Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-05
FOREIGN NEWS.

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 The Dardanelles Matter Quickenine
 the British Foreign office to Activity
 What the Paris Temps Says-Bal-
 maceda's Silver to be Impounded on
 Its Arrival in England-Resurrec-
 ton of the TheOsophy Fad.
 1 Copyrighted by the Associated Press
 LONDON, Sept. 4.-The semi-official state
 ment which the porte issued yesterday in
 regard to the agreement with Russia touch | ing the passage of the Russian volunteer
 fleet through the Dardanelles is quiokening I the British foreign office in it's efforts to l obtain concerted action on the part of the ! treaty powers in demanding full explana-
 tions from the porte. Within two days
 Lord Salisbury's attitude appears to have
 changed from one of pretended indiffer-
 ence into one of keen diplomatic activity.
 From Chateau Cecil, where he still abides,
 he has walked up the officials of the for
 eign department here, through whom
 night and day cipher dispatches pass in
 stream to and from the European capitols.
 A high official of the department who was recently of opinion that the Moscowa incl
 dent would not affect the existing relations
 between Great Britain and Turkey, now takes the view that the Russo Turkish
 agreement will make necessary an early
 demonstration on the part of Great Britain
 even if she has to act alone The porte's statement is evidently intended to cover Turkeys responsibility in the event of the expected combined representation of the powers: Lord Salisbury's position as it is understood to have been communicated to the powers is that the Russo Turkish agreement is an evasion of the treaty of Paris. Turkey could not assent to an open and fragrant violation of the treaty by giving Russia the right to send war-ships through the straits, but she makes concessions tantamount to the same privi- lege in permitting the passage through the Dardanelles of volunteer fleet equipped with guns and filled with sol diers. Be the developments of diplomacy swift or slow, British intervention un- timely appears to be inevitable. As a result of the position which Lord Sails bury has now definitely taken the Paris Temps tonight, after contending that the sultan has right to grant Russia & special privilege, compares the Russian volunteer fleet with the British steamers built for armament in time of war. The Temps distinctly indicates that the French gov ernment intends Co support the sultans right to enter into special contract with Russia outside of the articles of the treaty.
 With the straits trouble is directly in volved the question of Egypt. Moukhtar Pasha, the porte's commissioner in Cairo, has renewed his demands through the Khedive for the evacuation of Egypt by the English. Cairo adyices state if this demand is refused Moukhar Pasha will ask the sultan to recall him and to leave the post vacant, as protest against the khe- dives contumacy towards the suzerain. The British ambassador at Constantinople, Sir White, is on the worst possible per sonal terms with the sultan, who has re- peatedly made excuses to avoid seeing him and it is reported tonight that Sir Will liam is about to be replaced.
 The agent of the Chilian junta sent to the foreign office to-day note in reference to the silver carried from Chili by the British warship Espiegle. The bullion will be impounded on its arrival in Eng land and will be retained pending legal junta's agent, who has long been secretly holding friendly communications with the government, will obtain every assistance in capturing the silver.
 The theosophy fad is infecting society through and through. Spiritualism, long dormant, is experiencing an energetic re- vival. The newspapers publish columns of letters from and interviews with theos- 1 ophists intimate with Mahatmas. Claim | ants are daily arising who offer to demon strate their possession of powers transcend l ing ordinary material conditions. Mrs. | Besaut, Colonel Olcott and other leaders of | the theosophists tell the fashionable crowd | nightly, filling the Blavatsky hall, that be- lief must precede miraculous visions, and | that messages from the Mahatmas are only l accorded to disciples trained in occultism | Mrs. Besant addressed the United Demo- | cratic club tonight, impressing the au- dience with her earnestness and sincerity. | The audience she leads has assumed, at | least temporarily, considerable social inn portance. The Theosophist society is ar ranging for mission in America.
 A Clyde firm has sent to the Prince of Wales plan and estimate for yacht to be built on the most recent lines for rac- ing purposes. Prince George has melted his father to try to obtain yachting honors and there is court report that the Prince of Wales is ambitious to race his yacht in American waters.
 A number of delegates to the Wesleyan ecumenical conference will sail for Amer ica on September 16, including the Revs. Price Hughes, Peter Thompson, W. D. Walters and Bamford Slack
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