The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-25
POST OFFICES IN IURREF.
The Sultan Again Trying to Suppress tho
Foreign Mail Services.

The Sultan Abdul Hamid IL IL again showing
symptoms Of unrest lie has addressed notes to
tho governments Of the powers having separate
post Offices in Turkey dem ndinz their suppress.
sion. The existence Of these Offices has long been
q standing grievance with tho Turkish Govern
ment, for they have beside the central Offices,
branches In all tho important cities and seapor,H
Of the Ottoman Empire The British. German
French and Italian Offices are less numerous than
tho Austrian. which may b- said 10 BE- the prin.
eipsl foreign postal administration o, the empire
These foreign Offices use stamps Of their own
In case OF their suppression their stamIs will have
an Increased value for collectors The Russian
Government uuiles its consulates as psf Offices
and has a special stamp Of its own for that par
ucular service
This, however, IL no, tho FIRST time that the
Turkish Government has endesvored 20 obtain
the suppression Of the national post Offices IN
Turkey. II believes rightly or wrongly tina,
they serve channels through which tho ltera,ut,
OF reyoluuona y sOcieueS plpvIn. the over
throw Of the dyasty and Government finds lis way
a.! over 'he country and. not entirely without
revenues they furnish. and which would ~ a very
Welcome addition 10 the always lmiecuniuus
Turkish Treasury. About tie p~ri II tie
Rus.o-Turkish War of 1877 an lr,rrn-.lonai Post
Ofce was esta biishci at lonstanunofle under u .
masterLiencral at TIE instance u nc british Goy
eminent but the eNpcl lmcni failed chiefly ir-ausc
OF the want Of confidence Of the business CON mn.
nifty In the efficiency of the wotking 81 any !usiu.
! ton under Turkish control Tn, commercial ,ls-
mrnt IN IN" ur,pean communities IN Tu'acv,
and there is hNrily any oih~'. confirmed - a.r
what they considered tho sn!cr uatlonnl N crs
As the purely Turkish post o'hc'E NJ ,nre,o,it
Turk evot thought 81 using them. and since the
late troubles no Intelligent Turk would trust any
misSlye eAtep; Of the most COLI flcss Cnarnr.rr in
the hanth o! their employees The reason -
on several occasions the Turkish Authorities
At ConHtanunorlr have r~sorrd to devices recr!
Harry oriental 70 bring about the c rSius - the
foreign post og.ces there. la order 10 have the
precedent Tor sCppress!ns them rvrrywt"'-
and the Austrian has usually ben srlec'e ~ The
s1peti'nent tnder soT- prctence the r.!l.
steamers or railway station would be ~clyrf.
then RELEASED nrii protests on both si!es The
Turks always alleging the incident was c.uSei
by the intiscreu0n or over znsl u the offending
Official, correspondence would then rnsur
, TO be dropped after a whlle ant n. status QUO
resumed Since the occupai!1n By Aust-.a "A,
bosnia and Her,ec pvira |, has become h.ysrt
Gus 10 provoke Austria too far An Austrian
corps has always Se~H IN Tsndiness 70 march
further south But the circumstances now srr
| not the Same as on previous OCCASIONS There
Is ioT IutHry' . totmiGaI!" army in Maoedor :
Rhria on the best Of terms With each Other
and not urIriendly to Turkey and It IL tu!~-sh4 ~
certain that in the event Of trouble with Nusirih
they would be found united: while The situation
In Austria. Hungary IL such that a conflict WIN
/ its southeastern nrlghbyrs would lie particularly
tnunportIne Just nov
The other Post fcc which the Turkish Govern.
meni views with the most dis!hvnr Is the BRUSH
ltmay he that the Sultan 4. under the impression
that EngIands South African preocclpati1us
presents favorable opportunity TOT hring ng
w auesn9 ,s o, ae suGPrstisaiop o. 'hese foreign
that now Is his time: and should he b. backed
! as is not unlikely, by other powers then There
can be no doubt he Is looking for trouble ami the
non ~ the post ofaces al Constanunople Is the
/ hTsi STRIP toward IL