| Show i 5 A DIPLOMATS VIEWS I Orthodoxy n and nd Ok Ot k Orthodoxy In u C iju I D C Nov 16 IL 1 y Th Intense quarrel that W W w hat has been going on for tor T T between the Greek Ork hair and the Hul III in unhappy Macedonia throw n It lurid hurl light lIht on tho the rivalries of ot tho two ter Urek orthodox wid the tb It rums troubles double that have devas devel devastated dev lilted the country The of ur the Ihl church In Con 0 or who enjoys enjoy well royal Nyal toy honor and ind by the government Inns lins h a very vr In Ic to the am of the great pow flOw powers r l tt to the sublime porte This dram Is I full tull of If the most moL bitter lions Ilona against the to Bulgarian raldon an brigands brigand who have Me Infested for acid y yeuM the Macedonian n province and an visited death and pillage upon the lb Greek population which lives on term of or great friendship with th Ih the man population of the country Most Mon Crl I of ot all 1111 la ItI the Ih charge of ot connivance con MR connivance on the Ih i hart rt of ot the Bulgarian with nith the tue out m of ot the Ih Thi Tole mem m n and the ream recent attempted refutation by the Inner ex eat x between the hi VOles n 1 of 0 two tw which should represent fI t the same arn mode of Christianity which mint mut tw Ins truly disconcerting ami ani alii humiliating to every true Christian who ho belle bell v n in an ji eventual ov o Christian union of ot all III churches church The criminal machination of the Ihl th Greek Ok clergy are art accused of ot threaten threatening ing In lag the disruption of at the and communal constitution of ot the lh orthodox dioceses of ot Throe la and Rud Alit For this thle reason niacin even before be before fore tora th Ih the establishment of ot th the Vulgar lan Ion the dioceses of ot now under tinder Austrian domination of ot Rumania and of have been taken away from the enco euco or domination of the Greek pa fit Although the Ottoman government haa hll asked ukel the patri arch to to bring about certain I reform reforms the abuse of or Its clergy nN lire more grievous over In those Mellon of ot European Turkey that under their sway evay The orthodox Bulgarian I church th the mo mOil moet t ancient of the letie churches hurchel wan tees independent already In III the tenth century and anti recognised M as such both by b the eastern and ws churches It was suppressed however In III the fourteenth century by b Greek political will lu HI ni religious Intrigues I to prevent the Bulgarian nation front from n IL rh AI power of ot the In con ron constituting the eX by Imperial armun decree in 1810 the then thin sultan of Turkey Abdul Ail simply reestablished eat bUshed the Bulgarian church In Its It ancient rights and privilege ge The rue church In le not more national Bulgarian than the Servian etc ele arc are national The Seek Greek orthodox pain in Constantinople which styles Itself that Is II IH III such uch lu h only In lit name since 1111 It makes all It sets satt dependent upon notional national Greek to the lh exclusion nf ot all nil the theAther Ather Cher nationalities Its III actions are teach not upon interests but bul bulU upon U OlI a our purely ly I Greek Oreel chauvinistic na nIL nationalism a u II l I iii proven by hy the constant con of ot the ull nil the nona ek orthodox population of or orthodox Albanians and ami Arab Syr Inns Inn These Thane quarrels are Ara due to tho tiro fact tact that the Greek church seeka to domi mate nate absolutely nil FIll these theno races race and to them to the Greek race It U violate thus the liberty of ot conscience con cl reclaimed as H a fundamental law and Ind principle In tile the Ottoman empire The U II thus thu It simply a great fat po political HInt agent of ot Hellenism against the Ihl theother the other races race and haa has con for tor forfeited felted Its It claim to the religious allegiance once ance of ot other oth race racer The Bulgarian this thlu Interesting plea has never committed an n act nf of It Intolerance against the tine re N conscience of 01 the other Chris Christian ham tian population populations In Turkey Where ec oe liberty Is II ever violated this Is I done by the Greek au as j I ha has mall been done don In the dioceses diocese In Melnik Florins and rind With regard to the charge chargo of at connly connivance ance anc with the revolutionary band bands In Macedonia the time re no refute tut rules fute It In the most categorical manner The rue ecclesiastical movement of ot tho the nul against again the Greek dat later 8 back half a 1 century It Il is le not the Bulgarian e ns the Greek patriarch by as pillage pilings fire and word forced the Bulgarians nt nl that time to renounce tho the jurisdiction of the tha Greek Grack church ch but the abuses tho the oppression oppre and the calumnies of Greek prelate A t further proof that the present resent movement against the Greek is II not forced by b four fear or constraint I III the fact that the Bul Dul Bulgarian tartan garian population ha has hll addressed itself to o the tho Turkish governor general Pasha PAha ache with the petition that the liberty of ot conscience con guaranteed by Ottoman law aw and never infracted by the Turks Turk should also 1110 be guaranteed against the tho Greek reek as au the tho Imperial fir hr firman man nan of ot 1870 16 0 provides provide w iron Uj The tranquility tr tt In III Macedonia und and can an lit lie only olly If Ir the laws arts of ot liberty of ot conscience con are aw ro reo ree e ed by b the powerful us 1111 tW t 7 nn nr by the tit Turkish government t tet lUt it et every ertry evil population enjoy the right to t J remain attached attach ad to 10 whatever broach branch of ot the orthodox church they Ih choose and to their Institutions Thin Than there thre Will bi no misunderstandings or quarrels any an longer between b the oui ous sect eerie which will then easily lIy arrive at al a of ot the ine th racial metal old and an 1 loal 1041 Is It to say y to which ch nationality or orthodox denomination they the wish 1111 to 10 belong Conforming to Ita its conception of ot the th high mission to the th the Putter latter him has h always ad till advised vied It its constituent to obtain their rights peaceably by the appeal to 10 Jus tics on the part of the Ih got gov government 10 But Hut the Greek employing Intrigues violence and evil suggestions has ha always meddled be he between tween the Ihl Bulgarian people and their national church But nut the logic of ot events event will finally exclude foreign meddling The Th document very err con concludes eludes with an appeal to the who mindful of the happiness of ot nil RII the peoples people under tinder his rule rul will not per por unit that his hll faithful Bulgarian subjects subject should be lie given over to 10 misfortune This quarrel between Bulgarian and Greek orthodox reveals n a 1 state of at affairs affaire which teems seem to b be en 1111 entirely unknown to 10 the Christian world I outside U Jt shows clearly that the eon con contest test tet 1 Is II not raging between late n h qa and Moslem Moll 1 but between the former for er r among themselves A sad lad from the this principles principle originally Inculcated by Christ ChristIn In spite of all assertions made to the contrary which have thus become cry crys errors there thre Is la no country where wh re H K state slate church hureh exists more toUr ant nt In to religious matter maUer than Turkey In the city lIy of Constantinople Con along al lIOn no there are and 83 Mi 66 Christians Including 1 nun 33 foreign foreigner er era While form torm the vast majority of the population In InA Asiatic A lalle Turkey they are but one half of line HIP population III In European Turkey But Hut whether or Christian BO No fur far aa ns they aro are and ancl not Incited by b those hose who have an interest In keeping the tho country In a II ferment the people are united In their devotion to the sultan and aside from sporadic disturbances which have Itac been occasioned by who have establish established ed ad revolutionary propaganda prO under for tor foreign foreign eign tinge lings pence and order prevail throughout the land A All Ae an Indication of the religious toleration of at the sub sublime sublime lime porte porle I may point to the tho fact tact that until a few years yearn ago mostly mo lly Christians Llan were trots accredited as 11 ambassadors adot to lo western states elates and in London alone alono there thre served nerved a 1 gentleman named Mis Mia aunts Kurus Pasha PAlha a 1 Christian who remained an as o representative of or tho the sultan for tor 44 H years year The Tho present ambassador In London Lon London London don too Is II a n 1 Greek and a Christian no so IOro are aro ro the tha minister In els and The Tha Plague Hague and antI only recently In Washing Washington Wn tOil ton While on the subject t of religion I may Ina add acid that the Turkish govern government ment recognizes the tho adherents of ot seven coven creeds Franks or Catholics who use ule the time Bo lb Boman man lain liturgy of ot Gen Genoese Ge oese and Venetian settlor In inthe tho the empire and proselyte Armenians Armenian Bulgarians and oth others othera ers era Greeks Armenians Syrians and United Protestants lant con lon consisting elating of converts among tho tha Armenians mind and JIW Jette These seven lIeen religious denominations are lire Invented Ingested In with the of ot their own ecclesiastical rule tole and ninth Are aro Inter Interfered fared with Ith In no w way WIy y by the Turkish The work of their spiritual advisers dl orl Is 1 supplemented by that of or mission arias Irle who are aro allowed without hind blunt hindrance relic rance to 10 enter the tho country and nd whoa who hOIl Inborn have h o been aided by given glen them by the sultan to establish missions Thle Thill leads Id me lIe to a 1 vital point In ht which every er American mutt take cape espe especial I clap cial Interest namely the tha promotion of I American trade In the Turkish empire It H must t not be 11 forgotten n that the otto Ottoman i 1 iman man empire Is I s In Inn potential resources resource I probably the richest country In the world next nut to the United States H For 1001 years yar American und and Turkish statesmen men have havo been endeavoring with all ail their th lr power JOwer to foster what little trade their countries have and to create new trade channels to commercially connect the republic and the empire Theo Theno The o en II have hBo already borne borno good fruit and the tho future possibilities In III that thal di dl direction are arc infinite The mutual rela rota relations Lions of commerce amount already to millions and It would be most unfortunate that hut nn no untoward event should disturb In their growth these thene promising of ot trade and bring about a n die dis distrust trust which would cause caulo the originating of or new branches of ot trade to bo be made nindo Impossible Impo for tor many years year to come A DIPLOMAT |
