The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-29

gloomy or the present been 50 replete
with horror
The massacres OF bygone years were
as nothing to those which were daily
flashed over the wires TO startle and
appal a world which was still Christian,
at least in name.
An extract from leading article In
the Daily Wire shows that the under
lying reason and cause was thoroughly
appreciated and understood in England
no less than abroad.
"In this labyrinth OF myth and muir
DER the article said. "a sudden and
spontaneous outburst OF hatred. OF Mus
sulman hatred for the Christian. has
now-owing Ito the overthrow OF
the chief accepted doctrine OF the
Christian falth-becoma deliberate
measure of determination adopted by a
barbarous Government rs the simplest
solution OF tho problem In the Near East
The stupendous fact which has lately
burst upon the world has had effects
which, willie they might have been antic!-
pnted In some degree, have already 20 ssed
far beyond the bounds Of the most coz
flrmed political pessimlst's dream.
From the fact of the Jerusalem dis
covery, ambitious agitntors have hur-
ried to draw their profit Politicians
have not hesitated to provoke series
OF massacres. and by playing upon the
worst forms of AIussulman fanatlclsm to
organize that ghastliest system of crimo
upon the largest and most comprehensive
scale. The whole thing Is moreover. i'm
mcnsely complicated by the utter I'M
scrupulousness OF that association uni'
versally notorious as the Macedonian
Committee. These people, who may be
described as a company OF aspirants to
the crown OF Immortality earned by other
peoples nartydrom, have themselves as
sisted In tho work OF lighting the fires OF
Turkish passion, and they have helped
to provoke atrocities which will enable
them TO pose before the eyes of the civil
ICED world as the interesting victims OF
Moslem ferocity.'
Thus Hands read In his rock cave above
the boiling winter sea- Thus and much
more, as the cloud grew darker and
darker over Eastern Europe. darker and
darker day by day.
In a week 1t became plain to the world
that Bulgarans, Servians and Armen-
Ians alike had collapsed utterly, before
the insolent exultation of the Turks.
The spirit of resistance and enthusiasm
had gone. The ignorant and tortured
peoples had no answer for those VINO
flung foul insults at the Cross. y.
AS reflected in the newspapers. the pub
lie mind In England was becoming Sc
riously alarmed at these horrible and
daily bulletins, but neither Parliament
nor people were rs yet ready with sug-
gested course of action. The forces OF
dlsintegraton had been at work; It
seemed no longer possible to secure q
great body of opinion as In the old
times And Englishmcn We're troubled
with grave domestic problems also. More
especially the great increase OF the
worst forms of crime attracted universal
attention and dlsmay, 4J
Then news came which shook the whole
country to Its depths. Men began to look
into each others eyes and ask what
these things might mean.
Hands read:
'Onr special correspondent In Bombay
telegrmhs dsqu!eting news from India.
/ The native regiments In Bengal are boz
coming difficult to handle. The officers
OF the staff corps are making sirclal
reports to headquarters Three native
Officers OF the 100 BENGAL IAncers have
been placed under arrest, though no par
ticulars as to the exact reason for this
stop have been allowed to transpire."
This first guarded lntimation ~ seri-
Gus disaffeotion in India was allowed,
two days afterwards, by LONGER and far
more serious reports. The Indian mall
arrived with copies of The Madras Mail
and the Times OF India. which disclosed
mhph moro than had hitherto come over
the cables.
Long extracts were printed from these
Journals In the English dailles.
Epitomized. Hands learned the fol-
lowing facts from q mass Of detail! q
few lurid facts remained fixed IN his
brain.
The well-meant but frequently unsuc-
cessful mission efforts IN Southern lna'a
were brought to a complete ana utter
standstlll,
BY that thought wllled system OF cons
munication and the almost tame-llke
mouth to -mouth carriage Of news which
is so inexplicabIe to Western minds. who
can only understand the workings Of the
electric telegraph, the whole OF india
seemed to be throbbing with the news o.
thu downfall OF Christianity, and this