Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-28
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On tbs akk OF November, H.
Turkish Hsst Of seven friEstes JILL
eogyeetes and tzo smaller yes,sas. -
tnssehaxonslY attacked oy J.
feet ~ az sslfi Of The lice. tso ssiissS
ve.Eels and thses sieamerA enosf ~
wiraI NsohisBsa, and totally oss.to5.s,
e1sspt ona vessel. which e0n.eysn .ns
sisiings 20 CpDssantinosss. fs1s 49,
ssnd lives wsFs los. o. nfs % e .J
ina, and Oixnan PssnA. tns
Admiral. died q s~osms'psa y
w,,nnda-- Fsftsrss SfesaaTd-
There have Of Iats bssn Esany rrie'-
s,oes 10 Ibis ss-eaIied massacre o.
slpere in thu newspapers Of the ! n''eo
states and cAnada. II = aiDost oAa,
vsrsaIIy SPOKEN Of ~ tseaehefoas ana
ks,rt~zous ast on the para Of fhsi has-
sfsns. II really does not make fnsien
dsfsrnee uiiat 10 thOusht Of the lssnope
sfsir. fos lis history Of sseh ''ns OF
the Europssn nations Is sssin<ti slsn
massasyes sud huge crimes, wo'eS
sbouls make the people Of this latter
sre nane their hssds with shame a ths
iiahslssy OF Humanity TO hts Of naeoD-
srsllabgs passion, OF 10 the h'ad o.
wiekea and tFeaehsro1s usn. Every
aag has is stains. Rsssis. In UsopoF-
,sou % the number Of years Il has bean
IN sr.stsuce a. q nation, . abreast OF
shs other countries IN this rsspech The
ho,,ors ase easy. Rnelasd, FFAncf,
Germany. Isassia. spain, all. hsve at
times been guilty Of gross and urtassin-
abls exssssss In time Of gar.
The slnops aaair. however. sas not
one II shses. and there is no necessity
for u>rysrssi,g history In order 20 make
ii sppear %. II uss baths bstsstn
slhe Rassaan apd Tufkisa fleets. In
uhssh sbs lattsr vas bs4tsn--i'ostine
nara and i,oshina less. Ihs sathori-
tiss on The ilistosJ Of the CTimsan War.
including KlnslAks. VINO vili aearssly
be disputed, spsisely Justify ths aosion
81 the Rnssiara on thai occasion. Ihe
sxpr,ssson, q masassrs Of sinops.' bad
long sinee given place 20 ihe @or'
snoper tsrat, abaitis Of sisops, unii
sines ths present Anglo Rassian difb'
entity arose. English writer's. heeiiess OF
ths lass, have returned 20 tbs old
ssyls Of expression. Jastin Mccarthy
a urissf vho certainly esnnos Be 40
cussd Of partialify 70 the kassians. 70
lsses the facts Of the AFFAIR NJ SinOps a.
follows
"a great disaster had failsn apos
Turkey. kIer ass,t had becn destroyed
by tbs Rrzsians ~ Sinope, n thsl blAoh
tiea. Hinops 10, or was, constdefAbis
seaport towe or aisvsl station bsAonRine
10 Turkey, and standing on q Tocky
uromontory on the southsrn shore o.
Inc Hack ssa. Ga ksgembsE ~. lstS,
ihs Turkish squadron sas lying there
af anchor. 1he squadron consisted oi
seven fFigatsss q Hioop and steamer
II bad no ship 0f the line. The Kos
saan fiees, Consisting OF an sniPi OF the
line and soene steamers, he'd been eruis
Ing about the Biaek Sea fer several
tiaya preyioesly, tssuing from ssbasto
,,of. ana rn,Ikins an occasional svoos
nov add then, ~ u 20 bear down o.
49,
somnsan<ie,l MIA cutie aware Of thu
slnnesr. and pressed foF retnfofsements
hut nafhluR vas done. etthsF By thu
Turkish Government or BY the Amhas
aadosa Of she aliies &c Ounstantinopie
On November 80. however. the tebasto
pol fest did actually bear down upor
fhe Turkish vsaaels iyihR 81 sinopa
Tie Turks, sesina that AZ attack va
coming 81 isss, not only aeesp,ed, bu
even ansisipAiea u. for they were III
arSi 20 FIRE. Ine fight wen
On nnlil shs whole Turkish squadron
save the steamer, was destroyed. !
uss asserted on ulfieiAl authority thA
over four thousand Turks we're allied
Slnope itself vas much shat
Jared and battered By the Rassial
hses.
"This VS. the massacre Of Shape,
When the rews came to England thef
kfose one cry % graf and anger aal
shame. 20 Was regarded 80 deiibsrat
nos 90 tfetchAfs. eonsnnamated ami
conditions Of the most .iaeoua bai
harifs. Mr.. ktnglAke ha
ilheub--Euil indeed the sequunes o
events moss Ii time have shDsu every
0us-.shal ff@te was no foundation 10
these a0suSss. ona The attack was nc
tseauheFousI bat openly naaes mot aud
den. bus elsarig announced BY iSrevion
Ileis, and i0nR expected. ~ we hsv
lsesn. bs shii Turkish eemmander him
milf; aud u sas not In bEeach even OF %
ssonrieales ef war kesats and fufks
wsfe nos only for nsliy bet aeiaaliy =
var. The inrks wsru the hrst 10 b.Ri
the actasl miiltsry opsrssiaas. Moe
than ave pseks before the affair Q
Hinnpe fhss bad apened TIE business b
nsin9 fsoui koftress % . Ras N
m.siilia. A few days sitter thts the
urozSsd The Danube Il Wtddin and oe
uupisd Ksiafa,. and for several day
They had fouaht under 0mu Peso
wish hfilliant sleseas sxaiast the has
mans A. lntesi,lxl - I, va
hardly % 81 sspacsed that the flmpsso
0f tEessis 'wouia only aRhs w,s.Fe y
ives % diaadvsntAae. and reffsi
ffouz attach when his power w'ls 1rsi
whelmine. itmay ioek ssfAna
70 readers nov. Surveying this Oh spte
~ past histllfy uiih cool. uafmpss.t me-
sniad, that isnyons could have tSeliasp
u the exisulnca 81 any aFtanceineni b
sirtne Of uiaich Tnskey coaid hss ~ ~
with Rassisl aud not 81 var with her q
Tho esme tms which wouia hty
allowed Turkey 10 atraka her enem
whea and los she plsassd, Ansl wt,ul
have Festrictsss tha en- smy 70 such fiws
place and nsethed % FetoFs ~ nigh
suit she csInvsnisnee u the nsntrs
rcwarn.s
The reasoning snd facts ahose esvs
ere nos agreed upon b. hosh kaRiisl
and kasaiAa histsssiAns. A perversia'
sa tknss facsa u annessssary. tn
battle Al sliops d not one Of TN sEsir
q vhisA NJ Russian people ned fes
ashxnea
@rr~@~@n~ssss-1s---s4a-asre=s
MiddlssosI's defeat " ilisl's lnaaf
a~nts seeansl 10 hare bees seiseaifiol
90 . smAil scala az Rssddeok elteea "a
fsas more than : nsnsury and . sauarss
sxo. Il Atlssss oties saese tue aseies-
nssz q uessing bsskwoa<ismse IN ~
kaekwosas. pFsetsniy - Il tAsy YER
R<xsrs4 a.s5I.ass sxh.. sss.aka a,ka lss stn.