The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-11
THE SULTAN'S DANGER,.
Black Troops, AIbnhians, and Civilian.
h"tcherinx Each Other Near his Palace,

h"schersnx Each Other Near his Palace,
CONsTANTINoPLE, Jun. For the Inst
three dnys court martial has been constantly
In session Mt the Imperial Palace On Monday
last there WIS a regular battle between troops
OF the Imperial Guard and civilians. About
sixty men were wounded. As write they are
quietly burying Brigadier- General who vas
Killed. You will naturally wonder how the
nows OF fight with firearms in which sixty
men have been placed hors de combat can be
Kept from the public. But nothing could be-
Mussulman character. When Mussulmans re-.
solve to hold their tongues. nobody can MAKO
them speak.
or this have had several eyamples among
others that OF Fuad Pasha. who il still q pris-
oner. although released and rearrested within
three months. Despite PROMISES and threats
ana police. no one has publicly breathcd a
WORD oil It, The locality moreover. has aided
to keep the secret. Yldig X iosk. the deneo
Of tho Sultan. ia ON the Bosporus. between
Beshiktosh on the south and OstakGman ON
the north. Stretching out toward the
west there Ia al immense succession of
ravines aud Enthusiastically wild and lonely
cut-throat places-oXtending as far ms
Moslak. distance Of about six miles.
On this side. quite close to the palace,
surrounded bya wall and circular road. q
large fort Is being built and also fine bar
rack. under the direction Of Beram Agha, the
chief of the eunuchs. This unfinished barrack
shelters ut the present moment the black bat
talon in Zouave uniform. In the other bar
racks outside the walls of the palace. and COW
ering its entire girth. are the white troops.
Fronting tho negroes are the Abanians The
former are quite devoted to the Sultan, The
latter are furious at tho duplicity OF Dervish
Pasha. who. In the name Of the Sultan. en-
gagged them in their own country as the per-
sonal guards Of tho Sultan. and. after their ar
rival here. simply ordered them out AS an ordi.
nary contingent in the regiments OF the I'm
perial Guard.
Between the two sets Of troops. or rather to
the right Of the Albanians one OF the palace
doors opens into the gardens. and thence to
the harem. 1t was here that the fight took
place. The nearest habitation is that OF the
commander. Drcsa. Of whom have already
spoken. 1t belongs to tho village OF Ostakemi.
In reality. but 1t is a long distance from that
village. while 1t is within gunshot OF the
palace. 30 you understand how topography
favors the keeping. Of the secret. L hap
Ioned to be In that neighborhood when the
matter There was q terribls riot in progress.
Guns and knives were being used freely and
pSsaSe we're ssns ss
would certainly have been Killed Without
profit to anybody. Just at that moment
rived with Y few oiiicers. / bad .airs,Idy dis
tinctly seep the colossal Bin BasAi, the cop-
fight. hut nobody would listen to him. What
the cause Of tho trouble was don't really
k know, and nobody a. ths palace an
ter. The court martial In perpetual session ID
a. silent as the tomb: but an effort is being
was simply a military quarrel between Alba
nians and negroes, who cordially detost each
tiop OF 1t. And how can the presance in tic
melee Of civilian Turks OF StanbOul bs nc-
counted for? The animOsity existing between
the motive. Tomorrow. or the dsv after. will
know more about il.