New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-10-28
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Things Are Again Looking; Very
Serions in the Turkish
Empire.
Ball Set Rolling BY the Two
Trades for Increasing
Taxes
For the Purpose Of Aiming Mus
sulmans- The Ambassadors
Protest.

CoNsrANT1NoPLE Via Sofia, Bulgaria.
Oct. 27.-The report that trouble Of;
serious nature is brewing here has 81
often been sent out that any fresh an
nOunoement to that effect is looked
upon rs having little or no foundation
IN fact. But in spite of this, it is ,bu1
right to state once more that everything
points to further and very serious
trouble preparing on all sides through
out the Turkish empire. So ,-.S
The ball was sent rolling on W ednes.
day last when the sultan signed two
trades which were issued the next day
levying poll tax of piastres pel
head on all Mussulmans and increasing
the taxes On sheep, public works and by
to ~ per cent, the funds so raised to
be devoted to military purposes. ].
Ibis caused the representatives of the
powers to send d collective note to the
porte couched in the strongest language,
calling attention to the danger that the
arming Of the Mussulmans was certain
to create and pointing out generally
the critical situation of affairs in the
Turkish empire. But large purchases
OF arms have already been made, and
the danger increases hourly. !. =
The porte has sent notesto the COL
lectlve note of the ambassadors. As
usual, however, it was an evasive an
swer, and in substance simply stated
that the money derived from the addi-
tlonal taxes was only intended to com.
n Q1~p71sa 0N1of Of y, e%nG-
landstrum, the third and last class of
the Turkish army reserves, and to
strengthen the armament of the other
land forces of the sultan, which
consists of Nizam, or regular
army and it's active reserve, the
Redif, or. landwehr, and the .Mustah-
fus, have already referred to. Con-
scripts in Turkey serve six years in the
Nizam, four with the colors and two
in the reserve. They then serve eight
years in the Rediff, four in the first
class and four in the second. Then they
complete their twenty years service by
serving six years in the Mustahfus.
The action of the Turkish govern
ment in completing the armament of
the Mustahfus indicates that the en-
pire is facing a situation which may
necessitate the calling forth of all, the
military force at it's disposal, and it
also indicates that the situation is the
gravest since the Russo Turkish war.
Under these circumstances it is but
natural that considerable uneasi-
ness prevails. Of course there is
always in view the probability
at least that the sultan by these move
1nents is simply seeking to detract the
attention Of his subjects from the &C.
tual state of affairs brought about by
his NAL administrator and that seeing
that the powers are really in earnest
and that an understanding between
Russia, France and Great Britain
means decisive action, he is by these
ornaments practically threatening "a
wholesale massacre of the Christians
and announcing that Turkey will resist
to the utmost any attempt at armed
coercion.
Happily, there is one feature of the
crisis that has soothing influence upon
Abdul Hamid. This is the financial
situation. It is about as bad as it pos.
sibly can be. All negotiations upon
the part of the Turkish govern
ment for temporary loan have failed,
and the condition Of the treasury is one
Of utter helplessness. On top Of this,
the price of bread has risen 10 per cent,
and bids fair to rise still higher as the
price of wheat goes up. This has de-
cidedly aggravated the prevailing dis.
tress and it's consequent discomfort.
The police continue making arrests and
it is understood that many more bombs
have been found. 80 II -. s....#
In Armenia the greatest apprehen.
sion exists. The echoes Of the recent
massacre in the city of Egin are just
reaching here, in spite Of the efforts
made by the porte to suppress anything
but the official news. - : .*>....,5. L