Show SULTAN ILL ADVISED he 1 surrounded by palace favorites who him constantinople nov 25 tho chief explanation or the obstinacy by the sultan of turkey regarding the demands of the powers tor the financial control of the macedonian vila Is to bo sought for in his own peculiar character eaid a very prominent resident of pera a suburb on the north of ther golden horn known as abo european Kur quarter where the ambassadors reside to the associated presa today th informant was a man whose long residence in and study 0 tho levant has qualified him to speak with authority while the sultan Is of an arbitrary nature said he he is greatly by hla religion the exponents of this religion who surround the sultan are densely ignorant 0 international politics and they have succeeded in making the sultan that it is against the law and the teachings of islam for him to cede territory except when compelled to do no by force american readers should understand that turkey is years behind the rest of europe that the sultan has absolute power that his ministers aro mere figureheads figure heads and that nil power concentrated in the handa of the sultan or n those ot bin immediate entourage at the palace abo chief tho mol lahs or his hence it is truer to UBO the words sultan and palace ol 01 the porte when referring to turkeys in relations when the sultan Is much worried ho shuts himself off from the worlds listening practically to nobody lie lad been quite unapproachable lor ome amo past except by hla favor lies and the high religious function arks who continually paraiso him and assure him that the king can do no wrong and he refuses to see his foreign minister tho political situation has already worked much damage to business generally and has injured the interests of those wao are trying to obtain concessions in turkey r tha nt ot the ae press said it is well known that up to tha present timo tha sultan has insisted on the governors 0 the macedonian vila yeta beetling the proceeds vt nearly all the taxes collected by ibea to constantinople where they are mostly absorbed in paying the sultana av officials spies and others and that tb op have agreed that no in macedonia until a large portion oe cheso funds is reserved in the provinces for the payment of the officials there because it is well known that the macedonian officials aro guilty of shameful corruption in order to make up the emoluments which are not conveyed to them through the regular channels 1 I can say that tha sultans opposition is due to his personal characteristics plus the conditions existing in turkey and I 1 believe that he is likely to yield on sufficient pres |