New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-09

But this is only one form of loss which the revenues
of Turkey suffers. Every funct.Onary is expected
tn make "A liberal percentage on Government money
passing through his hands. and above all
salaries or pensions. Clerks with salary Of 300
month buy houses and lands. aud sst mp their car
riage. Embezzement is simpIihed by the Lack OF
any general audit of accounts. Each department
heps itself 10 what funds reach for I's regu-
lar expenses, often possessing By ancient usage the
exclusive control Of certain revenues which IN no
way pass under Treasury supervision. Al! Treasury
accounts wi 4 the provinces are complicated Dy
hopeless confusion Il collection and payment. The
taxes, ins cad of being turned into the treasury rs
received are drawn upon in each province for sal
aries If officials. Moreover. no two officials draw
pay to the same date. Every man has his separate
pay roll and every day Of the month is pay day Tor
somebody. better system for defying audit
could hardly have been devised. There is
no hope II increasing the revenue by the devel-
Opment of industries. Whatever the Fina7ce Nun
lister NAV desire, the officials throughout the Empire
put every obstacle in the way OF industrial enter
prises. A man cannot erect factory without spe-
clal authority from the Sultan. obtained AFTER
months Of waiting, and after paying vast sums 10f
the favor of men who are IN a position 70 prevent
the success 81 his aDpiicaton After the factory Is
erected il il liable To be closed any day the whlm
of some petty official who considers il only means
of blackmall for his own advantage. Trade IN ln-
ternal mann features subjected a variety Of I'M
posts. amounting to cent or 10 per cent IN the
aggregate. The people are Impoverished by con
slant demands for taxes and are utterly at the
mercy of local functl0uarics that they often pay
their taxes two or three times over every new set
OF officials making new demands for arrears OF
taxes long paid Up. 1t naturally results from such
circumstances that the revenue actually paid INTO
the Treasury yearly less amount, and the abli-
iy OF the land TO bear taxation Is every year less III
degree.
THE UNREST IL ROUMTLIA
The most pressing political question of the day
after the finances, is perhaps, that Of East Rou-
meiia. The question of peace for Turkey hangs on
the peaceful organization of tins province. But
Aleko Pacha, the new Governor, hardly seems the
man for the place He went boldly forth from
Constantinople with Turkish fl, on his head and
a Turkish flag in his portmantean. before he
reached PhilIppOpolis he had been frightened INTO
hiding his fez cap. When the day for his formal
inauguration came he had prepared colossal nag
staff for use in the solemn ceremony Of restoring
the crescent and star to its ancient position. But
the Bulgarians were so excited on the subject that
be dared not show the Turkish col0rs and the large
fagless staff breaches to all corners the strength
Of the people and the weakness Of their
ran Cathedral on his arrival and lost the
love Of the Greeks. He then pad his duty 70
the Greek bishop, went TO their church, talked 10
them II Greek. aud thus mOTtally offended the Bul-
garIan-. Every one vs. no comes from PhiHppop0iis
brings the same testimony OF unrest among the Peo-
pie The political future of East ROumeiia Is under
stood To be sill undecided More and more the I'M
preston prevails here that II uTAeN had :. las
chance Of reconstruction offered her by the Treaty
of Berlin she mas lost 10. Nothing now remains but
q fresh appcai 90 arms and fun and hnSl dealing
with the Eastern question by Europe. ct course
painful efforts 20 keep the peace wll continue Per
haps the new laws of Eastern ROunslia may actu-
ailv 20 INFO operation. Bins m spite OF such mOmen-
tarv success IN producing quiet the impression
everywhere zlius ground that the quiet is but an
armlstIce and the prelude 10 yet greater blood
shed.