New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-25
ALARM AT CoNSTANTNOPLE.

SULTAN MURAD's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AR
RESTED AT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES CHRISTIANS
AND MOsLFMs DIsTRUsTFUL-THE GREEKS MIS-
REPRESENTATIVE BULGARIAN ATROCITIES
EoUMANIAs DEMANDS.
lPRoN AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUSEl
CoNsrANTI,opun Tuly IN T'neaSE.Sli"H ~"
head that wears a crown" may well be SAID Oh MS
Imperial Majesty Murad V. 1t would have been a.
most beyond the range of possibility for any monarch
to have entered upon his career as ruler under less
auspicious circumstances With an instruction
daily assuming greater proportions, ana Wlln
rrecedent before him of how suddenly an en'iie
change of the personnel of the Government can DC
effected in this cOuntry-which IL cannot DC
denied is in a state of absolute bankruptcy-the
new Sultan's position was not an enylaDle one MOI
has it in any way improved since his accession to
the throne and it is therefore matter OF no sur
nrise that His Majesty is in state Of indlsposluon
which causes his Ministers a great deal OF anxiety
Accustomed by his forced confinement, TO lead
most retired fe the sudden change in his POSITION
and the cares and responsibilities OF Government
that have fallen upon him. have resulted in mental
and pbysical weakness, which from day TO day has
caused the postpOnement OF the installation eele-
uony which has now been deferred sine d'e. In inc
mean time the effect of the war is gradually being
felt in Constantinope, where signs OF the hatred OIL
the Moslems toward the Christians are not wanting
and the more timid of the latter even appear to ell
,rtain fears of general massacre of the Christians
taking Mace At present, however, these fears arc
almost proundless so far as have as yet been able
20 observe The daily papers are full OF accounts Oh
plots conspiraces and intrigues, some OF when are
without doubt pure inventions, While there Is grave
reason to believe that Others, although perhaps
somewhat exaggerated, are at least founded upon
fact. For instance, band of ncendlarIes was ar
rested on Tuesday, whose intention II was 10 nave
set fire simultaneously to the whole Of the pretty
little Christian villages situated along the banks OIL
the Bosphorus. Some idea Of the fears of massacre
of the Christian population, which are entertained
by the Inhabitants of the villages alluded to, may be
gained from the following incident: Three days
since runor gained currency that a number of
Basli-Dazouks and Turkish volunteers had made a
raid upon the village of YeDykeni, few miles from
ConstautinOple several Outrages and murders were
said 10 have been committed, and the population had
fed from the place for their lives, leaving every
thing beh nd them. This appeared 10 be generally
believed for some hours, until it was proved to be
without foundation, at least had Its origin IN
circumstance which would be almost amusing, dld
II not show the universal impression among the
Greeks and Armenans that there /: possibility If
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hot PROBABILITY OF the scenes -. horror anu raplhe
~ recently enacted in the neighborhood OF Phihp-
popolis being repeated here. 1t appears tha'
q painter had been engaged to repalnt the
door of the school at Yenykeni, and that
before beginning his work, the man-who was a
Turk and wore a green turban, marking his descent
from the prophctsdrew his knife for the purpose OF
scraping away some of the old paint. The action
was observed by some of the junior scholars, who
raised a cry of alarm that the Sofas were come Ia
murder them. The alarm spread over the village
Immediately and the report assumed the proper
tions given above the poor painter who was the in
nocent cause of the affair being much frightened
as any one Ii is fortunate that the occurrence took
place in village where the number Of Mohalnme
dams, az compared with Christians, is comparatively
small. Had the reverse been the case, serious re
suits might possibly have ensued, for the Turklsi
troops, on duty or off duty are always furnished
with their side-arms, and many OF them with PTS
tola; and supposing that the signal had been giyei
by their comrades, they would have doubtless par
tcipatcd in the cruel work. merely call attention
to these occurrences to show the feelings which ex
list in ConstantinOple between MOslens and Chris
tians, and do not wish to imply that the situation il
really as grave ~ some Of tho Greeks here Will
whom have spoken would lead me to suppose
TO anticipate sventsis impossible; one cannot sur