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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 283, 9 December 1901, Page 3

“ The abduction of Miss Stone,” says Professor Manatt, formerly United States ' Consul at Athens, “ brings home to us as never before the peculiar institution of south-eastern Europe ; and, if we are not to recall our missionaries or stand ready to ransom them at 100,000 dollars' a head, wo must look out for a remedy that goes to the root of the matter. Brigandage in the East is an intermittent fever—readily driven in, but never yet stamped out. It demands drastic treatment proceeding on a true diagnosis.” Professor Manatt contends that brigandage is the off-spring of war, coupled with misrule, and in the shadow of the crescent there can be no hope of extirpating “ the monstrous procreation,” because, to quote Freeman, “ the rule of the Turk has never become a government; it has never discharged the duties of a government; it was foreign brigandage five hundred years back, and it remains foreign brigandago still.” The writer tells the recent history of Greeco and Turkey in so far as it touches upon the cause of brigandage, and details tho so-called “ Marathon Massacre ” in which tho captives of the brigands were lulled when troops surrounded them and release was imminent —a fate which may overtake Miss Stone as well. This affair, however, was not the crime of the Greeks ; “ the whole band, with two exceptions, were Wallachs and Turkish subjects, and the remnant that re-crossed the border ‘ remained unmolested ’ under Turkish protection! Nor can the Greek Govern* meat be charged, in this instance, with contributory negligence. It may have blundered, but every step taken was either suggested or approved by the two ministers whose countrymen were in peril. But the best government on earth oan not extirpate brigandage in Greeco as long as the Turk goes on breeding brigands and horboriDg them upon her borders. Whoever Miss Stone’s captors may be, what- | ever their motive, it is safe to say they got their schooling under the Turk. It was the murder of the Consuls at Salonika that precluded the Bulgarian massacres in 1876 and the dethronement of Abdul Aziz, and it ip not impossible that the abduction of our Salonika missionary may prove anothor factor in hastening the retreat of the Turk from Europe. If so, it will have contributed to the cure of brigandage by removing the cause.” See our Magnificent Display of Photo Frames, Albums, Cruets, Biscuit Barrels, Butter Dishes, Purses, Brush Sets, and scores of useful and dainty articles, direct from London.—o. Kosie and Co.

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