The New York herald., 1870-05-09
EXCITEMENT IN CONSTANTMOPLE.
The Armenian-Cath0lic Difficulty
With the Pope.
The Churches Handed Over to the
Anti -Hassounites.
sULINA DECLARED A FREE pert.

settled, after tedious and heated discussion which
threatened at one time to bly, embrolI all
Europe, new difficulty Immediately arises,
rather to speak exactly an Old one Is rcsusci-
tated. The Sultan and his vassal will, In all proba-
bility, be very shortly again at loggerheads. The
Levant Herald, which Is at present merely the
mouthpece OF All Pacha, has sounded the prelude !
Of the coming battle, and in few weeks perhaps
days, bitterly worded despatches Will be flying be.
tween Egypt and Stamboul, while the diplomats OF
all the great Powers will be whispering soothing
speeches in the OF the disputants and endeayor-
ing 10 calm them down into something approaching
sanity.
BY the terms Of the nrInan. the viceroy's humble
and unqualified submission to which closed the recent
struggle, the Khedive was expressyely forbidden
to contract any new loan without the prevous
authorization OF the Porte. And yet, ere the echo
of his promises O, good behavior has, so to speak,
died away the viceroy is again in the money
markets OF Europe endeavorng TO negotiate some
G5000 coo OF additional obligations. 1t is true that
this loan Ia avowedy private liability wholly inde
pendent OF the Egyptian public debt. But this pre-
tence Is too thin mask veil the real character Of
the proposed new debt The Viceroy's private
domains may indeed be very large-ln fact, all
Egypt Is little better than his personal estae-but
the sum asked for is altogether out Of proportion
to any private, one might almost say also any
pacific, ends. Here at Stamh0u the friends
OF the Porte are loud In their denunciations of what
they term the "bad faith" OF the vicer0y, and the
Grand vizier is urged TO demand tine immediate
withdrawal OF the loan. Further than this, the spies
OF the Porte, In Egypt report that the Khedive Is
vigorously pushing forward his armaments, as
though apparently expecting war at an early date;
supplies OF powder and munitions OF war arriv-
ing from England more frequently than ever; KasIm
Pacha has been sent TO Cyprus to buy large num-
ber Of mules for the artillery; night and day i'm.
mense stores Of army biscuit are being made
and sent to Damietta, to Rosette and to Abou.
kw: Ismail Aga continues, under various
pretexts, to drive out the resident Turks,
and lastly the difficulty In the way Of obtaining
an exoneration from military duty Is greater than
ever the price Of such favors having risen to 00o
These menaciny facts together with the attempt to
contract new loan and the recent engagement OF q
couple Of American generals show that the Old quar-
rel is by no means finally arranged, but may break
Tnere danger Of an immediate rupture. RS there
was few weeks ago. but the situation Is fun Of
iieve that the questions between the sultan and the
Khed!ve can only be defntively settled by the sword.
sooner or later the the fate OF war viii have to deter
mine once for all the relations between the Porte and
its troublesome tributary.
Nubar Pacha left here last Wednesday on the
Egyptian boat Masr. After several audiences with the
Grand Vizer he succeeded In obtaining the consent
OF the Porte to the establishments OF new Judicial
system in Egypt. These new courts Will be COM
posed OF an equal number OF native and European
Judges, but they will only have cognlzance Of cases
In which either two aliens or an allen and native
may be the aspntng parties ne Grg@al ~ pan oI
the European model, and with fixed code, which
should beside all cases occurring IN Egypt whether
the Mlgants were foreigners or natives or OF mixed
nationality. The Porte has conceded 30 far as 70
allow Of the abolition. Of the special consular
further. fn1Se NuSar Pacna has now only to oStsil
consent Of the European Powers to the proposed
reform, and he VIII at once visit the various courts
IN turn. This, however, Is q mere matter OF form.
promised. The Porte intends to issue CIRCULAR adj
terms upon which Nubar Pacha Is authorized TO act
petty humiliation which II might Wen have been
RELIGION AND ROME.
The struggle between the Armenian Catholics and
Monsignor hassoun becomes every day more inter-
estlng, though it Is now clear that Hassoun, even
backed up by Cardinal Barnabo. the Chief OF the
Propaganda, and by the Pope himself, Will be de-
separation from the Holy See, rather than
wSa me their most scsos soa,Dgsos pSs
most clearly settled was that OF electing their own
bishops and patrarchs. These elected bishops and
Jatrarchs had to be confirmed and consecrated BY
This system renamed undisturbed until the close OF
1867, when N. Hassoun, in pursuance OF instructions
archiepiscOpa see to the dignity OF CatholicOs Tor
Paiarchl OF Cilicla, and was subsequently confirmed
TO the Porte denying the legality OF the election.
Tho question, however, was found TO be very
OF the various religious communities over which It
h0lds sway the Porte recognises the spiritual head
each a the soso% 81 also tos It's Ssl sn
nian Church subtle distinction has
been drawn between these two functions, though
they had necessarily always been exercised by me
same dignitary. As Catholics, the head OF the
Church was purely spiritual leader, and In this
capacity therefore, could be elected by the voices Of
the bishops alone. But as Patriarch he was also a
political chief and In this dignity the consent OF the
laity was necessary to his election The right Of
the ground that the CathoIicos must necessarily
exercise also the functions OF Patriarch, and tat the
Patriarch chosen by lay votes as Catholics Thls
the original quarrel but some 0tner important
ns Poson 10 H @
has not hcsitated to yet further exasperate
the nock he pretends TO rule by yielding TO
election OF bishops. He has ceded the right
hitherto enjoyed by the Armenian Catholics to
SGR Pon Ths bishops being IN hus ny
creatures or the Holy Father, and the Patriarch
being elected BY sas bishops T. is clear s the 10Y
this hitherto seifgoyerning Church.
The Catholic Armenians, innamed beyond all
termined l. never ever to tore recognize MonslSnor Hassonu
A month ago special agent Of ,the Pope came here
TO settle the Quarrc but his demeanor was SO AFRO
giant and insulting, and he made such unsparing use
OF threats, that he has only aggravated tue local III
feeling against the Pope and the nltramontano
policy he u endeayorng to carry into effect.
UNPREJUplCED.
Tto Porte, true to It's principles OF religious I'm.
partlaty has concerned itself only with the political
aspects OF the There Is no concordat between
| the sultan and the Pontif, and the former need
therefore only be governed by his own viii. Fortu.
nately for the Armenians the Porte is at present
thoroughly exasperated against Rome on account oi
the undlsguised efforts made by the Pope TO divesl
Gil the Eastern churches OF their ancient privileges
and assimilate them In all particulars to tho Latin
model The Porte thinks, and perhaps with reason
when one takes into consideration the recent de
crees OF the Council that the result of such assimi
latlonn will be to transfer the primary allegiance
| its Christian subjects from the sultan Il
| the Pope. In the present case All Pach,
| has assured the anti Bassonnites that he wil
cordially support them against Hassoun and Rome
and that the government Will recognize oniy thei
duly eleced anu seifcnoscn Patriarch as head o
| their community. The churches are to be divldct
| rs ucarly AS may be according 10 the numbers o
1 the Menus and foes Oi Hassoun AleauY th'