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Show WIS OF U ON I VFM OFJIG CI M Struggle Between Centuries-Old Faith ; and Western Ideas of Progress Likely to Be Settled By : Force of Arms. f NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD COMPROMISE WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL EPPECT Sultan Refuses to Leave Throne, But Is Willing to Make Some Concessions to the . ; Young Turks. . CONSTANTINOPLE, April 21. The 1 conflict between Mussulman, piety nnd ' the political idoa? of the wo?t has brought, the Turkish people to the verge of civil war. Zeal for tho faith has bcen unloosed and Iho adjustment of the sultan Js relations re-lations to tho committee of union and progress will probably only postpone the armed struggle between tho believers in tho ancient teachings of the prophets and those urging tho teachings of western west-ern Europe. The cabinet debated tho situation fr four hours today', giving special intention inten-tion to the negotiations that, the ministers minis-ters have taken in hnnd. on behalf of tho sultan, with ihe military members of tho committee. The sultan's primary dentaud is to remain l ho const itul.ioiial sovereign, wilh all the spiritual powers of tho cali-late cali-late and liberal allowances for his household. He also asks for various minor guarantees, guar-antees, which it would not be difficult togrant. " ! The demand of the committee is that the sultan offer no resistance whatever, .and submit unconditionally. Odds Against Sultau. Tho Saloniki committee, which is the backbono of the whole progressive movement, is largely military ami its most, important civilian members are tvith jtho army. Some of tho cabinet members, including Jiifr.at, Pasha, the forcigji minister, aro activo CouBtitiK tionalisis. Tcwfik IJasliaf the grand vizier, who personally is most agreeable to tho sullau and to military men, and who is looked upon as both "benevolent and honest, has undortalcon negotiations for a compromise, lie has not been able to proceed very far. Tho grand vizier and his cabiuot arc prepared to resign if the committee asks their withdrawal. Indeed, they aro anxious to resign and have onlv been held in offico by the feeling that they may be able to avert a civil war or prevent pre-vent acts of violence that would causo foreign intervention. j Committee Divided. - t The commit teo is without definite I limits. Its adherents aro divided among themselves. Tho Radical faction insists in-sists that there shall be no compromise; compro-mise; that the sultan must be deposed, ami a reasonable prince, for instance, Vusif Izzodim, named as his successor; that the whole administration be. eleaued; that no promise of Abdul Hamid's can be trusted, and that to reestablish re-establish the system of ton days ago would be to settle nothing. The Conservatives declare the deposition deposi-tion o tho sultan would effectively be possible after sovere fighting; that it 13 uncertain whether troops under the control of tho committee would uphold such an act with their bayonets; that 1 wavering soldiers of the Eir5h armr I corns to the number of 2,7,000 or HO.QO'n I I would bo inflamed and break into open E revolt, and that to demand too much J means the failure of all. t ''The sultan has got them to ipiar f rehug among themselves," snid oup of I the embassadors todav. "and he will i ' have his own way yet"." -J Not All Harmony. " Since the inveming army has drawn nearer to the city, numerous agents of i the Mohammedan league, ardent vonng -J men. theological students, and 'junior 1 members of tin clergv, have penetrated i tin-lines, pointing r-iit to the men that. f it, was their duty to Allah to rid them solves of their officers, who were no J better than Giaours, who scorned the sa- f rod law of the Korau and who openlv argued that the law devised bv one ! arch-devil Napoleou ought to bo Mibsti- ( luted for the wicred law iu all the 3 courts. The agitators pointed out that ' the officers had succeeded in imposing these wicked laws upon Ihe civil courts 1 and uow wanted to apply them to the persons of tho faithful. ' I Three days ago two of these agita tors who were caught among the troop" I were beaten and turned out of the t camps. The following day thirty of r them wcro imprisoned, Yesterdav the :'!' cauijrs were overrun with proselytizing :5 zealots. Scores were arrested, and to- jj day ten were shot under order of court jf martial. -J The demeanor of the soldiers within A the city is respectful. They salute their officers cheerfully and huvo resumed 1 a, their, irogulardrill. ' Tho crtiinn! of ministers drafted a ij . proclamation, which was published this A evening'. Tt denies the rumors of dh . j scusious between the troops ami the in- H vesting army, ami says measures have been adopted for the'geueral sccuritv. :.' The council debated upon the ndvisabil- i ily of proclaiming a state of siego ju , Constantinople, witli a iew of facilita't- ' ing the occupation of the city by ihe !y Saloniki army. ' -i The men of tho warships have taken ,.( tho oath of allegiance, in aecordanro .ft with the demand of tho investing ' force, and the fleet is ljow under or- ,rt dors to sail for the Mediterranean for A maneuver.? S 1 11 parliamentary circles the story is (,? current that the sultan declared that if h culpability 011 his part iu recent eventfl j could bo proved ho would bo prepared j to suffer punishment. , '1 |