The Washington times., 1895-03-31

words which he might think ii desirable to
employ; and uponfhatpoint the information
Lgot fromhis envoy was not SO satisfactory
and so proved.
'.The Sultan eagerly seized the oppor-
tunity of getting rid Of the only man
whose presence could make it difficult for
him to recall the reforms; and every one
knows how Midbat Pasha was cent to
Persia in exile; how Abdnl Hamid was
enabled to recover despotic power, un-
checked by parliamentary or other CON
tpol; how the hopes OF an improved govern
Inent vanished into the air, and how the
prospects of Turkey are now more gloomy
than at any time in the history
That is the opinion OF the late British
ambassador at Censtantinople ON the CON
duct OF Sultan Hamid. To-day Turkey
is, unfortunately, in fer worse condition
than when Sir Elliot left it.
ENORMOUS CIVIL LIST.
The Sultan put into the cabinet and as his
entonrage, every corrupt official he could
find who would bow to his despotic rule,
and wheneverheen encountered one wins would
decline to do so he soon showed him the
way to Meoea. Thus the mler of Turkey
was soon able to grasp in his hands all he
authority, without being contreddsted by
any one. Tie finances Interested him the
most, and he increased his civil LIST to an
amount unknown in the annals of Turkey.
Out OF an income Of IT 100000 Turkish
pounds, equal to SIT ,0G0 900, he appro-
PIRATES to himself over ,500,000 pounes
So, 900 eco, besides 500 900 pounds
tS2, 200 ,000) a year he draws from his
private property, which lie took from his
subjects against their VIII at a nominal
price. All his mind is to accumulate an
Immense fortune, to enable HIM TO retire
somewhere when a pronunciamento will
10. NaNFf 1.fary
through has accumulation OF gold he hopes
to De able to fly from the capital instead
or meeting the saroe fate a that OF his Iire-
Cecessor, Sultan AziZ. TIE reforms which
have been created in Turkey for the last
halfceutury haHeul been upset. The army
Is entirely tiisOrganized, the troops are
commanded to-day by mcn who were pro-
moted by the sultan TfleFciy that they might
protect him. TIE troops in the Turkish
capital only are paid and fed, whilst those
in the provinces are lalf naked and starved.
The feet is all ROTTEN. Since the unf0r-
tauate accession to the throne OF Abdul
Hasnid ali theships arela!d up in the arsenal
and never been to sea.
The CoDfdSson rc:gfiln9 TO-DAY in Turkey
and the terror which has seized the pepula-
tEon have been brought on by the S3itan
Hafnid alone. IL VIII COST aim very Gear
one day, and that day is not far distant.
The tyranny which he exercises oil his
peaceful subjects Armenisns, Greeks
Turks, Arabs, ard AIbanians-was never
known in the history of Turkey as it is
today.
Although we have already given the
opinion OF the British ambassador at Con-
stantinopie regarding Abdul Eamid's rule,
we VIII nevertheless give another narrative
account Of the conduct OF the ruler Of
Turkey, from a d3spatCh which Sir Austin
H. Layard, who also was the British am
hassadOT at CCnstaItinople, wrote 10 Lord
Granville on April q, 1850 1T was my
duty o ssIInIit 10 your loFdship the present
state of cur rei;tiousW 80 the z orte, ans! the
actuai condition OF Turkey.
ENGLAND WARNED Ta-t SULTAN.
'.AE all pow ers III the state are i'll the hands
OF the Sultan, who has thecomplete control
over public affairs, it isvery important that
her majesty's government should be made
acquainted with hrs maiesty's political
views i have not con-
cealed my opinion from II m, but have
warned hiIa over and over again of the
dangers To which he is exposing himself
and his empire hy The course he has OF late
p,-Tsued, in language which has rarely,
IL ever, becn addressed to a sovereign.
"A $ the reports from CUT consular Off
GERS fully deeC!ihe the condition OF the
Turkish provinces IN Europe and Asia,
their mSgoveinn:eut, the corruption and
inc0mpetsncy OF the Turkish junction
aries, the safferings OF Tie population,
ID usSelmaRs ard Christ ans alike, and the
ssnarchy that III many places prevails, is
rs scarcely necessary for nle to enter
upon the subject Suffice il 10 say that
never, reIhaTs, was the empire in so dis
oTegmZed and critical n state. Ihis is
admitted by every impartial ard inielli-
gent Turk In any other country in The
fr-Vs csa ri -r.3 ion
and pIisery which at the present tiIne
prevail in Turkey, would have produced
general IIpuisE5lE of The population. That
they should not have Gore so hitherto may
be attributed 10 tie extreme patience, long
suffering, ard IesreCt Tor tie head Of the
faith which Cist neisEeS Nus etmans. and
to the difficulty OF uniting people against
the government, in consequence OF the diff
ference OF race and of religious hatreds that
exist among them But there are signs
that the present state OF things cannot long
c continue.
RULERS EVIL FRIENDS.
There is a general conviction that the
only measures that can save Turkey from
speedy collapse are the immediate dis
missal OF the present incompetent min
istry, the removal from tie palace and
from access to the Sultan OF those men who
effective control of the arbitrary power
which his ma jeSty has succeeded i'll oonGen-
tratin0 i'll his hand, the establishment of
ministerial responsibility, the extension of
the power OF tie governors, and the meet 4
ing OF tie chambers approved OF by The con-
stitHtion. or of some representative body
OF Constantuople. with local popular IS
semTlies in the provinces. They are further
convinced that uptii these things are eff
feet cd the reforms which the Powers have
demanded and the Porte has So!einnly I'M
dertaken to onTy out VIII hot be put into
execution"
An Intelligent and impartial American,
after reading the above authentic state
neGts with regard TO the actual state of
terror under the rule OF Sultan Abdul 4
Hamid. viii convince himself that the PAM
phiet by an american Observer" euti-
tied "A few facts about Turkey under the
Sultan a Abdul Hamid H." is the work of
an incompetent person. whose knowledge
OF Eastern affairs commands no conti-
.