New-York tribune., 1884-03-01

Church They would like to hush the matter up
and arrange one of those back-stairs compromises
No common in Oriental politics. But the resignation
of the Patriarch camo just before tho Christihas
HOLIDAYS. aud as result oil Greek churches nave
remained without the usual special services. because
the Patriarch could not order them 10 DO helu
Thus the quarrel has been advertised tar ana wiuc
and the whole body Of Greeks is reused. Tho MINIS
try thus finds its path most thorny, and has bceh
now debating thrco weeks on means of gracefully
withdrawing its abrogatOn of the charters.
In actual point of fact, the Turkish G0vnrnmcht
has right on its side. That Is to saw such privileges
as those so long enjoyed by the Christian clergy III
Turkey would not be tolerated ihohena % ;, ", anS
lations' enjoyed by foreigners III Turkey, arc a
logical necessity long rs Turkey prefers 20 gov
ern without law. Until there are lrIklsn o2,rS Gn
that love Justice more than gold the Iuril:h .oN
einmont cannot in equity abrogate These pliNlicscS
curious historical truth III rcgardtO TO theprNnetts
is that they were originally forced mpoi ,nr WM
listers now claim that tho situation Is iI,"ierao.e
which cxcIupts part Of the residents oi the conn,
try from the control OF the local auihCrilIe-; Ihl
in the annals OF tho Suians ii is recorded under the
reign of Bayeld (l'aiazet of famerlanes conquest
that that sultan besiegcd Constaniinopie I'D io2o
Tho BYZANTINE Emperor of that period offered large
sums of money to buy OIL the inNadeIs ana hhay
sent present of several fine large iiShcS 10 ll9
Grand Vliers table. Tie fishes on beng carycn ,';
were found TO be stuffed with gold com, ana thls
convinced the Grand NDicr that more ,c3ilo DO
made bv rracc than by War. SO he induced the sui
tan to Ocl 10 raise the siege on cOlidltion 'ht tn
Greek Emperor would pay on annual tributc, ana
would grant 10 Moslems resitiln2 III C"hslahtihoPlo
ercn pton from he GrJck lars Thus sixty years be-
fore the Turks took COnstantmople, they Seculch
says the historian mosque III tlg Guy a''d ds
court, in which the glorious law OF Islam was a,e
pensed in the midst Of the inhdeis. rms eN1elri-
ioral court was the model on which the pl1yi;egcs
granted to Christians were framed aiter me iai ol
the Greek Empire. Thus an abnormal INSTITUTION
devised by the Turks in the height OF thelr power
is found.h lev the Turkish Ministers OF to-day hve
centuries later, to be like q curse come nome 10
rOcst,
One Of those irrosistibly humorous revelations of
the working of the Oriental mind so common III 'lie
history of Turk sh administration, Is Just now town
talk. Last ", ok party of police encOuntciG
party of smuggers the Asiatic shore o1 the bos-
pho1s II is said that every thing was amicabic
until the sinuggers refused to give the pOnce Cine
large SUN demanded the price OF silence bc thls
as il may after somo parlcy a s. hlrmlsi enNled IN
which one of the snugglcTS was shot Inc resi- men
went their way with their cOntraband Goods' Now,
the smugglcra have lodged complaint against the
police for unialrncSs III gong ont armed Whch lh1
law provides that the revenue guard saii oe aiicn
only with clubs. The snuggeIS say that py th'S
breach of faith they were taken at diSadNhntage
since their reliance on the observance OF law was
the reason why they were armed only with cudgels
They wish the police punished. and II the revenue
officers are to be allowed III future to carry arms
they wish TO be publicly notified so that thoy haS
bc properly prepared! ,..,,
Postal communications are s0inewhat ulSluTpeI
this winter. The quick mail from Europe anu
America comes to COnStantlnOpc by the llShthihS
express train from Paris to NaTna III Bnlg9ia, ana
thence by steamer by the Black sea: delay ol
some ten DAYS in the transmission OF mails on the
Narna railway was accounted ior pH a"p r 6f
miles of road that had been buried Under Show.
All this from three to ten feet deep. addS oiis
cnterpriSing company, had 10 be plckeu up ii ihcA
arr and carried oil the line before tho trains could