The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-12

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

II Z EAn1 LINN w I'D lON.
THE SULTAN OF TuRKEY--AN IMPERIAL NEST
EoG--osE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN
eoLD-MoB LAW IN TURKEY-ABDIcATIoN OF
ABDUI-AzIz-RIsE OF NEW OTTOMAN KIM
PIRE--A cALIPH or ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
THE MoHAMMEDAN TURKS
CoSsrASrYorLE, May 80, 1870
What is called the Eastern question is now compl-
Gated by dynastic question, which has arrived a
very serious aspect.
ABDuL-AzIz KHAN,
the present Sultan Of Turkey, styled Refuge of the
World and Shadow OF God thirty second Sedan Of the
OF Osman, has never passed for man OF
binary Intelligence His Majesty has the appearance and
many ofthe qualities OF brewers drayman. He is heavy
brceched, round shouldered, slow Of thought and Of
foot and he takes his drink suriy But he ori-
entail, and all Oricntals are more or less willy. Both
the present Sultan his predecessor, Abdul Medjid
OF happy memory, who rescmblcd nothing earth so
much as a hardrcsser's block in shop window,
therefore agreed in this particular, that they July
derstood the prudence Of laying up nescgg for their
private in case OF emergency.
In The year lS5O51 already appeared probable that
Sultan AbdulMcdjid would DO the last OF his who
would have chance of reigninE at Constantpopc.
emperor then, very frankly that lie had better look
Tor . comfortable hotel at ST. Petersburg and end
his days there pensioner OF Russia. Lord Palmer
sion kept the poor feeble creature bis throne and
he in duo time succeeded by his brother, Abdul
Azz, in the same prcdlcament tho AFFECT
creature who died of dissipation and stmulants some
years ago The late sultan is said have hidden away
about SO 100 900. No ever knew what became OF
It after his death. Tho present Sultan said to have
secret hoard amounting TO about
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
but It is varousy estimated persons putting II
as low $40, 600 900 Perhaps II is something less
than tho former and moro than the latter;
and, whatever may be its precise amount no
one doubt that tho Sultans both showed a
wise discretion in providing Tor rainy day. But
they should have held their tongues about their
savings for the Soitas having now got wind OF them
have insisted that His Majesty shall deposit
$25, 600, 600 In the public treasury and reduce his
civil list to So 900, 600 annually They have means
OF enforcing these hard demands and the upshot Of the
business is that absolute power may now be said to
havc ceased in Turkey
Mob law, as far at present BIO discerncd, has
taken its place, and IL that the world is now
probably witnessing the last of that magnificent
historical spectacle which began with Gilman and
Payazid 1t Is an anachronism for Mobammedan
prince to rule by help OF only 5000, 600 Of his core
hgionsts over some Is 100000 900 Christians
and II is high time that such scandal wore put stop
to for the sake Of poctical justice. Whether the
Christians will be any the better for change Of
tiers Ii quite another question. The enforced
ABDicATroN THE SULTAN
and tho despoing him Of tho hoard which he has in
cautiously Dragged about will not put end the
Eastern question. 1t will only bring IL forward in
another aud more urgent FORM II has boon seen
and over again, by the emigration from Algeria,
Tartary and Caucasus, that Mohammcdans will not
submit Christian rule II they help It, and from
the that the mosque of St. Sophia s again turned
into Christian church tho followers OF the Prophet
viii 90 back to the Asian deserts and mountains from
which they the conquest OF nearly half Europe
four or five centuries ago.
Another and more powerful Ottoman dominion will
then probably be founded Bagdad and II the Cali
phatc OF which IL rumorcd that the present Sultan
is to be deprived, gets into the hands Of some red
handed chief OF Koordistan Arabia, may yet have
unexpected news OF tho Osmans
THE xUssrLMAxs IN ASIA.
II is not likely that clouds Of undsciplned horsemen
can ever again overshadow Europe they did In the
Middle Ages Tor they stand no chance against dis
cplned armies, proved at Mohumrah still there
arc elements the East for the formation Of En-
pirc that OF Darius II 10 not unlikely that
tho motley populations Of Persia Cabool, Candahar,
Afghanisan, Syria, and tho fugItivcs driven out OF
Khokand and Bokhara might all be united into one
nation by a resoute soldier Of the type Of Genghis
Khan Timur-lenk, and the numbers OF such people
might be still further swcled by the malcontcnt Mus
sulmans OF British India The question only remains
to answer whether Moslem conqucror Is likely to
start up in the present century Tho Indian muuny
revealed several Asacs iron will and clear sequence
OF IDEAS II was long doubtful IL the name OF Mana
sahib would 90 down to history tho monster of de-
pravty he will assurcdIy be called by British writers,
or rs the llbcrator INDIA title which would have
been certainly gwen him by all the poets Of Asia
h.d he beaten Lawrence, Havciock and Clyde. II is
true Mussuman has acquired pre- eminent mill
tary distinction IN this gcncration but u IS at least
equally iruc that no Mussuiman has had fair
chance OF handing troops Ivy the only method he
dcrstands. All the high commands in the Turkish
army and navy have been gwen 10 Christians. Sladc
and Hobart and Iorasc have led the fleets Of Turkey
Omer Pacha, Bcm aud Lskrman have led her armies
sc1xfrAR AND rHE SWORD
Moreover there has OF late years been introduced into
European warfare rosr-watcr style oil fighting which
Is not all accordance with the conquerng trad-
tons oil the OsnaniL The bIincr OF the Caiiph
carried triumph nifty TO the walls OF Vienna aud 10 the
plans OF Tours The most wariikc OF tho Christian
unable 10 beat back the onset OF the war
of the Crescent and even the baltic OF the
Crusaders match for he clmctcrs Of these
riDlc raynims But tho Turks have never studied war
from the Prlssan point OF view rs one o tue ne arts,
ana their mode Of conducting oilers materially IRON
the put forth by the Convention OF Geneva
aud Congress Brussels. Eastern warfare Is not
only sefsupporng. but u Is fierce and ruthless 10
degree not yet imagined by newspaper correspondents
who have victorious Asatics. Perhaps the
dcthroncmcnt OF the present Sultan and the distribu
ton his hoard among the conspirators instrumental
IN his downfall may be merely 'hc prelude 70 new
present contemplated neither by amateur dpomatsts
nor irritatcd bondbodera
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