New-York tribune., 1876-05-19
FOREIGN NEWS.
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.

MENT AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SULTAN IN
LONDON, Thursday. May 1s, 1875.
A Berlin dispatch says the resolutions Of
the Imperial Chanceors Conference have been submit
ted to the Powers They provide for an eight weeks
armstce and for assistance in the restoration OF the
homes of refugees and insurgents The Consus resident
in the various districts assisted by special delegates are
to overlook the execution Of the agreement In all othe
respects tho original text OF Count Andrassys note mas
been adhered to.
THE SULTAN FORCED TO DISMISS MINISTERS.
letter from Consantinople to The DAILY Sers, unuer
date OF the 18th nst the excitement during the last
three DAYS has amounted to a panic. The demand for
weapons boh by sofas and Christians is so great that
most OF the shops in sambou have sold out all their
stock Soas-that is all persons attached 10 the
mosques in any capacity whatever - are pracucahy
masters Of the situation They number about 10000
persons and their influence the Proletariat Is
supreme They utter threats against the Sultan and his
Ministers, and sometimes against the Christians although
lust they profess to be friends TO the atter 1csr
day great number OF them wen, & 10 Ipe W Whmond
Nedim Pasha, the Chekh-ulslam, ana the Minister OF
OF War The sultan resisted ior an hNur D & tne eIor
tion OF Mahmoud Nedim Pasha, the Grand Vizier Inc
scene most rioOus and dsorderly.
THE TURKISH TROOPS DIsAFFECTED.
Constantinople contains only 600 regular soldiers,
the remainder being redls and recruits. The Turkish
officers openly admit their inability to control the latter
in case OF outbreak and it is generally believed they
would obey the Sofas Mobs OF Soas have been parad
ing the streets during the last three days demanding tae
dismissal OF Mahmund Nedn Pasha, whom they accuse
OF being under Russian influence. Threats nave been
dc against Christians generally, ana TWO or three nnI
most to hush UP. Consantlnopls in iac is in revou
ton The sotas are not satisfied win he appoIntnMn. M
OF Mehmet Rushdi Grand Fizer, and clamor Tor
Midhat Pasha. They want Mehmet Rushd as President
Of national parliament Yesterday large M number OF
Sofias Bajazet Mosque would not allow the prayer
for the Sultan TO be read. On the 10th inst Prof
Price and wife narrowly escaped the violence
the mob while visiting MOSQUE II struggl. should
take place. everybody dreadng between the native
Christians and the Mussulmans the Christians would
prove victorious provided the troops did not ad the MOD
But In rising OF Mohammedans the large colo
MES OF European subjects in COnstannope ana along
the Bosphorus would be in greater danger than the ma
tive Christians because their comparative wealth. WoIu
constitute an additional stimulus TO the religious ze OF
the Turkish rabbe This danger the respective Embasa
doris provided against as lar az Tie means a' 'ne us
posal allow.
THE FOREIGN RESIDENTS ARMTNG.
Last night all the dispatch boats were kept under
steam During the day plan OF joint action had been
agreed upon The foreign Consuls met TO devise means
for the mutual defense Of their subjects. All foreign
steamers in port had steam up The streets OF Pera
were patrolled by band Of Austrian Croats deputa-
ton of Epglishmen called Minister ElliOs attention 10
the exceptional danger OF the English colony and asked
his assistance The latter admitted the danger 70 al
CHRISTIANS and that the English the least protected
rnlnuy He invited the whole community in of
outbreak to seek shelter ~ the Embassy lie also prom
isrd 10 telegraph the British Foreign Office what had
occurred and represent the urgency or Tie Poslon
THE TURKS PREPARING FOR MASSACRE.
letter TO The Times from Pcra dated the l1th inst,
says the excitement caused by the saonca affair has
not sbaed. party Of soitas yesterday paraGed the
streets OF stamboul, crying, Down with the Grand
yzler" The dedication Of the English Church.
which had been arranged for been indefinitely post
poned M the request oil the Right Hon H. g. Elliot the
British Embassidor who had consulted the Minister OF
Police the possible consequences OF tbe ceremony.
The sOftas have bee dissatisfied with the Government
ever the Trade of January and the acceptance OF
A..trs "a
place all religious denominations on an egtal footing
The nr't alarm felt here was occasioned by wei
founded report that sOtas and Mussulnan rOugs VINO
are ruled by them, were buying reyoiNer daggers ana
other weapons The Christians have teSorted To similar
precautions There l. no doubt meanwhile, That all our
speculation the pcr that tnreatens US ana oi tle
various by when we may attempt 70 avert H. con
tribute largely foster aud increase our uneasn ana
become themselves greatest an most real danger
TIE EXCITEMENT sUBSIDISG
In the House OF Lords tonight the Earl OF Derby
staed that Turkey had left nothing undone to secure the
punishment of the sllonca murderers He said II was
true that British squadron had been ordered to Bessk
Bay in consequence OF - communication from the British
Embassador at Cousantinople According 70 the latest
accouuts the excitement which undoubtedly existed
among the Mohamrcdans in Constantinople was much
allayed Lord Derby hoped the precautions "hch had
been taken would prove unnecessary
A coNSTANTINoPLE JOURNAL SUPPRESSED.
Times despatch from Constantinople by way OF
says outrageous article which appeared In The
LeraHt HeaH Oh Tuesday has caused great indignation
among tle ulploiniit DOul puDAO a' hS
The HeraM generally temperate and cautious, the IN
ycctivc is supposed have been inspired by Mldhat
Pasha or the anIussian party The Herald has been
suspended.
Tie news from Saonica Is somewhat reassuring. The
burial of tho murdered French and German Consuls
took lace on "wednesday. Adyices from Bulgaria In re-
card 10 tho disturbances there conflicting anL nm
Trustworthy Berlin dispatch 10 The FdH N0H Gd-eH.
say the measures taken by Turkey for The punishment OF
the Salonca assa-sins have given satisfaction here
The British uot in the Mediterranean has been ordered
t. sa.onica. British gunDOat has been sent to Con-
stautinople. -, oo, =. A..
AdyIcea from Bagdad state that from the 23d TO the
Goth OF APRIL inclusive, the deaths from the plague mum
brcd 399. Al ull during the same period they were
CoysTAxTINoPLE, Thursday, May Is, 1876.
Several additional French and Austrian me,i-ef-war
have arrived in the BJsphorus.
FRENCH AFFAIR