The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-11-09
TURKEYS BAD PLIGHT
RumOrs of Conspiracies in the
Palace Continue.
The Condition of the Treasury
Not Improved.
IN A CRITICAL STATE.
A Successor to the Present Sui
tan is Talked Of.
But One Sultan is as Bad as
Another.

CONsTANTINoPLE, Nov. 9.-There is
no change for the better in the polit-
zeal situation here unless it rests on
the fact that the Ottoman bank has
advanced the Turkish government the
sum of 81, 500, 900, which will enable
the new minister of finance, Sabri
Pasha, to provide for the most press
ing needs of the government. The
latter, it would seem, consists in TT
ting out the army reserves just called
out IN the porte's attempt to make
some show of trying to restore order
in Armenia, but there are so many
other demands upon the Turkish
treasury at the present moment that
the money just advanced will not go a
long way, even if IL was placed to
legitimate uses, which is not likely to
be the case.
In the best informed circles here the
situation is regarded as decidedly
critical and important developments
are expected within a short time.
The ambassadors of the powers do
not regard the new Turkish ministry
with favor; it is not expected to last
long. and it is not thought that it will
be able to do anything worth men
tioning towards clearing the political
atmosphere.
The rumor of palace conspiracies
which have been in circulation for
months past continue to be talked
about. The name of the deposed sui
tan, Mohammed Murad, removed from
the throne because he was alleged to
be suffering from idiocy, is once more
mentioned as being likely candidate
for the throne.
There are many people who believe
the deposed sultan is quite as sane as
the present ruler of the Ottoman en-
pire, Abdul Medjid-
Then, of course, the name of the
heir apparent, Mohammed Reshed, is
heard mentioned as likely to shortly
succeed his uncle, the present sultan;
but that report has been in circulation
for months past.
In fact it was said some time ago
that the present sultan had offered to
abdicate in favor of Mohammed Re-
shed, but, it is added, the representa-
tives of the powers did not look upon
this as likely to prove any solution
of the complicated situation and the
matter was allowed to drop.
The difficulty does not rest in indi-
viduals; one sultan is about as bad or
good as another; it is the system of
government in the Turkish empire
which is to blame for all the troubles,
and until there Is a decided change in
this direction there will be no improve
ment in the condition of the Arne-
mans, or of the Turks
The appointment of the ex-grand
vizier, Kiami1 Pasha, decidedly a well
meaning man, as vail of Aleppo, is re-
garded here as beng only another
way of sending him to exile. He NAV
not be actually exiled. but he will not
/ be allowed to return from Aleppo
until it suits the porte. He is charged
with many things, but the sum and
substance of which seems to be that
he has been made a scapegoat for the
sins and lack of mercy of others The
sultan had to do something, so he
| changed his grand vizier and turned
over his cabinet. He may have gained
some time by doing so, but that seems
| to be about all.
| In addition to the exile of Kiamil
Pasha to Aleppo, it is reported that a
numb of high personages have been
exiled to AnatOia, but it is difficult to
/ get at the truth in such matters, as
people reported ''ex1led" sometimes
find their way to the bottom of the
Bosphorus.
The Turkish troops are being con-
centrated at Masash for an advance
on Zeitoun, as soon as the military
preparations are completed.
Further private reports received
| here from Diarbel1ir estimate the num-
| Der of Armenian victims of the recent
/ massacres at 5, 600
1t is believed the number is in ex-
cess of the actual total of those killed,
but there seems to be no doubt that
the victims are numbered by the
thousands.
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