Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-07

Copyrighted, 1885. by the Associated
PreSs)
Cons eat.nople. December ., via.
Sofa. Bulgaria. December 6-The fea-
ure Of the political situation here TO-
day is the step taken by said Pasha,
presiden, Of the Council Of State, and
formerly Grand V.zier, in seeking ref
uge to-day, accompanied by his son.
lad aged about i yeaIs, in the BHJiSh
embassy.
An investigation of the affair shows
that the Sultan yesterday sent special
messenger to said Pasba, inviting him
to occupy the chalet w.,nin ,he grounds
of the YIdiz park, which was formerly
occup.ed by Midhat Pasla, at one lhe
Governor General of Syria, later Gov
ernor of Smyrna. and who was uled Oh
suspicion of having been connected WIN
cle murder of ,he la.e sultan ABDUL
Aziz e,.,.
Fully aware of the significance Oh JhlS
invitation. Said Pasha declined. ms
is said TO have made Abdul hamlu l9Aa
steDs to arrest the former Grand NlZleI'
who is suspected by the palace people
of intriguing for the deposition oil 'he
present Sultan in favor OF eX-oulIah
Nurad. now @ prisoner IN the 1l'uiA
Kiosk. and who was declared Dy 1he
councH of ministers il 1876 TO be SUI
fering from idiOcy.
Abdul Hamid. it seems, believed that
c,iI p,eAa WAS irving TO influence the
Council of S-ate to declare HIM, (tne
Su1Hrl suffering from weakness oil
mind This so enraged Abdul ialnIo
that he determined TO ger SAID Pasha
on- of the way. IL may no, have been
The nan to- actually murder the latter,
but nohodv doubts If ne had been en-
riced into the Yildz chalet he would al
I 1a9s- have remained there close prlS-
oner for a long time 10 come, ana SONS
morning. the news OF his Su!c'ue
would possibly have been circulated
In addition TO suspectlng Salu faslld
Of desiring his deposition, the Sultah
has been led to believe that the former
Grand Vizier made no earnest enorts
TO induce the powers 10 Withdraw tnelr
demands ~,
FOR THE EXTRA GUARDSHIPS.
T. was no;uted out 10 the Sultan that II
Said Pa=ha's influence had been strong
enough 10 bring about the recall OF the
British gunboat Dryad from the en-
trance Of the Dard9nelles. 1t was sum
cieut i'm view of the peaceful CONDITION
Of C1ns.antinople and the efforts beng
made TO restore order in the provinces,
n Dersuade the powers to waive their
claims for additional guardShips. II
was i'm vain that the P3Sha protested
he had done everything possible under
the circumstances. The sultan WouIu
no- listen to his explanations and Grove
him from his presence as he did Ie"uN
P9sha. The Minister of Foreign A1a.rS'
some days ago. bitterly denouncinS hliu
for vs. aTep71 +~o9"hery.
When Said Pasha had lett the pal
ace the advisers of Abdul Hamid were
NOT slow to intimate that the president
Of the Council of State was a DANGEROUS
enemy who should be promptly de-
Drived of the power Of doing further
harm The Sultan was impressed with
the idea. But Said Pasha was too inn
Dort3nt a persona &c to be dragged from
his residence by 'he police soldiers.
Somebody hit upon the idea OF tempt
ing Said Pasha to come within the
cafes of the Yildiz Kiosk by the offer Of
the Vizierate. Rifat Pasha. the present
Grand vizier being supposed to have
fallen into disrepute with his royal mas
ter. =,
Said Pasha. however, is too well
versed in the traditions Of the Hildiz
Kiosk to be caught with such bait
He sent a polite refusal when formally
offered the viZierate. and this led to the
loss subtle offer of accommodation in
the famous Midhat p2sha chalet of the
Yildiz Park. The Pasha refused this
tempting offer unless the present con-
ditions of the government were chang
cd " and when he heard that the Sui
tan. nerved to desperation by the init
matiors of the palace courtiers. had de-
termined unon his arrest, he lost no
time i'm placing himself under the pro
lection of Sir Philip Currie.
Then it became known that, during
the prOgress of these negotiations, Said
Pasba. upon one occasion, was detained
NJ the palace so long that his friends,
who had been fearing his arrest for
weeks past. went to the ambassador for
advice.
NOBODY HERE DOUBTS
that said Pasha had good reason to seek
the protection of the British ambassa-
dor and the situation is recognized on
all sides as being extremely critical.
When the Sultan was informed by
the course taken by Said Pasha, he was
greatly incensed and made several fu-
file attempts to induce the fugitive to
return to his house. He sent Tewik
pasba and other ministers to the Brit
isb embassy. where they had a long in
terview with Said Pasha and held out
an kinds of promises 10 him on the Sui
FANS behalf. But all their efforts to
nersuade the Dasha TO leave the embas-
e- came to nothing. Said firmly refusing
to trust himself outside OF his asylum.
Later in the day Tewtik Pasha Wis
tied Sir Philip CuyTie and begged the
ambassador 10 DO his utmost to induce
Said Pasha 70 return to his home, max
ing. use of the argument that the flight
of the president of the Council of State
was certain 70 have a very bad effect
uDon the population of ConstantinOple
and might cause trouble of a most
serious nature. But al these argu-
ments were thrown away upon Sir Phil
in who. after listening quietly to all his
caller had to say on the subject, polite
" 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