Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-15
THE SIGRl INCIDENT.
It is Denied That There Was ANY
BellicoSe Act.
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS CONVENE.
Great Loss of Life by the Spanish
Floods.
FIRE IN NEW YORK TODAY
DOUBTING THE SEIZURE.
1t 10 Stated That the MityIene Occupation
Was Only a Picnic Party.

Was Only a Picnic Party.
LONDON, Sept. l5.-It Is now stated that the
Mitylene scare has arisen from the fact that a
party of British naval officers on SATURDAY. last
picnicked on a desert islet off Cape sigri and
that they reembarked the same evening on
board their vessel and sailed away Sunday.
The Times takes skeptical view of the Sigri
rumors and declares ''misdoubtful'' a policy
which made all arrangements upon a basis
which would have to be abandoned in a crisis.
In a great struggle" says the Times. lit
would be our policy to close the Suez canal and
make our route to India by the Cape Of Good
Hope"
BERLIN, Sept l5.-An official dispatch re-
ceived here from Constantinople denies that
Sigri has been occupied by a British force.
Yesterdays downward movement of the
bourse, apparently in sympathy with alarmist
reports as TO the occupation of the port of
Sigri on the Island OF Mitylene by the British.
was In reality IN great measure due to the
eagerness of the bear" element to eXaggerate
the gravity of the political situation.
Away from the money changers and stock
manipulators Berlin is calm. The north Ger
mans understand that in their midst are found
the backbone and blood and sinew of that
dreibund which must be consulted before any
other power than France or Russia breaks the
peace, whether on the Mediterraneansea or else
where
The opinion in this city is very decided that
no warlike movement will be attempted in
connection with the Dardanelles question. so far
as Germany, Austria, Italy or England is con-
cerned, until such time as the emperor has sig
nified his will.
The historical cry of the Poster lloyd Of vi
emma as to what Berlin will do with regard &c
Russian aggressions in the direction OF Constan.
tinople falls upon German ears with modified
force. While some of the papers comment
upon 1t with more or less spirit, the
general feeling is that the order of the political
day viii bear an unmistakable German date
No one fancies for a moment that anything les,
than the EXTREMIST emergency will influence
Germany TO withdraw her immediate attention
from her Russian and French frontiers.
PARIS, Sept. l5.-Outside Of financial circles
the feeling here in regard to the reported oc-
cupation by a British naval force of the port OF
Sigri seems generally to be one of quiet
content with the situation. England, il
is considered, has shown her hand TO be
a weak one by her failure to make a demonstra-
tion. which she is reported TO have made al
Sigri, many miles nearer to the Sea Of Marmora.
II the English government has taken the action
attributed to it why, it is asked, did moi
that government supplement the occupation OF
Slf,ri by the seizure of the Island of Tenodos
a course which would have placed the British
power at the gate of the Dardanelles, with
Mitylene to protect its rear? As it Is. England
appears in the eyes of Frenchmen as teuta-
lively casting about for the support and for
ward mandate of the dreibund and being by
no means sure of receiving either.
NEW YORK. Sept ia private dispatch
from London was received by broker in this
city: There is apparently no foundation foi
the rumor that England has occupied Sigri."
VIENNA, Sept. 15.-The Political Correspond
enoe of this city. as an explanation of the
reported occupation of Mitylene by the British
feet, says that a reaction has occurred in the
sultan's mind, and that he has recognized that
he has been ''the victim Of a shameless
intrigue"
The same paper adds that the sultan, nc
longer suspicious that a plot against his lie il
in existence has requested an audience of the
British minister, Sir William White, and OF
others in order to learn the truth in regard to
recent occurrences in which the Turkish en-
pire was interested.
1t is also asserted that the appointment Of
Djemallec Din, whose promotion to Chiek-ul-
Islam only announced September g. when
the sultan dismissed his grand viziey. kiamil
Pacha, and six members OF his cabinet one OF
the chief Russophil intriguers to the governor
ship of Crete, is regarded as being tantamou,
to banishment and disgrace for that official