, 1879-06-19
THE GREEK QUESTION.

Congress = whnt tho drosks Claim A.
Thar Hight.
LONDON, june 9.-:Thc firm attitude assumed
By France as the champion Of iusicr to 0rcecc
marks tho active rc.entrancs Of TINT people In
the Eastern question. There IL d ilrmness In
the tonu Of N. Walungton's circular that can
not bo misunderstood. Tie articles 10 the
japubl'qus Frgnealse and Journal des Uttats aro
no less remarkable In their way, anJ, as both
journals enjoy htihiBtqtlnl inspiration, contain
words OF solemn meaning dor tho present hol-
tcr-akclter systcm OF Diplomacy pursued by
Lord Benconaeld's Government. NJ. Wadding-
ton plainly asserts that France as we'll hs Greece
has been deceived by tho professions qt
hor ally at the Berlin Council. He doca
not uso ambiguous language In say.
Ing that all principles Of good faith
bayo been set Mt nauRllt md that tho hour iias
arrived when France must cease to tnSo oas-
slye interest In tho carrying ont Of article "a Of
publicly a1nounceu that NJ. Galnhettn no lunEcr
has nny acttYc contru In the management Of
the Rspab'f9as FTahcttise there is M reason TO
Circular that Tie nFicie VIVA put iorth i. al m
tlmntion Of the vigorous policy thnt had been
decdcd upop by tlle French Cabinet.
The newspapers articles Il, question declare
Enen at e + Fesent @ # 1seS Srs o 9nse s Rs9"S so"SE
cannot understand what rcnBon England could
assign fur double dealing With her. Their In
tcrc.ts DO not clash IN any way; England IL re.
minded how Fsangs aasaaieseS a' SI H. her her oSenpa-
their policy being Identical, France counted
upon The support OF Euglnnd, but. IL Ia usscrt-
ed, reckonc1 wrongly: Many months havo
passed slucs the ncrllu Treaty was signed,
England at,d of,staclus havc been Intcrposed uY
tho Porte. llcr Mn]rsty's Mintsters, Il Is con-
tended, shut themselves up vim q alsdslniul
und Irritating. nbslcntion." A. very serous
crisfs. Tier part there ts caracsortxr1 lis "inost
slngular.n All Europe nov knows that tho
British Consul"Genorat was oHo. OF the most
active agents Of the intrigue TINT upset the
sat BY tue aide Of an English Minister. The
double gamo has been cxposed. While tho loss
tn sett-respect Is chiefly Englanl's, Franco
shnrcs In the humiliation. She hos been placed
size WALL tolerate II no longer. T},e most savers
part of tho rebuko fs tuund In tile eloh1ng pas-
saQcs. "Our neighbour ought not to lorgrt
that they have. not fsieuds unouEh to indulge
With fmpnnlty 10 the sacrifice OF one" In COLI
clue!on, England must not my longer trade 0u
THO assumption tllnt os1ers sllall rulraIu from
doing ANYTHING IN Tho East sisnply bssauae she Ii
mnoieut to ID anything herself.
oue feaas s efcasr S NJ Wsddsoa MGn IL
connection with tho evidence OF the political
undercurrens contained In Tie Paris nerspapers
y Is seen that FRANCE has taken d new departure.
East. Nsr is the English policy untebuked at
home. The Duko II Argyll has openly nccuscd
the Ministry Of dccc1Vng the Greeks. uo de-
1ouncel the Treaty nt Harln In tho House Of
,r'aster Of tho particular style Of oratory whci,
has made air William Ilarcourt such terror in
the House Of ColnnbnB, unh wh,en the me1nber
for Oxford has nStdcutsT adopted aR character
!stss. als Grace says his bittcrcst thinga
dressing. himself personally to tho foe.
"Whas." ho asked, shave you done for
England and for tho worldan 1lo answered,
MY Lords, yon ers bse.nn'nE M to ~ found outi
Treaty Of Berlin u,,d call 1t the work Of Jour
own ilnntla. Whnt, however, 10 the factl You
have followed siaysaIy tie TreatY Of San Stofano.
You hare made Turkey klayish Power. That"
looking over The Liberal nenclae., 'that Is what hat
they tayo done" Then, turning again to tho
hiin,slers. he proeeedcd: SIT VIVA MY desire
that the Turkish Emnlre should bc dcstroycd 10
Eufope. NY Lords. yoa !!aye . done It" "tlreeee
@ ing at WiIiis Nootas, London, fsm 'ss ago,
"Wou!d bc the most suitable memorial tiiat
could DO erected to by.on." Thls ilen, ,atraugc 10
II Is claimed for Greece that England induced
her by promises, made, as tic Haleuts lind
reason to believe, III good falllI to forcgo iler
fuces at Tie nlosncut when the Kussnn troups
were sweeping on toward Adrianople, l'hs Is q
vhlid clAim rs between EuElund md Greecc
aud II the latter nation has bean tluuet she cal
With perfect proprlety "post " her lalse friend
Iu tho Cabinet Chamber OF every Power ID
Europc. But, a. affecting Franco OF Turkey, II
Is difficult to sec how Englands ind fatt! con
up sras s, 4 h.1 a'9, r. osss Sizes tf
reason, naturally enough, tl,at u Greece re-
| she did nothing more tian f1llll her
slemsntnFy tusernatoai tS i o'l'rstions nny y.
fleet. TO establish on this Plea for com. H.
pepsatton Is, they say, to inyon. new and
| extraordinary principle Of international lam,
! rcco1nlzu. II England contracted any euancc-
| lneilts for thu purpose OF securing Creek neu-
| tra!ity sho acted without authority from TIC
Porte, md, tnerefose, for such uuRagcmeuss tlle
| Porto Is not 1!aGle SO muci fur tie legal view
Ut tho question. To tho politlraf arguments tIe
| Turk Ii equally insenshfe. He docs not be-.
live IN the possibility Of perEnaneutly sat,styln.s
ulc Greeks and inducing .hc1n to join heartily
| With tho Sutan's Government In resisting tic
| further extension Of Slay influence. Every con-
! sesson OF anrrttpry 10 Them, he says, wiz only
whct the!r appetite uni inereaso,tle'r aggrcssiva
power, for their dreaaa Is to gala possession one
realized they viii neyt:r sbaudon their policy Of
| Systematic enctoaclltnfHt.
A short articlo In 4liaeMnlaa's Magazine for
Mat, oY Sir. George afaclnillau, Rsts forth very
distinctly tho rlIlits and WRONGS OF The tlatter,
Janlna u Greek by OLD prescription, though
TINT perhaps hay littla to do With tho subject.
Most 6f tho Turkish Emptro was once Ia Ilclfcu.
lc has,ds, a'id uae local namcs stt!l attest the
anclont ownership. II, early Greek history wo
hear nothing Of Tho ptare. though 1t IL but u
few miles north Of uodDna, that venerable