The special correspondent of the Times who was lately at
Salonika sent to Wednesday's paper an important summary which he has just received of the private proceedings of the Committee of Union and Progress in September and October. It is evidently the object of the Committee to continue the policy of giving a privileged position to Turks as distin- guished from the non-Moslem elements of the Empire. If concessions have been made with one hand they are to be taken away to a considerable extent with the other. Small offices may be filled by Christians, but such posts as that of Vail or Mutessarif must always be held by Turks. A Christian may be nominated as governor in one province, how- ever, "in order to prove that the Government is not anti- Christian." The disarmament of Christians must be abandoned for the present, as "it creates too much disturbance," but the authorities must keep themselves informed as to whether the Christians are armed or not. Moslems, on the other hand, must be armed, and Turkish bands should be secretly employed to pursue Christian bands and exterminate those who are in communication with revolutionaries. Although the Albanians are to be allowed their Latin character, mis- sionaries of the Arabic alphabet are to be set to work. A political and economic union of Persia with Turkey should be aimed at. A pan-Islamic campaign is also recommended in Bulgaria, Russia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and elsewhere.
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