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The Government Of the Sui us
contend not only with the Mosques an
the streets, as in the old times, but wi,
the new Assembly which has been calle
into existence by Sultan Abdul Hami
himself. Midhat Pasha may congratulate
himself in his Punishment that his Cham
Der Of Deputies makes its influence felt
though not precisely in the manner he ex
pected. The Chamber has Of late become
the rallying point Of Mosleua discsntent
and it looks very much as if the same fate
were in store for it as for its Partisan pro.
totype, with this difference, that the Turk.
ish Assembly would never come together
again. The Ottoman Constitution was
devised and set in motion for diepmatic
purposes; these have been frustraled; and
the object Of it its barely tolerated exist.
ence has ceased to exist. The more ener:
getic Deputies, havingho practical author
itv, are gradually tempted more and more
into the path of fault finding and obstruc.
ton and the Chamber, having no real
support in the country, where the elections
were mere pretense, will probably expia,e
the imprudencs of its orators by a death
blow at the hands of power. The Chamber
Joined in the opinion Of the Sofas that the
seraskier ought to be with the army, there
were interpretations without end after the
fashion Of French Legislatures, and at
last the Deputies began to sit with closed
doors and to dictate the conduct of the
war from their benches.
A notable fact with respect to the Cham.
Der is that it is now practically as much a
Mohammedan assemblage as any delesa.
tion Of the Schas themselves, 1t will be
remembered that when the Constitution
was promulgated it was represented az
opening the new epoch of concilia,iou In
the Empire, and assuring to the Christian
races their full rights as Ottomans. There
was certain plausibii,y in the arguments
which distinguished the last act of the I'm.
perlal authority from the HATS and Fir.
mans Of former times and, moreover tho
necessities Of the State and the rude ,cs
sons 1t had received made change of so.
,lal relations possible. For a time some
II the Christians, even among the Greeks
we're for giving the Constitution trio,
md working it for the general advantage
They we're more predisposed to the At
empt since they shared the illusions prev.
,ient In this country, that the Russian.
nrank for war, deferred by their financial {
nd military weakness and the bold aui.
nde OF the Porte. The issue has dissina.
ID any hopes of equality or fraternity
'rmed by the Christians.
These have found tina. they were at the
lercy OF Mohammedan majority that
o4sessed power and social supremacy, and
as determined to keep them. The prrs;.
ent, Ahmed Vekf Pasha, though pr..
ninently the enlightened Turk, made
lis plain in his whole demeauor and l,n
lage. But the crucial test was furnished
the vilayets-this is, on the admipis,ra.
90 Of the Provinces. That measure of
ln'sterlal origin, provided that the local
ouncils should consist half of Mobammo
ms and half of non Mohamneda,,s what.
'er the number of the inhabitants in tho
strict represented. If only tenth par, :
ere Mohammekans, as is the case in some :
aces, that tenth would balance the o,ber
ne-ten'hs in The Council. and if through
9 divisions of its opponents it could
Ing over a single member, it would
sses a majority. Thus on The yerv 7
ink OF war occasioned by the opp,es. 1
ID OF a religious caste, and in face of tn.
sitive enactments Of the Constitution :
zee 'nccrrigible Turks Deliberately r..
serted the supremacy Of tLeir own p-onle S
the sutJec,ion Of The Christians !,
every province Of The Empire. Til. I!
'risilan members protes; ed, but in vain
ley we're ou,voted and silsnced.
his shows conclusiv-ly that no hone i
he expected from the Turk, that the
rlsslans are to be alone enfranchised by s
. Sword Of the Russ.