CHAPTER VI

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THE BULGARIAN MASSACRE.

Four Centuries of Misrule--Chios, 40,000 Slain--Christians in Turkey Persecuted--Russia Demands their Protection--France and England against Russia--Czar's Army Crosses into Moldavia--Sultan Declares War--Siege of Sebastopol--Treaty of Paris 1856--Turkish Loans--Revolt in Servia--Andrassy Note-- Reforms Promised--Bulgarian Massacres--England Horror Struck-- Gladstone on the Massacres--15,000 Butchered--Russia Arms for the Deliverance of the Christians 159

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