New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21

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outside the people, and no, immanent., powcT
| within the people Herein lies the application OF
the Occidental Oriental antlthesis to political in
! st.tutionS. ,,.,,
Turkey though thoroughly Oriental in it's political
| ideas maintains its place on Occidental SOIL be-
cause the forces of Occidentalism cannot agree
among themselves as to leadership 1t is
stranded wreck left high and dry beyond the sea
wall by a recedng tidal wave. but no one clears 1t
! away, because the land ls In litigation
Among the various peoples and races whom the
| fate OF history has assigned to Turkish sway are
proy in in Northeassern Asia Minor they are
| found scattered all through the orient nearly
| nople alone and constituting nearly quarter OF
its population The Turkish Empire. however, in
its lack of sense for what we may call distributed
| government. has no place for their individuality
| in its scheme They are to the Turks as far as
they possess Individuality and the tendency to use
| it. simply u plague spot in the Empire II must
be admitted that the Armcnans are not an easy -;
people to get on with. They are distinguishes by
| an energy. business and fondness for acquisition
that is almost super,occidental They are selfish
personally unattractiye and striknSiy lacking IN
| traits OF nobility and sef-respect. The average
80 FAR AS snail thing GO The sayIngsis that it
| takes ten Jews to Ouwit one Greek and ten Greeks
to outwit one Armenian. They are unqlestonaoy
extremely Irritating 10 the quietistc, reSgneu'
fatalisc Turk TIE two have tt fen IN com on,
| Turk has decided to get rid Of him The Armenian
| is 8 persistent source Of unrest. He IL Kicker
What they do with klckers In the 0Gcldgn ,,ri
knows no other way than TO club them down cut
their heads on. sink them In the Sea of Mar
mora. He is applying the riune recipe with patient
persistence occasion offers.
| crete is another plague spot on the Turkish map
The population OF the island is essentially Greek.
OF the quarter million inhabi:ing 1t there are per
hans jocM Mussulmans, but all speak creek. sinGe
the seventeenth century II mas been IN the hanns
Of Turkey The instruction OF 1866 ~ stirred pro
| governments OF Europe as represented by tbs
| Powers insisted even with a severe menace 10
| possession Repeated Instructions have taken
place. notably those OF 1871 and 1896 indeed the
| ing most OF the century. Various promises OF re-
formed admnistrat ton have been at different times
has resulted Turkey is unable to administer gov
| eminent
CRETES DESIRES AND DESERTS.
Crete deserves at least. autonomy Autonomy
under the nominal suzeranity Of Turkey would be
a possible solution Such autonomy has been ac-
corded the island of Samos and the Libanon pcov-
| nces and Is said TO work satisfactorily. The
population undoubtedly desires annextion to
Greece. A few days ago the Greek flag was carried
on TO its shores and Greek soldery assumed the
protection of the inhabitants The stories have
received of the enthusiasm with which this OPP
ance Of their deverers constitute touching APP
peal to every heart in Christendom IN winch
abides a love OF liberythat love of liberty which
teaches that people has the right to Il govern
ment whose sources and ultimate sanctions are
TO the mird of TIE Turk the Greek is what the
Armenian is--a nuisance. Their theory of govern
ment has solution for their problems except
utter subjueaton determination, Similar con-
ditions exist the coast districts OF Macedonia and
i'm Epirus though in the latter the discomfort is no.
so acute 50 well formulated In both. the pre-
vang Is Creek and the anEuagf o even wen
naturalness OF the situation teaches that postpone
ment OF - settlement can only be temporary. These
districts represent areas still half submerged in the
stdgnant pools of 1slams rctreattng tide No fresh
and returned 10 tilage the better for the world.
Still the selfish cowardice OF the Powers hest
consideration of any change whatsoever in the eX-
listing status The moment the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of
long filed claims must be considered They are
willing TO proceed Diecemeal They are unwilling
the route TO the Suez Canal 1t IS possible there
are other ambitions than those of Greco. .,.o.,
The Greeks a people that must be reckoned
with in the future settlement of Eastern questions.
Aegean a re largely in Greek hands More than one
fourth the population of Constantinople itself IL
Creek. Nov that the Greek state has been created
it constitutes rendezvous and point d'appui TO:
the sentiment Of natl9naty among the r Scat, e
alton itself is bankrupt. The land offers no great
hope OF greatness under present-day conditions II
power minerals in abundance, coal supply. But
1t has an energetic. active. optimistic though rest
pie They are abstemious and thrifty. In foreign
lands they accumulate wealth. They are profound
past are moulded into the substance Of their modern
national life. They are thorough Occidentals and
their antagonism TO Orientasm both in spirit and
in the concrete forms Of Turkey and Turks. IS
TG s hc W ihem rro IS Gd Ga in an WIN
destructble difference of thought. mood and cha:-
actCr.
THE RIVAL OF GREECE.
Among the small States of the Balkan Peninsula
Bulgaria is now the one developing most rapidly in
strength and prestige She has become the rival
of Greece among the lesser States They both look
with greedy eyes toward Macedonia. whose inland
population is Slavic. but whose coast population Is
Greek. They both have in mind the remotef
thought concerning the ultimate disposition of Con-
stantinople II has been the dream of Greek poll
ticians for generations, the so-caled grande idH"
that some day constantnople would be restored to
Greek possession. But Bulgaria s on the high road.
garia il now reconciled with Servia ana Monte
negro and by the formal act of allowing the bap-
sealed her acceptance OF Russia's headshp. AS tho
Prince OF Bulgaria said on the occasion Of The
the Balkan States. with the exception OF Rumania,
have therefore now virtually accepted the suze-
eey 81 friendly yaa w afb mas
Austria OF al the great Powers, fears most aeIf
juncture. The Slavic Balkan States. consolidated
h herr and the Aegean solid wall It has been her
eager ambition TO secure port on the Aegean
no chance Any disiodgement OF conditions in the
orient at this time could bring her no good, ami
Germany utilities her influence power appar-
entity in RussSs nterss SO far as the the Eastern
have b ss she h R req She ns
the upper and neither miIlstones OF France and
Russia. II both hostile she is lost. II Is, there
fore. her policy 10 trade the interests of the East
Russian favors. The failure OF Englands effort
year ago TO extort reforms from the Sultan-thc
fiasco OF Salisbury and Saoniki-was due or
less directly to Germany's dupcity. Germany
played secretly Russlas game. with the result that
Turkey became province Of Russia.
This brings to Russia. What power IN there
In the ncehborhood of Constantinople competent TO
enter IN and possess II? Is II Greece? Her histor-
zeal claim Is good Constantlnope Is an old Greek
town. One quarter or one-thrd its present popula-
ton Is Greek. The common language OF it's COM
merce Is Greek The tidal wave that put the Turk
In possession dispossessed Greeks. II Il historical
justice that with the retreat Of the and the
re-cstablishment OF Occdertalsm. Greece Greeks
should return to their right But this Is a dream
II Tie past Greece Is not strong enough The day
Is past when little, shrunken. barren Greece can