New-York tribune., 1867-03-22


Thu NOW Ministry has as vet done nothing but give
dinners and smoke pipes. l wrote you last week
that IL was not easy to say what influences brought
them into power or what they would do. On the
last point we are still in doubt but on the first there
is little more light. 1t appears that the change IN
the Ministry was as much surprise to the foreign
ambassadors as it was to common mortals, and that
St was brought about by personal and palace IN
trgues. rather than by outside pressure This fact
makes the change somewhat less important than 1t
at first appeared but it is still true that the fall of
Ria Pasia and the advent of Fuad Pasha is fayora-
BILE to peace and reform. Fuad Pasha, with all his
faults and his chief fault is his love of plundcr is
man OF the new school. lie knows something OF
Europe ana the necessity OF % spo a one
of the very first politicians in Europe. he rs not
great statesman, but he has few equals IN dpIoatoSS
intrigue. His career in Syria, where no OntwltItu
and snubbed all the Great Powers, is proof OF tnis
He is not popular with the Turks The hatred agaSt
MN before nc was m Qlssstu ISS nrions outbreaks
in the city. The Turks look upon hlm as tne Pinj Pj
derer Of the people as little better than baWa
been made during the last ten years, lne ~ mIeIesC
upon which now consumes one-thrd Oh Ihe revenue ~
OF the Empire think he is more popniar among
the CHRISTIANS than among the Turks. The fact OF
his having punished the Mussumans OF Damascus SO
acconnf for this His great effort now will be to
conciate Europe by pretended reforms, to quiet Eu-
ropean Turkey by making great promises, to raise
money and keep the Empire alive until he himself is
dead after which time no matter what happens.
It very difficult to obtain trustworthy lntorma-
tion in reference to tho state OF European turkey
now; but there certain facts of Importance when
uan be relied upon. Servia Is evidently counting
TpSn TS ast IN from 1ae Begade tells me- that
every one there regards war, as certain and
inevitable. 1t was understood that the Porte haq %
Il now appears that only the evacuation OF the other
fortresses was agreed upon This will not satisfy the
determined TO drive out the Turks at any cost. My
opinion is that Fuad Pasla VIII resist TINS demand
up to the very last moment and then give 1t up lie
may hold on one day too long however IL Servla
rises her is certain. In EPirus and Ihessay
an insmrecton actually exists. The rebels hold GER
tain mountain passes, but rs yet their numbers are
small 1t is intended that general rising shall take
place In four OF five weeks 1t is the grand object OF
YsTv donbtfhl whether they succeed. The chances
seem to be that the Summer will be bloody one IN
those Provinces but the other hand 1t now seems
probable that Greece will maintain a nomlnaI
neutrality. Fuad Pasha will never declare war
against her whatever she may do Ihe Greeks now
count upon the presence and and OF Ganbaldl ana
they assure me that every arrangement Is making at
Corfu for descent upon the mainland under aus |
direction. have this ON good authority but cannot
Vouch for IT, What the Greeks need more than any
thing else stwo OF three Ton-clads. II they c0uid
have these they could easily keep the Turks within
the Dardaneles and secure simultaneous insurrec,
ton ia all the islands OF the Archipelago Inns WouId
make their success in TheSSaly certainty. In
Bulgaria and in Bosnia there is at present, no move
Tnent toward insuTrection. Tho Bulgar1anS do not
like the Greeks and would never form an alliance
troubles in European Turkey continue the BugaIans
are very likely to improve the opportunity 10 strlKe
for themselves. ROumania Is aTnlng but turkey has
very little to fear from that quarter. -
England France, and Russia claim to be fully |
agreed on the Eastern question, and fTusSla mas
given her assent to their pan but as yet this plan Is
avery vague one. 1t is said that special e0nmls-
SION is TO he sent here and that Lord Sraford IS 10
be one OF its members but official information to
this effect has been received by the Embassies here
The best informed do not believe III 1t. Stll It Is
certain that such commission has been talked OF
Mfsaagf aall no
NV own impression is that such commission
might force the Porte TO take steps which would pro-
long the status quo for many years but as TO any per-
manent regeneration Of this Empire under Turkish
rule il is an impossibity. The hatred etween the |
various which compose it is too deeply seated
these races, the case would he emo more hopeful, We
might hope that in time tine sue ne
change their national feelings. Turks Greeks, bull
sarians and slaves can never live together harmoni
eeSslH Tbe only question is how the Empire can be
dissolved with the least boodshed, and how the now
subject populations can be best brought forward so
that they win be able to govern themselves.
/ have good reason TO believe that TINS IS the real
question which the Great Powers are considering,
and which will control their action, although 1t Is OF
course impossible to put it in just this light to the
Turks New intervention having this thing in
view may be made most advantageous thing for
the Christian natiOnates; it may be made far more
useful to Greece than war, which could not
fail to entail terrible calamites upon that already
poverty-sricken country. Let have intervention.
fben and powerful intervention only let 1T be wisely
limit es;eTed 70 keen fIe neace for fine momcpf we
must have intervention, which VIII give autonomy and
Christian government to Crete which viii remove |
the Turks from Serva. and which viii give the Chris
tans OF European Turkey generally influence enough
in the Government so that they can make head
against Turkish msrUle. This viii prepare the way
for the coming disinteQatiOn of the Empire. The |
idea which to prevail in America that the EIn
pre is ready TO fall to pieces now is great mistake
1t would not be easy even to pull 1t to pieces If the
great powers were willing TO attempt 1t. Such an
attempt would deluge the Empire in blood and might
produce general anarchy but would not drive out
the Turks ..-
The European press has gone into ecstacies over
a letter from MuStapha Fazyl Pasha, in which he
declares that the regeneration Of Turkey is to be
effected by the Young Turkey party which he has tho
honor to represent" The English and French papers
Iump at this idea, and expaate at great length on
the character and influence of this powerful party
"fomg Turkey party, possessed with education
and with liberal ideas, almost powerful enough to
anxious to rcgenerate the Empire, would certainly be
n very promising thing, if any such party existed, |
but unfortunately it does not. The party which +!
Mustapha fazyl mas the honor to repre- represent" is |
be called "yOung," In that most of its men are |
younger than the clique which has for 10 years past
held the highest offices in its hands, but there is not
aman in this clique OF outs Who Is to be compared
with Fuad Pasha. Mustapha Fazyl himself is not a
man of any extraordinary ability. he has been in
high office much Of the time for several years but he
only made bad matters worse in his special depart
mentthe treasury-and his schemes at the Palace to
make himself Grand ViZier caused him to be eXiled
from COnstantinople. The most important man who
claims 20 belong TO tins Imaginary party IS Achmet
Vefih Effend He has the reputation of being a
man of integrity-a rare thing among official Turks
but not long ago he got favor at the Palace and
appointed Special Commissioners, with unlimited
powers to reform all abuses In the Province Of Broosa
Ne appointed number of young men, who had had
some French education as his aids, and went about
his work. lie held his place almost a year, and re-
formed abuses with such vengeance that he made
enemies Of almost every man, Turk or Christian, in
the province. He made ec post tac0 laws without