Gladstone publishes the Bulgarian Horrors pamphlet

Background. Following his electoral defeat in 1874, Gladstone resigned as leader of the Liberal Party. He began a political comeback in 1876, driven by moral opposition to the Ottoman Empire's massacres of Bulgarians. The pamphlet targeted the Disraeli government's indifference to the violent repression of the April Uprising, which had occurred earlier in the year.

Publication. The pamphlet, titled 'Bulgarian Horrors and the Question of the East', was published on 6 September 1876. It explicitly attacked the Disraeli government for its indifference to the Ottoman Empire's violent repression of the April Uprising. This work was part of Gladstone's broader agitation against the Eastern Question.

Political Context. Gladstone had resigned the Liberal leadership after his 1874 electoral defeat, and from 1876 he sought a comeback grounded in moral opposition to the Ottoman massacres of Bulgarians. A long rivalry with Benjamin Disraeli existed, ending only with Disraeli's death and Gladstone's encomium in the Commons in 1881.