Show HY fry ol 01 TE M G APTT clma clug FOREICH FOREIGN LoN LONDON dor Doi IS 18 the reported results of the conference provide for an eight weeks armistice and for assistance in the restoration of the homes of the refugees and insurgents sur gents the consuls resident in the various districts assisted by the special delegates are to overlook the execution of the agreement in all other respects the original text of Andras says note has been adhered to A letter from constantinople under date of the says the excitement during the iasi lasi last three lit days amounted to a panic the demand for weapons both by and christians was so great that most of the shops in stamboul have sold out their stock that is 18 all attached to the mosques in any capacity whatever are practically masters of the situation they number about and their influence over the proletariat is ou preme supreme they utter threats against the sultan and his ministers and sometimes against christians although quiet now they profess to be friends to the latter yesterday a great number of them went to the palace and demanded the dismissal of the grand vizier Bl mahomed ahomed nedim pasha the cheikh ul islam and the minister of war the sultan resisted for an hour but the clamor of the mob finally induced him to demand the resignation of lyla ISla mahomed homed nedim pasha the grand vizier the scene was most riotous and disorderly constantinople contains only 1600 regular soldiers the remainder rema hider being recruits turkish officers openly admit their inability ta to control the latter in case of an outbreak and it is generally believed they wo would uld obey the the mob and the have been parading the streets during dur ng the last three days I 1 demanding the dismissal of ma bra hommed nedim Pasha whom they accuse of being under russian russia n influence threats have been made against the christians generally and two or three murders have occurred which the police are doing thir their utmost to hush up constantinople is in fact in a state of revolution the are not satisfied with the appointment of mehemet et Bu Ru shdie as grand vizier and clamor for midhat pasha the they 7 W want ant 1 mehemet re hemet homet rushdi 0 as president of the national parliament yesterday a large number of at mosque would not allow prayer for the sultan suitan to be used oa oja the loth dinst prof bonamy price and wife narrowly escaped the violence of the mob while visiting the mosque if the struggle should take place as everybody is dreading between native christians and the christians would prove victorious victoriou vIct orlou provided the troops did not aid the mob but in a general rising of bf the large colonies of european subjects in constantinople and along the would be in greater danger than the native christians because their wealth would constitute an additional stimulus to th the 0 rei rel religious gos zeal of the turkish ra rabble rabbie abble this danger the respective ambas sadys hare have provided against eio elo so far as the means at aft their dispo dib dis poal Fal fai allowed last night all the dispatch boats were kept under steam during daring the day a pian plan of joint action was agreed upon the foreign consuls having met to devise devite means means for the mutual defence of their heir subjects all the foreign steamers in port had steam up and the streets of pera para were patrolled by a 1 band of austrian choats croats A deputat deputation ign of englishmen called minister elliote elliots attention to the exceptional danger of the endlish colony and asked his assistance the latter admitted the danger to all christians and that the english was the least protected colony he invited the whole community in case of any outbreak to seek shelter at the embassy he also promised to telegraph to the british foreign office what had occurred and to represent the urgency of t the he position A madrid dispatch says congress has passed the article of the constitution ution on elementary education the article is of a distinctly retro betro gres sive character under it education will not be compulsory A vienna dispatch says the her have declared through their representatives at Cettin je that they will not accept the rumored armistice because it would give the turks time to bring up reinforcements A correspondent at berlin says he is ia lit a position to state upon unquestionable hut authority hority that the german and russian ambassadors in london have telegraphed their respective governments that england does not agree to the propositions which resulted from the berlin conference in ih the commons viscount sandon doni vice president of the committee of council on education introduced an elementary education bill the measure provides that no child shall be employed in agricultural or other labor before the age of 10 or between 10 and 14 unless it has its certificate that it has attended school days of the year for five years or has passed an examination showing a certain degree of education the local authorities are empowered to enforce the penalties on parents for neglecting to send their children to school the application of the bill is to be gradual the number of times which children must have attended school before their employment is permitted being gradually increased until issi 1681 when the bill attains full fall force the bill was read the first time forster expressed regret that direct compulsion was n not ot proscribed bed |