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...powers have been successful in terminating these disorders.- (1) The treaty of 1856 was followed by the Bosnian massacres of 1857, by the Lebanon and Syrian massacres of 1860 (Duke of Argyll, 38-42).- (2) The Berlin Decree of 1878, was followed by greater excesses, and the Kurd Massacre of 1882 (Laveleye, 323; Encyl. Britt. I, 312).- (C) No efforts of the Powers give hope of remedy.- (1) The Sultan has not and will not keep a promise (Identic Note of 1880).- (2) Mohammedan Rule is incompatible with civilization and humanity (Lord Clarendon).- (3) Complex reforms on paper a delusion...