New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-01

g.. IN o,a,s o,lv blanket for the sake OF oes'foy-
t. o,s aaa The Ulema heard these arguments ior
Az ,o.t mart IN sullen silence still half believing
that Arab had conquered peace on MS OWN ' 80.
The council separated without result 10 meet "s"'
on Monday night This time the ulema u's1e''
the question with the Ministers Mt some lenE'n'
last one reverend gentleman expiaiheo 'ii"' ~.
part no was satisfied that 1t was .useles W
war with England. since men would come not only
g., Ind;. Int from Australia, Canada and the
Cane of Good Hope, II need be, to put down ,n W..
o,nosi,;on of the Egyptians He then held up us
rosarr Gathering the most of the beads IN MS WV
hard and about half "A dozen in his right anu u,o"
ing the string. "Here Is the English ioi0o'
he. holding up his left hand, ana mere IS vui A.,
4. EQyptn holding up mis- right handl' Nv"
English have sent this army 10 EgSpV ""u 49,
Egyptians may crush 1t, but let as sec ~" me-"
times we can match the successive bhSiiS" "
He then began dropping beads, hrst HUN ono a'-
and then from the other, saving eaoh ""e' -,
match" But when the beads III MS ls"V -
were all gone he kept on dropping peau' WV ~
one from his left hand repeating each ''".V'
other English army and nobody TO meet IL an
sho, r,oIi.h army and nobody to meet IT," lheh
-a;, ba onened his hand and looked Win
on,zzieal air at the beads yet remaining anu S"'
@ yst after all my hand is still iuu Oh hhgl'sn
armies aud there are yet enough 10 20 o'or .uo
whole world" sending the remaining oeaus rattins
....thor over the floor of the room. This address
t.a,cht ,apghter even FROM that heavy-hearted
assembly. Whether the logic OF the beads was con-
yincinr or not the Uena yielded to the Ministry
BEFORE the council adjourned, at O'CLOCK IN 'ne
morning the Ministry had obtained the signatures
of alI the reverend doctors present TO document
which approved and pledged the support OIL tno
UolvIaw TO the policy of the Ministry. Accord
afngt n
the next day. So completely however, are the
Trr.,ish neonle excluded from tho confidence of
their rulers that at the very time when this proc
lamation was being put in type the unsuspectmg
neople were buying with patriotic thrills OF admlra-
ton the portrait of the populayspero whom tho
Government had decided to outlaw.
The success of the Ministry in gaining the support
~ the ELENA to the new policy does not cut of the
,oshn;tv of secret intrlgues in AID OF Arab. The
nation is too heartily in sympathy with him to sud
6anlv +urn AGAINST him. IL does, however, secure
Constantinople against a reactOnary revolt OF the
fanatic party led by the Ulema So far, 1t gees TO
confirm the opinion that the Government VIII De
able to control the dangerous elements IN the Guy
population 1t also secures the UoNerhlheh'
AGAINST the effects of counter interpretations OF Tue
Sacred Law that may be proclaimed elsewhere Dy
nartisans of Arab. On the whole the position OF
the Government is strengthened TO an uneNpecVeu
degree.
AZ 70 the advantages to England of the presence
in Fovpt of a division of Turkish troops who have
mo stomach for their task and no love for their
allies and as to the results upon England OF being
IN some measure committed anew to u defence OF
III, Calipb of fsam these questions cover too wide
vround TO be taken in at glance. The INST I'M
preston is that England has got more than she bar
gained for II the Egyptian people should prove TO
be thoroughly determined to throw OIL allegiance
TO the Su tan. it would be Tor English troops most
upsavory task to be agents in replacing the Turkish
yoke upon their necks.
The Turkish pOpulace are deeply indignant az the
action of the Government Happily for all parties
these ignorant masses Of angry men have no leader
and are not accustomed to act together. The
police have made many arrests. and spies swarm ID
the streets and coffee houses TO spot" all those
who talk against the Government The portraits of
Arab Pacha have disappeared from the prlnt-shops
like magic The Government has ordered all the
q,Ifors or selecmen Of the Moslem quarters oil the
CITY to watch the cOfee-shops and hand over 10 the
,,olice men who say what is calculated 10 excite
hatred against the English One of these muBtars
asked Turk who is supposed TO admire England
TO come and sit in the cofee-shop OF his ward
@For" said he, you can tell ia when anything 10
said that will excite hatred against the English
We all bate the English so much already that we
can't possibly tell what should not be said about
them
TIL. Fight of the Koordish Sheikh ObeidOullah is
giving the Government great anxiety. Persia ana
Russia a,e both insisting that he be captured and
@interned" in some safe place. The Sheikh 10 now
safely at home in his mountains, where Turkish
troops have never yet been without his permission.
Although he has telegraphed to ask pardon OF the
Sultan for leaving Constantinope without the for
malities incumbent upon guest, he is likely to be
disturbed soon. / understand that the commander
or the Turkish garrisons in Mesopota'nia has re-
ported that he has not force enough TO arrest the
Sheikh. Tut that troops have been ordered forward
from Van and Erzerum for this purpose The i'm
norfance OF Sheikh Obeidoullah arises from his
being a spiritual chief to many thousand kourds In
both Persia and Turkey. He Is known to be thor
oronlv RESTLESS undcr Turkish control. He believes
in a future Tor the KOurdish people, and believes
that il is his mission advance it's interests The
Iorv of Saladin of the Crusades and of many other
renowned Kourds is to him q constant impulse To
,osist the Gradual extinction of kourdish ind-
xidualty which is being brought about by the
Turkish policy of killing exling every hourd who
attaius education or influence He has often
declared that he has no evil intent toward the
Armenian Christians who have common origin
and a common destiny with their kourdlsh neigh
bors Yet the Turkish Government knows very
we'll that any disturbance of kourdistan Just now
yould lead to Russian inter' ention 1t is there
fore particularly anxious to get Obeldoullah safely
away from his people.
Personally the Shekh is a rather small man. with
,onds delicate as those of a woman and eye like
that NJ An eagle His face in Iepose is not prepos-
sessing. but in conversation it lights up with glow
that makes one forget the traditions of his savage
wars Like most religious dignltaries in this coun-
try. he is ex tremely ignorant of modern science
Vet ne is profoundly learned all that strange