The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1895-12-11
SULTAN MUST YIELD.
Foreign Embassies at CONSTANT
nople Receive INSTRUCTIONS.
England Lands Blue Jackets at Pera-Said
Pasha Fears Abdul Hands WRATH
Seeks Refuge In British
Embassy.

LOnuOn, Dec. O.-l ne Zines prints
dispatch from Constantinople which
says that the embassies have received
instructions from their respective gov
ernments that the guardships question
must be pushed home and that it is i'm
possible for the powers to retire from
the positions which they have assumed.
The Daily News has dispatch from
Constantinople to the effect that the
embassies have unofficially informed
the sultan that If the firmans for the
extra guardships are refused the OAR
danelles will be forced by the powers.
Constantinople, Dec. 5, via Sofia, Bull
garia, Dec. 6.-During the last "a hours
there have been frequent cabinet coun-
ellis at the palace, and several exchanges
of communications with the represent
atives of the powers, but no decision
seems to have been arrived at by the
porte on the subject of the firmans de-
manded for the passage of the extra
guardships through the Dardanelles.
The dilatory policy of the palace peo-
pie is continued apparently in the hope
that some hitch will occur which may
put an end to the accord of the powers.
London, Dec. Especial dispatches
from Constantinople allege that H. NJ.
S. Imogene and Cockatrice have landed
Elue jackets at Pera to protect the
English embassy. Pera is suburb of
Constantinople, on the north side of
the Golden Horn" on the summit of
the hill above Galata and Tophane. 1t
is two miles in length, chiefly inhabited
by Franks, and comprises the resi-
Gences of several ambassadors, with
Greek and Roman Catholic churches,
a Mohammedan college, and a mon
Gstery of Dervishes.
Constantinople, Dec. 6.-The porte has
made demand upon the British en-
bassy for the surrender of Said Pasha,
president of the council of state and for
merly grand vizier, who has taken ref
uge in the embassy because he feared
arrest, if nothing worse, if he complied
with the sultan's commands that he re-
side in the palace. The demand has been
refused by Sir Phillip Currie, British
ambassador, and Said Pasha is still
under the protection of the embassy.
Nobody here doubts that Said Pasha
had good reason to seek the protection
of the British ambassador. and the sit
uation is recognized on all sides as be-
ing extremely critical. When the sui
tan was informed of the course taken
by Said Pasha he was greatly incensed
and made several futile attempts to in
duce the fugitive to return to his house.
He sent Tewfk Pasha and other ministers
10 the British embassy, where they had
a long interview with Said Pasha, and
the sultan's behalf. But all their efforts
tC persuade the pasta to leave the en-
bassy came to nothing, Said firmly re-
fusing to trust himself outside of his
asylum.
Later in the day. Tewfik Pasha Wis.,
tied Sir Philip Currie and begged the
ambassador to do his utmost to induce
Said Pasha to return to his home, max
ing use of the argument that the fight
of the president of the council of state
was certain to have a very bad effect
upon the population of Constantinople
and might cause trouble of a most seri-
Gus nature. But all these arguments
were thrown away upon Sir Philip, who,
after listening quietly to all that his
caller had to say, politely told him that
he could not interfere in the matter.
He added that Said Pasha had asked for
an asylum and that his request had
been granted. There the matter ended,
SO far as the British ambassador was
concerned.
The feature of the political situation
here is the step taken by Said Pasha,
president of the council of state, and
formerly grand vizier, in seeking refuge
with his son, aged about II years, in
the British embassy. An investigation
of the affair shows that the sultan sent
a special messenger to Said Pasha, in
viting him to occupy the chalet within
the grounds of the Yildiz park. Fully
aware of the significance of this invita-
ton, Said Pasha declined. This is said
to have made Abdul Hamid take steps
to arrest the former grand vizier, who
is suspected by the palace people of in
triguing for the deposition of the pres
ent sultan.
Abdul Hamid, it seems, believed that
Said Pasha was trying to influence the
council of state TO declare him (the sui
tam suffering from weakness of mind.
This so enraged Abdul Hamid that he
determined to get Said Pasha out of the
way 1t may not have been the plan to
actually murder the latter; but nobody
doubts that if he mad been enticed into
the Yildiz chalet he would have at least
remained there close prisoner for
long time to come, and some morning
the news of his suicide" would possibly
have been circulated. When Said Pasha
heard that the sultan, nerved to des-
peration by the intimations of the pal