| Show Tim I CASK oum The Tho case of Miss iss Stone captured by brigands Is II consuming more moru time than was YR anticipated at first And a n recent dispatch from rota Sofia Indicates that ever eer days delay now Imperils her life lICe on an account of ot the tho exposure ure she is silt sul feting and the strain to which she Is subjected ted The question naturally ug lIta Itself whether the tile IOnS are conducted with ability Mr Ir Curtis Curt In A II letter to the Chicago states that al ci although though hough Mr r Dickinson our tIe Ive at nt Sofia lInn hoe has acted conscientiously and to instructions Instruction ll ius pol icy 17 cy Is I by b those most ex cx in oriental diplomacy Ho Ito IB is firmly nun convinced convince I that tho the ladles Indies 1011 Ie were ivere abducted by members of oC tho the Macedon Sits Ian an committee and ani that the Bulgarian government can Rn compel that or uon to liberate tho without a ransom This IN Is ns as an error uror Tho The Macedonian Junta Mr Ir Curtis says 8 Is II stronger than the he Bulgarian government stud and Is in de tic determined to protect prot t Its It reputation tune Is III wasted It In endeavors to the tho where It U ht The file mOlt moil direct tHreet course to o pursue would wo hl be to liberate tho the captives lust It Ir f a ransom Is III to he tie I pout for tor them and nil then hen flint find out Ott where the tho re I for or the illS th e rests orlus the I th t after having spent ft tnt months month aimIng It CIne the brigands could fur furnish nish some 5 sn tue Information on that subject question llon of vt responsibility I l lov Vl n the iu oled ov l the money munt pW td ton eon be I 1 lehi 1111 Hilt ns liS Fiance lin bUll bUllI lu crt d dt nut But It Jil Jilak I UK tak u 4 I B time to settle everything I That runt however need not be after aCter the captives tire are once set lIet tree free British newspapers tako take tho thu view that Ito tho Turkish government tn at bear benr tIle thu burden The rite London Times for In says oos the tho common people are nto at but this honesty line has v r Fy little chance chanco to assert itself among tho the sol soldiers tIers diers when the tho authorities regularly regular forget torget to pity puy Tho The troops and the thu police got get no wages wn eB yet they boy must live and ancl they the live by ly plunder With Bul Bulgarian garian native turbulence tur u lence lenee and aruil Turkish It Is not net wonderful the Times Tunes thinks that Macedonia Is la a 11 seething caldron It la is supposed that tho the me meIn rc In no danger from tho the bandits and that the IMay caused by Jy the quibble about tho the responsibility r carries but lit ht little littie tie tle risk nut But this tills Is by no means meana m nna sure lIure The brigands brigand have a n kind hint I ln of ot cutthroat reputation to tl 0 maintain anti and It Is snore more than probable that they tho will carry out their threats If It their torsos terms are not accepted Their soar of our govern government oem maoIst ment or any other government Is not notto notto to 10 bo be counted count on The case cn c linn has at nt attracted worldwide attention If JC it load lead tu to a 11 full tull nh revelation of ot the tho ml conditions In tn a part ut of the world for tor the reformation of ot which the concert conerl of Europe stands pledged In Its tho the twity of ot herb Berlin good may et It conn of ot what hat appears to be evil It li Is lito I Isto to 10 be though that the tho blood of ot othe the tite tto tIo victims hat has not nol sited shed In la order ordes I to civilization ch to lo a realization tion of or Its responsibility r |
