The Friend of India and Statesman Friday September 26th 1879

The gist of the article was that the disaster was not due to any mistake in the policy of the Government but solely to the minnow; of the escort and that this again was due to Sir Louis Cavagneri himself. [...] Ile took for his guide the lessons of history and having there learned that the attempt to maintain diplomatic ascendancy through a Resident in Cabal ends in the dethronement of the Altar who relies on such support and the massacre of the agents of the unwise policy he acted upon his knowledge. [...] No other belief was possible on the shores of the Bosphorus ; but once the Commissioners had been placed face to face with the Bulgarian people they were obliged to recognise the truth of the situation and the cosequence was that important concessions to the national sympathies were made in the very first month of the Commision'. [...] " At present " so runs the passage " this object (of the peaceful development of Eastern Ruumelian autonomy) is almost attained and the intrduction of the organic statute promises a bright future for the province if only the Porte will adhere to the assurance given by it that the right of garrisoning the Balkans is one which shall not be exercised... The future of the country depends ent [...] The great importance of the Royal Commission Has in the fact that it is a confession on the part of the Tories that the condition of the classes living on the land is subject demanding inquiry.