New-York tribune., 1878-06-08
DI7CoNrENT AT coNsrANTINopIE.
NEW BULGARIA.

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RULE-QUARRELs OF THE RACEs-rHE GREEK
CnURCu--A CENSUS or TIE INHABITANTs OF
TIE NEW PRINCRAIITY TO BE TAKEN.
frRoN An OCCASIONAL coEREsPON DENT TRIEUNE.i
CoNsTANriNorLE, May 0.--The reorganization
of government in Bulgaria plunges the Rus
slams into difficulty at every step. The pop
uaton Is in respect homogeneous. This
ASPECT OF the situation Is the most dangerous one
II Russia has another war before her. this loose
iointed, overgrown new Bulgaria may at any mo-
ment dy TO pieces So the whole effort of the Rus
slams is directed to the work of gaining hold upon
all the various peoples. The Bulgarians must be
rened in without alternating them, the Greeks
hum0red the Turks protected, and all classes
governed Justly. The officials
whelmed with the law cases brought before
them and the petty complaints from every village.
The presence OF a Christian judge acts upon these
people like the presence Of physician in village.
Every one fancies he has some ailment, and among
them all the old complicated cases which have been
given up i'm despair come to light again. The Rus
slams refuse TO examine any lawsuit which had
origin before the 1st of January of this year. Such
affairs must await the formation of regular courts.
There are enough new quarrels to make every one
busy.
On the other hand the lower classes are much in
censed against the Russians by the reports Of new
Outrages on Moslems in Bulgaria, which are all, Of
course land 60 Russian malice. We have here then,
a divided upper-elass, small pro-Russian middle
class and large anti-Russian lower-eass of people
The KEY 10 the enigma of the Turkish policy proba
bly, is in the lack Of policy. The highest in che land
arc In as much Of quandary from day TO day as to
that which ought to be as the rest Of the world is
to that which Will be done.
The delicate situation Is rendered infinitely more
delicate by the quarrel between the Greek and Bull
garian Churches. Both have the same doctrines, and
practically the same ritual, and both are IN commu
nion withthe Russian State Church. The Bulgarians
once independent have been under the ecclesiasti-
cal Jurisdiction of the Great Patriarch of COnstan
tinople for many years until 1870. Then, by Gen
eral Ignatieh7s labors the Bulgarians were set of
under a separate hierarchy. For this the Bulga-
rians are styled schsmatcs by the Greek Patriarch
here If the Russians give too much favor
70 the Greek Church the Bulgarians will
resent it. If they favor the Bulgarian
Church the Greeks hint that they might be
led TO declare all Russia schismatic. This is no
light threat for the Patriarch of Constantinople
holds in direct and unbroken succession from the
Bishops of ConstantinOple of 1.500 years ago. The
Russians find that the attempt to cOnciliate both
parties is like walking among eggs. Probably it is
with a view to avoid the offence which member of
the Russian Church might easily give to one OF the
other party TO this church quarrel that the Car
has appointed Protestant General Governor of
Adrianople. Among the Bulgarians Of Sliven,
Gamboul Bazarjk Yeni Sagra, and other
places where the Mission of the Amer-
can Board has had ITS stations Protestants have
been selected for important local offices, perhaps for
the same reason. AT AdrianoDle there was great
rivalry between the Greeks and the Bugauans for
control of the Presidency of the Provincial Coun-
it,
ferred to the Grand Duke Nicholas to decide which
should have the Office The Grand luke repled
"Neither-let an Armenian be appointed" And
an Armenian it is who presides in that august
body. The earthquake of the 10Th was most severe
in the region of Nlcomedla. ms city was Often
destroyed by earthquake and rebuilt by the Roman
emperors. Many stone houses were badly damaged
by this earthquake. The wall OF the Custom House
fell over upon an adjoining morgue, mlnarets were
dislocated and other damage was done ln the VII
lagos southeast of Nicomedia many houses were
thrown down. About fifty lives were lost all told
The Russians in Bulgaria are making a census of
races The Greeks, however complain that the Of
fcials will not admit the validity of permanent
blood line. man may be a Greek and the son of
Greek may speak only Greek and belong to the
Greek Church yet if the family has lived three
generations within the limits assigned to Bulgaria,
by the Treaty OF San Stefano there Is no help lOr H.
They must 20 on the register as Bulgarians.
There is reaction in official quarters against Os-
man Pasha of PleYna. 1t is reported every morning
that he has been sent TO Bagdad or Arabia Petrea
or some other limbo for departed greatness, Some
one asked him the other day how it happened that
he WAS not made "Serasker" in the new Cabinet
MY work." said he, sis in the army at
the 'front.' not in the saloons Of the War
OBce.D Itls now urged against Osman Pasha that
he has been detected in preliminary steps looking
toward the overthrow of the Sultan and the en-
thronement Of the son of Abdul Aziz. This would
violate every rule Of justice among the Turks, and
doubt much the existence of such plot Ahmed