New-York tribune., 1878-04-29

hand has had to shed tears daily over the hatred
which the Athenians have developed during the
last few weeks for everything Russian. Ihe more
impulsive among the newspaper writers even pro-
pose to leave tho Eastern Church, because IL
is that of Russia, and to turn 10 Tue
Church Of England, as the one which has developed
the noble instincts lately conspicuous IN the
English character. The explanation of the Greek
frenzy against Russia is not far to SEEK All Greeks
believe that Constantinople is one day to become
their capital The first son of King George was
named Constantine, in order that he might be ready
20 resume with dramatic effect the seat lost by Con-
stantine PslaOlOgus in 1853. But the Russian con-
quest of Roumelia has interposed barrier between
the Greeks and their dream. Territory peOpled by
Greeks has even been added to Bulgaria, that the
wall may rest on the Egean Sea. Everything
Slay has therefore become hateful.
The Greeks have an ethnOgraphiCal map OF Eu-
ropean Turkey, published by Stamford, of London,
which delivers over to the Greek race vast tracts
marked for the Slavsb by Keppert. 1t is impossible
to get at the truth as to the race boundaries with
out real census-a thing unheard of IN
Turkey The best authorities on the subject are
only guessers after ALL and guessers may be at fault
since many Greek-speaking people are BulgarlaDs.
There are statistics based on something like CEN
sug in the Turkish records, but of these you lind
different officials give such varying versions that
you not know whether they furnish fact or hctlon
The published statistics of the Turkish Govern
ment ignore race differences as they Ignore women,
and give you the number of towns, villages, isolated
farms, the houses, the number of male inhabitants,
but nothing else The only certainty in this contro-
versy seems to be that many Greek districts are
swallowed up in the new Bulgaria, But mere are
also manv districts thoroughly Bulgarian
which are left in Turkish Macedonia. ultimately 10
fall, perhaps, to Greece However, tins question OF
cthnograhica boundaries Is only side side ls5aS n the
OF this conflict the end is yet far oil.
The Turkish Government is engaged in reorGan-
lzation on all sides. Rigid economy Is the principle
TO rule hereafter. But the Government is learning
once more how little can be done in any such under
taking with vast body of civil servants who are
utterly opposed to reform, and even to honesty. An
example of this difficulty is in the new bread tax.
The rumored tax on bread has become
fact. Every loaf ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS poundsl
paws one-half piastre tax, and the Government is
iubilant over the result. The wretched day labor
ers are not so ubant, however, since bread was al
ready six pastres the loaf before tue tax was I'M
posed. The object of this terrible tax Is
the redemption of the paper currency. Inc
tax is collected on the flour before the
bogs are broken up, and the decree pro-
yides that the tax-cOector shalt destroy before the
eyes of the owner the Sultans seal on the paper
money paid for the tax. |; turns ont, however, that
some aXcOllcctOrs do not do this but simply pnt inc
money IN their pocket, and there end the matter,
while Others for a consideration, omit collect me
tax ut ali, letting man use the same TAX receiPt
over and over again. Thus 1t may easily
come 10 pass that after weeks OF SUI
frrng the poor people who have paid the moneYma
learn that no progress at all toward redemption mas
been made II il now proposed 60 tax meat alsO III
order 10 hasten the withdrawal of tine paper money.
As meat il considered luxury IN turkey, such
tax would not be so oppressive as that on bread
Two English steamers have been sunk in the Bos-
phorus lately, by coming in collision with Turkish
ships of war In the first case both the English and
Turkish steamers We're at anchor The English
man, having forty-five fathOms of cable
ont, swung around and drifted upon the
ram of the Turkish ironclad, sinking very
shortly. In the other case, the English steamer,
loaded with grain, was just leaving the Bosphorus
when she was carried by the current brOadslde
upon the bow Of m old wooden trigate when was
living nj anchor The Turkish ship lost her bowSprlt,
but the English steamer had her side stove in and had
barely time 20 get into shoal water when she SUNK
The cause of these accidents Is not the narrOwnesS
of the channel so much as Ignorance of the mighty
currents of the BOsphOrus. There Is also food Tor re-
Election in the fact that these English grain steam
crs built of iron throughout, crunpe up IKE paste
board upon contact with other ships at anchor.
We had Charlie Ross case here the other day.
Two small boys living in Pera disappeared, and
their parents, as well everybody else, supposed
that they had been kidnapped by Clrcassans But
on the third day they appeared again, and
this is their strange story: They wanted
10 see the Russian soldiers, and went TO the
Galata bridge, and boarded the first steamer they
saw to 90 to San Stefano. Such boys pay no fare
on the steamers, and no one spoke TO them. Ihey
landed with the crowd, and wandered about on
shore. seeking Russians, but finding none. AT
last they found that they were not at San
Stefano but at Kadikeny, on the Aslatic shore.
Then came tears and plying crowd, until some
one took them to his home for the night. Next
morning they were sent back to the Bridge. The
little scamps were, however, undann,ed IN the prr-
suit Of Russians, and asking their way found the
san Stcfano steamer, on which they went 10 the
great eacampment They had tner MI OF
wonder until nightfal and then-anothcr
cry on the streets. another pitYlng crowd,
and cood-natured Russian took them to
his quarters and next morning saw them ABOARD inc
COnstantnople steamer with rouDie apiece III ther
pockets. Now these small boys had no sooner
reached Gaata Bridge again than they resolved 10
explore the upper BOsphOrls, since they were now
supplied with cash for candy ana other
to Buyubderc in two hours. and here Just as they
landed bg-eycd and completely under the influence
of the demon of travel Trend OF the laIniiy
chanccd 10 see them, and led them lgnoinlhlousiy
home They will ever be monuments OF the special
Providence that thwartS the madness OF chlureh
General Grant has finished his Eastern trip, and
departcd for Italy. His visit here was at bad time.
All thought and energy given to the peace nego-
tiations. The treaty of peace was not yet signed
when he arrived. lie was treated with respect, but
had not tle etlusve welcome Americans mlght
have wished. Aside from the cares of the time one
cause for this lack of enthusiasm Is the InaDty OF
much account. He cannot understand how man
can bo ex-Presidcnt or eX-anything with honor
Tho Turk can realize how ruler may be Kicked
ant Ike moor Abdul Aziz, but that President of
tLe United States should voluntarily give mp his
vast power is one of those unintegble freaks OF
Christian civilization which are the despair OF Turk
ish thinkers.
EX-CoNGREssMAN VANCE INSANE.