Ottoman Diplomats

Synopsis

Etienne Carathéodory Effendi reminds Saïd Pacha that half of the seats in both Chambers of the Belgian parliament were to be renewed every two years. The seats that were subject to re-election on June 8th belonged mostly to liberal constituencies. Consequently, the Catholic majority could not be affected too much by the elections. In Brussels, however, the public opinion leaned more and more to the liberal side. Carathéodory considered it to be possible that the 16 Brussels’ seats would become liberal within two years. The Catholics won the first round of elections, those on June 8th. The difference in seats and votes between the Catholics and the liberals had never been so big. Carathéodory notes that such a difference would be dangerous for the country, if the government’s moderation was not assured. According to Carathéodory, the defeat of the liberals could be explained by the division within the party and by the radicals’ greed on the one hand, and by the fear for anarchist and workmen’s movements, and the wish for peace and order on the other hand.

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