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Show THE SICK MAN. Salonika, tho Turkish-European city which was the sceuo of a late reliyious mob, was known to the ancients as The;sa!on:ca. Il ia said to be the idtutical place where l'aul and Silas were .scuhlied (or preaching the yo-pe!. At thai time the mob sacked the dwelling of Jaion, where the apcstle and his fellow evangelist were loJginyf eausiug these primitive christians to lly by night to I3erea. The recent outbreak at Salouica ap pears to have b en due to tho fana:i-cism fana:i-cism of the Mohumetans, though it, is nut ubboluicly certain that they' were not in the right in their attempt to dclenda convert to their faith from that of the Greek church. It is ro-portcd ro-portcd that the American consul w;b foremost in rescuing the girl from the Turks; but the reason for his conduct has not been explained, though the frank apology tendered by the sultan for tho Mohamelans would indicate that the blame rests largely upon that class of the inhabitants. The occurrence occur-rence of the event at this time ia particularly par-ticularly interesting in connection with the struggle between tho Euro-. Euro-. pean provinces of Turkey and the sublime porte, into which the element 1 of reliyious fanaticism eDters to a large extent. For nearly a year past the leading European powers have been engaged in negotiations with regard to tho pacification ot these provinces, but with apparently little effect, and the insurrection in Herzegovina Herze-govina and the adjacent dependencies wages as fiercely as ever. It is doubt-fat doubt-fat whether a peaceful result can bo reached under Turkish ascendancy, and it is freely predicted, that while the great powers arc anxious to preserve pre-serve tho peace they are preparing to ; take advantage of any contingency 1 which may arise. Russia especially is credited with a longing for a portion por-tion of the territory ia insurrection. It is evident that some important changes, in the map of Europe mny occur during the next few yen?, which may be determined either by a great war or by a compromise; but there is a concurrence of opinion to tbe'elTect that between the insurrectionists insurrec-tionists and the great powers Turkey will soon have to retire from the European Eu-ropean continent. Nothing but English diplomacy can prevent this reault, and even England may be brought to terms by the proper argu monts, which the czar of Russia has in lus power to offer. |
