The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-05-19
{. FOREIGN NEWS.
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7'i@si TURKEY.
Critical situation.


LONDON, May 1S.-ln the House Of
Commons to-day the First Lord of Admi.
rally stated that the British feet In the
Mediterranean had been ordered 10 Sa.
lonica and a gunboat to Constantinople.
A letter from Constantinople to the
Neus, under date Of the 18th, says the ex.
element during the last three days has
Amounted to = panic. The demand for
weapons by the Saftas and Christians Is
% great that most Of the shops in STAN.
bonl have sold all their stock. The saftas
that Is all persons attached TO the Mosque
In any capacity whatever, are practically
masters Of the situation. They number
about 100000, and their influence over
the proletariat Is supreme. They utter
threats against the Sultan and his minis
ters and sometimes against the Christians,
although they profess to be friends
10 the ,latter. Yesterday great
number ol them went TO the palace and
demanded the dismissal OF the Grand
Vizier, Mahomed Nedim Pasha, the
Cheik6 Ulislavu and Minister Of War.
The Sultan resisted for an hour, but the
clamor Of the mob finally induced him 10
demand the resignation Of Mahomed
Nedim Puha, the Grand Vizier. The
scene was most rio,ous and dis.
orderly. ConstAutinople contains on.
ly 1900 regular soldiers, the re-
mainder being Redits and recruits.
The Turkish officers openly admit their
inability to control the latter in case Of
an outbreak, and il is generally believed
they would obeythe Saftas, MObS Of SaftaS
have been parading the streets during
the last three days demanding the dis.
missal Of Mahomed Nedim 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
hush up. Constantinople, In fact, is
in revolution tho Saftas are not
satisfied with the appointment Of Ma:
homet Ruchdi as Grand Vizier, and
clamor for Midhat Pasha. They want
Mohome, Ruchdi as President OF Ma.
tional Parliament. Yesterday q large
number OF Saitas at the BajaEet Mosque
would not allow prayer for the Sultan
10 be read. On the 10Th inst. Professor
Bonamy Price aud wife narrowly escaped
the violence Of the mob while visiting a
mosque. If struggle should take
place, as everybody is now dreadine,
between the native Christians and the
Musselmans, the Christians would prove
victorious provided the troops did mo-,
aid the mob, but in general rising 6f
Mohamedans large colonies Of European
subjects In Constantinople and along both
shores would be in greater danger than
the native Christians, because their
wealth would constitute an additional
stimulus to the religious zeal Of the Turk
ish rabble. This danger the respective
ambassadors have provided against as far
as the means at their disposal have al.
lowed.
Tonight all dispatch boats were kept
under steam. During the day plan Of
joint action had been agreed upon. The
foreign consuls met TO devise means Tor
the mutual defence Of their subjects. All
foreign steamers in port had steam up.
The streets Of Pesa were patrolled by a
band Of Austrian Croates.
A deputation Of Englishmen called
Minister Elliott's attention to the excep.
tional danger Of tho English colony, and
asked his assistance. The latter admitted
the 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 protection at
the embassy. He also promised to tele-
graph to the British foreign Office what
had occurred, and TO represent the
urgency Of the position. ,-
CossrASrrsoPLE, May 1s.-Several
additional French and Austrian men.of-
war have arrived in the 3osphorus.