New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-27
THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.

ny THE rURKs-A SEw-ENGLAND DINNER IN THE
TURKISH CAPITAL
IFROH 4 REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rNihuN"'i
CoNsr,NrIVoPLE, Nov. S0.-Mukhtar Pashas
army is being reinforced very rapidly by raw men,
and If the Russians delay much more he may yet
save ErzerUm. The MOsem men have been carried
off very generav from the districts adjoining Ere
run. aud even from Mesopoamia The European
amateur siratcgiSts have seriously advised the
Turks IN abandon Erzerum. and to recall Mukhtar
Pasha with his troops Europe, where the struggle
is mich more important than that IN ASIA. Inc
Turks, however regard the ASiatic campaign as OF
vital Importance. ASiatic Turkey Is the base OF
operations, the great stoTehOuse of men ana num-
tons The money which supports the American
factories of small arms and ammunition comes from
the vagesof Asia Minor. To Asiatic Turkey the sui
tan viii fee when shall arrive the unhappy day long
foretold of final extinction of Turkish power in
Europe Hence the great stress land by Turks npon
reinforcing Erzcrum. Voluntary contributions of
clothing and of money for MukhtaTs army are
collected with fixed bayOnets, and volunteers to
Gil the ranks are being forwarded to Erzerum hand
cnffed. One would suppose after sleh reverse IS
the battle Of Dcy6 Begun, on the 4th, that the
Turks could moi hope 10 stand at Erzcrum but the
failure Of the Russian attack on the 9th demon
strated Che reverse The forts of Er2rruin dominate
The plain between Deve Begun ard the city, but
shelter Tor advancing lines until within rifle range
of the forts. Tire Russian columns reached the
Ciacis of the Azize fort without losing man, and,
thanks to the darkness, they took the fort with
slight loss although the whole line OF Tarkish works
were belchIng out into the night ainlcas missiles
for general results The pyroicchnic display was
very fue. and the Russians enjoyed ii quite as much
a. the pauic-stricken inhabitants on the houSetops
Of the city. Ii was only after daybreak that the
Russians began 10 lose med. Thor nam losses
were IN the retreat and especially IN the massacre
OF the troops which had taken the Azlzie Tort ana
were left there unsupported.
The Russians sent some seventy wagons loaded
with Turkish wounded to Erzerum the other day
with General Hcymanu's compliments to Muhktar
Pasla and the MESSAGE, "lOu Kill my wounded;
here are yours. Send back the wagons, as need
them" The wagons were all sent back after us
charging their load, and the drivers Armenian VII
Layers made no cOnceanelt Of their joy at being
released, for the Russians pay cash Tor al "ofh'
while the Turks ply only curses. General hemtali'
the English military attach6 at Muhktar Pasha'o
headquarters will shortly learn wariness in progos-
ticatou. IL June lac telceTaphed, The game IL up
with the Turks" In August he tclegTsphcd, " The
Russians can do no more this year." After the bat
tie of Dove Boyuu he declared that Erzcrum was
lost, ard ne He'd IN hot haste 20 BaIburt that same
night After a week, finding hat tine CONsacks were
no, after him, and that lluhktar still at Ere
rum, ne returned 10 that city.
This louc-sut,rug city of ConstIutinople has been
AGAIN hoaxrd. A Crcassian brought the story to
Orchau,c ihlt Csman Pa,ha had made his way ont
of P.,yua ON the north. As heard the story from
the English legation. ] supposed it to be true. But
the Ttr,s row dcrounce tbc Circa>sian a lar and
we are AGAIN reduced 10 hearing on alternate DAYS
that PcTul ami IIztrun IN Russian hands. The
mutt Of lies which have com" 20 MS IN tho gifb
OF truth is marvellous. and cannot refrain from
recalling the mild establishment with which We r.
ceiytd oar first way canatl last May. II vas about
Hobart Pa,ha, who was sail to have been blown up
bya Ru,sinn torpedo, AMI while the obs and the
SANS were s,iil on our lips, hc himself put in an
appearance.
The Satan has ordered Christians to he received !
into ihc Home Guard winch 10 bc used for The de-
fence Of cities. The 400 years of deprivation from |
military service has lei 90 a shrinking from the |
DANCERS Of aruy ufc quite unuo!igi5e 20 foreign /
crs and tie Christians almost ready % refuse 10
bear arms again. although Government guarau- |
fees .har they VIII not hr sent the front. The re-
fusal j. h.ni folly. for thc M'-eus al armed !
and ORGANIZED. Will. DE Christians have no arms
ami do BOO. know how to at toseihcr. They ,vou!d !
now Doc l. pe>s DOB ease oi Noslcm 0GjbrcaE. If /
they Wpuil join tlt Home Guard They would be alb !
so.utr'y safe from such VOL noe.
Ria Paela Senator eft the Empire died last week. |
lie wa. ouc Of tie small rvvne ere" o'3-time |
Turks ilr richest Oi iltc iasld~, AS Nt.itD was /
nearly All the result Of peculaou. During the !
Crmcau war Doe drew tie psy and enolgmcits Of an /
army corps which d,d not exist Ten millions Of
dollar, were his profits his little transactions in
the years s54-5G, for he greater than Tweed.
Ria Pa-lia was born during the reign of Mustapha |
w. and lad been an intimate friend and adviser OF |
five successive Sutaus. lie was Chamberlain Of !
the Palace when Sultan Mahmoud ii. de- /
stroyed the JausSarics. and after MahmOuds !
death he succeeded the sultan in the az /
fectous oi the favorite Suitaua, mother to Sultan
Abdul M,jld and grandmother Of the present Sui |
tan. The protection Of the Sultans mother was a |
power which no combination could break. although !
Ria Iasha repeat eddy proved guilty of malfaa-
sauce Office Even Lord StTatfOrd de Rcdclihe,
the grclt English Ambassador found Ria Pa, la
foe whom Lt could hardly CTCImNtut. The changes |
which Rla Pasla saw IN IuIkc, may be Illustrated |
by the tact that when he entered public life a for
eigner coJld not enter the streets of StambOul
proper without a guard, while within Six years he |
had the Chagrn OF seeing a party Of Americans |
overcome ms violent rcsiS dnce and build "a Bible
House directly opposite his palace in StambOul, |
and within nifty feet OF The windows where the la
dies OF his uarcm iattcu their pretty noses the !
glass watching the passers-by III the street. When /
RIA Pasba entered public life It under a Sultan |
who had tue privilege of killing fourteen Of his sun
jecis every day without trial, and who exercised !
TO confer the celestial blessing Of mdrtyrd0m /
on officials whose terrestrial record did not |
pleas him. RIA Pdsha remarked, only a |
few DAYS ago, that thcTe is no hope of stop
ping the pre- mt war until nj least 10000 Giaours |
have been killed. lie was rampant for War. and vet |
n is doubtful whether be gave 800 for war |
purposes. lac people called him Russian and a |
nggard, and be died wealthy nobody. regretted by |
few.
The Gcshoffs have been released at last and are |
established n their own home. They ascribe their |