsscs
described the awful sccne Of death ut Batak, lid
thia country break out into indp nation against
Turkish rule. Let 1hc Porte offer j twentieth
part u tic eFldence which WIS offered o1I that
o"ca*ton. and 1t will hare no reason to complain
that tue English people arc ready 10 cuu.luno
the ctn,ts Ut KuAsA.
Although, however, VIC have received no evi-
det'ce t&!at the Russians anu the Ba!garlnns asp
been guIlty of such tr1vltf1l ifatn.cs AZ tt1u.e
tlcscrtbe'! by AurLf Pasha, It ts inlpossibic tn
.loul's that they hare committed arts Ut bar
CORRESPONDENTS ut Shumla makes 1t clear
that women a. veil ~ men have been
killed or wounded. It ls possible, uo doubt,
others slightly palllatcd. In some Instances tho
Mol,atIsIledan population .n,ay hare resistcd,
and In such rascs s.1'crs sct1oIn stop tu 1nai;e
q Hlec distribution o! Justice: The t'cr'nan
!agcs wnlv', !fcl on them In 1s7O: It ha.
been stated, also, that III H,any places tho
Nol,anlnelans drovc away tho hocks u
tho Christian population when they themselves
BY tug Dqlgarlans,. much woall be ,nalle *.
pllcablc, Il hot 'lc!entiblc. hut We fear ,'th
Russian soldiers aud bulgarian peasants
have committed etfnca w1ltrll nothing
could exvusc; mud, tmlced. IL was but
too likely that the war wuull gain bad emil
hcnre ut1't,nx modern contehta for outtursts, of
savagcfy. The instincts Of religious fanatlei.zn
lave been terribly stirred on lIuth sides. Ihn
tales of,rurklst atrocities 50 fired the passions
Vi tho Russian pcoplc tnat thuy cla,norcsI fur
WIZ, and there Is no need to Ask
With whnt feelings tho Bulgarian peas.
antry fook On lhc Turks. Tho Cossarks hare
nercr galuel distinguished reputation fur hu.
,aa,lityi and wl,en peasantry- has been dccrad-
first mutncuts of freedom, that Il has iearut tho
lessons Vi esrvlttde. 1t vas inevitable, thete-
fore. that this ct,utcst should bc very different
III caarscter tro1n tic Franco-Q Qdrnlaa war.