The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-08


Interested In. Turkish nnsnce TO consider the
possibiIity Of coating New Iurki,h loan Msrs
tsEs issdIns hand in the a.. an a game and
ever the ups6ot Of the, operation might be
turkish sSchsauer. Hence the Interest taken
81 M Austrian friend in the appointment OF
When s stitsd myself Of tn. opportunity
however. to press him a little for hi. opinion
that he had very little faith in It.. When Eng
sis Into the Mediterranean By helping The
sultan to put money into his treasury and to
final iH and hopsiess Collapse Of he only policy
by which she cou,d expect really 20 stay the
81 the Dd ~. Ts
policy. found its sup!ems expression more
than thirty Years ago IN the Crlmsan war. IL
one or more strong military States OF the Con-
tinent, intsrssted and determined to check the
checking the advance OF Russia TO the west.
No such alliance 10 hsncsforth possible TO
England. France. even under Napoeon.
into which the Third SspolsoS was led IN
1883 quite as much by personal and dynastio
iot French interests 10. the East Hence.
forth the interests and the sympathies OF
Ne IL Au.t n nu who su could mot not even IN
Russia with the Anglo French alliance, are less
.Ivs s,tituds coward the czsr. We shall be
more than satisfied II We can so play our game
eressiye sttituds toward us. As for Germany,
which IL much lsse directly Interested than we
are 10 me sb sts , .nTEs ySu can ne
OF William IL with Bismarck means a deter.
mined effort on the part Of Berlin to fsvlye and
burg. The Russo German commercial treaty.
which the Emperor William L. straininE evsry
answer OF Germany to the Russo French
demonstrations at Toulon and at Paris. Ihs
Germans do not expect II 70 break up the 20.
the peace between France and Germany. This
position sns to achieve and L would not b. per.
hsps. entirely unsatisfactory TO the Gar, or
mans. to see this achieved By al lowing or even
encouraging France to break the peace with
England: Gsrpsny nov has very Arg, =, ear !,
France and England would certainly do no
or To the ssTSns tl.d. q yoSr
the United States Even We IN Austria who
sn the
outbreak Of such a. naval war will not say
with mplscsnoy. for We are not uni.isndly
military. importance In Europe 70 which
PRACTICAL PRACTICAL s S or support in her pol Dol
Icy OF antaeonism to the Russian pre-:
ponderanee a. Constantinople Is Italy, and !
things now stand. IL. unlikely to manifest any
thing more than platonic regard for English
whom the Dual Control broke down 10 Egypt.
and France left England alone to deal with
had the good sense to decline entering into
any military paItneIship With ENGLAND
the tsxn and sd
to get Egypt garrisoned for England By an
italian army. to be put under English COM
She Would s have ' ssrn.a the
diatc hostility both Of France and Russia. and
ps PSa 81 S hsn
increase in the burdens OF her budget as must
several Years ago have brought her into
which she Is now under Crispi energetically
STRUGGLING to emerge No. England has roth.
Single handed shs Is powerless to play at Com
S the Grand 70 ISng carried on on
n f sr PhiS cGrrs sf. tSink
clearly the easel L going 70 Constantinople TO
h.5. WITH Ssl ID Of Nell.
aid and comfort to steady himself into an iso-
lated resistance or show OF resistance to the
Igp .hinf thiss so:DsET..s; hope I. asked;
is q very .6Tewd person. He has meas
ured his own strength. and that Of the
easE p s.s n *. World and ss9
EEu50pe see that on his way % Turkey sir
sprT IL P.fs in SSn.rsncs a a,s
Dutsrin. This was very judicious; Lord Duff
can and what cannot be dons st Constantino-
Pile and II any body could put Sir Philip Curris |
IL: ws " n sh s04Hs
Possibly enough the Sultan may b. induced |
Golfers, and perhaps oven to allow some OF the |
English ship6uiIders 10 go into contracts for |
Of iunds to be adsaneed b. English Dangers:
but In the past Turkish loans have seldom |
20 to h eo .asss sasy
tion which controls the supreme financial |
market OF Europe at Paris
BILE toll OF Turkish financial OF srations without
much reference to the success or failure OF |
Europe are concerned. SO that We stand quite |
in the matter. But II the Sultan |
eiioWs war ships to be butt u Tor him On the
Thames or on the Tyne. nobody to-day can |
;siI yoS what Sil ese ,S svsntGaiy Of any
wsi :hlS I.fd down i, iceland ihis year viii
Mediterranean battl.' with France with Rus.
nsHtai republic and the northern empire"
seem 70 ,: th.. The Sultan may Po:sIHy e;
hlmselfto ENGLAND as q partner In the game
which she seeks to play with him 2"
lou may put II in that way II you like"
laid my Austrian friend good n aturedly. and
do not know that any reason able person could |
ind fault with the sultan II you are right
loans are one thing and war is quite another.
Il 1t suits Russia that England should be al
owed to raise money and to build ships for
Turkey. i will be quite clear that Russia has
iery good reason to know that the Turkish
hips when they are built. will in the end only
i'd to the available naval force to be con-
rolled by Russia In the Lsyant. IL 1t does not
uit Russia the money will not be raised and
he ships will not DO built"
DO you think" l then added. THAT this
TeIy interesting diagnosis you have given me
II the new English departure. as you call il, |
It ConstAntinopIs will be affected By the resig-
iAtion OF Mr. Gladstone. should there prove to
70 any truth In the ruInor as TO his intentions.
'vsr which such . stir was made before he To-
urnsd from BiArrltz 70 London p
= Not at all. " replied my Austrian. think
ou know as well as do that the foreign policy
4 Mr., Gladstone Is now what IL has always
zen, . guaRius negligible In his Government
have known him now, more or less. for nearly
hirtJ yeAra he has never had any concsp-
o some home scheme OF politics on which he
EAs bent. have had relations. when in Lon
Or. with the Foreign ONCE. sometimes when
"a in mower aOmptimRA HhAn he Haa in |