Show j I Questions Rai Raised ed in the Stone Case p Miss Stones Ston fate In III Icing being captured brigands carried ort oft to m by b mountain fastnesses e held hehl ran which all nil foreigners ox IX oxa eom oin Is ILl one aile to 10 whoso sojourn 01 or a e pose po cI 1 tho Old Olti JL travelS are arc In 11 11 weakness or 3 l through the tho connivance o oC th the authorities brigand There Thero have iRO been numer numerous l 1 age ace prevails I 1 otis ous other OilIer cat C caO 08 of oC 0 the name kind dm dur or to 80 o especial lUg Ing In the last hIst thirty ars the tho Turkey In It fl I ly y In m Greece along tho northern const conat ot or Africa and oven In Italy and Spain p Is III demand demanded in every Instance a n ransom ed cd ana anti each carh time n a 1 discussion lon arises as a to tile the policy and principle of at pay tho the list tills ransom Of course lug hie tho the fellow tellow Inclination ion of ot the he friend 4 countrymen and ald tho tile government of the tho thoa a Is to pay tin ransom at lit once ones cap from death lIc th the tho hOl of preserving pro them torture rising superior to ov cv nail and even eve II Hut flut na ur TIO cry try other there are many other objection o this course In III the lint place U It to the theL p constitutes con an In encouragement to commission of It other oilIer outrages of ot tho the ther L same saine character and with the thu tame same In III r results In countries where money Is scarce lawlessness riCe te Then Ihen too It Is I contrary to tho the cipIo of oC Uw 11 SInce It Is 15 nothing mow more Rn nor loss los io thrill than compounding n II while the government of ot the thu county country in which the capture has hns taken place Is Ie naturally opposed to the payment of or brigands by way of at any on motley money to t th I i ransom knowing full Cult well that n a claim will eventually be he made mallo upon It by h tho the Mate to which the th captive belongs for tor forthe forthe the molicy thus handed over to the tho bandits One Ono of the lie most moat famous Instances ot at being captured by and ed for tor ransom Is 18 that of ot Lord ann Lady Lad Lord 1 who I TE Is now flOW nn elderly man and u frequent visitor to this country was II staying at nl Athens In mo io when a picnic to plain laIn of oC Marathon was organized by II some sorno of the tho members of or the tho diplomatic in iu corps corp to tho tIm alt court The party consisted of 0 Lord and anel Lady r Mr fInd Mrs Lloyd and their child Fred Ired Vyner jno i o r brother br ther of ot tho the Marchioness of ot p pro fIn i Count Albert Royl noI of the 19 c Austrian Au legation the Hon 1100 Edward vo Herbert secretary to 10 the mis V Blon Bloh and 1111 several othet young attaches alln t tn They were on their was Wn buck back to the tho thoc c 1 1 city ell when lh thc they v were suddenly pounced rn ranc c upon by lIy a 1 part pirty of ot under thu tho command of or the tho well known t the o chIt chief Arvanitaki and were can carried led off ore oreto r f ii fh to the lull hill country countr lying between Pun Pan Puno at o and Mount The I Id d brigands after hours Murs let letOR letto OR the women go J not net from any motives motive to a of or chivalry but merely because their J presence Impeded the tilL of oC tho tilO sue movement of the band unit at the rome rame and time the tile men of or the tho party were directed to draw lots lilts for tor ono one nf ot their number n to return to Athens and to notify tho tha thaC I C I tC terms terp under his companions I pr could recover their liberty It was WM Lord Who rIlo wan W WA fI fortunate enough to bo ho te selected emissary ar mid 1111 the tho de do demands demands mands moods with which he be 18 by bythe It the lie brigand chief coiled called for tor a 11 ransom a DC of OO in money a free pardon for tor torn forte te n present ent and past crimes and tho the libera liberation tion of ur certain bandits bandito then thell In custody cu Lord 11 moreover thor thoroughly given Riven to understand that If It any Ito attempt were ero mOllo to pursue lur uc th tM the band bont tho the would woUl be bo put to death Lord Loril on reaching Athena hastened at nt once to the l logo lega ton and nought the tho n Mancu tunco of oC Mt Mr the tho envoy Tho ri latter Immediately Arrange to 1111 the tue ran om Horn demanded and at the tha same rome time lime took steps to obtain from Crom reIn the tho Greek government tho tile promise tromie ot of pardon Cal foi the banditH Mn It was wall hero Unit Mr Mi 11 Kr Ir o r i 1 i akine and Lord encountered Far J or while the Gr elt con conS constitution I empowers empower the tho sovereign to grant amnesties for far political ho cannot grant any pardon Parlon for fill crim I offense save 10 with the tIe consent ot 01 ottile the tile legislature which was hot then In station slon Negotiations were sero In progress with tho the brigands with willi tile thu object of ot conveying them some atur n aur Anco that a II pardon would be Ic granted In their ns nI Lt soon us rill ever ment merIt reassembled when the tho GreeK cabinet foreseeing not only trouble In III Intile tho tile chamber about the tho ho ty but likewise that It U would b hI be i 1 upon by 13 b threat Great In cour of or time lime to de do defray tray fray tile the amount of lit t tho the ransom by Mr started large lurge ot of troops and cinti of oC constabulary otter thu brigands This ThiM WilI done donti without tilt thi I knowledge of ot tho the king kill rind in of or the tho most pledges given by bytho bythe bythe the tho premier r to th h eroy ly and to Lord The rhe brigands I I enraged by this breach hr of ot faith carried carrie their captive still farther Into tho the mountains and willm hard b 1 their murdered every on ot at them thorn M aol all nil III In cold Some Som of ot them w wr ri eliot others stabbed In the tho back wk while others again han baa their throats cut So io great was ns the tho In created by the tile behavior of or I the theOre Greek k government In breaking bren kill Its It s to the tile that icing was WM forced to dismiss s the entire cabinet while the thO Greek I treasury escaped the tho payment nf or thi ransom It wan was compelled com by England En Eai lund to grunt grant crun heavy hell V damages to tu tile the families of ot some Romo of ot the victims of Qt f the tragedy A year later owing to t the energy displayed In iii the tile matter by hy ICing King e not hot only and 1113 entIre band wore captured and brought ht to joe jus justice tice tiCo but hut likewise everal members of or ortho the tue Greek parliament and likewise e an nil Englishman ln of the tho name of oC Noel es eR established nt ot who tho wh Were proved to have been of or the tho Noel Indeed having fur tur 1 the tho Informal m ns as to the thEl amount of oC ransom which It would bb bl b well to demand for tor tho the release of ot the tho party Varty Jart A 4 number of them were convicted c 1 put to death while hlll tho the others t sentenced to various t of Ot lIonal servitude Until about ten years car ago tho tue sub sublime limo lime porto orte was tas Invariably forced to re refund refund fund to t the foreign les at 01 Con Constantinople Constantinople whatever i annum they the had lIati been heen coiled called len upen to pay for Cor the release of ot their countrymen country wo we woIn mm mon In n find and held for tor ransom by b Turkish h and I J con cnn recall the grumbling at nt to pay n a sum pum of or for or Count and Countess Pray Steinberg who had hal been boon sub I to a it good food deal of M lii III usage by their captors owing to 10 their struggles At t the tho sublime porto orto It was sas 1 remarked In this connection that tiO io n a very big sum to pay pour des thee Allemands for tor darn dam aged ngod nS 11 Hut when a n Major who tilo held h nn nil appointment In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Turkish gendarmerie culled upon the tile British embassy to run ransom so in his hlA wife and nii children who hint had been carried off ort by Iw the tile foreign offiCe calleJ called n it halt In the tho matter realizing that In view of ot the tho fact that the tho major Willi wan In III the tiit employ of the Turkish go It Il would have difficulty In re reco co from the latter hitter the th repayment of ot tin till money maliC expended In the tha liberation of et hid family famil Ho So the tile major was In homed that while tho the embassy would use Its lis friendly In ills his behalf with tHo tile Turkish government gOV It would Itself ray pay the tho ransom nor exact tho latter from Crom the tho porte since ns nil a II police he h must mU t have known bet het bettor bettar tor tar than any ny one ono else the tha risk to which he ho was wall exposing his wife anti an children when hen he lie brought them out to live II In that particular port part of Turkey where the outrage took tool place This his Is undoubtedly the only logical 10 course coune to not ot only In but In nil all other oilier civilized and Countries where whelo law low order arc are at nt A it 1 discount Thus while it l I perfectly right aol ami proper rop r to demand denland le r ry r Indemnities for Cor outrages to h tourists missionaries and mer merchants chants chanta have hae been subjected say pay 3 In Chi China na when whon It nn tun be shown that the local authorities havo lito either participated In inthe the affair or hove have declined to yet ot there Is U no lIt ground fur for any demand by h tile the Injured parties either cither upon their own governments or upon that of or the country countr in ill which the tue rime hitS hns taken place when IS hen the I hp latter Itter has IiO hn been ben poi per t d by Dulin II or even elon by the c People who whirl venture Into ouch leu do IC so at their own on risk and cannot expect to enjoy there tho the same Rame as lIS nt ut homo home or to bo ho furnished fr tn fro of oC cost cart with that armed escort which alone could insure Inguro their safety brigands In Japan JOlan during durin tho the Drat diet ten or fit nt fifteen teen years that followed the Iho revolution of oC 1867 tile the government was blamed for 01 0 prohibiting foreigners from traveling In the tile Interior Yet It was Willi Willith thoroughly th Justified In so doing It U was hot through any All prejudice that It en cn I against white people p ople but merely because It tt could caul a not the safety nf of Europeans l Americana from attacks on au the port part of oC fanatic b who Mil had grown rown up 1111 U In III the belief that the tile foreigners wore were fees of or the Japan Japanese ese ere race and who unaccustomed to western ways often otten construed as mor mar mortal mortill till tal Insults many mans things that we con consider shier sider part pirt parcel of our canal In Intercourse e and life Jit Prior to the Japanese government had been re reo coiled called upon to pay heavy In Indemnities for tur murderous upon tipon foreigners co so It made Vj I Its lis mind to t diminish the opportunities for tor out fIIgen of this thin dIameter character by preventing foreigners train from tr II traveling In the and from coming Into with any of oC the tho natives save ave those already no ne to their ways ays In conclusion It may Inny ma he be h paid that the thc missionary society by ly tl which Miss Stony Is employed Is III acting wisely wl elY In de lIn ng II to pay the tue money demanded by tha brigands for her ransom For It If the tile ransom wore were paid the native belief bellot In Inthe Inthe the wealth of ot the missionary mIM lonor societies would 1 be confirmed anti the kidnapping of ot missionaries and the holding them i ifor for iiiI big ransoms would ouid become bl come a new fleW I extensive and a R i form forill of oC I brigand Industry In eastern astern Europe and throughout hout the orient Wes Miss Stone Stono runs I no ilsk lIsk of her life Ufa unless troops are sent gent In pursuit of oC her captors and r It Is II likely that sho iio will soon Boon be liberated if Ie the brigands s find that they thc can cnn ob oh obtain tain no nc money for 01 her liberation In Washington ton Pout Post |