New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
SYRIA AND TURKEY.

TIN AMERICAN COLONY AT JArrA-OMAG rtNHA IN
CaErE-rCAD PAsHAs EErORNis-TGYIT AND TIE
SUBLIME PoRTE-LATESr EXPLOIT OF CHE
BRATED ADvENTsRER
Irsa Or Special Correspondent
CossrAN1INOrIF. Apnl y. 1907.
The American colony at Jaila Is making as much
trouble in proportion TO It's size Tie Mormon Ter
ritOry of Utah. The origin of this colony is religious
dclusion One Adams of Maine, formerly Mormon.
afterward on actor and at time n Methodist
preacher has set himself up as a second Joshua, and
claims the title of President of the Church of the
Messiah As every one who calls himself a prophet
in America is sure to find followers this man found
disciples in Maine. especially among the former
believers in Miller.
Tn 1865 he visited Palestine. and returning home lac
published flaming accounts of plans which he had
made to found q colony there. Millions of acres were
at his disposal Living there cost nothing Roads
and railroads were about to be built and line of
steamers were 10 run direct from New York 10 Jaa.
&c. &c This fancy sketch proved 50 attractive Ia
his disciples that about l2j persons some ol them
wealthy sold all their property, and placed II ~ h1
disposal lie chartered ship, took his colony and
went to Jalia. Some of your readers have been toc
and ii will not seem strange to them that the very
first sight OF the place disguised many OF hlS ioi-
lowers.
But they were in his power. He had their money
and they could do nothing. Through the Vice Con
the sea coast, north of the town. Hero they pro
cccdcd to erect board shanties, and many ot them
died from exposure TO the tovcIs OF the country.
The dsscnsions among them increased. the malcon-
tents seeking tho protection of the Consular author-
ties, and Adams accusing tho Consul of swndiing
him.
Both parties appealed to everybody within reach;
70 tho Consul at BeyrOOt the Minister at ConStau-
tnople, the Turkish Governor az Jerusalem. Mr..
Seward, and thcpubliC generally. Mr.. Seward finally
commissioned Mr. Bdwcl Of the Eclectic. 10 ipvcs-
tigate the state of affairs there This Investigation
appears 70 have muddled matters more than eyer
The Minister here. Mr.. Morris, has now ordered Mr.
johnson. our Consul at BeyrOOt, TO 30 TO Jaa aud
look into the whole matter This Is really tho first
sensible thing which has been done about the colony
Mr.. Johnson is Il gentleman who knows tho cOuntry
and who deserves To hayo the confidence of all who
know him. Whatever no reports will bc received at
once as true, and IL is very singular that Mr. seward
did not choose 70 appoint hm IN the first place.
viii not anticipate his report express any opinion
the merits OF the case; but scores OF Americans
who have visited the colony and since come 10 Con-
stantinOpe, unite in protesting beforehand against
any report which Mr.. Bidwcl may make.
II appears that his Investigations have been CON
fined chiefly to the dining and dIawingrOo OF Mr.
Adams and that he bases his estimate OF the pros
perty OF the colony upon the comfort and abundance
which ne finds IN the house of the Prophet. What
would have been thought of the Orleans Inycs-
tigatng Committee if they bad gOno straight 10 the
house Of Mayor Monroe their arrival. and CON
Quoted their nyest CATIONS at his dinIng-tablet Mr.
Bldweil may. after all make JnstIep0rt but ho mas
certainly adopted singular method OF getting at the
truth, and has verbally expressed worry singular con
clusiOns. While some - persons have sigpd sol
emn protest against Adams he reported 10 a Scotch
clergyman that he found only one young woman who
was not perfectly cOntcnted and happy.
Whatever may be true of Adams the colony is and
must be a miserable failure The Turkish Govern
ment has formally protested against 1t, and Tofuscs
an ) protection. The country is unfit for AlneTl-
cans. The plain of Sharon swarms with BedOuin
robbers, more dangerous than the Indians OF our
Western Plains, and Jafla has neither port nor II
carriage-rOad near IT,
Omar Pasha has now been three weeks in Crete
hut no battles have taken place except where the in
sur0ens have been the attacking party, and in most
of these the Turks have at least gained advantage
1t was reported here few days since. that an I'M
pOrtant battle had been fought, but later news fails
to confirm the report To-day is appointed for COM
bned movement against Sphakia by land and sea.
Omar Pasha Is TO command IN person BODY OF 2oOOO
neni lie expects to annihllate the Rebels but they
do not seem TO fear any disaster. They are making
every preparation to defend the passes and give him
"a warm reception. OF course they cannot meet him
the open field, but they defend one pass after
another and if necessary at the last disappear alto
getLer, to Tcappear soon as he retires. The Com
mission sent down by tho Turks TO look afser the
suffering Cretan families is devOting itself to very
different business. DIR. Sawas who Is at lt5 head. ~
doing all i'll hls power to persuade the Sphakioes to
desert the canse OF the Christians and come over 70
the Turks. This is what was to be expected. The
Arkadi continues to make her regular trips TO the
island and the insurgents were never before SO well
supplied with war material
All Europe has been kept waiting for two months
for Fuad Pasha's great reforms, which were to
eclipse the Hatt-ihOumayOnn. have already
lnlOrHleU you InAb IuSllt no important
reforms to propose but simply wished to amuse
Europe with promises. The promulgaton Of his plan
was to have taken place a week ago, but nothing
was heard Of it. Now it is announced that he sub
Iuitted his plan TO the Ambassadors of the Great
Powers, aud that the Russian Ambassador, Gen.
Ignatief declared tho whole thing unsatisfactory.
lord Lyons and the French Ambassador would have
been willing TO LET the plan be made public although
their appreciation of it was not much greater than
Gen. lgnatiefs SO the wheels are blocked and this
satisfied Russia which wants no real reforms and
Fuad Pasha too who wants more than anything else,
to gain tIme in the hope that something else will
turn up 1t is lust about as we'll Radical reforms
are an impossbilty. The Turks in their present
mood would not tolerate them, even If Fuad Pasha
were bold enough to propose them. We must drift
along abOut as are, until ii is decided whether
france and Prussia are TO fight. If they do, Russia
and Austria viii probably know how to improve
their time The something which will turn up viii
be Russian army, and 1t will relieve
Fuad Pasha of all his trouble about reforms III there
is no war in Europe this Summer, the chance now Is
that Turkey will go on about as she is; am every
day more and more amazed at the stOdinditierence
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