Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-15


aucu, although possessing little In the
way OF ior,ihoation.
LoNDOS rNCuFp.
AZ soon AZ the report u the occupa.
ton Of Mitylcnc by the British force
was resolved mere there was consider.
ablo excitement. up TO $3.50 .. IN.
Their. was no official uitemuco upon
the subject. Reporters and correspond.
cnt- 10y tho score have called NJ the
foreign Oilicu aud at The admiralty, but
officials On duty declined ~ confirm
the report that Great Britain had taken
action In ili" Dardanolles question. A
dispatch was received from C0nstan.
iiu0plu stating the occupation OF the
Island of Mltylene was AN accom-
plishcd fact, aud It has found echo On
all continental boursss today. The
general opinion seems tn hr that N
British forces hal not landed in the
nCighhofhood u the Dnriancllcs,
neither foreign oillcn nor admiralty
would have refused ~ deny the un0g
calculated % Awakrn the greatest AZ.
pfrhonsion Ia financial aud diplomatic
circles
tine sufTAS's AssENr OBTAINED.
LONDON, sept. l4.-Au intlmalion
" tho Intention Of the British Govern.
ment T. occupy an island giving "a
point 0f vantage near the DsrinnulleH
was fnt heard OF IA The inner uipln.
matte circles In Vienna aud Berlin
soon after Sir William Whites audi.
encc with the Sultan, ON Fnlay last.
Nothing about II, however, appeared
In the European newspapers til the
Constantlnople cable startled the
BOunes and public today. The report.
were nj iirst treated ~ Incredible. aud
hrc still hold 10 be- OF doubtful
authenticity, or at least exaggerated.
In tho absence OF n foreign office con.
iifmation Of the report, ana until dc.
tails " the action NJ the British war.
ships ate known, tho full Significance
Of the movement cannot be- revealed.
IL can be stated on high authority,
however, that air William White
asked tho Sultan 10 assent u the
British occupation oi point within
striking distance ~ the straits aud
offering good hAFboragc for the fleet.
rcnOluH ana Bcsika lay, where tho
fleet rendczvousud from 1870 TO 1875
had beon surveyed recently and
were reported 10 the admiralty aIyers.
ly. The offer made q the Sultan re-.
viyed the request which tho British
government made In 1881, prior 10 the
acquisition Of Cypress, 20 purchase an
Island near the DaIdanolles. This pro.
Iect was long tho subject Of ncgotia.
tons and was abandoned ON the slgn.
Ing Of the AuglO.rurisish convention
In June. 1875, Tue selling Of Slgri,
therefore, cannot have occurred with.
out the c0nnivancc Of tho Sultan.
Official announcement was issued
In Cousian,lnople yesterday that q
complete entente hal been arranged
between Sir William White and the
Sultan, but the terms Of the restored
harmony were not mentioned.
The intimalion that the SEIZURE Of
the island would be followed by fortIn.
cation In modified by a Berlin report
tonight, that Lord Salisbury does not
contemplate a permanent occupation
OF this island, but mas designed the
movement rather As o demonstration
10 checkmatc tho Franco. Russian
game, The movement accentualc- the
diplomatic crisis. Admiral HoskIns.
Ia command Of the British Afoliter.
ranean squadron,i IL about TO be replaced
by Admiral Iryon, who holsled MI.
flag In 1857 on tho Nile, aud who sailed
from Portsmouth for Gibralta on Mi.
day TO take over the command.