New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-12

| the people. The people found support IN the
thought lately often repeated, "When peace Is mn
ished and the Russians are gone we SHALL se,tie &C.
counts with the Ministers of the sultan But inc
summary expulsion from the city of tho leaders OF
| the Left, and the arrest and imprisonment as II
guilty. of Suleiman Risha have stirred the people
to strong dissatisfaction aud now, patrols are walk
ing the streets continually to break up Knots Oh
sidewalk takers and throttle any incipent dlst'rp-
ance.
The real cause of the propagation of Parliament is
its attitude toward Reouf Pasha on his quarrel
with Sueiman. But the fierce discussions about
Bash-Bazouks and Crcassians, which brought the
deputies almost at each others threats, was the pre-
text and the frankness of criticism the operations
of the Ministry the occasion. In the great
council which discussed mode OF escape
key was placed as a buffer between England and
Russia, several deputies expressed their minds eciy
to the effect that the disasters of the country were
largely due to men who nave been retained IN Inc
Ministry in spite of the continual opposition OF the
people. But one old gentleman who, being from
Damascus does not know Turkish, wished very
do 50 in, the few words he did know.
He burted out Nothing the Sultan
does succeeds the people are discontented| Inns
the truth in the minds Of several, but all were
agbast at it's coming out III the bold livery OF
small vocabulary 1t is said that the Sultan was
speeches. for moments, and when he recovered
breath it was to saw Get it out of the way" which
being understood TO refer to the Chamber OF Depu-
! ties translated into IA proclamation that the
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their abOIs yet obliged TO proroguc the session
month before the time. owing to the tronbeI OF
the political situation which prevent the Chamber
from performing all its duties.
THE STRIFE BETWEEN REOUF AND sULEIMAN.
The affair between ReOuf and Suleiman has all
the characteristics of deadly struggle, and one OF
the two viii probably go down for all time. Sule-
man Pasha's case Is that Reouf az Minister OF War
has twartcd him at all points with view of graft
flying personal hate and professional Jealousy. lie
even declares that Reouf left him at Sophia
for five days without information of the fail
of Shpka, and thus caused the destruction
OF the army. Reouf Pasbas case Is that Snlelnlan
consumed b. lust for place, planned his campaigns
with The view of monOpozlng all the rcnow1 winch
wOId attend success He saws Sulclman refused 10
cooperate with Nehemct Ali when cooperation
would have sent the Russians back 10 KOumana;
that he refused to aid OSman, at Pleyna, tor fear
OSman would he appointed Serasker; ana
that at last, when Reouf was made ScIa5-
kerr Sulcman wilfully threw away his army
with 200 guns' from sheer spite: Both Gcn9F i
leve in him, and they hate Re0uf. VINO is CircGs-
sian.
The question of the Circassans nearly disrupted
the Chamber of Deputies. The Greek deputies i'll
troduced charges of massacre IN the region of Vze
-massacrcs, by the way. of which | have not
spoken, because it il utterly impossible to find any
man who il direct witness, or TO find any two i'll
direct witnesses who agree within hundreds in tell
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to say that the Circassians descended on
number of Greek villages near the Black Sea-
and killed, burned and destroyed. 10 is
said thai some people who took refuge III cave
were stiiled by the Crcas>ians with sulphur fumes
| These reports We're brought up IN the Chamber Of
| Deputies. and at first the Turkish members adj
| vanccd the plea that. ia Crcassians are Mosieis
| and AZ such crimes are prohibited Dy the Rowan,
! therefore the CircaSSlans cannot have done
| the deed his proved rather thin shelter
against the lively attack, OF other deputies, aud
the Moslem deputies then declared that the authors
of the crimes Bulglrians dressed III Clrcassilh
| clothes The Circas-ians have been thlnned odt III
tins city, but making the roads dangerous III the
interior. curious incident Is related appropos OF
! Circassiau mountaineering. Turk was buying
two girls of a CirCaSsian In SCutarl the other DAY
! aud suspected that the goods were stolen. He III
formed the police, who tried TO communicate
with the girls, but could not understand
them. The police laid hands on the nearest
/ Bulgarian and brought HIM forward to determine II
! tho language spoken were Bulgarian, when ii
turned out that the girls were his own daughters:
| OF course the girls were sared, but equally, OF
| course the Circassian got OIL with curse or two
from the police officer. Every CircaSslan is related
10 a woman some PaSha's harein, or is related 20
/ a man who il related 10 such woman, and the
police have found that il is not safe to be too exact
| Ing. There was a sense of the needs of justice III
the remark of one of our papers the discussion IN
authors of the ourages are only let them he treated
with the severity due the Bu!9arians rather than
| the mildness due 10 CircaSslaiIs."
The Government is at its wits end about its paper
currency. The Treasury has about decided to re-
fuse paper money for postage stamps. Some one
suggested that such an act would send gold to 500,
| and the answer was that there Is no help for II.
! The Post Office cannot work for nothing, and the
| Treasury must have revenue.