The Washington critic., 1885-05-29
THE MuDIR MUST GO.
Charges Against the Postmaster nj
JerusaI EN-.

rtoro,s A,atns. ,I,a postmostar ,t
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NJ a..
Inc Orusauers ol oiu, from AeUeI the
Hermit to Prince Methusalein, would glrd
up their loins anew and raise again the
tnttered hammer of the Cross. if thew could
t',,, l,,,or, % ,I,o ,,.o. now IN rrocyoss ho.
pu' NM" VI Wy WV l,oH ~ Dv
tween uhlteu States Donsu, 9ciah Merrlil
OF Palestine and the turkish Government,
anent the mail service of Syria.
In ono of his renorts IN the state Donort.
mont last fail Mr. Merrill took occosion to
saw thot Ururxev 10 in the Postal Union,
and i'm Eurone and America IL is supposei
she is sufiiciantiv civiiizod In deserve to he
thus admitted Int those Euroneans and
uS Ruericas ,t "us rose I, here tbnr h
sorrow o,ien. that letters in the Turkish
most are common pronertv when thew 500
thenl scattered nronnisc,io,tslv about tbe
sinale room of the nostoffice on window.
lcdSrs tables and tfe IONS of hove ~,
Giy9ns and on the door 4 '0-'oS' 0''
This Nyns worse than n ohnrgo of offon-
sive nortisa nshin AGAINST tl,o ,,9stn,o stoy ot
Jerusnlem' and Tho state Deno rtment nj
this country made mn its mind to investi-
rote him frhis IL did bv ron,tostiny Con
sui Merrill n bill of particulars ire CON.
sui has made lengthy report bringing
extensive and alarming ALLEGATIONS against
the ,rb oio ,netai snr,ioo ~ tTnriso,s ,t
N
II seems that in Jerusalem there are two
mail seryices-the Turkish and The Ans.
trior bnt NJ, con,n'o;nt is ,,odo ns IN ti,o
latter The onlv saonort of ierusolem il
TntTn (the ancient IonroN FORTY miles
distant aud tho mail is corvevo1 ocross
country Inv almost anvbodv who will con.
sent To carry II Tho Austrian mail NJ.
rives i'm Jcrusn1cm about eiphtonn ar
twenty hours after ITS recention nj lana
and iS distributed Inv 7 o'clock in the
morning. while the Turkish mail is SOL
dom omen until siy bonrs later The con.
sui saws thnt on one occosion The bnc con.
toining the nail was Given Nv Tho T,T1ri,isb
officials ut JafIn to 4 common neosont
who ogreed to carry II to Joruso1on, ~
| one mediidi. or oboiit 81 The man tool
The bog. disopneorcd md has never ,r sinne iVWn
| been heard nf The omtbnritioi cIni,n;nT
| thev could NOT bc ayncctnd to find n m,n{5
| of whose name and residence thev were were
| ipnornnt ''N' "'''
9The consul dccloroe tbo moi1 boo 10
sometimes taken from .JaiIn and left for
hoI,is Inv the side or The street nntsidc tbo
pntes of'Jerusolom, whore crowds of NOR
| and animals ore constantly noSsin% Mar
| His noint there is lar"SS shon vyboro
mules and donkeys aro kent and hero I, thc
| mail bog is often dumnod on its orr;,iai
| from lana remoinin1 for Tho night or
dnv, or mill some oiiiSio from, tho nost J,
| Office sends for II In the meantime mn
bodv and evcrvbodv toRes t'' tho iihertv "'S S9r
| oneHing tbe boG and cotting ont bis
| mail s''i"o '"' ''''
| If frcoucntlv lannon's eovs tbn ConsuI
| tbot during Romnapn Cfbn ,rnat Nohn,,,
| medon feasf which confin,,nSs sfor y month1
The NIndir Iois dow ~ ne pl nnstni,ino l1G
noon onnns Tie hoo to cito me Gn,,o,, ,,v
mcnt mnii to some 6tficiaI messoncor y ~, AMI
then deliberotoiv sits down tn sn,otn J,,"
| iooy;n% tbc Tur9noon ,ofro,, w cnni III .
heels on the stone flonr PSIJ Whom " tbc n,n;i
is finally disfrbnted the Gb ristion .a ,''is is
When The fact is that the S letters m are seat sent.
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