, 1877-06-02

Va 49,
Ali, the pasha Of Jaoina 10 Ajbonia, was
commonly known us the tiger pasha"
from his ferocitY, and the "uld tom"
from his great courage an vigOur, His
history is more like a wild rnmance than a
narrative Of real life. lie was ut fist a
robber as tho head of a few gueriIlas
than a bandit upon a larger sclIe alter his
boIdness and ferocjty hal woa for lin
o government ; aud Gla,Iy, Ey piIIa3iug
Aod slaughteI!ag Ia every direction 10
enlarge bis territory, he rose to the rank
OF az Inferior European potenta.e, and
virtually ruled the greater part Of CONT
mental Greece and Epirus. Great BritajN,
Fr0rce, and Russia, had diplomatic
agents at his court, and entered
into negotiation with him." It took
the Ottoman Porte two yrnrs TO force
this formidable subject 10 q surrender. In
still later times the Poft3 has been on the
verge of oyer>hr0w Ivy one Of It's own stub
jec3s, the famous Mehenot (Nohammed) All,
Viceroy of Egypt. This ambitious
prince, taking advantage OF Tho weakness
Of the empire, after The Gree6 revolution
and the war of1829 wiki Russia, resolved
to erect his government iuto an i|ndepen-
dent hereditary kingdom. Part ct his
scheme was to depose the Sultan NAH
moud II, who was unpopular with the
f%anatical party on account o. some reforms
which he had introduced into his empire
from the Western nations. Mehemet first
found q ground Ofquarrsl with tbs Pasha
otSyria, and invaded that country ia 1882
with a large nrny, drilled and armed in the
European fashion. The Sultan issued his
tirmsn commanding both the belIigereuts
to lay down their arms, and address their
complaints to himself Instead Of regarding
this order, which he well knew tho Sultan
was Powerless to %enforce, Mehemet marca-
cd into Asia Minor, deteated the Turkish
troops near lcOnlum, and advanced to Bru-
ga. Ills whole army was within three days
march OF tue Bosphorus, ard the Sultan in
despair appealed to Russia, so lately his
active enemy, for help. A Ius>ia squad
ron guarded the BoSphoros, and Rus.ian
troops were posted on the bills ~opposi.e tho
capital. Mehemet, thus checked. ubln-
doned his enterprise on receiving the
addition oi Syria to his Viceroyalty. Rms.
STA was PAID by an agreement to close the
DOrdaneIies to oil her cuemics tor ten
years.
The Egyptian Vicnroy did not remain
content with the rcsuIts Of the contest. In
1880 no declared that Egypt would no
longer pay tribute to The Sultan, aud a
war followed, in which not only were the
Sultnn's troops defeated, but his cause was
abandoned by the admiral OF the feet, who
deserted and sailed away with ali his ships
10 Alexandria. The European powers
then lnterfered by blockadi0g Alexandria
md selzlng the coast ofSyril. This brought
Mehemet To terms, and a treaty was con
cluded, by which, the Zee, was to be given
up, while tho government Of Egypt was
made hereditary in the family Of the Pa>ha
on condition Of their paying an annual
tribute to the Porte.
After reading ouch eccounts as the
foregoing, it is no longer difficult to per-
ceivo that thu very existence Of the
Turkish empirs is dependent on The
interests and goodwill Of the European
Powers. We understand perfectly why
the Emperor Nicholas should have spoken
OF tho Porte As the "sick man., aud we
may readily suppose that the statesmen of
Europe arc very jealous who shall get the
old mans fortune at his decease. Hence
it is that Mr.. Sala's American friend could
speak OF Turkey as d" bone ~, but ga bone