New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-18


ample almost beyond belief. 1t surpasses. II pos
sble the worst dongs Of the Russian censorship
~ course. most foreign newspapers are absolutely
excluded from the country; tn y are brot ght
IN by The foreign mail service. with which me
Turkish Government does no. dare 10 tamper
For 1t must be known that each great Power mas
tenn in Turkey. with which the Porte has nothing
10 do whatever So. II any one wants TO send any
entrusts the Turkish. but to the British
or French plstoiiice IN ConsMntinople. % laa e en-
under seal is safe and no foreign newspaper that
"o.r "oO I $3.50 Iii ~ rbs works OF
Herbert Spencer, or Of John Stuart MIL. or the
poems Of Byron Tennyson, would never be per
mitted 10 pass the Turkish custom house In the
Government schools and colleges you Will find Eng
very much abridged. Such words as liberty.
freedom revolution" tyrant' honor e ouh,
il not 10 be found and Bulgaria IS still marked as
a Turkish province The Lords Prayer IS a LOT
Didden publication, Thy kingdom come pelhg con
sidered reasonable utterance Not long ago an
Armenian lawyer sent to jail FOR six months ns
because h. had sent little child copy-book line
from poem by ancient Armenian poet. 80,
Nor Is this system OF repression without It's udl-
crous side. Some time ago 1t was desired TO lntro
duce an eec,ric-shting plant into Constantnopee'
Then one day. ofiicai inquiry was made into the
manner OF producing the light IT was explained
be UP. and. But that was enough. Dynamo;
Mashaliah That meant bombs anarchy trrason 10
allow Constantinople 70 be blown up with dynamite?
Not mucn The aoTTs might gay I'VE a. a gnn should
have none OF them And 50 to this day stambouI
has no electric light.
OFFICIAL RASCALGTY.
The pec1niary corruption Of the Turkish Gov
ernmen- has long been proverbiaL The worst ac-
o. Il are not exaggerated; they could not be
Take examp. which has just come 70 hand.
/ certain Pacha vas the other day removed from the
governorsh.9 Of an Armenian vlayet, In reluctant
response 20 the demand OF the British Minister. VINO
rightly charged him with responsibility for M
awful massacres o. Christians az SdssOun. That
Pacna used 70 be Governor Of Pera In mat nat ca,
paciy h. entered into partnership with the thleVes
and burglars in the city prison. Many OF mem ne
liberated. on the understanding that they, were
robberes Others he Jet OF prison every night,
that they might pursue their calling. and they re-
turned Just before dayDreak WIN their piuniet nan
OF which they turned over 20 him. The prison mus
time the scandal became SO great that the Foreign
Ambassa Tors forced the Porte TO remove him lie
tinued his rascally practices When Scutari got
hot for him ne was 10 Armenia. where he
Sassoun massacres Now ne has been removed. but
at the same time has been decorated FOR his dis
lasts much longer viii probably be sent somewhere
- as G9yeTnoT il he is not maGe Mnste hr
in the cabinet OF better morals than he.
He held FOR wears the portfolio OF Minister Of Ma
rine Every ycac , VASE sum Of money was appro-
prafcd for maintenance Of the Navy Every year
The Navy fcn further into neglect and worthless
ness AID every year the Minister grew richer;
l; It- nj ~ Ay. Mnq uiilId NE worH OF
MS death ~ securing the abrogaton Of the con-
stltufi0u ard abolition OF Parliament This was
done prevent Investigation Of some Of his
rascallv jobs Ever since that time he has boasted
OF his power and his immunity from being called 10
account for any thing ne may 10. There are more
such men in al departments Of the Turkish Govern
ment. enough 20 discourage and 20 baik the efforts
OF mo really honest and enlightened men who have
nov and then iried to reform ne administration
OF the Empire
THAT sHORT-LIVED CONSTITUTION.
Since the Young Turkey" party. or a faction Of
r. aims At the restoration OF the constitution Of
1877. IT, is Of Interest 10 recall the story Of that now
almos' forgotten instrument II was just before
tho las disastrous with Russia and when
Abdul Hamd n had been IN the throne only few
months. Abdul Azz and Murad had successfully
been depOsed. There was with Servia. All
E-,rone v,s CHG WITH n story Of tho bulgarian
atrocities Lord salisbury for England and cen
erai Isnatieff for Russia in Corstantinope dis
cuss ng ways ana mems for reforming the Empire
sick man was in a peri-ous plight ANY day sails
bury ard Iguaticn might agree upon some demands
with which 3D. would Ne exceedingly inconven,eft
for the Porte 10 comply. and which Il would per
haps bee dangerous to refuse. Al that juncture
81 .lna, Parha. who then Grand Nizer. con-
ceivoj ara executed what should have been the
pesi stroke or poneN I'M modern IuIKisn history,
Iie drew up constitution. which provided for civil
and rel gious free dom, popular sufraee and Par
/ lamenary reprss"ntatv" government This re-
fey,a a~ SpS '" o 1nd T pT2mus ven
@ ~ s,,',,st n, b,, th" Pure S.iisb,,rv
and Ignaten ignored il and went on with heir con
way for the Of ls7l
fI,e a. ,r.ntatives on Narch ~ 1S-7 ADM
,,r ..eatib e,1r, th.. ttrone in which h. amtba-
sized tho principle of liberty and equality for all
h- subjects The Parlianon. went earnestly to
work 10 ma k needed Avs and 20 reform old abuses
There Wa no factional spirit In IL There was bur
ono nart, THAT lis work was full of prOmisa for
~ i-,,,rr, H. iorgr ia Tho prtfeh Ap,has
.ador ~ nile so regarded ir T-nforru-
b ,a..i, h. ,ol,,f moi nersual. his own Govern
i n,nt 70 agree with him. England joined with the
+ othc~ Powers I'm either ignoring or ridiculing or
ctan and hls 'Vizer found mar ,ns-a9I Of Gaining
,h, INN, A. - Fnrone mo- had .tiU ft,rtte1
/ ',I '. -. - 4. H. 80 w.. 49,. H. ~,
%.'i ~, ~ ,ba, ~ 30 G~s, bari .i,o., Inc ,,,
,.hric f.f Thar shock was adm nisfa-ed hy = mem
f Der Of the Cabinet. who was deeply involved in a
/ job Of the first magnitude An investigation was