New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-03
BRITISH TOPICS.
AID GLADSTONE ON TURKEY.

II
.pcorRr PRINTS TIMELY LETTER on TURK
su onnURACY-PIoODS. SPlRITUMiSTs, AND
RITUAIIsM.
-, rur REGULAR ooRREsPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
IoSnoN, Jan. I'LL you wish TO know wha'
h for the best book on the interior oil turkey a"
N take Mr. Gladstonos word for 1t. 1t is pook'
VIZ =, rresent unknown to me but procurable be-
,'. ,ho most closes. written by two young En-
rrsb ladies. Miss Muir Mackenzie and the Hon.
s,ss Irbv. Mr. Gladstone says young; there are
,royer five ladies who bear the name and TUE OF
Oh Hon Miss Irby-one two years oil age one SIM
wv Il: all clearly entitled to he called young,
hrt none presumably the author OF book on 'he
'"..r;or Of Turkey The two Others were born
''-ao,;velv in 1910 and 1916, and 1t is one
,hoSe doubtless, who shares with Miss
.,.r.,g;e the honor of Mr.. Gadstone's euoGium.
,t NO, 70 be able 10 give you full particulars,
ao..;,c, The Mackenzies as respecting the irDys
n. A. ruth is that in this country ii rs always
I.;h,o 10 obtain accurate information about any
81 who hears the title Of Honorable or any oticr
s.1o II is believed, and truly believed, that the
.b;-st for such knowledge is continual. 80 Keen Is
hot the yearly publication of aconsiderahe NUM-
- voluu,es exclusively devoted to that interest
-. h,,cb of the human family which has handles
-. names does notquench it nay, it appears to
.uo,, nv what il feeds on. The three young lrbys
arc daughters Of Lord Boston the two who arc less
vounc are believe, his aunts-at any rate ms KIN III
COMO degree most careesSly overlooked the
name of the Mackenze-Irby book, which Is given at
tbe head of the report which am using. 1t Is Inc
T,rLs the Greeks, aud the Slavs; or, Travels in
Turkey and Europe" but the name Oh the puDiishef
Is not gwen. ~.
Gladstone as the basis of address or reading
which he gave last night in the Boys Schoolroom at
u,worden reported this morning by telegraph to
,be oxtent of near two columns. l don't think L
need make a summary of It, though it is full OF IN
formation and have read it with profit and with
for the thirticth time-a fresh of wonder and
admiration for Mr. GladStOne's powers of mental
auphcation II appears that he has deeply lamented
the iDsuficiency of his own information, and has
for the last six months toiled almost necessarily"
TO suppy it. He recognizes the assistance he mas
received from press organized up 30 the very
highest degreeD and from the invaluable force OF
pnbc discussion; still. knowledge about Turkey
is defective and Mr.. Gladstone has applied himself
first to supply some of the defects III his own case
and then to share with the Boys of Hawarden and
the public generally the benefits of his new acquSi-
tcns Ii is not political speech at all not a.woId
does il contain about the Conference Lord Beacons-
fields name is not mentioned; but it describes the
uoorle and how Seryia and Montenegro come to
hold their present relations TO the Porte. An adj
dress should say extremely well calculated to en-
tighten and inform the English people on such mat
ter, of Turkish misrule and hideous oppression as
vould 10 the English people seem most intoerable
npracticed on themselves.
On this same Turkish question, The Tines this
morning publishes two letters which, by happy
accident. illustrate each the other in striking
way. One is from Hobart Pasha, the English naval
officer who commands the Turkish feet the other
from Sir W. Vernon HarcOurt. Hobart PaslIa is
very well known man. His rank in the English
navy (which he IS permitted to retain) and his fam
ily connecOn-he is a younger son OF the Earl OF
Observation-Disclosures his exploits secure consider
able attention to whatever he says. He Is trenel-
dous Turk Of course, and writes openly in the III
teres If the Turks and his lettcris expression of
one Of two thHes-ether what the Turks really
think and feel at this moment, or what they wish
to have it supposed they think and feel; more
probably the latter if written under Turkish super
vision. His letter is in substance complaint that
England has deserted the Turk, that Lord Sails
burys coming was expected as that of a friend,
whereas he has taken sides with Turkeys natural
and inveteIate enemy Russia that nevertheless
the Conference might have done something but for
Tic idea that the demands presented were the de-
mands OF Russia and not of Engiand-an idea which
Hobart Pasha says spread like wIldhrc among the
Nussumans, though he omits to say who spread it.
Now Turkey thinks erselfinsulted. the Conference
will be failure, and Turkey and Russia will be
left face to face. Then whatS Perhaps war
bat perhaps checkmate may be given to Euro
pean diplomacy from & quarter little expected"
mysterious hint which must be left for time to
explain. What Admiral Hobart Pasha specifically
IL. f,tr ,Klyx
gland ll Che Turkish Government asks for is this.
1t argues thus: We have never had a fair chance
Of doing right. Corruption. from the Sovereign
downward has been our ruin for many years. Now
we are determined, under the auspices Of our young
intelligent, and progressive Sovereign, and such
men as Midhat Pasha, to start right course
Give us q year to show what can do removing
from our path foreign intrigued and il, at the end
OF the year, we have not improved, wipe us ont OF
the map of nations; but if our fresh start is TO be
hampeTed by humiliation at the outset, we can do
nothing This letter bears date COnstantinOple
Jan 4. Sir William Hmcourt's was writ
ten yesteTday-Of course without knowledge
Of Hobart Pasha's-aud is designed to
throw some Light on the intentions and prob
able acts Of the Turks with reference to promised
reforms. judged 10y their very latest professions lie
quotes at some length the statement Of Safvet
fasha, read by him to the Penipotentaries, on The
most burning question of all that of the Bulgarian
Atrocities 1t is TOO long for me TO rcquote, but it
has been Published officially, and is on record,
aod the substance Of it is fairly given by Sir w.
vernon Harecur' "rlS. after the lapse Of six
months, Is the final reply Of the Porte to Mr..
baTings Report 10 the dispatch of Lord Derby, and
Tue Mission Of Lord Salisbury. 1t will be seen that
Is frank to the point Of cynicisu- and candid 10
tne extent OF imPudeuce. 1t is an absolute and ul-
nihehing ayOwsi that all that was done in Bulgaria
SaS The act Of the Government OF Turkey. Just so