New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-19
p,KED BY MR.. GLADSTONE.
.,,r rx-PREMIERs VIGOROUS LANGUAGE
ON THE EASTERN QUESTION
CONSIDERATIONS OF THE POWERS RIDI-
TILED AND THE RoI.D STAND OF GREECE
AIDED AND JUSTIFIED.

CONSIDERATIONS OF THE POWERS RrDI-
,rn AND THE BOLD STAND OF GREECE
ArpLAupED AND JUSTIFIED.
,or March lS--Under the title The East
~S-.s,s" n sixteer-page pamphlet by Mr..
EN- ,s.o,o will be issued tomorrow. The pam
ea1 a. The form of letter from Mr.. Glad
phe' sarAesed 10 the Duke of Westminster. IN
,., tho ex-Premer proceeds to say
VIZ. o,,s IN crowds have been occurring In the
.,or, intervals for the last two years OF
nature as 10 stir our common huhan''y
s' ,,ornost recesses and TO lodge an appear
oe,c,al 20 personal conscience unoi 'he
-, ~ocent dates these transactions nave
...r,od ~ awaken no echo save IN Engiaho' ou'
,,oht has flashed upon Western Europe anu
ooev consciousness that nations as well rs
-.,re,s are concerned has taken strons ho'u
-, the public mind Later massacres III al
.,o,,a have occurred upon scale OF in'en''n
.nd in diversity Of their wickedness oeEonu on
dor, - not all historical, experience. All 'H''
,.s heen done under the eyes OF the SIN e''"
-. who are represented at the Porte py am
.sors who thought their feeble veroiage
-o,.,o,,, counterpoise to instruments OF death'
.,e,oe and torture, provided that In 1raihii'e !"
.h.v all chined in with one another
~. ,o,,er then goes on TO review the Eastern
1.,ar eince 1876 Mr. Gladstone recails 'he
g., that MS Ministry in 1880 organized ru,o.
.o, concert 70 procure the fulni'heh' Vi
.-eo,v of 1878 in regard to Mon'eheeio w
- The forces Of moral suasion had peeh
,,,s.ea and a SQUADRON Of warships or tne siA
,,..,.o,s assembled on the Montenegrln ana "a.
-. 7, was soon found that to several
,,1.o~s concert If Europe meant toy Demon
.,.,o,s which were not intended 10 pass ioi
.,;,,, I'VE did not waste any time 10 gar
',.,za the corpse into life Mr.. Gladstone con-
,,,res "bu, framed plan for the seizure oi a"
,,onortant port OK the Sultan's domin'ohs.
.,nnd as our prrc pal support the wise anu u
Alexander H. wAo then reigned IL RUSSIA i"e
effect was perfect. There was no war III H0, ~
.,.,,oh ,bis Augbea- would doubtless have peen
used had our proceedings passed oe!oho pr iae'
c,rr Dlan became known TO the sultan anu WIN"
ont a single difficulty Montenegro oo'aineu "e'
,~esent considerable extension ana lhessais was
added TO Greece later ,,
.T. ,s time 70 sneak with freedom. At this
-,o,,en+ two great States, with European pop
nlation Of 15OOO0OOO. are under the government
"a 900 Young men each bearing the title OF En-
,sror. but VINO in one case is wholly without
sNrow,edee or experience and in the other case
<ss only such knowledge and experience, IN truth
si,,i,ed enough as have excited much astohish-
nent and some CONSERVATION when an mixing OIL
shenn has been given TO the world In the concert
s| the Powers these Powers fight steadily against
freedom. But why is our Government pinned 10
che!r aprons? 49, A,,or,, of
Mr. Gladstone then reviews the history OF
C.rrece and Crete and says: I'VE have pe1ore US
+, David facing six Goliaths He argues tha'
tS,,onoan rule in Crete is thing OF YESTERDAY
s,,t crete was a part Of Greece and the Cretah
onople were part Greek people 3.oVo years ago.
'Nor have their moral and human Ties ever
broken or relaxed" he says, and years ana
centuries will come when this bad dream OF " "
tor-an dominion has passed from Europe mat the
vnion was still subsist.
Greece by her bold action" Mr. Gladstone
continues has conferred great service upon
,,urone She has made il impossihle 10 palter
sver this question We paltered In Armenia
The nations Of Europe are in various
stages of their training, hut do not peheFe
that il is the European people whose Judgment
will tolerate the punishment Of Greece Tor the
GOOD deed she recently performd Certainly II
,yould not he the French, who so largely con-
trjbuted 10 the foundation Of the Kingdom: nor
would il be the Italians. who are so mindful or
what their fathers have undergone. and least or
all the English who. if the road were open 10
them by the dissolution Of Parliament, would
show how they are minded by returning Par
lament which. upon this question, would speak
with unaninity."