The pro-Turkish Press still continues to circulate stories of Russian
atrocities, some of which are palpably pure inventions, copies even in detail of the Bulgarian facts of last year ; others rest , only on Turkish authority, that is, are without evidence ; and others are affirmed by Englishmen, who, howeversrarely write, as eye-wit- nesses, the most trustworthy, the Times' correspondent in Shuinla, only repeating Turkish testimony, and having himself seen nothing. So strong, however, is the feeling excited by these statements, that the Iluasian Ambassador has requested his Government to alloys the British correspondents to inquire : fuily, and freely, into the alleged occurrences. We .believe that the plundering& do occur—as they have always occurred with every army, except reckless slaughteraf ter an engage-
possibly the Prussian—and that
ment may also occur, and both practices- should be pitilessly,aup- pressed by the Russian Generals. if they do not feel for the victims,. they can at least understand that such crimes are utterly impolitic. Ino folly combo worse than alienating Bulgarians-who are helping their cause, or terrifying Mussulmans who are wanted to submit peacefully. The best thing that can happen to a General commanding half-trained men is to be.ablato convince his troops•thatthe enemy gives no quarter.
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