, 1879-06-19

and wero ID Janina before tho ureok co,,
Tilfa moya Of Tho AabanEans IL rather s"".,tsts
but Mt: Maenil'sn 1se.tat.lg make. oat y"S;
lfno n,iRht drawn between lp, norern hcsnaps
southern "SEIpntars.n e'" and
On the other hn,Ht. It was nccc,.a,r, f,.,
snkn Of that racication Of soutsa4crn t",',e x, ,e
,, Whsl Tue C9ngrese s; tal T. vtaw II 10 so'c.
tlonst and tho fnty Of tnkIig thu Iuitiatir ita ~.
On EnGla,Ml, witch Ind restrained i;rrrt. ,Ay
going tn w!r y promises ot tltt,f1nait tit,a "h
These conflicting INFLUENCES rr,tIr,sc,i ,' c,r,n:
ilui precedent in tlse annals Of Et,ronne.,tu 10
diplomacy. The august usscmIly abuaI abstatnaII
from transferring my territory, but "tny,taad,n
the Sublime rotte to arTsnGs viii. Greece for
nni Expressed TIM opinion TINT tlls rcetisa"n,
might follow she vaiuY Of tho Salnms rfa. ~.
the side Of tho Egcan, md tiat OF ltlc ka,mu,a! W
M the stle OF the [0ninu Sen. 'cle ouiv r"i's
~ense 70 the Subject In the treaty i Xii. s's Il,
Tin % sSe %eventSithe subl,mor Forte and uro.c,
being unable to paeree upon the rcetttlyolIon ~
frontier suggesttth Il, the Thlrtecnt irotocu, ~ ~
the Congress- Of Naalia, Ger4nanr, AustrIa !iuos
rcsefye to themsersa to oier thrr me mes'iama ,'iutsa
to the two parties {5faeitate negotiations !,
IN this wny the dtaacufty was Tor thc rr,i1no,,
got rid OF, but aaMbpu at nIi acalaspted viz
~ ~ s pes passa s and san p,S%ns 1a
that Tie " lny!ta,lun would not ie 1 acsep;rJ
The question: intact, was not solved, but s,,'
ply bhelvfd. The Greeks aro especially nuxfnn,
to obtain Janiph, while tho Sultan has speeai
ton. The Ircsks arc aetuatcd partly 6y the .cn,
timental uhtiYo that Jnnlun was Mt ono ttmc
centre of'he11cntc culture and nsplralnns. n,I
partly BY ft,e apprehension tat II Eprus Is NIX
eied by streliEthsn.ngnt the Albanian elcinsot
Ia the pro7inre.' Tho SIItan, on Ills mart. doss
not wish 10 weaken hfs hold Oh the Adrf,sIr
and fears that a'ccst!oH Of territpry ron,a,nny,
alussulman population might cause disco,c.
tsnt .s,h amouE bis sfusfu''nan subjects gcnsr
,un. onApsr6an or ohzEon AND THE 4Rz.,y
or BERtlN.
In tho June, number Of tue 4Vsatite.M Ctn,uy,
apoears 40 :articlo by Mr. Gladstone au "G,ysrss
and tic TTeaty ;of cl'crlla,"' which ls CHIEFLY
srt,m conduct Of Tue bs'.h peuipo
Dcrlin. Toward the close OF the asttrlc, attet
aotpd remarks on sltH question OF the retehljon
Of JnNtua by the Porte, be says:
"un1css all this ean be ofrectMalty oyce.ct ,hs
Porte !c!nuot roaspnabty hoDo TO succeed ID
kccpinr Janina under her rule. She would act
wisely to part wltlit OH the best terms she ysn
make, and tlie'only tutms shu tau make ptta
show OF reason or llonr Of sncccss nrc pruoabo
terms Of noney.'whlcl, lnsc aoottlrd her slsyep.
t1hilttics IN the case ot bulgaria, mil witch INV
)
force tn other portions OF tile great Eaate,u
problem. But tho question for us, and Tor tha
moment, BtHMds .tllussIt there Is to be seriauy
diplomatic cuhlroycrsy nbout Janlna md ITS dis.
tFtc!, which side ard VIC to takef II Ia i.ouL to
know tint 8reccn l1as found q champion, al.
tnuugt,tt II mortitYlu1 to bc also malr uao.
fully NWnru thAt WI llavo thus far allowed lie
championship to slip away from our hanla. Ths
sansosoa s9f q af5ie a ed s1t ents 2 sr e, esas S
Il With It's In q friendly md honorable rivalry.
But her pnrtla} recession from questions Of E1.
r0pean interests since thc ucErnnu war made Il
peculiarly our duty At constautiboplo aud es--
wtcrs to assun,o the ol'ire. Norean tho fact ia
concealed that We had every possible fatiliy 70,
the performance Of this duty. No country eaa
yla With US, untess L be our own tauIs,
iu winning tta confidence an,l Infection
Ct the Greeks, Tor there y nu other
some bartoeic9hptetp. .harmony. knssla asrees
with the Greeks as. members Of the urthQaor
Church, hnt excites their jealousy l,y hcr SIl-
vpu!c sympathes, Within tho circle OF whrh eyea
special Slayonic eympathles, but her religion vi
account Of Us aggressive operations, is esery.
There IN conflict with the religion OF Gfrecr,
mud, gliding, Us It is 50 apt to glide, Into East.
when enecks the thorough consolidation q
good Nlll. England, alone. Is absolutely de-
tacl1ed from any influence which eau mar tie
competencsa Of her concord with thu tirtleuc
/ racct. She ahnrca With Franco ind Russia tAs
PfFa Fs$ H$ Eeo E s s 1tdessa 'ss s1assg{ g. H. se: e:s
sion Of the, 1onian 1ssands. She is naturally
markel out, not for an exclusive. but tv7
special, frien11iuess With Greece 1sut tlefa IL
no aemRnd In thls case FOR special fs!endllness
In order to supply the muttvc or tllc actton. Tile
uuEracfoue aaaent Which VIC 30 unhnpptly SUBJ
stltute1 at the Congress for cur Jealous adSo-
cacy at nny rate stauds recorded against III
That We should lend to Greece free and reso-
luto concurrence, as least at ths aaal stage II
obtaining for hpr the boom destined for heF by
tho European compact, II what justice, policy,
aud cyen aece1cy. alike require"