New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-23

packed off with 70, 500 in his pocket on one of the
Sultan's yachts bound for, according to different
authorities Mytilene, Syra or Brindsi. Nobody
seems to have thought Of the bottom of the sea as
his still more probable destination. HIS fall, we
are assured by this cheerful young man, will check
no reforms, the Sultan being determined to carry
ont the Constitution in its fullest spirit.
You will notice how admirably all this is adapted
for English consumption. The less astue colleagues
of It's author have let out good deal more of what
will venture to call the truth-frOm their point of
view There is great and general dismay at Mid
hats dismissal" teleCraphs one, adding that
perenced politicians believe il will completely upset
the programme of reform. MY own very earnest
feeling says another, lis that a great misfortune
has befallen Turkey and that her best friends must
now give up all hope of her" Quite in the tone of
this latter sentence is the discussion to which the
leading Tory paper of London treats its readers this
morning. Midhat was :" the ablest, most popular.
and most enlightened of Turkish statesmen" If
such a man las been dismissed in consequence of
Palace intrigue then Turkey is past praying for"
Sill more emphatcay: If the Sultan is so fatuous
that at the most critical juncture, perhaps, in the
history of his Empire, he has sent into
exile the only who, As far as one
can Judge, is capable Of steering the bark of state
into safety and has done so mt the instgatOn of
eunuchs, women, and tatteTeTs, the House Of 9th
man is evidently doomed This shows the incon-
veuirncc of a GOODNESS between your leading Tory
paper and the head Of the Tory Government. The
rash man who wrote this might, had he been on bet
ter terms in Whitehall have been inspired TO write
something very different The Tories cannot afford
to throw the Turks in this way. The dismissal
Of Nldhat is almost a tastrophe for them, happen
ing as it does on the eve of the meeting of Parha-
mcnt. Their true line, of course, and the one Lord
Bcacousfeld can scarcely avoid taking, is the
line Of the clever correspondent | first quoted
Midhat has gone down, not because lie
was 100 liberal, hut because he not liberal
enough and the Sultan is liberal than he. This
is the note the Grand Yizer Edhem Pasha, has al
ready sounded. He has, If We may believe one dis
patch assured every one OF Turkeys desire 10 carry
out the reforms already commenced, and her deter
mnation to maintain the principles of the ConStlu-
tIon You viii hear the echo Of this IN day two,
all over England. To that point has the policy OF
Lord Belcousfeld brought his party; that they must
take their watchworJs and catchwords from
Constautiuople. None the less heartily viii they
preach his gospel, and with none the less tn
umph point to the fall of Midhat 4 proof OF the
ascendcncy Of free institutions in Turkey.
What Europ. really wants TO know, however is
not whether the Torres Of England viii gain or lose
by this change. but whether it means peace or war.
On the face Of IT, y j, point scored for Russia her
most bitter enemy is out OF the way and there Is
not much difficulty in believing that what are called
Russian utr.gucs promoted Midhat', removal. Gen.
Ignatiehs name comes 20 the front at once. Moth
ing can happen at Constantinoplc in which that
arth-diplomatIst has not a hand. But Will Edhem
he more piiablc or sensible than Midhatf Or was
Edhcm's appointment intended by the Russians
when they helped to get rid of Midhat! These are
conundrums easy to ask. impossible % answer OF
Edlrm himself little Is known in London.
The Germans, with their usual luck IN
such matters, know more about him than
ANYBODY else He was Turkish ambassador in Bcr-
lin till summoned by lldhat to CoustantinoPIe 10
take part in the Conference. At the Conference he
soon earned a reputation for impudence. 1t was he
who observed that The Bulgarian massaccrs were no
worse than the uaSSaccr of -. Bartholomew, which
brought down or him the retOrt Of Count Bourgoing
the French Minister that st. Bartholomew occurred
500 years ago and Bulgaria only yesterday, and
that. whatever might have been done in the past
he. Count Bourgony. mad the honor to represent
people who at present do not murder cOnsuls or
sassiuate witnesses OF the ministry, the Grand
ViZler executed. not much Is known. Their names
cries one correspondent IN despair. mean nothing
The best known of those who call I'd to power Is
perhaps Sady. Pasha. the Turkish representative at
Plris one Of the clcyeret and least scrupulous Of
clever and INSCRIPTIONS caste.
Ill felt obliged to express at this early moment
any opinion As the European effect OF the minis
teria transformation III Constantnoplc, should say
il can hardly be very important The causes which
lie at the root of the hostility between Europe and
Turkey are far too deep TO be much influenced by
change from one Grand Nizer TO another The
ruling power in Turkey remains the same; it is the
Pasbas and there never will be any real reform so
long as they rule. Their power and the riches which
+I.,- acorire bv mower rest upon despOtc tyranny,
extorton, corruption, systematic cruelty, and sys-
terpatic perpetuation of hatred between the races
which compose the empire. They will never permit
any real equality between Christian and Mussul-
man. They will fight rather than endure European
suDervlsion or control for European supervision in
its most modified form wOuld mean the suppression
of tbe abuses on which they tllrve-the practical
destruction of their own power. Ii Is idle to talk
of public opinion in Turkey in the sense in which II
Is understood in Europe or America; or 10 expect to
Influence il bv such methods are IN use here; or
to control the Government by an appeal To 1t.
Neither with the downfall of Midhat or the elevation
of Edhem had public opinion anything to d0 Inc
new Constitution is neither popular nor unpopular
and the direct causes of the Sultans sudden action
are not to be sought within that document nor IN
close connection with it, WeshallnOt get close 10
the real facts so long as we allow ourselves to be
imposed upon by any such pretenses.
There are later dispatches from Constantnople
this afternoon. but they are official seni-of1cia!,
and hence add little to orr information. There is no
cose for surprise that the Sultan should desire to
keen ND his Constitutional farce hong 1t amuses
snvbody. 1t has proved most useful in obstructlng
Europcau efforts at real reforms, and well may he
ocornmcnd 10 his new Nizier in the most pressing
manner 10 carry out its principles and sututions
,Tts assurance comes to us in several forms; DIS