Identifier: reviewofreviewsw44newy (find matches)
Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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holdingits annual convention at Salonica when thewar opened. The Committee adopted thestrongest kind of a policy of resistance, anddetermined upon a complete, rigid boycottof Italian commerce. In the course of aproclamation issued to the world explainingits point of view, the Committee said: The conduct of the Italians, incompatible withthe noble principles of law, justice, humanity, andcivilization, has provoked in the heart of everyOttoman a deep sentiment of hatred and disgust..... Our enemy of to-day did not think thatinstead of a shameful silence there would be asublime explosion of patriotism. He did not thinkthat in order to rob, even a small parcel of ourterritory,the noise of guns and battleships wouldnot be enough. He did not think how he playswith the sacred rights of a nation; he did not eventhink in what a shameful manner he will be lookedupon by history, that fearless critic. Unfortu-nately, we observe that all the societies for peace 738 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS t
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,iiu-iu.in l^re^^ As<o<. lalion. New York TURKISH SAILORS ON A WARSHIP OPERATING ONE OF THE BIG GUNS who work for universal brotherhood, do not lifttheir voices to-day, because it is Turkey that isattacked. . . . All those who talk about right andjustice are mute. . . . International law existsonly when it is not favorable to us, but never whenright is on our side. ... In view of this we mustonly count upon our own strength and unity. . . .The Ottoman nation wants to live for progress.We have tried to do this for three years, by super-human efforts, notwithstanding numerous diffi-culties at home and abroad. . . . While we havetried to be in the Orient an element of peace andprogress, we find ourselves attacked by a nation,which, under the veil of civilization and liberty,destroys those principles inherited from Europe,which we have admired and respected. . . . Wehave shown that we are a nation which does notweaken or lose its calm, even in misfortune. Italywill be responsible be

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