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Show ICBKS IS JKUUrULEal. Tba quntlen of tba adTleablllty of ; opening landi In Iba United Hlaleafor Armenian aetllara, aa a bappy solution ol lha oriental difficulty, la variously ooualdarod. Home regard tha Idee aa Iba beat to far auggeeled, while olhora believe that lha Armenians would nol ' make dealrabla elate of olllaene. It la but lusllee lo Ibe people lo toy thai 1 ate rule luey an Intelligent, Indut. irloua aud progreealve, wherever elr- oumtlaooea allow tula latter quality lo eater! I tee If. They era dlllereul ironi I Ibe Mongolians In Ibe latter reiptol, ! nod It would take but a thort time fur j I them to beoonie aoolliuatlaed and at borne la tbe free almuipbere of the Hulled Hlatet. It It true, Ibe) J have lor oanturlaa auQerel nnder ln ' datorlbable tyraouy; but like aoolher ' aaopla under nearly similar elroum- ttancea tha Huttlau Jewe they have j In their Iradltlom, laugutga and re- llglon bad a safeguard agalntt utter drgradallon, and with soma tralulug tbey would be boiler otpatile el eojoy-Ing eojoy-Ing tha hustings of liberty than one I Judging only from praaenl apptarauoet would tuppuae. Hut lha quetlloo of an Armenian auiliirallon an matte la of but little j linpurlanoe, became even II II could be eooompllaueU, It wuuld uol aollla the I eatlern probltm. Itellable uewa from Turkey beyund the tea ooaat olliee la suarue, owing to the oeutortblp that exleudt oven to private letlere and dli- pelobee; but from all thel oau hu 1 : gathered, there termt to ba a Luoal remarkatila "revival" ot I Mubammedaultm, at If a final i ellort wore lo be made to flnlah ' tha struKgla commeuceU by tha hu- mediate tuci'eatort of Mohatuuied. It tblt coujaolure la correct, Iba wurld It nut cuulrouted by an Aruieulau quet-tion quet-tion particularly, but a ijueallon o: another oualaughl by the urvaoeut on I , tbe orott. The recent political oampli. catloua among the Chrlatlan powort 'j can but have served lo encourage the I' Mobammedant In their pottibla plaut . lu thttdlrtotlun, lu as much at from their pulul ol view, Ihoaa uciupllca-j uciupllca-j tluns muat appoar aa Ilia lulurveutlou I. i ; of I'rovldenoe lu tholr behalf lu order ; to give them the time uaeJed for ' streugtheulug Ihalr baudt to the war- fa.e, tngllali papers have reoeutly om-taluod om-taluod dtcritloiii ol lha prevailing oondlllum In Hyrla eud I'al. tine. Th. country It luuuJated by Turkith toldlert. Ooly a short t mo auo lu lha region betweou Jalla aud Jeruia-' Jeruia-' em there were Ui,uno 'latuara" or to d era, K'therad uot uuder Hie ariiu tuu rod baouera ol tut Turkt but uu- ; der tba grteu Uaj, aud tint l takeu at ! a sura sign that Ilia "holy wai" It I 1 being pruolalmrd. The Mouamiuouaii I Alalia whu are taken Iroin their horuoa and lannllei and driven like cattle lo Ibe rauki of the aiuiy look upou Hit : fy Chrlttlsntai Iba rati caute o' Ihelr mlafortune, and Ihey vow vengeance In Ihelr hearts. The aoMlert are hot poorly olad and fed, and lha conae-quenoe conae-quenoe It that they are compelled to live as robbers. Tha (,'hrliMent era oonaldered legitimate prey, omolally the Turin eipltln that thamsaalngol trooa la neceatary lor the tuljugatlon of tha Iiruaee, a pacu. liar and remarkable people In tha Lebanon mouuttlnt, but It It nol likely that Ihlt It the aole object of tha moblllattl n of Iroops, slnoe the Drueee In Ihtlr mjuntaln fttlna.tet always btva bren In oppoiitl u to tha government, Tbe L'hrlaiiaiit in Hyrla leel convinced lhat a general rtalng of Mohemmeu'a followers la contemplated with but ooe object, the Intel extermination extermi-nation of the C'uhallani In tha Turkitli empire. Jerusalem la salJ lo ba rilled with Turkish soldiers. Tbry have barrsess In tba Tower of David, Hie l'alaoe ol l'llate and along tha road to Ijameaout. They regularly maron IhrouKh the clly, plunder the lissirt and enter private buuiee; they forage In the vicinity of the oily aud live Ilka baudt of robbers, lo Jleyrout a similar eon-dlllou eon-dlllou la tald lo ba plevalllliK, Hualuttt conntotlons wills Kurope from this place are Interrupted, and the autborltlee ejloteroept dlt-patchat, dlt-patchat, aeiae Kurnpeau uowepafMia aud aa carefully aa poealule prevent newt from leavlnit or entering the country. When suck ondlllons prevail pre-vail aloug lha aoaal, II It not difltoult lo Imagine what niuet be the elate of ellalra In the Ulterior. What all Iheae things portend liana alone oan tall, but II looks aa If events might be In preparation tbal will eventually compel Chrlatlan Kurope lo Interfere, whatever tha ooneequeoees may be. Tuora It an ominous aotlvlly aruoog lha Mohauinislaut; Hie unfolding un-folding of Ilia green dag uuder the blood-ttalned ball moon may meau a good deal mora than Is comprehended althe preaant time. |
