The New York herald., 1878-01-11

a CORRESPONDENT HAS AN lSTEEVlEW WITH
THE DISMISSED GENERAL-HE THINKS ENG
LANDS AID WILL NOT BE or ANY USE TO
TURKEY NOW.
Correspondence OF the London Times
CoysrASrisorLE, Dec Is, 1877.
You arc already aware Of tho fact that Mchomct All
Pacha has been recalled from the command OF tho
army At Kamar. Most OF us who have followed
Mehemet's fortunes during his briei campaign north
o Soda disposed TO look upon recall u very
serious bundcr on the part OF tho Turkish adminisra
tion aud tho moving influence In tho matter already
traceabfo TO suleinan Pacha. Between tho two gen.
erals lew who know them both Will be inclined To
draw any comparison. Mehcme. Ali has a right to
disdan intrigue. and Is certainly too proud to stoop
10 IT. and we who have known aud admired his frank
honesty, his calm and his skin In gonerasbp
all sorry TO lose him. Before l left
Sofa had an opportunity TOR long and interest
ing conversation with Mehcmct Ali Pacha found
him In great dismantiod house which had be-
ionsod TO the principal banker OF tho place. Its
had lcd from The face OF the approaching torn,
ana had cleared the long corridor great open hall
aud the loity chambers OF their furniture Tho
snow was wL.,c upon the trees winch tapped ut the
window panes OF the room Ia which Mchemct Ali had
quartcred himself, and tue aspect OF the apartment
itsclf just bare and winy that OF the garden
outside IL. Tho Pacha sat upon camp stool IN tho
contrc of tho uncarpetcd ioor Round the room ran
setteo OF pisn deal, nom which tho cushions OF the
places iragmeLts oil her OH crimson velvet pxuri-
onsncss hanging TO IT. Mchcmct All was scli.pos.
scsscd and cheerful
LArR.
lie conversed quite freely about his dismissal, about
his successor anu his Chances ana about the conduct
oil Europe before aud since tho beginning the
II was not possible to avoid notice VI unorced and
uncmbarrassed chccriunoss wlh which the dismissed
GsDerai met tue nortncason OF the unienL 10
at no pans 10 Justify himself, but ho sad TO me- al
have now been here for thirteen days, and
l was orig nally sct In cont nd oil an army
u xl-
tom IL Was, indeed no army at ali. but
mere congcres OF ualalions not yet formed into ros
monts. OnehalI my troops were untrustworthy aud
untraned and wcro source Of pauic to the trained
aud othorwse trus, worthy halt. had tho greatest
conndeDto IN my old regulars and la the Bosnian rog
menIs The Mustahnz arc tor t. most part bald
headed and elderly gentlemen, who suffer from hernia.
Nhsn hrst saw them IN .ction they engaged in
disposition which had not ordered and which had
no power TO control bciorc they ran away. have not
done much since then, but have done what could"
la the course OF after conversation he expressed
belief ~ the thorough soundness OF his Bosnians
and spoke of them IN terms OF warm affection. lilo
not nj all inclined to believe that the Russians
would ind the iaking OF tho ksmari heights SO easy
business as some OF Us had seemed TO faDcy and he
confident that Shakir Pacha would hght tho mat
out with conspicuous courage. These topics
on which he spoke without reserve, but he was oD-
vously not eager talk about tben while be talked
NJ length aud with much animation political affairs.
England he told mo, had lost all her old aut hority
ana her old Continental influence by her conduct dur
ing the present war too late for her TO dream
oi doing nything now Tor Turkeys bcnolt, what
ever sho might hopo TO do to rciurDish hor own
glory.
'wnAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
''You might land 60 O0O men at once sold Mohomct
All, ''and IN month or two 1900 more, aud you
might possibly bring from lndia equal Der, aud
30 throw INTO the Held hDal f0rcc OF l2VOOO men.
Now, such force would hsvo boon Invaluable a. an
ndJunct, altogether apart from the spiencId moral
support Engand could havo rendered us but ain not
disposed TO think that such a force will be able to
stand against the Russian armies wben we--who
would nave fought sido BY sido with Engana-are ex-
haustcd. phc true issues OF this war, and the true
motives OF Russia In making u, have teon strangely
misunderstood % naV
been silent have known groat doal than those