Distributing Charitable Funds to the Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa [Dubrovnik], from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. 'A general amnesty has been granted to all insurgents who within four weeks return to their homes; and the Turkish Government further promises to rebuild, at its own cost, all churches and houses which have been destroyed. Not much confidence is placed in these offers, and many thousands of refugees now in Dalmatia are disposed to starve rather than go back to be under the rule of the Turks. The Austrian Government has sent for the military commanders of its Croatian an
Distributing Charitable Funds to the Herzegovinian Refugees at Ragusa [Dubrovnik], from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. 'A general amnesty has been granted to all insurgents who within four weeks return to their homes; and the Turkish Government further promises to rebuild, at its own cost, all churches and houses which have been destroyed. Not much confidence is placed in these offers, and many thousands of refugees now in Dalmatia are disposed to starve rather than go back to be under the rule of the Turks. The Austrian Government has sent for the military commanders of its Croatian and Dalmatian Provinces to consult with them at Vienna as to the means of restoring order in Herzegovina, if needful, by an armed intervention. Servia appears to be in a very excited mood, and there is a strong party for war against the Turkish Government'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.
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