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ing
of
the
facts
final
follows
from
the
final
work
of
definition
and
re-
vision
Rights 13
Course
40
(IV.)
the
(III.)
The
290
(II.)
The
Ultimate
Grseco-
Turkish
War
felt
y
neither
the
grip
of
responsibility
self.
There
Ques-
tion,
especially
to
Canon
Malcolm
MacColl,
William
Ewart
Gladstone,
Christian
C
suntinople
tan, Mahomet II., besieged
where
the
apathy
was
not
too
profound.
Mahomet
took
the
city
by
storm
in
May,
1453,
the
Constantines,
died
by
and
the
progress
toward
it,
with
to its acutest crisis.
the
riches
of
was thus
Spain,
under
Ferdinand
and
Isabella,
aided
by
the
military
genius
of the
been
settled
during
many
centuries
in
only
as
a
conqueror
occupies
the
ground
his
or
place
in
civil-
ized
life.
Judged
uphold
may appear
to
continue
to
Constanti-
nople
will
. . . The
sword
of
attributed
which
says :
earth
and
and
liostile
influences.
The
capture
and
sack
of
of
the
schism,
''for
the
religious
division
of
East
and
West,
the
Turks
never
could
not
require
in the sen-
all
the
prestige
of
military
success,
it
gives
Vasco
de
Gama,
and
;
at the
should
The
in the
reactionary movement
build
or freed
hand back
by
the
preserva-
tion
deeply
with
Church
the Turks (in
of

am the son
are
brothers.
He
does
com-
munity.
Orthodox Churches
is the
the
hands
of
the
Nihilists
was
one
of
the
within
a
century
advanced
its
frontiers
almost
five
hundred
miles
toward
Stamboul,
sooner
or
later.
By
the
plainest
principles
of
interna-
tional
law,
Eussia
rather
than
Great
Britain
^^^sias
settlement of the
commercial
outlet
by
way
of
the
Persian
Gulf.
tion
that is
not due
opium
wars,
the
to look on
oppression
and
of
Tur-
key,
^^
so
much
as
lifting
a
fingei
to
protect
the
helpless
Christians.
And
through
all
this
continuance
be-
forehand
between
the
nations
the West
larger
revenue
from
them.
The
vast
wealth
of
the
for one
be
the
rising
of
was
the
hour
when
the
Turk
for
Christian
Europe,
in
its
official
other
sources
in
the
pass
in
state,
retaining
all
his
acknowledged
Treaty
of
bound.
But
with
the
passing
years
political
affairs
had
taken
a
remarkable
turn.
diplomatists,
protector.
oc-
cupying
Eome,
and
in
others
prevailed
no
farther
than
to
lead
to
wild
We
can
family
from
descendants. Her son was
very
impressed
every
one
by
his
of
—and
felt
justly
2,
p.
184.
in
the
event
of
its
occurring
Russia
and
England
have
come
to
an
understanding
of
Eussia.
It
5
Don
find
their
way
to
accept
it.
we
aim
at
peace
power now that,
re-imposition
of
the
ignorant,
the
battle
of
Navarino,
Lord
twenty years
side
of
wrong
and
ence and
Greek
Church
com-
paratively
Paris
elapsed
since
even
between
Christians
was
offices
pleasure
of
the
vii.-lx.)
Tliat
was
bound
Crete in
to
the
was
to
win
for
himself
a
place
in
Europe
by
is
legally
rebellion,
involv-
ing
3d.
In
addition
to
this
practical
system
of
robbery
is
the
Hospitality
from
Mohammed's
time
to
our
own,
this mo-
ments
of
the
State,
civil
for their
work
with
the
most
systematic
cruelty.
wounds,
and
in
each
case
tlie
of
the
debt
has
to
be
Herzegovina
proprietor,
who
extorted
from
him
a
fourth
farmer.
off
a
woman,
provided
he
married
her.
peace and
the
to the
4,
p.
371.
authority
always
on
a
smaller
scale
in
Bulgaria,
and
in
of
important
this
of the
the
insurrection
would
collapse.
Canon
allow
Consul
Holmes
to
faction
with
which
of
an
interest
on
Cabinets, at
1
The
Eastern
Question,
p.
462.
I
John
Bull,
and
we
two
propositions
objectionable,
Eussia
would
propose
only
the
third.
agree
Balked in their efforts at every turn by this iniquitous,
heathen
British
diplomacy,
the
neces-
British
Op-
g-|.y
Q^
sures,
military
or
naval,
against
the
Porte.
^
effective
ought
no
longer
to
be
sol-
emn
verdict
that
now
endeavored,
peace
at
any
price.
population,
chiefly
Bulgarian,
were
This
was
very
done
their
one
was
done
to
Eussia
and
the
suffering
Christians
in
Turkey,
and
had
been
in-
Minister
that
the
Ilatt-i-Humayoun
was
left
out
of
the
Treaty
of
Paris
and
all
others
in
Europe
should
Avhen
she
demanded
of
the
same
race
than
that
Slavs during
resolved
to
give
the
Sultan
an
energetic
support.
It
^ g-tio?^
in
existence.
apparently
en-
sured
the
agree,
because
of
the
perfidy
of
England,
and
that
were
therefore
in
Berlin,
on
June
sion
from
which
of Beaconsfield
agency
of
England,
in
matters
of
much
general
aims.
The
or
Haikans.
of
Japheth
appear,
on
the
one
hand,
mist.
Ancient
Armenians
and
Kurds,
as
of
Armenia
was
established
successively
in
the
Successive
and
kept
alive
patriotic
feeling
in
weak-
ness
to
the
orthodox
church,
and
through
their
exertions
the
old
persecutions
were
revived.
Armenian, in
was
pitched
robbed
and
which
Christendom
should
find
which at
coun-
try
stretching
the
Eoman
Catholics
the
the
area
which
I
am
treating
protection
of
in
1829,
and
I
am
done
is
barely
to
indicate
be at all
in a Russian
and
and
if
leaders.
One
half
menian
movement,
for everything
to
teach
the
Russian
language,
the
Rus-
sian
language,
is
being
The
strained
relations
with
Russia
3._
Armenians
a
wild
and
mountainous
within
the
Turkish
border,
and
the
race
elements
of
this
purpose
exception
of
the
the
southern
terrace
seen
to
be
especially
averse.
west of
two branches
neighbors
and
Armenian
words,
the
one
peculiar
faith.
In
by the
most
travellers
have
spoken
with
respect.
In
the
third
belt,
to
and
horses
and
weather-worn
people
of
either
army,
as
a
kind
of
irregular
cavalry
under
the
name
of
Hamidieh
(from
his
own
name),
now
becoming
so
familiar
as
a
name
of
horror.
The
Eusso-Turkish
War
demon-
strated
two
things
concerning
them
well
thwarted,
the
military
authorities
are
cajoled,
while
the
injured
party
the
case
iniquity
in
sus-
far
toward
blotting
out
the
Armenian
sources
that
are
unquestionable.
There
as
inckiding
from the
examined
the
been
outraged
by
the
son
of
Lucine
Mus-
segh
of
Calcutta
with
loathsome
of Armenian
more
heavily
fell
the
whip.
Over
and
over
brutally
pushed
them
back.
This
description
by
Dr.
Dillon
is
village
of
Semal
before
elsewhere.
Tlie
systematic
Turkeries
which
had
impoverished
and
depopulated
the
other
less
favoiu-ed
districts
were
source.
What
those
orders
were
will
probably
never
transpire.
That
who
was
also
ascertain
the
Hallward
that
probably
control
of
nomad
including
tithes,
under
the
authority
put,
and made
Armenians
that
the
Moslems
Armenians.
 Troops
were
called
out
by
the
Government
to
'protect'
the
children
of porters, and carried
is
not
a
conservatism
of
the
Armenian
character,
might
have
pre-
cipitated
a
conflict
with
the
Moslems.
For
some
days
parts
back,
a
bullet
through
his
left
hand,
and
coal-oil
had
been
poured
on
him
preparatory
to
burning.
Moslem
Sunday,
are
described
a
pound
and
to
get
relief
not
only
plundered
but
wrecked.
had
de-
very
circumstantial
evidence
goes
to
prove
clearly
lust
Kharput then
two
places,
Arabkir
and
Malatia,
did
after
killed.
own de-
great
numbers
could
have
did
it
tprror
in
the
this amount
nameless
But
and
a
more
shocking
story
has
not
been
told
since
the
days
of
over
the
a
robbers,
fanatics
fact,
let
loose
by
the
monster
of
Tildiz
Kiosk
barbarity. The
a
that no help
from
my
guard-room
of
the
Galata
police,
stood
an
justifiable
indignation
prevails
on
this
account.
In
provocation
in
the
shape
of
bomb-throwing,
scene,
perhaps,
of
the
worst
butchery,
a
penny
for
humanity
or
civilization
or
the
Christians
of
Turkey,
and
month ago,
of
heartrending.
Gurun,
Malatia
and
Arabkir,
did
shops
were
absolutely
the
brain
and
the
power
of
;
separate
action
aimed
at
the
destruction
of
the
even
a
special
Com-
mission,
in
it,
but
when
was
necessary
that
by
Hellenic spirit
thus prepar-
their
unborn
offspring
publicly
carried out. After
was given
by
the
armistice,
Sultan,
For
episodes
in
Cretan
his-
tory
then
ensued.
The
Cretans
1821.
It
is
plain
that
nothing
satisfy
a
people
who
for
seven
centuries
battled
a
sample
of
ignominy.
allow our regard
policy,
'
with
gore
of
Berlin
in
order
to
that
of
a
Beaconsfield
and
Salisbury
to
integrity
Turkish
leadership
of
their
own
army
and
to
appeals
of
the
noblest
Christians
of
the
British
Empire
the fact
be
con-
tinued
in
spite
of
Nothing
of
European
diplomacy.
greater
pres-
orders
for
thousands
or abstain from
the
reformed without
be
possible.
Posing
as
the
and
fanaticism
which
he
have
France
and
of
hearts,
the
his
policy
public
opinion
is
powerless
opinion and the Sultan stands what is known as the
Concert
of
Europe,
and
Powers
doubly
sure
religious
liberty
to
all
the
Sultan's
subjects.'
The
Grand
Vizier
shrugs
his
shoulders
at
wrong interpretation.
the
Official
Prayer
used
the
gradual
extermination
either in its
continue his blighting
latter
inclined
sympathy
of
Indian
Mussulmans
for
the
or
semi-barbarism,
and
having
no
conception
whatever
of
just
proposed,
as
fall
upper
Syria
and
the
region
beyond
it;,
taking
in
the
Euphrates
Valley
as
suggestions
of
as
But
there
is
little
doubt
that
;
will
Ques-
monsters of
and that
sen-
timent,
having
a
solid
rational
the
Powers
that
an
alliance
the
Christians
of
Turkey,
while
such
combinations
exist,
are,
to
say
the
least,
unlimited.
Indeed,
from
visited
upon
them.
It
looks
The
consciousness
of
this
governments, for
of
diplomacy,
;
the
agita-
tion
in
it
would
have
done
under
the
influence
of
the
Italy,
while
bound
role
of
of
all
the
Christian
subjects
of
of
Christian
Europe
the
slenderest.
It
is
fast
becoming
clear
drawn
from
to
the
Porte.
The
London
Spectator,
of
January
9,
Crete and the
of
the
Powers
in
turn
Asia,
in
which
exaggerated
stories
of
Empire.-^
And
man
less.
There
is
none
constitute
Official
Europe
of
to-day
Movement.
con-
firming
the
satisfied.
too
craven
or
too
heathen
to
protect
our
missionaries,
and
that
it
is
either
unwilling
 
cruelty.
But
the
recent
for
the
cessation
of
execution,
so
that
the
rich
and
the
powerful
and
the
dead
Results of
its Fall,
240
conducted
sure
to
instruct
with
has given