Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-15

stantiate the claims of this particular
! class Of opponents. but Notwithstanding
all his efforts the hostility resting upon
this ground has grown until IL no"
reaches large proportions.
But the most active and formidable
OF an the Sultan opponents belong 10
party which has as yet scarcely ciSs
talized into shape-the party Of l0unS
Turkey" Strongest i'm ConstanJlnop-e'
It's ramiica-iOns extend 10 all the cities
and large towns OF the Empire lt mas
no accepted policy and no recognlzed
mead IL is an aggregation OF reNoIu-
! rOnis- and indictments. VINO "ouil
depOse the Sultan and assume control
of the government first, and map out q
policy later on. To it belong ouS-ed
government officials. retired and dis
charged officers of the army and navy
the Softas-the fanaucal young theo-
logical students of the large cities
many merchants. physicians and other
professional men. and many holding
even high positions i'm the present gov
eminent. Their chief allegation for
their discomfort is the lack OF a con-
stiui0ual government but there is
suspicion that there is more or less or
subterfuge I'm this They lament Abdul
Hamid's abrogatiOu of the constitution
of 1877 and his dispersion of the Parlla-
ment called into being by the great
trade of that var. with a clamor so
great as to create the suspicion that
-hav are seeking 20 distract attention
from some other and very different
MOTIVE FOR EXISTENCE
To is this party whose CRY is for consti-
tutional government which is response
be for much almost said mOst-Ot
the riotous outbreaks and maSSacres Of
recent years. A cardinal feature of
their plan OF campaign appears To be
the idea that anything which can add
90 the embarrassment of the Sultan IA
so much gain for them. and so the lead
ers and emissaries of th Young Turks
are 10 be found preaching revolt and
counseling revolution at all times and
I'M an places. No riot starts. bu, they
are to De found helping it along, no mas
sacre occurs. but they have a hand IN IT,
no palace intrigue exists. but they have
q voice in its origin and management
But as a party e. lacks h0mCgena.ty
and cnmpactncss IL fs divided into fac
lions and clans. the two most prominent
being the Radicals and the Modera-eS.
Both CRY "a constitution and Parlia-
ment." but they differ widely i'm the
means of accomplishing the end. The
Radicals demand popular representa-
r0u and q written organic law through
the forcible Intervention of armed Eu-
rome and c1uld they have "1ei~ way the
thunder of foreign guns would DE heard
I'm ConstantinOple. and foreign army
of occupation would compel the sultan
to restore that which he undid IN 1871.
The MOderates are equally persistent
i'm their demand but they would have
nothing by force of arms. They are
for a peaceable revolution i'm the inter
nal affairs of the Empire In a recent
proclamation issued not az Constau-
tinOple but az Paris. they said. Our
aims being order and progress. we de-
test concessions obtained by violence
We are working, not 20 overthrow the
Osman DYNASTY. The continued exist
ence of which we deem necessary 10 the
securing of good order. but TO propo-
gate the idea of progress by the tri-
umph Of science. Above all we do not
wish 10 advance save by rengthenlng
the Ottoman element and while pre-
serving the peculiar originality of our
Eastern civilization. We appeal for
sympathy TO nOble-hearted Europeans
who devoid of an theOl0gicO-pOi-.cal
fau9ticism. aim only at the common
welfare Of both the West and the East. ~
All of which
SOUNDS EXCEEDINGLY WELL,
If it could be Invested of certain blody
environments and riOtOus perspecrives.
These various political factions of ops
position to- the Sultan and his govern
ment give some idea of the thorns in
his path. and of the obstacles i'm the
way of anything like good government.
If Hamid was the most irst of mon
archs. ne would find 70 difficult if not
impossible. amid such surroundings, to
give Justice 90 ANYBODY. OF a ra 'eat
and thorough investigation 20 any cause
Of complaint. But with him the arch
enemy of an things Christian that he
is. 90 talk of reform and justice is TO
pirate of the Superlatively foolish. II
there is a truism I'm the whole present
situation of Turkey. it is that the only
chance for the Sultan 90 hold his place
of power was for him 90 inaugurate
lust such a reign of terror as we have
witnessed within the year, for therein
Law his only hope To- placate some of his
enemies. remove others. and divert
the attention Of the rest by @
general raid upon the Gaours.
He did not hesitate TO embark on
this enterprise of blood. and between
the upper milestone of governmental
policy and the neither of the Clnricals
and Radical Young Turks. The Christ IAN
subjects have literally had to- gnaW a
fle
Right here let MS turn back q step
and examind briefly that opera bou6e
event. the Turkish constitution and
Parliament brought into the world for
brief and uneventful existence by the
Trade of 1877. It is difficult 20 consider
the Wdicrous seriously. but the EFFORT
may De made for the sake of the infor-
nation TO- De extracted from the epi,
sOde The fact has long since been
forgotten by the world at large but it
is a fact. that for a few months In the
year vamed Turkey actually had @ con-
stitutonal form of government and
A PARLIAMENT.
This was the work Of Niihat Pasha.
the Grand Vizier. and of Rustem Pasha.
who died i'm London month ago. Mid
hat drew up the Constitution, providing
for religious freedom. popular suffrage
and q representative government.
Abdul Hamid. who had been on the
throne but a few months. approved and
signed the decree. it was promulgated,
. elections were held. and March 10. 1877.
the Parliament was convened, and the