New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-26
iHE ASPECT OF THE TURKISH CAPITAL.

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MAHuoUD pASIIA AssAuLD IL PUBLIC PLAcAEDs-
III, INFLUENCE U>DPARED-wHEAr SCARCE
Al Observation-Disclosures EFfOEIs TO
RAISE TROOPS AND MONEY.
rFRoM A REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRiRrSE..
CoSsrANrNopLE, NOV. IA numb )i placarl-
are posted almost every night on c doors ".
mosques by dissatisfied Turks, and the Government d.
much annoyed because it cannot detect the authors
of them. The piacarls are commonly aimed at
Nahmoud Damad Pasha, but often hint at need OF
changes in Yet higher quarters. Last year such
loiues would have thrown the city ldto Wild panic
of fear but the serenity of the Christians at this
time is marvellous. IL IS due to keen
appreciation of the divisions which must
ur.yeut the fruition of secret plottngs of the
Turks The Government Is less serene thah the
people for the discomfort reappcars after every AT
tempt TO soothe or to crush IT, To-day the Ministry
have issued ponderous proclamation threatening
with death all those who are caught posting pla-
cards or circulating dcfamatory tales IN regard 70
percentages of high rank who are cXerting Their
whole strength in disintcrested efforts to save the
couutry.7 This proclamation blames Russian IN
tugue for the annoyance which 1t reprobates' the
object being to prevent the SULTAN from carrying on
war with success. or from making peace with honor
The immediate cause of the new attacks on Main
moud Pasha is the current idea that he iavoTs peace
Moreover he Is Enthusiastically gaining in power
since the msfortunes of the armies have enabled MN
TO say " told you So" He had the Shelk nj Islam
removed some time ago, aud tins week ne mas
had a personal friend, llamdi Pasha, made
Minister Of the Interior, aud personal enc
my. Munif Eifendi, removed from the Minis
try of Public Instruction, although he hlled
the Office efficiently. Moreover he has had
All of NIIlhat Pashas old servants arrested and sent
~ oin those of the cX-Sutan Murad. For thirty-Sx
hours last week the city breathed freely. Main
mould Pasha rumor said, had been poisoned lneh
the tale of the poisoning gave place to another
which made HIM the victim Of fatal Illness re-
ceiyed word directly from the Understanding OF
Foreign Affairs that Mahmoud Pasha had been
stricken with paralysis But the next morning.
early. Mahmoud appeared on the streets again. All
of the stories were absolutely without foundation.
One day the Pasha did not appear at his ONCE ana
the whole series of rumOrs arose from this TACT
A new orler in council says that, whereas certain
newspapers have made themselves the vehicles OF
news of false and sensational character, the news
paper which henceforth publishes any news calcu-
lated To trouble the people, shall be suppressed
The pertinent question might be asked, whether
this order is to be interpreted by the editor Oh hy the
police. But nobody cares to ask the question: a.
this Is the third unTepeaed order OF the same class
issued within three months, ana every c"i'oi >h'"9
that by carefully manipulating his war news Tor
three OF four DAYS, he will escape and the censos
will again relax vigilance The law of Turk lasts
three days.
Wheat Is becoming scarce. The price OF bread Is
6ved bv Government. and the bakers have just been
officially authorized 10 diminish the weight Of the
oayes by one-clghth in order to avoid adding to the
price again. The people are expected not to notice
the difference in size, whereas they might be irr
tated by an advance price, and attack the bakers
shops. There Is plenty OF wheat III the country but
it is almost impossible to get 1t to the seaboard
| letter from Conia-the ancient lconlum-in
! forms me that prices are rather lower there
than usual Bread which here is four anC
| a half piastrcs sells there for three-fourths of
piastre per oke 2.S2 ib But Coma is in the hear
of Asia Minor, 200 miles from any seaport
and wheat cannot be brought on horseback to th
seaeoast. nor can it be carried TO the army. Tn
| stock OF wheat in Constantinople has been 80 CON
pletely exhausted that Government has removes