Show lawlessness 7 last sunday bey the son of a wealthy pasha at constantinople and alao a dignitary of the turkish government was abducted near abo walls oje the imperial city by a band of aud is now hald for u of 12 soldiers were immediately sent iu pursuit but accomplished nothing the incident strange as it appears to us is of common occurrence in the realms of the sultan this pardieu lar case is of such a prominent ance its publicity but the raids 01 brigande brigands bri gands in stirs ottoman empire ara of almost daily redress cannot be bad the sultan and when lawlessness becomes too flagrant the nations under mohammedan rule apply to foreign powers to mitigate the evil tui was wall illustrated m armenia capt aall er of brigande brigands bri gands actually roasted a couple of men to death the matter was laid beare the british government and fur a time there was aeri ous talk of not allowing the sultan to have farther jurisdiction over a peo pie thus oppressed the sultan hari maddt repented promises in the cas of BEY that he should be brought to justice but nothing wa done further than to give assurances such oft repeated promises on the part of the turkish government with no decisive action has ghen me sultan a bad reputation for justice A few ago joao russian ladies were out walking in he russian embassy situated on the whet gomo loving young ran up and kissed them the matter might have ended here but somia russian orp belonging to a man of war beio in tho garden saw the and dacej ohp children of the prophet under arrest ahe turkish authorities protester prote against n foreign power holding captiva subjects of the sultan in hi own dominion all protests were un availing however fr tho russian ministers declared no justice would be meted out if the culprit were turned over to the turkish court the matter was finally compromised and tho officers banished to africa abeso incidents 0 o to show now griak tho 0 th sultan ip he sways the the mercy of other govern bents if it were not for the fact i hat tl Q crescent city is such an important stronghold that one foreign power another from it constantinople would to day be in the possession of some western nation |