Freemasonry In The East.

FREEMASONRY IN THE EAST .

ZONDOX , SATTJBDAT , JASVABT 27 , 1866 .

We reproduced some time since an account of the state of Freemasonry in tlie East , originally published by Bro . Treu ( tlie Worshipful Master of the Germania Lodge ) in the Freimanrer Zeituncj . At a later date certain statements of Bro . Treu ' s

were contradicted in oar columns by a correspondent of our own . , but the tone in which our article Avas couched did not certainly warrant the designation of " inconsiderate animosity " ( riicksichtslose Gereiztheit ) of Avhich Bro . Treu

complains . We no doubt exposed and impugned his errors and shortcomings , but Ave did not do so in an unfriendly or unfraternal spirit ; and albeit we cannot always endorse Bro . Treu ' s opinions on things Masonic , or refrain from refuting such of

his statements as may prove inaccurate upon strict enquiry , he need not " persist in silence , that he may not disturb the concurrence of all forces /' and may rest assured that we shall always welcome his accounts of Ereemasonry in a country Avhich

is so fully entitled to , and at the same time so sadly in want of , the boons that may be derived from earnest Masonic labour . —Prom the last

account published by Bro . Treu in the Freimaurer Zeituncj , we extract the following particulars : — Masonic labour inthe Easthas been unfavourably affected by cholera ; several lodges also abstain persistently from all communication Avith their

sister lodges , and repeated endeavours convinced us that no sign of life would be given by some of them . Our account must therefore needs be incomplete . In Bucharest , the Lodge "Les Sages

d'Heliopolis" ( Bro . Carcuce , Professor of Languages , Worshipful Master , ) is stated to work under the auspices of the Grand Orient de France , but we have had no tidings from this lodge of late . The Etoile du Danube Lodge , also of Bucharest , has

ceased to exist . In Athens the Pan Epistimian Lodge is stated to work under the Gran Oriente d'ltalia . An inquiry Ave made of Bro . Professor Siegel , Sculptor at Athens , as to the practicability of establishing a German Masonic club there , has remained Avithout effect . In Corfu the Phcenix

Lodge ( Bro . Dr . Ajorlasati , Worshipful Master ) is Avorking under the Grand Orient cle France , while the Etoile de F Orient Lodge , of Zante , which used to work under the Grand Lodge of England , is dormant , and we could not ascertain

anything about it . The same may be said of the Figli di Leonida , of Syro ( under the Gran Oriente d'ltalia ) , who have been inactive ever since the departure of Bro . Hell , Junior Warden . In Salonichi the Macedonian Lodge ( Bro . Dasbey , of

the firm of Abbott , Worshipful Master , ) is working -with commendable alacrity , under the asgis of the Grand Orient of Italy . We used to be kept au courant of the progress of this lodge by Bro . Leitmeier , but have not had any tidings from it

for some time past . The " Stella Ionica " Lodge , of Smyrna ( Bro . Oricca , M . B ., Worshipful Master ) , under the same Grand Lodge , is in a very flourishing state , OAving to the endeavours of its judicious leader . In Beyrut the Palestina Lodge

( Bro . Abeatis , of the firm of Duchene , Worshipful Master ) has resumed its activity under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of Scotland . The prospects of this lodge are highly favourable , as it forms a forum on which some of the chieftains of the

national and religious sects of the Lebanon go hand in hand Avith their European associates for the advancement of civilisation and humanity . Bros . Duchene , Amsler , and Koller belong to the most active members of this lodge . The Monte

Sinai Lodge , of Suez ( Bro . Giacchino , Surgeon , Worshipful Master ) , is working under the Gran Oriente d'ltalia . One of its most eminent

associates is Bro . Schembri , Innkeeper . Under the same Grand Lodge works the Luce Orientale Lodge of Cairo ( Bro . A Marpurgo , of the firm of Tilki Bros ., Worshipful Master ) , whose chief supports are the two Bros . Figaro , Barristers .

The latter have also founded a Working Men ' s Club , called "Societa , di soccorso mutuale , " and contributed efficiently to stop the ravages of the cholera some months since . Bros . Dr . Rett , a German physician , Friedmann , of the Hotel du

Nil , Zech , of the Hotel Shephard , and Julius Gros , Merchant , form the nucleus of a German Masonic Club . Bro . Neil is likely to work in this direction , and he certainly would be the l-ig-ht man in the right place . The Alliance des peuples Lodge

( Bro . Rossi , M . D ., Worshipful Master ) , lately working under the Grand Orient of Italy , has ceased to exist . As the cause of its expiration it is stated that the French and Italian elements

could not " pull" together in the proper direction . In Alexandria the Pompeia Lodge , working under the same Masonic authority , is conducted by Bro . Domenico Diamanti , Attorney-at-law . This lodge has founded several institutions of