Just now the Eastern Question is assuming a phase of international interest. A few months ago reform government was instituted in Turkey. What is known as the Young Turks Party in February announced many new reforms. An attempt by the Sultan’s court to overturn the Young Turks party has resulted in a bloody revolution. Reports under date of April 24 state that the Sultan is a prisoner in his own palace. Two thousand soldiers he had bribed into loyalty to his tottering throne were killed or wounded in the day’s fighting. Two thousand more were taken prisoners. All of the garrisons which guarded his palace were carried by storm save one. The Yildiz barracks is still holding out and another battle may be necessary before it yields. The fate of the Sultan is in doubt; he is begging for his throne. The Young Turks may let him keep it—or they may exile him, or they may execute him. The career of Abdul-Hamid is one that is far from enviable. He ascended the throne Aug. 31, 1876, after deposing his brother, Murad, whom he held in prison until he died Aug. 29, 1904. During his rule he has lost the kingdom of Servia and the provinces of Bulgaria, Roumania, Herzegovina, and Roumelia. In 1895 alone, according to new published newspaper reports, thirty thousand Armenian Christians were massacred. There have been further horrible brutalities since then.