LORD SHAFTESBURY IN THE TIMES.

Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 59, 16 November 1878, Page 3

LORD SHAFTESBURY IN THE TIMES.

The following letter latelv appeared in the London Times: - Sir— Absence from England in search (if health lias ihivented inv saving in tin; House of UrJ.< whut 1 Couture now to commit to paper. Much ;is I rejoice in tho recent diminution and tlw approaching downfall of tlio Turkish Empire, I view with honor the inhuman eomluel of li who are the cmi'pieiors, and of those who are entering into the full benofii of the conquests. It nlinost leads one to believe that the whole thing has Loan eonceiveil and executed in sheer hypocrisy. The Bulgarians, having prated of civil and religious liberty, are bci ling the fiercest oppressors, iiol only of tin' Mussulman, but of every large seetii a uf the Christian populations. Tiny seeu'i bonl on a competition with the Bashi-Bnznuks, who so frei|iiently and so effecutually ravaged their country. Tho Russians appealed 1" tho sympatliies of Europo n- undertaking, singlehanded, a war for no other purnoso than to put down bl l-shed and plunder,, and secure to all tho inhabitant* of the invaded provinces, mid specially tho Christians, the enjoyment of lit'.', property, and honour. But the reports of Her Majesty's: Consuls, reveal a state of things which is in direel and flagrant contradiction of those noblo professions, ami which, if there Le any humanity estant, must stir the consciences of nil Europe. Such a state of things Ls ili.H reditftblo to ttui Russian soldiery, to th wo who command them, ami, if unchanged, will bo discreditable toevon the Emperor him-l tell, Panlon mc for asking a place in your i columns, I Qnd il dltUi oil to repreee a i feel on the matter, it is an ap-1

;■ ibltc opinion, which in the* days thank G< i is oftentimes effective. I am, 1 vant, SIIAfTKKHI RV. Homburg, Au ■_'.