, 1879-07-19

f..x.,', a:x 2; The 'n'u00'l' 0'f "''''' '''' no"
.They will retain 'ho flag they now ssFra
% "Bot YOUR Exee,leney Is Of course awara that
the flag of The militia y the onc th1t WAS gwen
to them to fight aaafnss tho TurksP
ayes; but the Sultan has given Them per-
mission 10 retain It. It II rsferrcd to In tue
!ytasta OrganHus, which has bean approved ny
tbe Sultan, and consequently Ills Majesty has
asssntGiit aSss and the militia will continue to serve
Hts Erccllcpcy ne1t alluded to llls changing
the fez for the kalpak byfore xnterlng tho town.
lie said II. Nccludof told bin tint zen: Stole.
pine had instructed hin to saJ thAt tllc hnssans
reception II he entered philippopo'is wearing
tho fez. "Thers was.n he proceeded, shut ot1a
other course 10 tako II did not compI? WIN
this est,-to return TO Conasansiuop'e s st.st
would have bsen tic RESULT The powera would
not have called upon Russia to protect or
rather enforce the suzcranly q the suitan.
"a indicated BY the feI The Sultan .,s. woaIa hIa
right, hut there i nothing aatd ABOUT ti!e Ies
iii the treaty. 1Ad ! returned to Constant1no"
pfc could not hava come back 70 Eastetn
Roume1!a Meanwhile ule 1ts,, iasstsns ass.n won,a
mont In The Province, anl the into of the COIN
p|ete evacuation would bare been prolonged.
This would laye been contrary TO he
s s.s oi r.. EoFsp F5p..t. '' reaa so have s
asked Russte to order her troops to prevent
the possibility Of an outhEeak among the
inhabitants in consequence Of the Governor en,
not lsye regarded thc fez iu the same light AZ II
is locked upon BY the Porte, but would huEo
asked tho Aultan 10 give way about what they,
considered trlval matter for the ptrnoss 1f
Think tl'at il the su1tan forceoes the right to oc.
cupy tic Balkans-a much n,orc portant point
thaa That concerntug tho fez,-1 certainly had
Tho right to exeteae ": ny not 1Tn ad,isae ?G
to enter tho CspssI wearing, tho kaipak a.
| lid, il the Sultan at any time scuds troops
TO tic Balkans could, II Advisable At tho SANE
time. again wcsr the fsz; ln tho M circumstance M
| In which found myself eouiu not have ectea
| fn my other manner"
"Nlll YOUR E1ceI'ency bo good enough to in
form mo why all The official appointments In
PhippopolIs and In the varaons cautious afo be.
ius tlled BY Bulgar!ane only, The arecks s.a nntl
Because In the nrss chapter Of the sIatut
| OsganlQue, under tic heading Of the "Droit
ot I0'd a,e 0 ploviuee), 70 you viii ind 1,at
Art. ii SAYS: x proper distribution Of
public employees will b. made, In tue election Of
whout the majority Of tho inhab,tants ol MG
Ti.crs are tweuty.c!ght cantons IN the si1 Dc.
| palttucpts iuto which Eastern Roumcla IN.
bcen divided, md In each canton the majority OF
There arc. j believe, certain towns, stan!makcr,
for iustanec, where the majority of tic tne,ab1t
ants are Greeks, but that docs not interfere
| With t,r majority Of the Inhabitants Of the can
tons, however, about which no positive decision
hss yet been made"
ID concluding my interview With hfs Excel
lcury, 10 said Inst there we're about &c, coo Turk
ish soldiers stationed between Adsianopts nlt
the frontier. 1t Was not true, lie &tucd. that
apprehending IN outbreak, he had asked for re
iuforrctnents to BE- sent to the frontier. About
30, ,000 Turks were stationed along the frontier
line, ready for any emereopcy. lie bs1ievcd
that the evacuation would be complete III abou,
Cured, all would be well. "Bat," said tht
Tashn Oh my taking leayc, 'it is difficult to Sal
what msy happen. siy position Ia certainly moi
plcasnrabIc onr. have accaptcd the post be'
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