New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-26
TURKEY.
Policy Of the Government toward the Ref.

Policy Of the Government toward the Ref.
CossrASrrsoPLE, Wednesday. June 10.
To fhs Edisovs " T1s Tvbsssi
My letter OF May Is was written upon iniorms-
ton derived from sources apparently reliable, and
ii was at that time universally believed by all thu
friends Of the Hungarian cause at ConItantnopls,
that the determination of the Porto was precisely
as stated it, and this supposed decision was gen.
orally ascribed to tho influence of Austria. Fur.
Their inquiry has led me to modify my views Of the
matter, and think ought In justice to endesvor
to correct the erroneous impressions which may
have been the means Of producing.
II H. find, not true thai the Porte has insisted
on the pFofe ssion OF Islamsm as condition of mill
tary employment. On the contrary, several refa-
gee officers have been received into the service
with high grades, and AN assured by very high
authority that others will be, withou. any other
change than that Of name and costume. At the
same time, il is certain tina: the Porte inds great
difficulty In Incorporating the refugees into lie ln
tary establishment az ChrstisDs, for the reason
that the organization Of It's army is essentially rs
gious-ss much So in fact AZ that Of tho army OF
Spain or even Of the Pope himself Without enter.
ng into details which to you would DO quite super.
1uous it is quite obvious that this objection s not
without foundation and that il 10 just es valid in
the mouth Of the Sultan as it would be in that Of
the much less honest and liberal Plus TX.
Bot the religious difficulty Is by no meass the
only one The refugees who served in the ranks
In their countrys cause viii rot, rs many Of them
have declared to me- enlist into the Turkish army,
with the rank and pay, and above all discipline, OF
privates and it Is preposterous To expect that they
can all, or any considerable number Of them. be
made even wana mt officers. aud a. to the commits
siored officers, they ssk to enjoy the Same grades
in he Turkish service which they enjoyed 10 their
OVID. under the shortliyed Hungarian Rspubic,-
These grades were 10 many instances merely non-
inal-almos. a. much 30 as those of the Generals
and Colonies who figured among the Patriots 10
the Canadian instruction Of lS37-is3S-and it
would be q manifest injustice 10 Turkish sabalterns
and resimental officers, of many years standing, to
have their hopes Of promotion disappointed or de-
fered, BY the sudden pre,erment Of two or three
hundred foreigners to military grades entirely dis
proportiosate to their age and professional exps-
rience. The Porte, then, has at least show OF ar.
gumens on in side on this point also. Bat tdis 10
not all From the foundation Of the Ottoman mon
oh>Dy ''-~- ~~~N @s"''tb fim'ipo VI FoiicJ TN
dependent Of the religious question: not 10 employ
its Christian subjects in its military service. 1.-THE
refugees are received, this principle IL abandoned,
and the Porte can hardly deny its Rsysh subjects
the privilege III they claim !. a. SUCH Of bearing
arms under liz standard. Now the highest eat.
mates Of the Mohamnedsn population in Earope
make il only thirty per cent Of the total nunbero
Ottoman subjects on this sids the Bosphoras. Ac
cordng to aome sccoasts even this estimate is 6Us
tunes TOO great But In either case, If the whole
population were armed and embraced 10 tbs MIL
tsry Organization, the Tanks would fad themselves
in q very power!ess minority. The principle Of
self preservation, therefore, requires them to keep
the military force 10 Aoslem hands. Again, 1t is
objected that the refugees are almost universally
ignorant Of the language and castoms Of Turkey,
and that il mast be years before they acquire such
knowledge Of these a. to DO Of any real utility 10
the service.
am assured that at the request OF Kossash. the
American Ambassador here asked that the refa.
gees miskt be permitted 50 spter into the service
Of ee7via. To this il was aas xered that the Porte,
a. the sovereign, Vas responsible for the principal.