Debt in Turkey Complications Haunt Allied Loan Policy
The passage argues that securing repayment through mortgaging Turkish territory risks Turkey’s loss of sovereignty and national honor. It warns that lenders aim to foreclose, partition Turkey among creditors, and could justify military pressure, while urging leaders to consider the broader constitutional and financial dangers of the French-English loan agreement and the Paris influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Smyrna
Antonio
Shylock
Gallipoli
Euxine
Alexandria
France
Constantinople
Layard
Europe
House of Commons
Paris
St. Petersburg
Apologist for Lord Joplin Russell Charged With Cowardice
A reader rebukes our harsh critique of Lord John Russell after the Coalition fall. The letter defends him yet condemns his Vienna disclosures and cabinet silence. It argues his resignation was driven by ambition or cowardice and cites Crimea disasters and military blunders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord John Russell
Lord John
Lord Aberdeen
House of Commons
Vienna
Tverddolin Russell
No More Blows for Lord John Says Our Paper
The article states the paper rejects adulation for Lord John and condemns the cabal that ousted him as curs. It argues against trampling a fallen man and pledges not to pile on while urging Lord John to stay down to avoid further attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Fothce
Times
Lord John
Hyde Park Disturbances Report of Police Brutality Inquiry
The government inquiry into Hyde Park disturbances before the Court of Exchequer and Commission, led by Mr. Stuart Wortley, hears testimony alleging police brutality. Witnesses say crowds were orderly and provoked by police, especially a superintendent named Hughes, with multiple beatings and arrests cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yde-Park
Court of Exchequer
Stuart Wortley
Hughes
Mair
Stephens
Grosvenor Street
John King
James Fassie
James Martin
Naval Brigade
Adam Houlding
Humane Society
George Coulshaw
John Thomas King
Hugh Bates Maxwell
William Maxwell
Planchard
Berry
Nugent Ayrton
Blandford
George Kimpton
J. Bowstead
Stephen Faulconer
Mitchell
Thomas Hanson
War Dispatches from Crimea and Sebastopol Front
The Paris Moniteur relays Pelissier and Kamiesch notes on July 16 to 18. Russian sorties at Inkermann and Korniloff Bastion repulsed. siege operations progress and cholera fades. Admiral changes, 1,200 ships in Black Sea forces. Six thousand French troops to Crimea. Eyre’s leg amputated. Lyons ill. Keppel leads naval brigade. Hely Hutchinson dies at Scutari.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimea
Inkermann
Kamiesch
Simpson
Pelissier
Prince Gortschakoff
Korniloff
Pamphiloff
Nachimoff
Sebastopol
Sea of Azoff
Putrid Sea
Odessa
Niel
Bosphorous
Marseilles
Fort St. Nicholas
J. W. Hely Hutchinson
Scutari
Lord Donoughmore
Sth
Malakhoff
Eyre
England
Admiral Lyons
Sushington Havin
Hr. Keppel
Parry Keppel
Black Sea
Vienna
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Lord Joplin Russell
Hyde-Park
Serpentine
The
Paris Moniteur
Malakhoff Tower
Vinoy
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