New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-23

mortality to the ancient Greeks That viii come
IN s shoa perhaps 81 give them seventyaye
an ana Greek Re
ness e, and failure to estimate their relative national
cs and
S ,,OSo such az led Athens to her destruction
the Greeks of to-day into the present unjustlnabe
cennlct with Turkey. All Greeks are by no means
Greeks have Often had s to sey0 With other
se Dn np Of US INV when the Ing r and a ns
the s' are %rds
In In their hour Of victory. The modern Greeks are
nave seareey es their partisan
EVIDENT n pf he ha OF an
Turkey In each case the brgands are Greeks who
YAM katchiky. famous robber chief of Anatoa.
S %a forced to KIN his Turkish mistress before he
ian rufians. But the Turks are essentially mil
i n,y people who appreciate the necessity of Dis
reverse being common with many people who are
during he revolution for their
IN transition from ancient to the modern Euro
would have but for the battle OF Navarno.
where their fleet was overcome by the allied fleets.
Der Of battle ships very important factor
In the days Of sailing ships of war.
THE TURKS IN BETTER TRIM.
But now they are in far better fighting trim. The
| Greeks in this war have thus far had only their
northern FRONTIER TO DEFEND while the Turks who
| number scarcely seven millions in empire having
about twenty-six millions are obliged 10 maintain
bodies of troops all their domnions TO keep its
various unruly peoples in order and watch the ex-
much as the character Of the Turkish troops meet
ing the Greeks which made the of the latter
exceedingly doubtful from the outset and which,
therefore almost criminal color TO the
# STe bS the hdS
OF the Powers, but under the circumstances it had
none.
AS suggested before, the Osmanlee Turks occupy
a most peculiar and difficult position. rendered
more embarrassing because misrepresented de-
l!beratey ignored by all so-called Christians ex-
ceptng few intelligent and broad-minded states
men The marvellous resolution and diplomacy by
which they have helped TO maintain their national
integrity against the odds OF Chrstendom, and
which would be considered magnificent If displayed
by Metternch or Talleyrand. Bismarck or a
Is nncanddy styled treaehery stub.
Treaty of Berlin. the Powers prudenty say nothing;
but If Turkey neglects to carry out her provisions
in it, she is sweepingly condemned and the tolera-
ton they allow their subjects is ignored or denied,
In spite of patent facts.
Froissart tells that in the fourteenth century
an Armenian bishop visited the courts Of western
Europe including that Of Richard II Of England Eng
Turks We're preferable 10 the former rulers Of the
Armenans leaving them their religion and customs;
he desired aid in order to bring all his people under
the Turkish sway. The Turks permitted religious
liberation centuries before such a principle had
been dreamed of in Europe, and they allow II to-
day a degree still unpractised in some Christian
lands.
Armenians in America have denied these facts,
but they are nevertheless strictly correct There
dozen more dstinc; people under the Turk
ish rule. to speak OF subdivisions and tribes.
All alike have liberty to believe and practise their
creeds have their own herarchies, schools,
churches and cemeteries and all except Mahome-
tans are exempt from conscrpton in the army.
But. say some, there is the censorship. But what
of the censorship in certain Christian lands?
Christian missionaries have enjoyed the hospitality
and protection of Turkey at all periods but three
American missionaries have been murdered there In
sixty years and then by brigands, as might happen
from railway brigands in America Can the a same
there any in Spain. Austria or Italy thirty
key get into difficulties. often arising ou OF their
own fanatcism or INSCRIPTIONS methods, they run
TO tne Wse roT he nepbaps treating
his subjects no worse than they would be treated
h hs ha
trouble Is fomented by foreign secret agents and
American citizenship as some also do from certain
other countries In order to gain protection II
warning against nations with whom the United
There was a certain logic in the Greek revolution
we're Greeks or Aibanians allied to them by resi-
denGe or religion and GseTe too had 1eGr hSe
in1ependen for many ages Is divided between
S a Tsr H u npe only in
itself The remainder are all over the Empire.
Greeks and Jews the banking and commerce of the
country.
THE TURKS EXAsPERATIoN.
For the Armenlans to agitate for freedom implied,
therefore, the upheaval Of the Ottoman Empire
through foreign Intervention. With so subtle
and deadly foe striking at their very
vitals. the Turks were naturally exasperated,
following this did such long and insldious
series Of attacks on their nations integrity. They
struck back. and struck like one whose heart is
threatened. But the resulting calamities. sad as
they actually Were have been purposey exagger-
ated If the money spent FOR arms 6 and n me
oppressed Armenians to emgrate; 1t would nave
E esoSrh fGf e se ha e d
mirable traits Of character. But II aroused ne ls
o6 to TO 9f s Tery Gay h Sl
shed blood freely when in wrath or In danger;
Sef-preservation Is the first law OF nations as well
Shall the Turks be excluded from right to this
universal law because they are not nominal CHRIS
ans? Let us suppose that i were Learned IN the
melting the negroes there to aspire TO autono-
my. Does any sane man conversant with Ameri-
an moment I what would be their doom To recite
the crimes Of christendom for the last hundred os
Jealous in the work Of foreign missions would bic be
s her BY
f that naen has o
Ing TO do with 1t. There is no law. divine human,
Christians. whether so in fact or merely in name
have sole right to conquer to Cypress or to main
demands that every nation shall resist to the last
al be- 10 n ats no M ho
Lord! Lord are worthy to be called disciples;
Of liberty are justified in their appeal not all who
show haste to rush to arms at every cry for aid
are free from phariseeism or motives of self-in-
terest -, , 49,,
,n,oiiect,iai yiyacity II yet little genius, and
genuine ability to adapt themselves TO the condl-
ttnns of contemporary civilization Greece has
fntnreNlet us earnestly hope great and glorious
fiture But It will not be FASTENED by volatile and
imnrndent attempts to force II. nor by the untime
lv niudicious or sentimental sympathy OF Chris
'e''"o"'' ' - s. G.. w. BENJAMIN.
RECORD OF 71ST MEN.
Major Francis took the 1st Battalion or tho list
Regiment IN Creedmoor on Wednesday. or the 236
fed The fol-