There seems to be danger of a quarrel, 'serious or
not as the event may prove, between France and Turkey.' The Sultan, Who is possessed with the belief that-foreign assassins are seeking his life, has interfered, with the management of some French quays in COnstantinople, where he 'suspects they will land. The 'French Ambassador has remonstrated strongly, and has abaci pressed for the payment of some debts, one of them amounting to nearly i2,000,000, due to' French subjects. The Sultsin'as yet has refused tOyield, and it is believed that relations willhe broken Off, K'Constans receiving unlimited leave of 'absence. As Russia must support France, and as the most dangerous Turkish enemies of the. Sultan- live in France, it is probable that his Majesty will yield, but he will have difficulty in finding the money, and 'every concession diminishes his prestige and stirs new hope in the' party which looks to a Palace revolution as the best chance of. reform. It is usual to regard the Sultan as absurdly timid, but he is the best informed man inhils Empire as to the designs of his enemies, and we faneythat his personal danger is far greater than most men suppbse. It is never safe 'in the East to have so many interests dependent on a single life, and even among Sovereigns Ab-td- Samicl is-lonely.
