The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-11-17

fleet and l will give in at once" And
he gave in without another word. Co
ercion is the only policy that has any
effect with the Sultan. He cannot yield
without risking deposition as an apos-
cate unless he is commanded yy pow
er superior to his own. That il the key
to the whole situation It is an ele-
mcntary truth. How is it that the great
governments of Europe do not seem -
understand mis- rudementary solution
of the whole question. Russia and
Austria are trying to get the Sultan to
accept certain reforms, good in THEN
selves if under European control, but
absolutely useless without such control.
me lessons of the past should teach
hem this. They accepted a few years
ago a Musselman governor for the pro-
vince of Macedonia, where there has
been so much recent trouble. \ Mus
selman governor is obliged 10 obey the
lehests Of the Sultan, ana ne does obey
them. The only solution is that which
England and France, with the cCuscrt
of the other Powers, applied to the Lee
banon after the terrible massacres Of
Syria; they sent an army and combin-
ed fleet of British and French man-of-
war, and left them there until the Sui
ton began to carry out tn reforms
the Sultan was forced to appoint a
Christian governor of the Lebanon,
with the consent of the Powers, and il
removable without their consent. What
has been the result? There has been
pcs ce and comparative justice IN rhe
Lebanon from the year 1860 until now.
The thing for Christendom to remem-
Der is that all reforms which are not
ratified by coercion, and by the APP
pointment of a Christian governor in
variably do more harm than good; they
invaribly lead to massacres, massacre
everywhere, unless a firm, strong hand
is laid upon the Sultan that he may be
held responsible for any massacre that
may take place. For, remember, these
massacres are seldom if ever, the re-
suit of local fanaticism; they are al
most invaribly organized by the Sultan
and his encourage at Constantinople
/ When / was in Constantinople the
news came on one occasion that 10000
of the Sultan's Christian subjects had
been done to death, in many instances
with uncomfortable horrors, whilst
thousands had been driven into the
mountains and forests to die of starva-
ton and exposure. Do you wonder
that the instigator OF all this is called
the modern Nero-or as the English
poel uuDps nlIl' ABDUL the damned. IL
is disgrace to the Christian nations
of the world TO permit such atrocities
to go on. The Armenian business was
bad enough. The Macedonian business
is, II possible, worse. II we feel it ouI
duty to send missionaries to Turkey
surely we should feel it our duty to
seek in every way to stay this reign OF
massacre, and rapine and lust. A clear
strong, firm word from the Christian
nations of the world. and especially
from the two great Anglo-Saxon ma.
tons, would do much to solve the prob.
lem. This would be doing in the TWEEN.
tieth century what Oliver Cromwell die
in the seventeenth when ne threw tn,
shiefdIof great Protestant nation over
the prosecuted Christians in the valley!
= OF Piedmont, using not only his own
craftsmanship, but the pen of Milton
on their behalf.