New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-09
TURKEY DECLINING.
GRAVE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES.

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QUESTION FRAUGHr WITH PERIL IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
| lFRoM SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT or THE rRIBUNE.l
! CoNsTANTINOPLE, June 1s.--A more miserable
| existence than that of the Paehss who control
affairs in Turkey It Is impossible to imagine. Edh-
Gated TO believe that diplomacy is stitesmanshlp
| they always limit their action to palliative eXpedl-
| ents Hence yexed questions viii never stay
settled They face of difficulties, and eX-
/ haHst themselves in efforts 10 resist each wave
separately instead of putting some stable break
! water that shall secure permanent caiu After
years struggle with the Greek question. the Rus
sian question, the Albanian question. the bulgarian
question. the financial question and all the host of
other subdivisions of the great Eastern question:
the Pachas still find no place of rest for tier weary
souls All these questions still press for solution.
No merchant prince on the verge of failure ever
suffered more i'm the attempt to keepup appearances
| in his household expenditures than the wretehed
| Pachas VINO have to find every day the gold which
is 10 carry the Treasury through the next twenty
| four hours.
True TO the National instruct for expedients. the
Treasury made out budget Of receipts and eXDelI-
| ditures which showed a surplus paper OF about
50 600 900 for this year. This hopeful view Of the
situation was expected to dazzle the eyes OF the
people and of the bankers until new loan should
give the Treasury space for breathing. But u
brought no money. and the frantic efforts to raise
| small and short loans in Galata showed that tne
budget was probably Iose-colored view. II now
turns out that the Treasury omitted to reckon, IN
estimating the receipts for the year, the loss on de-
prccated currency and the taxes discounted in adj
vance to bankers. This reduces the revenue of the
country for this year from S63 600. 600 paper to
So. SOC. 900 of actual gold that may reach the
Treasury Moreover, IN the estimate Of eXpendl-
lures army estimates are based on the supposlton
that the army VIII be reduced to 100000 men,
whereas There are now, and viii be through the
year. 500 900 men under arms This little dis
/ crepaucy batween sanguiue expectation and hard
facts the Finance Minister omitted 30 forecast III
his budget. The expenditures Of the Empire
for the year will thus be about SZGOOoOoO
more than the budget allows. Instead OF having
.rrpIns of -. 900 600, the Treasury already in
an agony of despair over its deficit, which VIII De
this wear AT least 1868 600 600. This deficit includes
no payment of interest on the public debt. 1t NAV
well turn gray the hair of any Finance Minister
who has TO face it.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs has no whit less
of trouble. In East Roumeha the peace Of the En-
pre- hangs on the discretion of Governor as to the
shape and color Of his hat In Bulgaria the dear
bought peace with Russia is ieopardized by qnes-
tons of detail as to the installation of Prince Bat
tenberr On the Greek frontier the ind screton or
/ subaitern or the foles of ahand Of Bash-Blzouks
! nav at ans moment bring mp questions which may
with difficulty be settled after the rum OF ARMIES
/ So in Albania in Macedonia, and even IN Bosnia
complications full Of danger arise every oag. All
of these questions fall sooner OF later upoh the NH
/ lister Of Foreign Affairs.
In the Department OF the Interior II is no better.
England is sending into Asia Minor host of wee
consuls who are all army officers and who are TO re-
side AT places which have hitherto been free from
! al foreign influence except that of the American
| missionaries These men have eyes and ears. Ihey
| report what they see and hear of the misgoyen-
/ mrnt ofthe people. They become constant source
of terror 10 the Minister Of the Interior. Their To-
ports come in ever-ucreasing volume from the Eng
! Esh Ambassador to the Ministry and the Interior
DEPARTMENT is wildly ordered to " do something to
sion the complaints. Then the petty squabules be-
tween the different religious sects are more than
usually abundant. Br gaadage Is rife everywhere.
From all sides the Minister is appealed to for aid
A deputauon is here now from district within a
hundred miles # this city where 10000 Circassans
Lava been settled upon population Of 1000. The
/ Circassianz have nothing, aud they must 1--we.
! There are only seventeen guards IN the Whole dis
trict and the Crcasslans al armed take what they
choose from the people without moiestauon. The
Minister of the Interior Is besought TO inJcrpoSe
! Eut what can he do' Tie has no guards to send,
| and no money whercwith 70 organize new
| guards He cannot remove the Crcassiaus, nor can
Ee kin them of, for the Grand Yzicr is himself a
Circagsian. and believes that the race has great
capabihties. So in a thousand other cases Of per-
s.stent and angry petition the Minister IS expected
TO make brick. without straw.
TEE MINISTER'S soRELY PEPLExrp.
Ru+ these Ministers are not 10 be understood as
Inn rs
They never treat any question separately. The
MINISTERIAL Council sits as committee Of the whole
l1gou all these difficulties, and collectively frames
The devices which each day put of settlement until
rre morrow. Moreover, IN al this trouble, embit-
t,ring all discussions and securing total bauenness
in result is a constant struggle of personal intrigue.
I'm the Ministry every mans hand is against his
paicbbor and pressure of vital necessity barely
restrain open warfare The Sultan, TOO, has 10 be
managed He has will Of his own that shows
itself spasmodcaily, and sometimes upsets the best
Land plans of his Ministry. Then the women have
N he taken into account The powerful influence
of the harem is never IDLE, makes account of the
necessities of the country, and is always ready
TO msettle the men in power in further
apce Of selfish ends. Taken altogether, the daily
life of the rulers of Turkey wretched IN the
IRENE and if history ever affords instances Of the
slow advance of death upon a government, Turkey
is an example Of IT, Il is in articao morris
But why DO not the Turks take mp the business Of
restoring their financial solyencyl Because the
whole structure is SO utterly unsound. The whole
Turkish official class ID still possessed Of the idea
ancient as the early days Of compassionate the
revenues of the state a regular dividend 20 the
| official class. The distinction between stealing
| from the revenue and receiving an unearued allOt-
ment from il. is slight. Pablo opinion j. never
strong enough 10 insist on furnishing dishonest