Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-09-17

British ironclad accompanied by q
battery of field pieces and several Cat
ling guns, was landed yesterday morn
ing at Sigri, or the Island of Mitylene,
formally occupying that place in the
name of the Queen of England.
There is a good harbor at Sigri,
and it is supposed that the British naval
officers at Mitylene intend to fortify the
island and to make it a coaling station
and rendezvous for the British Med,
iterranean fleets. Sigri is on the coast
of Mitylene, and is about sixty miles
from the mouth of the Dardanelles.
The Island of Mitylene is within
twenty-five miles of the Hellespont,
has an area of 276 square miles and
population Of 10000. 1t has good har-
bors and fertile soil. The principal
| towns are Castro, or Nlitylene,
and Motive Tenedos. On the
other hand, though occupying a
much more advantageous position, be-
ing to all intents and purposes at the
actual entrance of the Hellespont, is
only five miles in length, and is of a
rugged, rocky nature.
LONDON, Sept. 14-So soon as the re-
port Of the occupation of Mltylene by
| British force was received here there
was considerable excitement. Up to
$50 P. NJ. there had been no official ut
terance upon the subject. Reporters
and correspondents by the score called
at he foreign office and at the admiralty,
| but the officials on duty there de-
cline to confirm the report that
Great Britain had taken action
IN the Dardaneiles question.
Naturally the fact that TIE foreign Of
| fee and admiralty officials only de
cline to affirm" the report gives strength
| to the reports in circulation, and the
general public is consequently led
| to believe that there must be
some truth in them. A dispatch has
been received from Constantinople
stating that the occupation of the Island
of Mitylene is an accomplished tact,
and it has found an echo on all
! the continental bourses to-day. The
General opinion seems to be that If
the British forces had not land
ed in the neighborhood of the
Dardaneles, neither the foreign
office nor the admiralty would have re-
fused to deny a rumor calculated to
awaken the gravest apprehension IN
financial and diplomatic circles.
PARIS, Sept 14.-Under ordinary cir
cumstances, little or no credence would
have been placed in the alarming rumor
of the seizure of Mitylene, coupled
with the story broadly circulated on
Saturday that Great Britain, in view of
Russia's practical coercion Of Turkey,
in regard to the passage through the
Dardanelles of vessels belonging to her
volunteer fleet, intended to occupy the
Island Of Tenedos, at the entrance to
the Hellespont or Dardaneles, more
serious attention is paid to this dispatch
from COnstantinople.
The island Of Mitylene would form a
most advantageous position from which
Great Britain could control the waters
Of the Hellespont.
FRANKFORT, Sept. 1.-THE report that
Great Britain had seized port on the
Island of Mitylene was circulated here
this morning, and its effect was to
weaken prices on the Bourse.
PARIS Sept. 14.-Upon the opening of
the Bourse here this morning there was
general weakening of prices due to
the reported action of Great Britain in
landing troops at Slgri, on the island Of
Mitvlene.
PARIS, Sc pit. 14.-A decided feeling of
uneasiness has been caused in diplo-
matte and financial circles here by the
receipt of an alarming dispatch an
nouncing that S;gri, OF the west coast of
the Island of Mitylene, an island be-
longing to Turkey, near the coast of
Asia Minor and within easy steaming
distance of the Dardanelles, has been
occupied by detachment of British
troops or marines, landed there from
British ironclad.
BUDA PEsrH, Sept. 1.-THE Pesther
Lloyd, doubtless inspired through it's
No. IN.1l l. E h., e.
eign commission of the Hungarian del
egation, to-day says that Austro-Hu
gary's interests in the Dardanelles cues
ton is greater than Great Britain's,
adding: "Can Austria look on with
complacency while Russia, finding
herself barred from expanding through
Bulgaria, advances by a shorter route to |
the goal she has in view-the seizure of
Constantinople? England can compen-
safe herself with Egypt, but where is
Austria's compensation? The powers
ought not to hesitate to check Russia.
Does Berlin ?"
Referring to the alleged Russian plot |
to seize Constantinople by coup de |
main, the Pesther LLOYD quotes docu-
ment prepared by Gar Nicholas in 1858, |
infinitely detailing plans by which
force Of Is 900 infantry, two sotnias of
Cossacks and thirty-two guns, could |
force the PASSAGE OF the BoSphorus and |
rryConstantinopl Admiral Menschil1on |
pronounced the scheme to be an mpossi-
ble one The Gar. it is SAID, then |
proposed as an alternative, q surprise |
landing at Bourgaz, seaport in |
Eastern Roumania. sixteen miles northeast |
of Adrlan0ple, situated on the Gulf OF |
BourgaZ, which has a depth of from five to |
twelve fathomS. The idea was that after |
landing suddenly and unexpectedly at
Bourgaz. small Russian force could from |
there make a rush upon Constantinople |
and captdre it before the powers could in
tervene. Admiral Mcnschikotf was at that |
time the head of the Russian navy.
which he had raised to high state of |
efficiency, and so he may be supposed TO |
have we'll weighed the question before he
pronounced as Impossible the proposal to |