. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . • TURKISH PREPARATIONS FOR WAR:—1853. 25 summoned, to be held at the sultans palace on the25th of September, composed of the chief notabilitiesof the empire. It was called upon to decide, whethera mode of mediation, proposed by the ambassadors—the celebrated ? Vienna Note, which will comeunder consideration in a later page—should beaccepted or rejected. The decision was unanimous,that the Divan should take what may be calleda high tone in the matter ; and this decision wascommunicated to the representati
. Pictorial history of the Russian War, 1854-5-6 : with maps, plans, and wood engravings . • TURKISH PREPARATIONS FOR WAR:—1853. 25 summoned, to be held at the sultans palace on the25th of September, composed of the chief notabilitiesof the empire. It was called upon to decide, whethera mode of mediation, proposed by the ambassadors—the celebrated ? Vienna Note, which will comeunder consideration in a later page—should beaccepted or rejected. The decision was unanimous,that the Divan should take what may be calleda high tone in the matter ; and this decision wascommunicated to the representatives of the fourpowers. On the next day, the council again met,and presented to the sultan a series of resolutedecisions, tending to bring matters to a crisis withRussia. The state of feeling in Constantinople at thattime was, indeed, one of great excitement; andthe sultan was forced onward by a pressure toostrong to be resisted. Abdul-Medjid has few ofthose characteristics which correspond with thepopular notion of a Turk : he is a quiet, some-wbat indolent, well-meaning man,
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