New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-24
almost unoccupied Allies in the Crimea made mol

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| a single move TO defend them.
| Turkey, exhausted and Frustrated, has need oil
peace to save her life. Russia is rendered incaPa-
! Bile of harming her in any wsy; but her generous
md selfsacrifcne English Ally thinks otherwise.
Turkish finances do not exist at ALL the people are
too poor to pay taxes and the little which is de-
rived from this source il absorbed by the ofcais
before il reaches the treasury OF the Sultan. The
only disposabe funds are those arising from the
loan Of 500 OOO. 600 contracted in England. Around
this. and to possess it, struggle Sultan, Odalisques,
Visers and Pashas. The army of Omer Pasha
could not move onward in Asia for want of every
military requisite and material. An instsllment Of
half million of pounds was in the treasury, but
the disposition of the money could not be abandoned
to the Divan disputes arose. and the army is still
destitute. The Allies claimed with justice the
the question was settled, and board nominated,
Omer Pasha retreated, and Kars fell. Thereupon
the Sultan published a firman, ordering the imme:
date payment Of ten millions of dollars for debts
contracted by the inmates of the SersgliO.
AS The case stands now, Turkeys condition is
more desolate than it was previous to the war, and
before she came under the tutelage of the Allies.
To be sure, the Sultan's Government is completely
relieved of al administrative cares. His sponsors
have seized upon every branch of the Administra-
ton and their influence is felt in the most distant
provinces not less than at Constantinople The
sovereign power of the Porte has shrunk to
shadow. The street police of the capital, now in
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no other ameoration, however slight in the con-
ditiOn Of the population has been effected The
confusion increases-a logical consequence Of too
many and conflicting influences. Lord Radcliffe,
the naughty aud irascble ambassador of England;
NJ. Thouvenel for France, and Baron Proskesch
for Austria, each tries TO seize the paramount con-
troll. In all this, however, there is no alienation
for the popular suffering, no promise OF remedy
for the evils that distress the country. 1t is true
that from France and England an uninterrupted
stream of gold pours into the East for the support
of their armies but those colossal sums are ab-
sorbed BY Greeks, Armenans, and other sharp
ers and spectators, never to reach the people at
large, nor prove blessing to their agriculture.
In this confusion and conflict Of events the
Allies may be in a measure justified in as much as
possible assuming the administration of Turkish
affairs; but in any event, the state to which Sow
eregn and people, the integrity of the Empire, and
the operation Of the laws are thereby reduced,
affords deplOrable contrast to the fair promises
thrown out il the first place bats to catch pop
ular sympathy here and elsewhere. And the re-
suit confirms us in the opinion we expressed at the
beginning of the struggle. We have never be.
Eeyed that the vitality Of Turkey would endure the
operations of REFORM or suffice to resist the shock
of war brought on by the recklessness Of her
friends and advisers