The Friend of India and Statesman Tuesday June 18th 1878

To the English me difientions of the Treaty of Sea Stefano the changes in Bulgaria and on the Armenian frontier and the admission of the right of the other Powers to take part in the institution of reforms in Thessaly snit Epirus it is morally cert du that Russia would have frankly agreed iu the Congress. [...] that the final decision about the Borers by thef3eortory of State is that the question is not to be re-opened until thi Nream comes of age and that Bir Baler Jung and the joint administrator have accepted the decision." The resolution of the Government to defer the restoration of the provinces shows but too unpleasantly the reluctance there is to give them up at all. [...] The rerneal to enter Congress the resignation of Loud Derby the calling out of the Beservee the Indian Epedition the menacing speeches the lavish waste of money the Salisbury Circular the sanctity of treaties the imperilled libertiea of Europe the dads cloud overshadowing Cm nations —is it potteible that all this meant nothing more than the division of Bulgaria into two provinces mid [...] The Cu lllll dasion will have to study the standard of living the wages of the people the price of food the weight of the taxes the yield of the emit.the peouliarites of the seasons the occupations of the people the tenures of laud the State expenditure of revenue the Slate withdrawal of revenue and fifty other matters in every famine tract of the country. [...] Intelligently and courageously administered there would be a joyous swing in the whole attitude of the Government upon the subject full of the consciousness that wo were doing the anent; and wise thing—and bending all our efforts to discover the causes of this perplexing pm erly amongst the poor with the full regailion to rise to the level of our responsibilities and redeem the people there