NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE accounts from Macedonia become appalling. There seems to be no doubt whatever that in the district of Monastir in particular the Turks are slaughtering the whole of the quiet population, men, women, and children, Greeks as well as Bulgarians. Mr. Reginald Wyon, an experienced war corre- spondent, testifies in the Daily Mail to a massacre of the kind. He had seen in the hospital women and children who had been wounded by the soldiery, and heaps of teachers who for four months had been huddled in fetid cellars they did not know why. The correspondents of the Times tell substan- tially the same story, adding that the entire Christian population of the interior of Macedonia is homeless, and that the insurgents threaten reprisals. Yet the Russian and Austrian Governments refuse to intervene, and urge the Sultan to a still more " vigorous " suppression of the "revolt." And the British Government informs the Government of Bulgaria that they must prevent Bul- garians from going to the assistance of their country- men. We are, that is, actually encouraging those who commit these atrocities. The Memorandum addressed by the Revolutionary chiefs to the diplomatic Agents at Sofia states that Europe has done nothing to lead the Sultan to place a more humane interpretation on her counsels, and the Turks consequently believe that the Powers will remain passive spectators of their crimes." The action of the Turks during the past week renders it practically impossible to gainsay this reasening. Meanwhile all observers declare that fanaticism is rising high among the more faithful of the Mahommedans, and that in Salonica, Beyrout, and even Constantinople—where the Embassies are protected by armed guards—there is danger of an outbreak directed against Christians. Even then, we presume, Lord Lans- downe will hesitate to use the Fleet, and Russia and Austria in their dread of Germany will urge the Mussulmans to "greater energy."
