| Show GLADSTONE AND THE TURK the vigorous speech of mr gladstone a few days day ago ou on the armenian question an address to which the whole civilized world listened with intense attention notwithstanding the eighty five years yean of the he orator is now followed by a solemn warning that way may well be taken for a prophetic utterance A turk of rank accuses mr gladstone of making statements statement based on hearsay evidence alone which he claim is the true cause abuse of the enmity between the eastern peoples resulting in bloodshed raising political dlo disputes and the turks liberty and progress 00 to tibia this contorted presentation of the cue mr gladstone solemnly rep replied lief I 1 make no charges against the turks at large but against he turkish government and I 1 make charges of which they have been proved guilty by public lo 10 antho authority aulo anlo tho rity in my opinion I 1 have been a far better friend to the atoman 0 toman empire than the sultan and his advisers I 1 have always recommended the granting of reasonable powers in local self govern ment which would have saved it from horrible losses this thia good advice was spurned and in consequence turkey lost ot of people and may lose more pray weigh these words the grand grau dold old man exhibits all the he fire and enthusiasm that characterized his famous denunciations of the turkish atrocities in bulgaria and it the men man who are responsible for the affairs in turkey were capable of impression they would tremble for the consequences of disregarding the sentiments sentiment ot of which he ja is a most able and dative exponent but they are almost blind in bertal n directions the trouble with the turks is ii that they com consider akier all europe the enemy of themselves their with faith and their prophet they rely on fate for or their protection as longue long as they remain true la in some measure to their peculiar tenets tenet regardless of the state of moral degeneracy upon which they bey long ionic ago go entered estered the whole body politic of he atle ottoman empire suffers from a diseased imagination io in which that in sti tulion tuLlon occupies a most exalted pool aaion to the picture while all other nations are dogs 1 and gin un n bel believers lovers 91 already doomed tots tali is the whole secret of the turkish governments everlasting hypocrisy in n its diplomacy and the never coma ceasing og oppression of a large portion of its subjects this is also one of the chief causes of its defiant attitude to europe the flu blime porto porte relies on heaven for assistance ariit anoe to continue the cruel oppress too alon thereto there ii only as oae remedy for thim ehll the complete separation reparation of tb ibe christian from the rule of the sultan the country Is ii large enough for a christian Chr lattan tate state and a mohammedan empire and inasmuch as an the trouble Is essentially a religious one boneno DO measures mea aurea that fall to recognize this fact will ever settle ettle the vexed eastern question eath or permanently the turkish empire as aa now ed to ii essentially a parasite living on the fruits of the labor of conquered nations nat lonc wrung from them by means so ao longer recognized in the civilized world every turk almost considers naiden co himself entitled to an official p position I 1 in a wo wiloh lob he may live at ease at al the e ex pense pea of others othen this must be oba aged the christian ask aak for liberty to enjoy the fruits of their own labor and to join the general marob of progress pro grew from which they are now barred when their request to 1 granted and guaranteed by europe and the turks left to work out their own salvation aa best beat they oan cons the orient will enter upon a period of peace |
