Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-29
EUROPE UNEASY.
Conflict Between the Turkish Soldiers
and Armenians May Lead to War.
Scandals In high Life-D vorce Court Filth
Promised-How Gladstone has Main
talned His Leadership.
Copyrighted 1897 by United Press J

AL EYES on RUSSIA.
LONDON, June 2s.-The confi ct between the
Turkish soldiers and the Armenians at Erzeroum
is viewed with alarm in diplomatic circles here
and on the contin emit
1t is feared that Russia may at last be COM
PEELED to take initiative steps to protect the long
prosecuted Christians of Armenia. The Ar
menians have repeatedly appealed IN vain to
England, Germany and Austria to uphold the
terms of the treaty of Berlin by compelling
Turkey to recognize the rights of Armcnians as
stipulated in that agreeme mt of the powers.
AZ the present moment there is comm ttee Of
distinguished Armenians in London who have
been here Tor the past six weeks appealing 10
Salisbury for help. The danger now is that the
conflict i'll Erzeroum may lead to open rebellion
all over Armenia, in which event Russia would
undoubtedly take sides with the Christians and
seize ErZeroum, if not the whole of Armenia,
thus bringing on the 1o1g-dr Sdad catastrophe
of a European war. Russia at the present mo-
ment has a large force within easy marching dis
tance OF ErzeIoum and could overrun the whole
country before any of the powers could bring
troops into action.
LONDON SCANDALS
The miserable scandal involving Parnell and
the wife of Capt. o Shea, will receive full ex-
posture in the divorce court. having Just been
set for trial The case viii not be tried, how
ever, until after the long vacation. The friends
of the Irish leader aver that ne viii be fully
indicated in the Testimony to be presented and
that O'Shea has no real ground for the charge
involving his own honor and that OF Parnell.
Another prominent divorce case for which
preparation is being m ade Is that of Lord Dunlo
against his wife, known on the music Hall stage
rs Miss Belle Bolton. His lordship, who has
thought the climate of Australia more comfort
able recently than that of London and its music
halls, is on his way from the antipedes to be
present at the trial.
Aristocracy is lust now figuring rather promE-
nently in proceedings Of an unsaYery character.
Maj. DeVillamil of the royal engineers. accuses
the late Capt Plunkett, divisional commits sioner
of police in the south of Ireland, Of having
broken up his family. In Capt. Pfunkett's case
misfortune did not come sirgly, for about the
time divorce proceedings were begun he was
struck in the cad with a stone while attending
a meeting, and died from the effects. His
letters, however, remained to testify very
clearly to his affe ton for the majors wife, and
the major has obtained his divorce.
Lieut.. Raoul DeVismes De Ponthieu of the
Bombay staff corps Is also in serious trouble.
He is accused Of aiding physician to cause the
death OF Mrs. Marshall Hall. The intent had
not been to kill the woman, but the magistrate,
nothwiths landing the pleadings of Northesk
and other notable friends Of the prisoner, held
the latter without bail.
GLADSTONE MORE POPULAR THAN EVER
Gladstone's declination to have the name of
the Liberal party changed to the Gladstonian
Liberals is founded, as he states, not only on
the objection that the change would be too fat
tering to himself, but also on his unwillineness
to admit that the small sections OF Liberals nom
combined with the Tories have any longer q
title 10 the party name. During the memorable
has well maintained his leadership and proven
his wonderful ability to cope with the most
vigorous advocates OF the government policy.
His mental and physical powers seem to be i'd
mirably preserved, and he was never more an
idol Of the masses than to-day.