Show settlement of the lff iff maldo question quentio n most people will be rejoiced to learn that the question dathe of the i principalities hasteen has been een for the present at least settled that it has been removed from the politics diplo macyann mac yand conversational 11 discussion of europe ardth atthe conferences of paris have to all appearance finally adjusted the controversy which caused the war and has since been thi the tha most knotty point in the deliberation of the negotiators of peace beadi with the em bassy of the insolent and defiant prince min alin chekoff to the dispute began and with loh the promulgation of a constitution it has been brought to a cioe cloe close the general outline of the arran arTan arrangement gement is substantially as follows th the Principal principalities ites of moldavia and walla cafa a re to be forth known a as s the uni ted principalities dundei under the of the porte and under the collective guarantee of the great powers will govern themselves freely and without any interference on the part of the sublime porte in the limits lafed by the common agreement of the said powers with the suzerain court 12 the executive power in each principality is cawed to toa hospodar elected for life by the assembly who w hp shall act with the concurrence of a central commission which is to sit at bokshan Fok shani shan on the frontiers of the two principalities pali ties and anti uhl which 1 ch la is to draw up the laws which shall be common boboth to both provinces ar and A determine what taws jaws aws shall ae peculiar to each the legislative kower bower power will be exercised collectively by th the hospodar assembly and central COMMiSS commission ion iOD and the judicial power is to be entrusted to magistrates nominated by the hospodar the principalities are to pay an annual tri hute bute to he suzerain erain of pias plas ii altres tres for moldavia and for wallach Wal wai lachia ia the hospodar is to rule rula with the assistance of ministers appointed by himself he is to sanction and primul promulgate a te laws awe may veto enactments act ments ments is t to 0 have t the b e r right ight of clemency to fo draw special laws for the benefit of the province budgets and the like and submit cheji the n to the assembly and must have bave an I 1 income 1 0 0 of a year from landed proper property tv th h assembly is to be elected for seven y airs ears gars an and is to besom belom be composed wom yom posed in each principality of members elected by districts and towns there are i to 0 be two iwo classes of electors primary and direct the former is to consist ot of eve everybody ry possessing dubats ducats a year less t than hart in f funded property and the direct elec tors must ie if in districts possess 1000 ducate a year in funded property or if in towns must have a capital embarked in trade of ducats dubats the primary electors in iii each district elect three thre persons eperson s who name a deputy and the direct electors of the district choose two d deputies thus giving three deputies to each each district the central commission is to consist of sixteen members ei eight ht of whom are to be mol damians dav ians and an dight laii each hospodar selects four our from meef meff members abers ibers of the assembly or the high functionaries function aries and the remaining eight are elected by the assemblies they choose their own president who is to have a casting vote besides the central commission theres there is to be a high court of appeal to sit at fok shani and be common to both provinces the supreme command zit zif tit the armies armies of the provinces is to be entrusted to one commandant or inspector to be nominated by each kach hospodar in turn the commandant must be a native nafije of or liberty of religion and equality of political right righta s are declared personal liberty is guaranteed exclusive privileges and monopolies are abol 11 dished and meas measures ores taken to revive the old relations between landed proprietors and their lab iab laborer with the exception of the electoral law the general dispositions of the foregoing constin Con sti cution tut ion ioa P are more favorable and liberal than rumor represented them and lay the ground work for that f future reunion utu union for which some of the romans were so clamorous and concerning ingabe the expediency of which the great powers ot of europe euro p were abere said to have been so divided ili in opinion the law is decidedly illiberal in a country where wealth is so unequally unequal lydiuid divided as in the principalities it is clear that where even primary electors are required to possess pos sessa a yearly income of close on and w direct elector close on 2500 the representation of the people must be extremely partial and the privilege vesteain ves afe a few rich bovaT bovar bov ards ds who have it in ibi their weir power to oppress the people if they please the constitution though not perfect ordem ardem 1 socratic ocra tic binl in ini its 9 provisions 0 v ons ong is quite as good as was expected by y t the b temperate fri friends e rids of the roman po population 0 na it was found to be both impolitic and unjust to turkey integ 1 nty rity the great powers had guaranteed to favor the union of the principalities as anin anih an I 1 dep dependent adent kingdom the fact of the scheme being advocated and approved by russia made it look 0 k suspicious in the eyes of the other governments who feared the erection of ariot arlot another her ber kingdom kingdom of greece on the frontiers of turkey with a king and ministers decorated with russian orde orders rg and pledged to obey the mandates of st petersburg the spirit rit of liberality and progress for forbade blide bilde the abandonment n ot the provinces to the old oystein system of government to steer ateer between the scylla of russian intrigue int higue figue and the of bf turie turis turkish ish misrule 1 was the task which abich the tent tek arles aries hz had d fo po f o accomplish and the compromise constitution which they have f framed is js the result its success will largely de pendon the wisdom and moderation of the romans themselves vei they have a fine country fertile land a fair mir amount of liberty and the protection of turkey against foreign aggression if instead of trying to use the power th they ey have obtained to enable them suddenly to get ga more they apply themselves to the cevelo development p 1 of their wealth and intellectual resources and leave lease politics and independent doumanian Rou manlay manian alone alore for the present they will adopt the surest means of ultimately achieving what they profess to desire so ardently journal of commerce oct 28 1 |