The New York herald., 1870-05-09
Tho Eas,ern Question In a New Light.

AuO EuStoru Q00SIOu ~ - A~V" ~~'@~~
BY special correspondence from Constan-
tinople, dated in the Turkish capital on the
10Th OF April, which appears in our columns
to-day, we are enabled to present the ques-
tion of the Orient to the American public in
new light. This may be called an inside view
OF the affairs Of the moro ancient lands--Tur-
key and Egypt. The modern Cabinet COM
plications, the exact interests Of to-day, as
between Russia and England and France and
the Sultan, are momentarily set aside and the
homo situation considered as it just
now exists between the inidsl guar
dams of the Holy Sepulchro and the Vice.
roy Of Egypt, who wields executive power
in the land of the Pharaohs. The Sultan and
viceroy are again in difeculty-at the point OF
actual quarrel. The settlement which wasre-
ported as having been effected between them
some short time since has been disturbed. The
Viceroy in his financial necessities is forced to
look to the European capitals. He needs cash
and can obtain it far more readily in London
or Paris than in Stamboul. The Sultan is con-
vinced that Q man who is in debt Is not exactly
o free agent; that the bond servant may be-
come more honored than his mas
ter. His Majesty consequently objects to
the plan of an Egyptian loan by the Viceroy.
He is doubtful of the intent Of its contract;
jealous of the probable direction and apPllca-
tion Of the money. The viceroy is really arming
1t may be for rebellion, war and independence,
or it may be with the idea of obtaining some OF
those concessions which are frequently had
from the greater Power by the maintenance
of an armed peace on the part Of the weaker.
Behind the Viceroy and in and around the
imperio- -feudal ring stand the great Powers OF
Europe. The monarchies referred to above
are on the gus oipe. They watch anxiousiy
every point of development Of the game; con-
centrate their energies, diplomatize for time,
and wait the result. Should any rea-
sonable excuse Of interference present
they will not be slow to avail themselves Of it.
After this will come the great religio-political
revolution of the age, revolution which will
be accomplished under the standard which is
carried by the s.quickest marching troops
the men who can rough it best on the banks of
the Danube or the Pruth, whether they WELD
the sword of Charlemagne, the battle axe of
Edward the Confessor, the spear of the Cos
sack of the Don or the lance and needle gun
of the Hapsburgs.
Our special writer shows that the
religious question, as between Rome
and the East, adds to the gravity of
the situation. The Pontiffs and the priests
Roman Catholic, Armenians, Armeno-
Catholics, Hassounites, anti Hassounites and
others-are fast losing sight Of the beauty and
precept of the Sermon on the Mount. They
are about to battle for 'sforms Of Creed" just
as ''angry zealots" have ever done. The
result, whatever it may be, Of the Ecumeni-
cal Council in Rome will exercise very
decided influence toward the solution of this
point Of issue.
We are glad to learn from our special letter
that, amidst the intricacies Of the diplomacy
and the immaterialities of the spiritualiti es
of the East, something has been really accom-
plished for the solid material interests of the
world at large. The port of Sulina has been
declared free by the Sultan. This act may,
after all, be the very essence of the occasion
the one which will permanently change the
aspect of affairs in the East and bring the
entire peoples into the comminglement of a
happy fraternity, made enduring by the Bible
and the inspiration Of the civilizing agencies
of the day-steam and electricity. Light in
the East, ''the light which illumineth all
men,"