New-York tribune., 1876-05-31

The embarrassing position of Sultan ADD
el-Aziz has been suddenly ended by his en-
forced retirement from the Ottoman throne.
The revolution was quietly accomplished yes
terday in Constantinople, and now MahmOud
Murad Effendi, his nephew, sits in his place,
and takes the glieyous burden of the situation
on his shoulders. Rarely has such a price been
paid for such a crown.
Until we receive a more complete account,
we must assume that the movement inaugura-
ted by the Softas has extended so far as to
embrace all the CHIEF elements of the popular
discomfort deposition to the form OF pacihca-
ton inspired by Russia, impatience with the
Sultan's reckless extravaganza, dstruSt OF the
growing dependence of the Government upon
European financial aid, and, secthing under
all. the DID, inextlnguishable prejudices of blood
and religious faith. There seems, moreover,
to have been some truth in the reports OF the
Sultan's occasional mental alteration, ana
it is easy therefore, TO understand that
the conspiracy to dethrOne him may have
found support in his own political
household 1t is something new in Ottoman
history for such revolution to be accom-
plished without bloodshed. Cccidet dunn I'M
Deret nav not only be SAID of all former Turk
isb rulers down to Mahmoud H., but also that
abdication in their case included assassination.
Abd-el-Aziz endeavOred to set aside the Mo-
hammedan and establish the Christian law of
succession, in favor of his own son Yussuf; ;
and he certainly would not have surrendered
to the hostile party thus created in his own
family, unless the latter, acting III concert
with the popular movement, were too strong
for even a thought of resistance.
With all his reckless luxury and extrava-
gance Abd-cl-Aziz was IA liberal and by no
means an uninteligent ruler. The reforms he
introduced were wise, and would have been
benefcent had his people been better fitted to
receive them. Being the first to violate Mos
lem tradition, in his journey through Europe
and his concessions to foreign residents in
Turkey, he has provoked an undue share OF
dissatisfaction but his successor will hardly
dare to follow o retrOgrade policy. Sultan
Murad is now thiIty-six years old, and has
had the advantage of growing up to ma
ture life in comparative retirement. If
he possesses any of the qualities of
ruler, he cannot afford to lose a
day in making them manifest. He finds him
self confronted by the most difficult and dan
gerous combination OF circumstances which
has ever occurred in the history of Turkey.
The immediate feeling of satisfaction which
follows the news of his accession, means
nothing more than the hope of finding solu-
ton of the difficulty. But it is, after all, a
change of front in the face of the enemy
nav, of two enemies, the Slavic insurgents and
the Christian Powers.
1t is difficult to explain England's policy
otherwise than us bold attempt to recover
her failing prestige in the Orient, by presum-
ing on the great reluctance of the other Pow
ers to be drawn into actual war; Her action
came too late to help Abd-el-Azi2; yet if Sultan
| Murad, rs is most probable, is less accessible
to Russian influence, he may accept England
as a welcome adviser, if not ally. But Lord
| Stratford de Redciffe in a very significant
| letter, published in The London Times of the
8th inst, freely admits that it Is neither pos
sible nor desirable to preserve the independ-
ence of Turkey as European Power, with
her present system He proposes list of
changes which the Moslem subjects of Turkey
will never accept the present revOu-
ton is already their answer. Sultan
Murad temporarily, at least