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Show TUe "Times" ou Tnrkt-y. 1 London, 2S. The Times this morning morn-ing bus au editorial ou the Bulgarian atrocities, which concludes aa lollows: Mr. Barring's report and the testimony testi-mony of other official witnesses will have much practical value during the negotiations which must follow tha close of the Servian war. They will give this country a good opportunity of clearly defining the position it holds with respect both to Turkey and the great powers. It has been said that the Turkish ministers are careless of English remonstrances because they think that England will and must support Turkey, however flagrantly she may be ruled, and hence it is argued that she is indirectly indi-rectly accountable for the Bulgarian massacres. But iB difficult to believe o base au idea can mislead the shrewd men who direct the Turkish empire. They know little of this country if they think it could condone such atrocities as those of Bulgaria. Like some other states, it has an interest in-terest in Turkey and it would be desirable to see her strong, but she cannot be strong without being well governed, and she will never be well governed until she has reversed many parts of her present system. Turkish misrule means weakness, recurring rebellion and foreign war, and it cat-ries cat-ries with it a menace to the whole of Europe. This country will be ready to join other states in devising such reforms as will protect the christian papulation, without regard to the convenience of the porte. |