Bulgarian horrors and the question of the East

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LETTEE TO ME. A, DAYS.

Hawarden, August 23, 1876.

Sir, — I am obliged by your intimation that a meeting of the working men of London, on a large scale, on the subject of the recent massacres in Bulgaria is about to be held. On a subject like this, which appeals so directly to our deepest feelings, and where our information on details is still far from full, I should have been glad if the whole duty of expressing the views of the British nation could have been left with safety in the hands of the Grovernment of the Queen. But the manner in which it was treated by the head of the Ministry in the House of Commons was so inadequate and unsatisfactory, that I cannot but think it well that the people should seek opportunities to speak for themselves, and should assist the Administration to judge whether it is right that, by the re-establishment of the status quo in Bulgaria, opportunity should be given to its governors for the repetition of the recent outrages when they may see occasion.

I remain. Sir,

Your obedient servant,

III. Lettee To The Editoe Of The ' Times.'

London, September 8.

Sir, — With reference to the second article in the * Times ' of to-day, which criticises in so wise a spirit a pamphlet which I have published, I hope it was understood by you, and will be understood by the public, that my desire that the " Turks " should *' carry off themselves" from Bulgaria is strictly limited to military and official Turks ; as I have shown in the lines following immediately by enumerating " their Zaptiehs and their Mudirs, their Bimbashis and their Yuzbashis, their Kaimakams and their Pashas ; " all of them titles indicating employment by the Groverument.

The civil rights, and the religious freedom, of Mahomedans have in my eyes precisely the same title to respect as those of Christians.

I remain. Sir,

Your obedient servant,

W. E. Gladstone.