New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-18
THE sULTAN'S DILEMMA.
THE MANAGEMENT OF THE KooMNA'A'
A COlP D'ETAT.

c.day this CITY was electrlheu ny oho NV"
w LII prl,sra and Eastern Roumena ha" ,'''n
,;ts the Bulgarian people, on the Da'i' VI WV
treaty of San Stefsno ,or Ros-
Tha oo,s of all tie batteries on tno Low 49,
-,ar,s proclaimed the Feast OF bairam "' ~ ~
Fs~,noo, ALI the BosphOrus steamers "' VIZ
49, ;,o,cads in the Golden Horn were uccAou w." w.
W. s. - bonor Of the feast But am~lg Ine nien
s;,,ni,or;.s of the Empire there was shiaii "ppo
Cor tho sugarplums and other sood 'n ~, &c
,rhicb the Turk celebrates his Bairain' MS r
was enough, to take away any man "i'1 =; tho
i. ,,ioht mean a rebellion OF all inc l"0os -
paikau Peninsula, the union Oh Aus'ri" - of
.nd Russia to cut up Turkey the "u 49,, the
Austria % Salonica. or anything eiSo oIso Il
limits of the Eastern Question "h"'o'N ,,n,ords
might meau il would certainly lhodh nv Of the
for military expenses. when .h' v,,ssion war
Fmrlre are already tied up To pay ''o si,niI,r
.1dan,ui,v the old bonds of past Deus "Hu Il
claims. unfrutful IN pleasure W
was moor preparation for happy i0''' aou,r ON
"a' ~ 1t, ,yent Oh as usual. Al da"n WI
Gun o .,;n, the SuItan came out OF the faiace
-: .,,rronJed by all the greater olghiV'r'os
'. - r,,nir. and went amid TIE plaudltS OIL MS
s-oons IN the Mosque Of 3,shIktash 10 say 'no
n,oeatno PRAYER of iIalram. All Moslems wore h0"
.I,bas and foil ON each others necks ana h'sSou
for iov of the feast rs usual. Inc sultan ro00i0'
emo bomape of his officers usual, IN the ccIoio"S
II the rt-kissing. The small boys vi tho N"''A
tore along the streets. as usGa mounted ou o'oiS
hind of beast aud their small sisters kop' Pao'
them in ccleLi alton of the least Oy GROWING '"o
strsets with the broken-down carriages I'LL "n'on
.hsv ara wont to ride and sing their Baram songs
d., the Iita of the thing oozed out the news from
Rul.aria gradually came TO the people
On Thursday night 10 band OF Bulgarians went 10
Aha ontskrts of Philippoyolis Next morning the
coveruor of the Province took the troops III inc
city and went out to drive OFF the GisiarOeis' Iho
troops met tue invaders joined them. arrested the
Governor and their own couplander, ana rcturAcd
70 the city rejoicing. At Phlhppopohs pro-
visional government was organized with as H'tlc
hesitation as if the question was0he OF organizing
.om,ittee for picnic. Then tue telegraph lines
were cut and the railway was torn up AZ the lufN-
"a. froot,er. Within twenty-tour hours from the
first alarm tie whole of Bulgaria an" Eastern
Ronmolla was rejoicing over tho union 81 the t"o
Bucarias Prince Alexander Battenberg oi bui-
caria could do no less than TO accept the territory
o. uucerenoniorsIy aided To his little princlpalty
He went to Phlippopolls take possession at once
Rv . happy chance the railway company had sent
two saloon cars 10 philippopoIs day or two
that railroad,-and the Prince was able to make da
eotry into the city with becoming state. lie Issued
nroclanation Welding hl;hselt 10 the Will OF the
,cople. aud the work Of tearing up tue Treaty OF
;iern WAS done At tho cad OF fOrty-eighs hours
the people of the united provinces were well
advanced IN plans for arousng Macodonis to throw
of the Turkish yoke.
All this took place before the Sultan, whose lands
were being so sunmarily disposed of. had Il single
hint of I'll, facts On friday tho station master at
th, depot 1T AdriaDople WAS troubled because the
train due froul PhippOpolis At II thc evening did
not appear Trains III Turkey arc not tho most
fxel of things as to tIue, and 50 lie waited some
time before asking by telegraph the cause It the
delay. An answer came back from the next station
that nothing had beeu seen OF the tram AT that
point and that the wires were down beyond. Alter
a further delay IT, see what would turn up, the
s;atiOn-naster telegTaDhel 10 the next station to
send men ~ get news of thc train. II was near
morning before the answer came back that the
Eastern koamcla militia hal torn up the track AMI
cut the wires and would let no Que pass Then only
did the matter 70 TO tue Pacha OF Adrianople tie
had heard nothing from the cavalry stationed at
the frontier the officer in command not having
deo.ned tho vagaries of RouInolian militia oil any
Importance Tho Facha sent out troops 10 seo
v hat had happened Thoy were drawn up In front
Of the Pachas palace and bud prayers before going
The Turkish account of the scene says that the
of the garrison addressed the t"o
battaions before they went. and shed tears rs big
AZ pomegrsnate grains because lie could not 20 with
them their dangerous duty.
After a while newspaper came in from neigh
boring town and give tho news that tho uaion of
the Two Bulgaras was complete. Upon this the
i. IL INT
1t Was late Saturday evening
At midnight that night q messenger from tho
Sultan appeared at the Russian Em 1T Bayuk-
dere He brought court carriage and an urgrat
for Count Nolidoff to visit the Sultan at
once So tie Ambassador drove to the Palace.
offered his condolences and assurances aud mildly
joined his Turkish friends in obJurgatlag the pig
headeI character of the Bn garIans, who could not
let well enough alone Thea nc took carriage again
aad drove home to Bnyukdcre. After he had gone
the Impression at the Palace was that he had not
given much grouud for assurance, in spite of his
polite words.
Tie Turks have the unfortunate failing of
inability to comprehend European tn oughts. Few
Of them know to-day what in their course toward
tie BulglTians in 1876 should have stirred such a
Storm of fury in Europe. They do not wish u pass
Though a like experience now How to AVOID 1t
they do no; know except by doing nothing. Thor
policy. then, is to wait, instead of crushing the
Eoumelans at once as they might do They ask
the Powers what they may do; and Until the Powers
arc agreed on what should be doue the Turks
conilne their activity to Inassing troops and to
swearing at the Bulssrians. The latter exercise is
performed with JUNCTION.
Lord BeaeonsGeIs chief work at Berlin to
destroy the Bulgaria of the Treaty of San Stefano
by cutting it III two parts. Thore WAS no logic in
this. The war had aimed to avenge the Bulgarlans
who had suffered i'll tho massacres of 1876. To
give these people freedom from the Power that had
abused them tho Principality Of Bulgaria was SGT
lp. But the prDclpality as set OIL at berlin
included the sitos of none of the massacres. The
BulgarIans who had suffered were restored to the
,ultan's rule with only limited autonomy, whilo
he people beyond the Balkans, who had not had
enough forco to rebel. were given Prince of their