, 1879-06-14
THE HAT AND THE FEZ.

How tho Turkish Governor. Alekn pasha.
nIale a Cowhr,lly Cotnproinlse.
London saturday l7trtt'c. Msv ii.
Attached Us the Sultan IL to the fox, the Bull
gartans uro no less fond Of tho tall European
hat. They do not wear 1t themselves, they know
better, but they regard II Is the symbol ot pc
cunlary honesty, European Ideas, aud tue tuArrl.
Of civilization. II Sir Drummond Wolf aud
Lord Douoaghmorc worc tall bats during their
Official visit TO Eastern Roulneta, It Is easy for
Engfaamen to understand the ruspcct paid 10 o.tr
national covering. Uncasy Is tho head tl,at wears
hut, especially tn hot weather; but the wcarcr
Is not lalse, greedy, and extortlonase. Thus tho
Bulgurians reason with suppressed promise
about the wcarpr Of tho fez. Mauy recent
writers hare tuxcd the Bulgarans with want OF
feeling u,Hl want Ut gratitude, and NIL observers
have assured us tfat the dominion Ut the fez was
tho reign OF agricultural prosperity pearc, a,ul
ht9lI prizes. Yet, with tl,cff tlasoual tnl.rati.
tudc, llcy Threatened 10 rush fron, their now-
Yugortdes 10 . ucw antl illHatrfo1s buAYer, they
vera asked to receive AleIto last,R In red fez.
Tic position seemed hupc!css QUO. Ivory
poon a.I @ t 5ras hs ,ns .3'u%,hsfs Al
great reforming ancestor afahlHoud introduced
lhat hcad-coycFlns soHlu st1tT Ycars agu. 1t IL
lhe pto1Acss monument ulAIs Rontua: 1t Is
what The aloe. buckle hc iuycEtrd WA to GoorEu
4,'r y NV ee ""sN HR@ - ~ AE"a -. .A"e
Russians, on theosi,oF hand, wero deeply pledged
to tho black aud glossy bat Of the West. Ten,
Ohrutschch, who seems to be very outspoken
nSrsoa hAa d.. .takea hls ssn.,atloa , % III, the
wear tie fcz. THE party Vi disorder" as the
1Inxs correspondent ut rbillippolia calls It,
Were Ill for t,le hat, Give this purity an inch
and It will take All ell. liad rrsuca V0goddes
yio!dcd to the party Of disorder. le would soou
dare appeared ~ rulgar "hlllycock,h OF In
tic cap OF the dcer-Stalker. Il,c treaty OF liur-
lin would have been bE0ken aIrcBl,. and The
paace Of Eurupe endangered. AL Eastern Ruu-
nlclia acarcc]y breathcd while AleH0 rasha's nr-
rival wRs waited for. Tho foreign Ministers of
The Weat expected the tclcgruplte uepou1t ot
his appearance with iutsnsu 4nxletY, A Rus
eian official was scnt on ln Tic gray dawn to
mact Aiek0, urd subtle nbaerycra Hoted that
new hns.6Dx made part Of hts luggage. TLe
oYenttul day arrived. Alcko TGsla appeared and
IL turuel out illat lrt&h compromise had ni.ain
saved tbs peace OF thu world, thu lrs:tx Of cr-
lin, aud tho feelings of u,s "ratllaush.'' AIoko
neither woFe foz not bat. nor, u spne v<,atss
politician may have su4geatgd to htx Mtghness,
i hat On the top Of = fex. Ilu wore \ Balgnrials
calpak.
Ii ls not very ea4y to ascertain how Ais sub.
tegts took luis diplomatic cyn&ou,. The euro.
SpnEident Of tho standard saYs that every unn
was delighted, that enormous crowds finea tic
streeta and welcomed lrtBee to1orlde1 Kt lho'
rAi|@ay-statlon. This correspondent Ut tbs 1ihaex
thllks THAT the cslna& WA eol1ly received. Ae-
.euraluE to hks accnunt, the arrival nf Alcko
Paaha was not hslf 70 magnificent au ntlair - a
common TlchboFne demonstration, A. few chill
dren got up = feehia cheer. soue ono made
kp<Gch In bulgarian, which NAB translated 1utp