Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-23

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! i. then. ouc factor III The Eastern prob
| lem.
| Another factor i the great number OF
subjects # til" sultan who ar" "' the
| NriaNIc ricr. and 1t Is they, especially,
| among whom IN" h!,GoFcfHih"hL "l the
TURK j. let most. They are cultivated
above the average peoples OF the EN-
pire, and are becoming NOR" and more
80. Then they are on the very frontier
ut the Christian nations, :" that the
wrongs dolc them are done IN the face
of Europe. No doubt Russia has po!ltl-
"a! ends 10 serve, ami that the interest
that Gov "rnmrnt expresses III the 'hFL--
tIan >c.av Is little more than 4 pFeteN;
but this rather ;'dds t" the gravity "i ihe
situation than otherwise. Ii IS Il p.ausi-
bic pretrNt one which eNcltes her people.
and, thrrr"r", one winch Will he used
IL long Il the OCCASION serves.
Then there i the hritLsh interest.
winch - two-i"!d-hrHi, the jealousy
hrtwecn England and E"ssIt, and the
danger II Interests IN the Eastern pos
sessions OF the two nations; and, sec
ondiy, heavy financial stake which
i.n%Iard has III urhrN. I'!o ihi'nciA.
interest, aglh, consists IN i"" i''I,'
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.h., ,,',,-, ,,s5,,T,,..,im3;..I sources a., IN
.,',,i',, :" ,''N NJ, ,,.,,,,.,, md ,.lirdra,
,,,,.,'', h,,,,.h.rnI in cold blood f. tn
,.,,t.,,,, 80, 49,, 1,.. ,L.,p nun nm,
,i,.,, -, ,';ifI.,.. ,ynI. utr.r,v Jn.
,r,i..i il,,Ir.JS q, women wcr,. ON,
raced in the most horrible WAY. AM
then cut to pieces. The Turks at fr>
denied the facts: but. when the proof ,
Them became irresistible. they discIaime,
r.~ponslhi.lrI, charging it upon tn
l;athi Bnzouks. a sort ut irreS Sponsibl
,rfr,ri.i al. Home Guard But the officer
who ordered the lua-,acrr,. and super
,,r,.rl,.J ,b,.n hnyc been decorate,
h,,nn,..J reverted prpluoted. and ar
rn.Jay in impn,,ant posts. while the ie,
Turki,h officials who took a stand again
them have been laid aside. So the Gov
rrumrnt mahcs itself responsible /,
til, greatest crime Of the uincteent
century.
i this war the beginning of II
cnd." II begins to be apparent that II
Turkish Government is too corrupt
eNi.t-that ii must perish OF lis ow
moral putrc,cercc. Tua man who h;
h,d n,nch fp d,, with the principal Of
GERS OF the Government at Constantine
pie, said, do YOU believe that Il
officials are IL generally curruptas is I
rl ported? II never heard OF lat OF
who WAS suspected Of being honest
I". that is the present Minister of Forcig
Affairs" Is this the beginning ol Il
nj end rrubably-unc>s European po
ties require th.u the SICK man Sh"u
, bc doctor ed up again 10y the 'hfiSN;
Powers. The trouble IS. IT the emp
goes To pieces. what can be done WI
the Fragments Ay, there the rub.
You see the magnitude ot the nteres
= involved. and the complications whl'
may arise.
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