The character of the Ministry is undoubtedly moderate. As the
limes correspondent says, its formation is a blow to the extremists ; in other words, to the Committee of Union and Progress and its friends. Conciliation is the rule. The Albanians have been promised a Parliamentary Commission to inquire into their grievances, and martial law has been withdrawn. We sincerely hope that Turkish constitutionalism will now make a fresh start on a new and better path. At the same time we cannot shut our eyes to many ominous signs. The ultimatum purporting to come from "The Military League," to the President of the Chamber, bidding him retire and dissolve the Chamber in forty-eight hours, has no doubt an air of comedy about it—it was delivered to the cook of the President—but we must not forget that Turkey is still in the epoch of the " Arabian Nights." What sounds like romance here may be reality there. At Vienna we are told that the situation is looked on with serious misgivings.
