Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-05-19

have telegraphed their governments
that England does not agree to the prop
ositions which resulted from the Berlin
conference.
MussulmaD ROuGhs ArmIng.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, May IS.-The ded.
icatiOn of the new English church has
been indefinitely postponed, at the re-
quest OF the British am bassador, who
had consulted the minister of police on
the possible consequences OF the cere.
mony. Softas and Mussulman roughs
are buying revolvers, dsggers, and other
weapons, and the christians have resort
ed to similar precautions.
Excitement still Continues at Con-
stantinOpIe.
LONDON, May 18.-The Russian tele.
graphic agency has received a special
Communication stating that the popuIa.
ton of ConstantinOple is still discon-
tented, and considers the changes made
in the government not sufficiently rsdi.
cal. The panic among Europeans has,
consequently, much increased, and for.
eign representatives are taking every
pTecautiOn.
An Armistice Of Eight Weeks.
BERLIN, May S.-Resolutlonsso the
imperisl CHANCELLOR conference have
been submitted to the powers. They
provide for eight weeks armistice and
for assistance in the restoration of the
houses OF refugees and insurgents. Con-
suls resident in the various districts,
assisted by special delegates, are to over
look the execution of the agreement.
In all other respects the original text Of
Count Andrassy's note has been ad-
hered to.
England and the SaIOnIca Case.
LONDON, May 1S.-In the house of
commons to day the first lord of the ad-
miralty stated that the British fleet in
the Mediterranean had been ordered to
Salonica and gunboat to Constanti-
nople.
A letter from COnstantinople to the
Nea0s, under date Of the twelfth instant,
says: "The excitement during the last
two days has amounted to a panic. The
demand for weapons, both by the Softss
snd the christians, is so great that most
OF the shops in Stamboul have sold out
all their stock. The Softas, that is all
persons attached to the mosques in any
capacity whatever, are practically mas
ters OF the situation. They number
about ten thousand men, and their in
fuence over the prolitariat islsupreme.
They utter threats against the sultan
and his ministers, and sometimes
against the christians. They profess to
be friends Of the latter. Yes
terday great number of them
went to the palace and demanded
the dismissal Of the grand vizier, NAH
mond Medim Pashs, the sheikh al Is
lam and minister of war. The
sultan resisted them for an hour,
but the clsmCr Of the mob finally
induced him to demand the resignation
Of Mahmond Medim Pasha, and the
grand ViZer, and the scene was most
riotOus and disorderly. Constantinople
contains only sixteen hundred soldiers,
the remainder being reliefs and RENTS
The Turkish officers openly admit their
inability to control the latter in case Of
outbreak, and tits generally believed they
would obey the Softas. Mobs Of Softas
have been psrsding the streets during
the last three days, demanding the dis
nissal Gof MahmOnd Medim Pasha,
whom they accuse Of being under Rus
sian influence. Threats have been
made against christians generally, and
two or three murders have occurred,
which the police are doing their utmost
to hunt up, COnstantinople is, In fact,
in revolution. The Softas are not salts
fed with the appointment of Mehmet
Ruski as grand viZsr, and claim for
Midhat Pssha. They want Mehmet
Ruski as president of national.
parliament. Yesterday q very large
number OF the SOftas, at BsjaZet
mosque, would not allow the prayer of
the sultan to be read. On the tenth in
stant Professor Bonamy Price and wife
narrowly escaped the violence of the
mob while visiting mosque. If
struggle should take place, as every body
is dreadlng, between the native chris
tisDs and MussulmGns, the christians
would prove victorious, provided the
troops did not aid the mob; but in a gen.
eral rising of the MChammedans the
large colonies of European subjects in
Constantinople and along the BOspo-
rus would be In greater danger than the
native christians, because their wealth
would constitute an additional stimulus
to the religious zeal of the Turkish rab-
ble This danger the respective aEnbas-
sadors have provided against as far as
the means at their disposal allowed.
Last night all the dispatch boats were
kept under steam, and during the day q
Joint plan Of action had been agreed on.
The foreign consuls met to de-
wise means for the mutual defense
OF their subjects. All foreign steamers
in the port had steam up. The streets OF
Pesa were patrolled by band of Aus
trisn croats. A deputation of English
men called Minister EIliott's attention
to the exceptional danger OF the English
colony, and asked his assistance. The
latter admitted that there was danger TO
all christians, and that the English were
the least protected colony. He invited
the whole community, in case of any
outbreak, to seek shelter at the embassy.
He also promised to telegraph to the
British foreign Office what had occurred,
and to represent the urgency OF the po-
sition."