Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27
WHOLE NO. 1911.
Turkey in Europe.

The present indications are that
the Turk will be driven from South
eastern Europe by the Russians as
their fellow Mshommedans were
from South estern Europe by the
Spaniards The Moor found it nee
essary TO cross over into Africa and
shake forever from his feet the dus.
of Europe. The Crescent is declin-
ing toward Asia, and if, as London
dispatch to the Journal last night
says, the German Government has
sreselved neither itself to advance
any obstacle, nor, so far as it can
help, permit any other Power TO
hinder the extinction OF Turkey as a
European Power" the matter is vir-
tually settled.
There is no good reason why Eng
land should oppose such expulsion.
A new nation ought to be erected
out of the principalities and provinc-
es of Turkey in Europe, which com
prises populatiun of fourteen or
fifteen millions or fully that of Tur-
key in Asia. The majority of the
people are Christians. and the degree
TO which bigotry is carried in that
country is quite beyond the cOmpre
hension of America. The Alliance is
surprised that the Christian mission
aries in Turkey should sympathize
with the Mohammedans, quoting the
statement of that venerable propa>
gandist at Constantinople, DR.. Ham
lin, that Protestant churches,
schools, colleges, and communities
rise up unchecked all over the Turk
ish empire: that foreign missions
are protected and that Christian sub
iects are often ad mitted to high
rank in the Ottoman Govern
ment." That is all very true but
far from being the whole truth. DR..
Hamlin should have further stated
that these missionary labors are con-
fined to the Christian portion of the
community. The Ottoman Govern
mont does not object to making
Protestant of Greek. 1t is all one
to them. The distinctions of sect in
our faith are ignored by them. Now
there are sects in Mohammedanism
but the Christian would take no no.
tice of them. 1t is not at all strange
that the PROSECUTING of the Greek
Christians should be tolearted and
indeed favored. England the old
friend of the Turk, is Protestant
while the arch enemy, Russia is
Greek. But let the the mission aries
lay hands of faith and persuasion ups
on the worshippers of Islam and
they would find intolerance rampant.
La point of fact the strenuous and
costly efforts which have been made
of late years to infuse Occidental
Christianity into Eastern Europe
have accomplished comparatively lit
tie. Zee country needs to be mod
ernized in many ways. General ed.
ucstion, latter day methods of agri-
culture, commerce and politics must
come to the help OF the people before
they can be- disenthralled to any
considerable extent, and those bene-
fits require for their security Gov
eminent European rather than Ash
attic, 10 it's tendencies and impulses.
1t is pitiful to see the Hamins of
Turkey defending the Sultan and his
moribund barbarism because their in.
roads upon the prevailing Christiani-
ty of the Empire are winked at. The
Balkan peninsula is goodiy a land,
with the Turk driven out while un-
der his baleful presence il is almost
worthless to the world and prolific
only of misery Chicago EDe. Jour.
nal.