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Foreign News May 8, 1867

American Citizen

Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania

What is this article about?

Report from Constantinople details recent arms and ammunition smuggling into Turkey, sales of thousands of revolvers, unease among Mussulmans, Russian agency stirring Franks, potential dangerous complications in the Eastern question, and arrest of 100 fanatical Mussulmans sent to a remote province.

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The Situation in Turkey.—A correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette writes from Constantinople: "Arms and ammunition to a large extent, have been brought in recently, and although the importation has not been allowed, smuggling has been actively carried on. I have it on the authority the leading house in the trade that many thousands of revolvers have been sold during the past week. These arms are not re-exported, but remain here, for what purpose is yet to be seen. An uneasy feeling exists more especially among the Mussulmans, but whether they mean mischief, no one can yet positively say. The ferment among a section of the Franks is easily understood by the fact of Russian agency being actively at work. We are as fast as possible drifting toward great and dangerous complications, and the Eastern question will, in coming events assume vastly wider proportions than we have yet known. As an evidence that there is reason to apprehend some movement amongst the fanatical section of the Mussulmans, I may mention that no less than a hundred of that party were recently arrested, and without any form of trial, summarily sent away to a remote province in a Government steamer."

What sub-type of article is it?

Political Diplomatic Rebellion Or Revolt

What keywords are associated?

Turkey Situation Constantinople Arms Smuggling Mussulmans Unease Russian Agency Eastern Question Mussulman Arrests

Where did it happen?

Constantinople

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Constantinople

Event Date

Recently, During The Past Week

Outcome

a hundred fanatical mussulmans arrested and summarily sent away to a remote province without trial

Event Details

Arms and ammunition smuggled into Constantinople despite prohibitions; thousands of revolvers sold and retained locally. Uneasy feelings among Mussulmans, potential mischief; ferment among Franks due to active Russian agency. Drifting toward great complications in the Eastern question. Evidence of apprehended movement: 100 fanatical Mussulmans arrested and exiled.

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