HOW TURK EY IS MISGOVERNED
The LoVi^r^ eorrnspDhW^ of the • A ge says' tfiait'-Uve situ xliqii ia.tKe East c:*u?es g%t g *:ttzh<x \ throughout Kurope. *T\f?t^» fl3 I bad as it wel! car^e i >e . The r^^ fc jPowrr^ appear determined to cWg? 1 tho Porte to institute rpFofta i° Armenia, , Macedoma is in veSf&t,^"" bellioii. Meanwhile the real (?oveVuing power of Turk^j s ; n the\h^ u(^ 3 of tn'e cluni^>s of favorites and eit>uchs who surrourd tho SuYt;m. A tt\j*p °^ high iahk iv Constantinople iu^tf^Hi course of conver^atiou w itli tfce cor- : rospondent of a newspaper pointed I out tharthe Grau'd Viz -q^ Said, Pasha althoii ) gli'..av able aud bouo^t mau, was : ; only the mirror of the Sultan, *nti was not in it n mediate touch with the administrati m oC.aftai-rd, and. tbid sd^ : ministration was rotten and corrupt. ''"Look at/the Miuut Tf o f tho interior,'' .said be, Vorcrj m^Liog the >linister*,s sou, Djeoud Bejt, g, >t>s a,>^vn to Phillippe'fi, ifi Ga^.'and traffics ia -' Government . p-^ts.^ oppn 1 y as the brokers a.round hitc m shares. You may ask him, ' Whai^rice Beyroutfor Sivas ?'aud for so tftjtny hundreds i op thousands of pounds L you tnav bo appoiptediorthAvith Ttaitnakain, Muteseanf or ,Vali. When you, get to th© poßttho first thing you do is t^> c*m*l mence recoupi^igj.^araelf for your outlay, as you do uot kiibw^orj U?^g you may be left there, lv order U^. keep a good post the occupant must contiaually he sending presents to tb i > Ministry, and to; we get extortioi $ * and atrocities, and the people arr«* tired of being squeezed. ItjanotpnlyV reformg in favor of tjje Christians that are needed. The Musaulmaa popui* - latipn require them f ulijfAa hadly. The whole A.diflmi?tration ip rottep to .the., core, and Ms lilajesty the Sultan is,; carefulty kept io ignorance of tho^af.S beia served apd betrayed, Ife i« Itke ? palace clique, which ia rujning the em- • pire, ft»H neither Said HPasba^nor, ,&uy ? other $rand f Yizfer oan fight^gamliil;, Hie Majesty does oat likediaagreeftble > truth?, and when a towel "VMef | presses the%Jiom^^Q^f^pf^lf4bk J 4 ]ust dismissed. » •■-;» /r Ab lougv^^ out Adtaidߣf»j!iton,fr(wn the Graad ■ Vizier dowti to th© smallest Baimakara knp^v tliat tljeir teaui'e depande upon the .qap^ice jo£ a .few,inrespomible .prJ^eeof^cJals you cftnoot expect any goos fruits. , The,tlitt'eiJ>a;n<l f^hich > hedge in Jais Majesty ifUdiis are (juite a^are ojß the itnmense etrengtk ?. of their, position. -From iDiorniag to^ ni^hfc tha|ihavettb# Sal<ha^/sr«ap,and h pour into ltflatterjraitd ff^fehaod' in I equal; doses. r , If aoybodj succeeds in reaciiicg hia T Majesty reporting some unpJeaß&n.t fact, either regarding iiriternal»4i6ordeF or foreign intentiou s as^pon.a^ s tlke f 4oor,jclose9 : behind him ; ;the. cjliiqu^slep in andidfinjr.thet whole l i ß tpjey- iliibift Mi*j«styf-cou;id disguise biofgelf fQr a, «■ Wgefc^.; dike Haroauiolit:iia tbe clebs, cafes ai|(Jil jdrawing*rooms, we^ehould '-i H get;QUt;rjeforfiisr .Biikao long as ne * reinftitiß Bl>ut up in^Tildiz witb bis - e?ytpw:<tgg thQT&iiaAti&li l^yjjp^l . ■..':■.;;, ->Ninety^nipe ¥uadredths df - Tatkejf wQu^be oDlif too glaj bo gir% reforms to Armenia and to get reforqaa for theaselvss, but 20 men at flf^ -palace apd their dominees in tbs-< Ministry are; to k^ep the reslr:Qf the Empire, arid 1 Kurope into the bargain «t bay/ Of course thr > remedy which in the- fifst instance .would guggogt itself would be thp destruction of the Turkish power.- 5 But what would or- oould h& substituted for it^W6M nnt'thenew syalem be Worßetthaiitheo^^ !i vi
HOW TURKEY IS MISGOVERNED
Bay of Plenty Times, 18 November 1895, Page 3
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