The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-13

has been proved by the utter impossible
/ ~ Of bringing the guilty 20 justice. and by
T the savage JOY with which the Turks or
COnstantinople applauded the murder or
T European functionaries. We are glad that
/ the chief of the empire and some Of his
/ ministers. know French and English. and
/ that they are Initiated more or less in the
I arts and sciences Of the west, but how
I ever they may wish 10 raise Turkey to the
T level Of the most civilized nations, they
/ are always obliged TO rule according TO
y the principles OF Islam. which is the doc
I trine OF passive obedience TO the viii Of
I God. that is 20 say. TO his Lieutenant on
I earth. They cannot favor liberty or The
7 autonomy Of reason without putting
F themselves in open revolt against the re-
ligion from which they draw all their
authority. To was probably in this way
I that the last Abdul-Azis encountered the
hatred OF the fanatic element 1T VIII
be thus that all the sultans viii expose
themselves TO the same consequences,
IL they should wish to change the consti-
tuition Of their country or of their race,
without being gifted with extraordinary
energy which alone could insure the sue
cess OF such an enterprise.
II Turkey were inhabited exclusively by
Turks, or at least by Mussuimen, satisfied
with the regime Of Islam. the people Of
Europe could resign themselves TO such
would De "a shame for them TO abandon
SO fine portion or their heritage to Asiat-
&C. barbarism. But this Turkey is peopled
with Christians. men Of our race. Of our
family, who haze been struggling for
more than four centuries in the grasp
of the most pitiful tyranny. About three
quarters of a century ago 1t was well
seen how horrible was the condition of
one OF these conquered race and with what
courage il vindicated its liberty and he
cause among its ancestors were counted
such illustriOus names as HOber, Socrates,
Milbiades and Leonidas, public feeling
was aroused. Greece was then delivered,
and it was well. But because the inhabi-
tants OF HERZEGOVINA. Of Bosnia, of Ar
menia and of a part OF Bulgaria do not
bear a classic name. does ii follow that
they have no claim upon our sympathy
They are our brothers as much as tho
people Of Attica and PelopOnnesus, and
they have been. as far as their strength
allowed them, the defenders of western
civilization against the barbarians Of the
east. who would perhaps have invaded and
subjugated all Europe had il not been for
the resistance they encountered on the
scene of their first conquests. The horri-
BILE and abject servitude in which they
are allowed TO languish, Notwithstanding
their energetic prOtestations and heroic
efforts is "a disgrace to Europe, the shame
of christendom. and the petty rivalries OF
the great powers in presence of the OF
toman ineptitudes and denominations,
show once more how false and absurd
is the policy which governs them. That
this last butchery was cOncocted under
Turkish officials, control and supervision,
there can be no longer any reasonable
doubt! The way of acting of these fanat-
les is just as simple as il is treacherous.
In order to arouse the feeling and influence
the eXcitable temper, the savage passions,
IN a their Eincmpn thew
peal skillfully TO religious and sectarian
prejudices and then slowly effect a pru-
dent retreat to watch the results of their
Machiavelan teachings. and when, per-
chance, Europe, stirred up by Indignation,
loudly protests, then the porte hastens to
the front to offer apologies. as we'll as
promises of chastisement for the guilty.
In a word, she yields the principle to win
the substance. That treaeherous notion
Of acting peculiar to the Asiatic race in
general. seems to be the special character
istc Of the unprincipled and unscrupu-
lOus Turkish race in particular. There
fore, it is not necessary to be very pro-
found or far-sighted to predict that afro
cious as it is, the promises which have
just been made will, as usual. come to
naught
We firmly believe that in the present
state of things there is but one possible
solution of the Turkish question, and that
is; Turkey must be suppressed. 1t is not
a question of DISCRIMINATING a people or
of annihilating a human family, although
1t is said that those who sow the wind shall
reap the WI irwind for their harvest. No;
it is simply that the existence of Turkey
as political factor on this side of the
Bosphorus is a gross anomaly, to which it
is but time to put an end. 1t has long been
said that the Turks are only encamped
in Europe Well. they must decamp; or
else renounce their authority over pop
ulation which is superior to themselves,
and which they have up to the present
time prevented from accomplishing their
progressive destiny. Let Europe and the
United States speak; let them command
and they viii yield. Incapable of govern
ing themselves, and consequently more in
capable still of governing others, they can
only gain by resigning their attitude of
conquerors to take up the more modest
condition of a conquered people. If they
submit they will be treated with more hui
manity, more tolerance than the Span
iards formerly treated the Moors, and
than the Turks themselves treat to-day
our unfortunate Christian brothers of the
east. They will finally blend with the peo-
pie of that country and abandon of their
own free will Mohammedanis. This is de-
Voutly to be wished for, not only for their
own good, but also for that of civilization,
as well as for that of humanity. How the
country over which they have so depora-
bly, reigned since the fifteenth century
would have to be organized is a question
deserving the attention of the govern
ments interested, but whatever might be
the result arrived at, it could not be worse
than what actually exists. Anything hav-
ing for its object the speedy bringing to
a close of the present regime should be
eagerly accepted. Turkey must go. This
is the "Delenda est Carthage" which
should be necessarily repeated to the Eu-
rope of the nineteenth century
Aatonie Muzzarelh
THE GOLD BRICK sWINpLE.