The New York herald., 1879-08-09


suited in the Mini Novgorod being treated as a ship
of war, under protest of the Russian Consul Now.
the question Just raised caused stoppage of three
days during which the convicts board were liter
ally left roast in the heat which, at this time of
the year. is terrible. Their torture prolonged
for seventy two mortal hours. because the Russian
authorities hoped to deceive the Suez Canal Conn
pany. But this is not all. The vessel is to
perform the same voyage with similar cargo four
times the of the present year. and be OBJ
served that other ships are engaged in the raf
hc.
1t has been reported since the above was written
that 25U persons had died on of these ships and
that $50 had been landed in dying condition. Mr..
Cowen asked Mr.. Bourke about it yesterday in the
House of Commons but, OF course the Foreign
Office had no information. He asked ii the Eng
lish government had demonstrated and to this the
Secretary sardonically intimated that the govern
ment was not in the habit OF interfering with other
governments unless they had reason to believe that
their remonstrances would have some effect But
the subject is creating much indignation in England
1T must be added that the Daily Neps correspondent
ut ST. Petersburg tele2raphs that the above story
RUSSIAN ATROCITIES AND. ENGLANDs DUly =
MR.. cowEN's MOTION IN THE ENGLISH PAR
LIAMENr-stG SIGNIFICANCE og THE 1RASsrosrA-
TIoN TO sAGHAIIEN.
from the London Exanirer.l
From the depths of that great prison house which
is called the Russian Empire there come day by
day. such hsartrending accounts Of crneltics prsc-
tised against political opponents. and OF wholesale
transportation Of victims to Siberia other penal
settlements. that but wonder vt the of a
spirited protest both the part OF the English gov
ernmeht and OF our professional hunaAnitarians. A
duty has in this to be performed and that duty
has hitherto been disgracefully shrked. We are
glad. under these circumstances that indie
pendent radical member has come forward to urge
Englands duty upon Lord Beaconsfeld's govern
ment. Mr.. Joseph Cowen gave notice. on Monday
lac T-,,la
Affairs if the government have received any infor-
nation to the manner in which Russian subjects,
mere suspicion of political offences. are being
driven by thousands into slavery in Siberia if they
have been informed that 700 persons, mostly men
and women of education, have been packed IN the
light and sufficient food and air. aud that great
many OF them died on board: that large bodies of
Cossacks are being forcibly elected from their
aud homes and compelled to settle near the Chinese
frontier, for the purpose of establishing chain OF
military posts; and II the government do not think
the fact that renionstrances addressed to the
government OF Naples against the treatment of
P0erio and his colleagues to Russia against her
ment of the Poles after the insurrcction III 1863
Turkey in 1876 against the action of Chetket Pacha
and others in Bulgaria. and repeatedly in former
years to the governments Of Spain and Portugal.
encouragement OF the slave trade, would furnish
precedents. tor demonstrating with Russia against
the brutal treatment Of alleged political offenders
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF sAGHAIIEN.
The reference made by Mr.. Cowen to Saghalien
has double importance, seeing that in Japan-as
We happen to know from conversations with well
informed, highly intelligent native of that coun-
try--there is much apprehension lest the Russian
penal settlement there should bring trouble upon
the Mikado's dominions. 1t is suspected even that
the government of the Gar have set scheme of
that kind; III other words that, while putting
political oendcrs. out OF the way those distant
shores, an opportunity is to be created for pick
ing q. quarrel at some future day with tho
neighboring Japanese The reference to the
Cossacks i'll Mr. Governs notice is also specially ap-
posite. 1t has been the policy OF the Czars, for
long time past, to the Cossacks q means Of
vites, Of the North. For that purpose rem
nants Of sefadministration left to the rowing
Cossack But gradually their local privileges
too, were broken down, and when they made a show
Of resistance the Calmuck aud the Baskir called
in to aid in subduing the OF the South Russian
Steppe. One neutrality-suspicious. or barbarous tribe is
thus used as an instrument for the ensavement of
the other. Now the Cossacks are already being
treated in the most unceremonious fashion,
in the leash, to the frontier of China
in order to be used there in the usual
manner In the sitting at which Mr.. Joseph
Cowen gave notice OF his question. Mr.. Bourke. in
reply to conservative member, had to state that it
was true that Mussuman subjects of the Sultan had
been condemned by Russian officials to transporta-
ton to Siberia. This proves that the CZar already
looks upon bulgaria prospectively his own. 1t
o violation OF international law than which Ii would
be impossible to conceive o more fragrant example.
We would tain hope that government will at last
muster courage to perform It's bounden duty in all
the alluded to- and that liberals mering their
name will stand by the action OF 10 member who,
while placing principle above party, has gwen ample
evidence of his genuine liberalism.