The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-05
THE NEW ALEXANDER
Emperor William Of Germany
and the Sick Man.
AMONG THE FRENCH IMMORTALS.
Asp.rarts Emile Augier's Fautueil-Bull
FIzHts in Paris-0n The
Eff TX Wer.

Especial to TIKI Observation-Disclosures Dispatch
NEW YORK, Nov. "a special cable to
10 the Tgmcs says young Williams recep-
ton at Constantinople is invested with
mysterious kind of interest from the fact
that Abdul Hamid has never seen q
crowned head of Europe since he became
Sultan, though his predecessor Abdul -Aziz
had visited every capital and continually
received royal visits in return. The pre-
sent ruler is a strangely shy, timorous man
who has apparently never recovered from
the fright sustained on that fatal night of
August, 1876, when he was taken out of the
semi captivity in which he was then living
and brought in the state boat crowded
with armed men, to the imperial palsce.
Abdul learned on the way that his brother
Murad, had been seized and dethroned
few hours before and he fully expected
that he too was to be imprisoned and prob
ably murdered The reaction when he
found himself proclaimed instead as Sultan
was literally tNrrible. p" has never been
able TO shake o the Gear e being stroye ed
by some SIn4Idr palace revolt, and UtoOua
continually over the possibility that Murad
EVhO is still confined in some unknown pri-
son as insane, may be brought out again
looking to this end have been going on CON
sUantly during the whole of the present
reign, and it is surmised that William will
take the surest route to go to the Sultln's
confidence by ass urlng him that sovereign
or nation in Europe dreams of restoring
Murad. Once made easy on this point 1t IS
expected that the Sultan will abandon his
secusion and visit some of the more i'm
portant capitals of Western Europe, pre-
sumablY under the auspices of the triEl
q lance This whole episode of William s
putting his finger into the eastern question
pie arouses the deepest interest in all
political circles. He is still primarily
regarded as an ung1ateful man on the eager
outlook for chance to distinguish himself
AM his enterance into the very inner dyna-
mite chamber of European politics Is there
fore calculated, as the phrase goes, to make
nervous people sit uneasy. All his other
visits fade into trivial pantOmine speCtacleS
in comparison with to-day's interview with
the Sick Man of Europe, for Germany has
never before been even vaguely identified
with any side of the eastern question. Her
young Emperor in his desire to play the
role of European dictator in all its com
pleteueSs has deliberately gone out of his
way to bring Turkey within the scope of
his influence. Naturally there are grave
anXieties as to what will come OF this.
| get a curious iutimation from an Anglo
German source that William has a quite
well defined notion of visiting the United
States within the next year or SO. He has
asked some questions recently about the
worlds fair scheme and dates, which has
led TO the impression that he is thinking of
making that the objective point of his trip;
but other hints were dropped which seemed
to show that he was iEdisposed TO wait so
long. Much will depend, OF course, both
on German domestic politics and on the
European outlook in the spring, which peo-
pie are again beginn n to shake their
heads dOubtfuIly ABOUT. B II there seems a
distinct probability that he will cross the
Atlantic before long and take look at the
Dalatial German liners would doubtless be
taken and remodelled for his use, because
mis- own yacht is not quite big enough for a
long cruise and it still would be accom-
panied by an imposing escort Of new iron
clads.