New-York tribune., 1867-05-25
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
CONSTANTTNoPLE.


EHE EGYPTIAN. .QUEsTION-AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL
PANIPHIFT-sIR HENRY BULwER on THE EAST
TIE BULGARIAN QUEsTIoN-TURKIsH FINANCES.
Prom Oar Special Correspondent
CoNsTANTINOPIE, May 3, 1867.
The Pasha of Egypt Is full of wrath against the
Sultan Fuad Pasha and his own Minister, Nubar
Pasha. He does notl succeed in securing the lnde-
pendence of Egypt He is TO be Hdkim-utnBer and
not Asi.ul-n,ye, OF ruler of Egypt, and not SOve-
reign of Egypt the titles might be respectively
translated The truth is that Nubar Pasha with all
his clevemess and all his money, has not succeeded
in his mission to the satisfaction of his master
But the Pasha of Egypt is having his revenge. He
has given positive orders for the withdrawal of his
troops from Crete Poor fellows! they have had
hard time of it there Only about 40 per cent of those
sent will return home TO tell the story of their suffer
ings Nubar Pasha too is having his revenge He
has thrown himself into the arms of the Russian
Embassador and Is cultvating as intimate relations
as possible between Egypt and Russia 1t is under
stood that between them they are reyiving, under
new FORM the plan of cedlng Crete TO Egypt. Egypt
is not to hold the Island but is in time to cede II TO
Greece Whatever may become of those strange ne
gOtatons it is plain that henceforth there Will De
love lost between Egypt and Turkey The Sultan
can no longer place any dependence upon his richest
province When the hour of trial comes neither the
blood nor the treasure OF Egypt VIII be poured OUT 10
sustain the successor of MahOmeti upon his throne
This is plain enough from the tone of the Egyptian
press which is inspired by the Niceroy 1etEgypt is
more fanatcay MOslem than ConstantinOple.
The letter of Mustapha Fazyl Pasha 10 the Sultan
was so great success, it caused SO much excite
ment in Europe, and even IN ConstantlhoPle ina tnat
lshed in French and Turkish an extraordinary letter
to the Grand Vizier signed several patriotic Mus
sulmansv This pamphlet has been very widely cir
cnated and has caused little excitement II goes
by the name of The letter of the Ulems" IL gives
most candid and logical review Of the situation 1t
"Tbere can be no more iluson the Empire is under.
mined! We encamped upon volcano! Let our good
8chtened Ministers great Empire how you shut
your eyes TO the fearful evils which are ready to burst
IN takes up calmly the question of the relative po-
Sition of MOSlem and Christian, says the Christian
element is OveTTunniHg the MuSSulman. aud that any
thing like fair competition between the is an
impossiblity. 1t concludes by saying that the wise
men of Europe propose three forthe
present state Of things Public instruction gradual
concessions and reforms and. third, throwing open
the public service to Chrlstlans.
But all these only adapted to improve the rslh-
tive position of the Christian races at the expense OF
the Turks, whereas it should be the first ann OF the
Turkish system TO maintain the Mussulman su.
premacy for the good of she Christians well AS OF
the Turks. What, then is TO be donei Without
reforms, we are but corpse. and indignant Europe
obliterates us from her maps; with reforms, the
Having brought their argument TO this fatal issue
the " Mussulman patriots propose to give the true
solution of this problem in a second letter Now,
who wrote and published that letter pc
abe letter was eoncOcted at the Russian embassy.
printed with Russian money. and the second part
will appear when the Russian army takes possession
of Censtantinope.
Sir Henry bulwer is writing a series Of letters
- from the East in Tie Pdu Mall GQsefte Like the
ostrich who hides his head in the sand and nagines
that he Ia hidden from sight. although his tail still
rises high in the air. Sir Henry dees not afhx his
TO these letters and seems to imagine that no
one his coat tails floating in the breeze or his
long The substance OF these letters NAV be put
into few words. Turkey il great country and H
N. late ambassador at Constantinople was a great
iaan. The Hatt-h0umayoun was great failure as
sir Henry bulwer always said, snd mot 20 persons
in Europe ever read the Hatti-houmayoun," but Sir
Henry Buwer has read il several times. Turkey
made more progress in reform from 1859 to 1867
than all Europe beside, and il during these years
that Sir Henry Bulwer presided over her destinies
She never made any useful reforms before 1852 and
the only hope OF her making any more is in sending
Sir Henry Bulwer back 10 COnstantinople. Great is
Turkey Of the Turks, and greater still is Sir Henry
Bulwer
VIis is IN brief the substance Of the three letters
sbus far published The first was preliminary and
AsiJ little Of H. NJ. late Embassador the second was