New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-06

=, chat the Sultan gave way, and directing
W. pacha. as Grand Nizier to draw up a
s. g announcing the recall into existence of
constitution. affixed his signature and seal
Wv the document bearing the names. too. OF
So .s snek-ul- Islam and Of all the ministers.
". - &c not an officer of the Turkish army
~, not single Moslem in the ottoman
y - who can read-who does not know by
bnil' al the terms and principles of this con-
heo ..on For although its Enforcement was
s.,5as until the coup d'etat a little over
,, seo vet for the last thirty. years il has
IT, ~,rted each year in all the official al
por and analogous works Of reference. The
action in question while it enumerates
--,,cgrles of popular government does not
N u itself define the organization Of the
80 T,,t il provides for the election of
ia -.,onsl assembly which shall elaborate and
h"o ,..o the organization of parliamentary
l.ss NJ administration. In Russia when
r.r srst granted constitution to his peo-
- least 90 per cent Of the population were
p-,o,s;,, ignorant of what was meant there
- altogether at sea to its terms and
y p,,t in Turkey every one who can read.
an zen many Of those who are entirely ilit-
g. mt who turn ready ear to public and
-. sneakers. is thoroughly acquainted with
~ -. criticize Of the Turkish constitution
IS
a. N,,-uinr about the coup d'etat, we have moth
u 80 +,,ei7 word for it. True, they have done
He talking since its occurrence, and have
an -" IN the glory; but none of them thus
cIa'e 20 have corne.to the front at Constan-
Ia - .,,a+ is TO say none Of those who have
-. been regarded as the leaders of their
Hi'-. In nine cases out of ten they have
IL remained in Paris. London and Brus-
$50 they are held IN Singularly low esti-
s'"a -, the authorities WHO have had them
. observation for some time past Many
-, aed from Turkey to escape the penalty
.r.nces that were of a criminal character,
- s5outed the cloak Of political disgrace IN
.-asr 70 save their face abroad
n,,.b sneculaticn prevails as 10 the sincerity
~ Sultan in giving his approval to the new
dor of things but there is really no reason
- 10 ebo,ld not be sincere. He was perfectly
-. -ba- # he had lost Macedonia it would
80 cast him his throne. He was probably
- "a he rid by the coup d'etat of 1zzet
nho and Of all that nefarbous palace gang
b,,t had stood between him and his people
-arr which had fattened TO an inconceivable
so,rae a the expense of the nation and of his
own private purse. and which had rendered IL
self guilty Of all sorts of cruelties. prosecutions
.n5 acts If crime and barbarity. for which he
haan
no. ev,ent its members may or may not have
+errorized him There are many who have al
ways believed that the Sultan would have been
essassinated like most Of his predecessors on
tbs throne. if he had made any attempt TO rid
himself of their evil presence; and it was only
because the coup d'etat came quickly and
,,naxneetedlv that they had time to concert
measures but were compelled to devote all
their energies to a flight with much plumber
&C they could carry off before being seized. The
Sultan is according to those who know him
hest not only an extremely clever man but also
nf q relatively humane and kindly disposition,
and now in the event1de of his long and event.
full life he would certainly sooner go down to
posterity as popular and liberal monarch ad-
mred as such both az home and abroad, than
execrated as a sangJnnary despot, and as the
Great Assassin" the name applied 10 hima by
Gladstone.
have mentioned above the question Of finance
as one Of the gravest difficulties by which the
new reform government is confronted. 1t does
not furnish sufficient assurances of stability to
enable Il TO borrow money abroad. And yet
funds are needed without delay to pay off, not
merely the troops upon whom the government
must rely 10 maintain order, but also all those
civilian employees who have been turned adrift
for the sake Of sorely needed economy, and who
now find themselves destitute and even des-
perate. For an official who has served the state
for many years, and who finds himself suddenly
not merely deprived Of his means Of livelihood,
but who cannot even obtain in some cases the
whole years Of arrears Of salary due to him.
and who is. moreover. confronted by the star
walton of himself and of his family, there is
nothing but despair, and despair Dis likely to-
breed crime and outrage.
Then, too, there is the question Of equality Of
civic rights and Of taxation. Until nov the
military service has been closed to. all but Mos
lens while the Christians have been obliged
to pay considerably higher taxes. Now, ac-
cording 10 the terms Of the constitution and to
the DEGREES of the new government, Christians
are to serve as soldiers just well as Moslems,
while the latter are to be required to pay as
large an amount Of taxes the UnbelBver-
that is 10 say, the Christian and the Jew. This
is already resulting IN widespread dissazisfac-
ton, as the Christians object to serving in the
army and the Moslems to paying more taxes.
Still another problem is the difficulty, nay, the
impossbility OF redressing of wrongs and of
satisfying every vengeance. no matter no" much
deserved.
Finally, and this is OF the most serious
questions of all. there is the movement in which
all the subjects Of the Sultan, irrespective of
creed, are now united-namely, for the main
tenance OF the integrity Of the empire. II is a
movement which, Of course, the Mahometans
have more especially al heart, and IL involves
the demand upon Austria for the restoration 10
the Porte Of its provinces Of Herzegovina and
Bosnia, which since 1873 have been subject to.
the nominally temporary administration OF En-
peror Francis Joseph, and a similar demand
upen Great Britain for the evacuation of Egypt,
and Of the Soudan. and upon Bulgaria for
Eastern Roumelia.
No wonder that, under the circumstances. the