New-York tribune., 1879-11-11
AFFAIRS ON THE BOSPHCROs.
THE NEW OTTOMAN MINISTRY.

TIE MEN WHO AXE TO RULE Ithhth Al THIS '"ll-
IcAL uME-How SAID PAcnA ovEHIIII'Ew
Ills RIVALS.
frRoN THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNrl
CoNsrANrINopIE, oct. Exchanges of Ministry
here have long ceased TO have any special sig
nifcauce The recent appointment of SAID
Pscha TO be Grand Nizlcr. however. has tins
much of meaning, that IL simplhes all matters OF
business. There are two said Pachas In high
position at Constantnople. .Ihe one re-
ferrcd 10 was made a Pacha IN 1870 when
still an obscure Bey, and has ever since
been favonte Of the Sultan. He has been Private
Secrctar, OF the Sultan. Minister Of the Civil List
and Minister of the Interior lie has also held
other high positions at various times. But wher-
ever Dee has been le has been Tcputed 10
bee the real Prime Minister Of Turkey. Ills in
Grcuce with the Sultan has been Unbounded.
lie is The chief of the palace cabai.
known aa the backstairs ing. Ihls lac has o.
eanzcd so completely that III times past no Cab
net Minister and no foreign Ambassador could have
access 10 tie sultan without Tie participation of
the ring If the Grand Nizer wished 10 propose n
measure To the Sultan he was obliged TO submit il
~ writing before being allowed an audience. The
ring wOuld study the memorandum and would for
tifv The Sultans mind against outside influences be-
fore tie Grand Nizier admitted. Often the
Prime Minister. after long waiting. has found the
aud repclng his suggestions one by one OF course.
such a document had been prepared I'm advance by
a e palace ring. The influence Of foreign Ambassa
dsrs has been auuulicd in the same way. An
order for some ainehora;ion Of administration
In the provinces is sometimes obtained
bv the Ambassador, NJ crcat expense of argument
with the Sultan and lis Ministers. II has often
come 10 pass that such an order sent out by the
Porte has been oOuutefmanded within week hy
Telegram from the palace Such rnan9dvIes OF the
palace ring naturally produced great humiliation
for the Ministry. There actually second Cab
met IN the palace which the Ministerial Cabinet
was never strong enough to control. Otthis Palace
Cabinet SAID Pacha has always been Prime Minis
ter controlling the Sultan a tutor might pupil.
For one short time the power of said seemed TO be
checked when about the time of khairetdln
Pacba's advent TO power he was sent TO govern one
of the provinces of ASIA Minor. The first symptom
of Khqireddins failure to control the Sultan was
the sudlen and silent return to COustantinople of
Smd. Then ensued personal struggle between the
two men. Khaireddin's ultimatum 10 the Sultan.
in which he demanded that the ministerial admin
istration should be free from palace interference
was blow al Said. SAID and his pa ace ring con-
WINGED the Sultan that his Imperial prerogative
would be sacrhced by granting tho demand of
Khair,dlin. The Imperial prerogative required the
Gcials throughout the Empire without condesceud-
ing to consult the Ministry. On this question Said
truuphcd and Khaireddin fell. 1t is not surpris-
ing that Said Pacha CLAIMS il is said, ITO have
great influence with the Sultan" In person
Said pacha is small. Ia manners he is smooth and
oly II is charactersi ic of him that lie always
seems To shrink into himself Us you look at him,
if ho would eyaporate, if possible, in order TO
escape scrutiny. This sand Pacha should not be
confounded with the English" Said Pacha lately
Goveruor-General of Angora. and again of Cesta-
noun, in Asia Minor, and who has also been Cab
met Minister.
Osman Pacha retains Office as Minister OF War.
Tins fact guarantees the iaflnence of the present
Ministry against the adoption of any real retrench
ment AS n means TO financial regeneration. He is
fierce old Moslem, who believes that the Army
must be maintained at a preposterous fgure IN
order TO defend lslamism Mahmoud Nedlm Pacha,
Minister of the INTERIOR is the man who. as Grand
Vizicr in s7J issued the famous decree which cut
of 90 per cent of the interest on The
turkish bonds "in order TO protect the in
tercs;s of the bondhodeTs." iIa was driven from
Office bv uprising of the SOttas just neiOIc the
deposition Of Sultan Abd-ul-Az.z IN 1876. Since
that time he has been IN exile Until WITHIN three
months. lie Is called the l,uNs sian, ana believes
turkeys future to lie in close alilunce WITH the
Gar.
sayas Pacha. the new Minister of Foreign Affairs
Is Greek. Has appointment Is Intended To glve IN
European eyes, liberal cast to the Cabinet lie
has however. been In Turkish Official life too lOug
to have other than Turk IN views of policy.
A new bur, appears 10 nave been created. called
the Bureau OF Reforms. This department has
been conferred upon Safvet Pacha. here
two Pachas of this name. The ap-
ponted to lhis Office Is the former Grand
Nzicr aud TX Minister Of Fore Affairs. HIS special
fitness to serve Director of Reforms Is wonder
ful abili To satisfy sir Austen Layard and oiner
foreign Ambassadors with glittering generalties.
HIS supply Of these Is copous, and new every day.
OF tbe other Ministers. Subtle Iacla. Minister OF
Vakoufs or religious endowment funds il well
known ia Europe an atcheolOgist. lie has. or
had a few years ago. very fine collection OF RO-
man and Greek CONS. mostly gal iheied III turkey.
Taking thI- Ministry a whole no new policy
can e ex pece ed of It. The utmost that be said
IN it's favor is that u effects gam IN simplicity
| SINCE IL brings the Ministerial Cabinet and the
backstaiTs cabinet of the Palace under manage
| ment.