Ottoman Diplomats
Letters from the Imperial Legation in Brussels (1849–1914)
Synopsis
Rejet du service personnel par la Chambre des Représentants.
Etienne Carathéodory Effendi informs Saïd Pacha about the votes in the Belgian House of Representatives on the bill concerning personal military service. The left (the liberals) supported the Catholic government. Together, they voted in favour of the bill. The Catholic Party, however, was divided. The bill was rejected, and the replacement system, that had been abolished in other countries, remained in Belgium. The army and the working class were not pleased with this result. This led to a demand for electoral reforms, relinquished by some members of the left. Carathéodory predicts that the victory of the conservative Catholics would either consolidate the government’s moderate tendencies, or it would lead to the collapse of the government under the repeated blows it received from its so-called friends.
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| Series | HR.SYS-222-7 |
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| Place | Brussels |
| Date | 31-07-1887 |
| Author | Etienne Carathéodory Effendi |
| Recipient | Saïd Pacha |
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