The morning times., 1895-11-24
GERMANY WITH BRITAIN
Emperor William Flirting With
England on Turkish Question.
BLAME ONLY ARMRNIANS
German, Austrian and English Senti-
ment Apparently Agreed In Up
papers Are Confident the Porte VIII
Soon Bring Order Out of Confusion.

uohiilH the SuItah,af beFuH News-
papers Are Confident the Porte VIII
Soon Bring Order Out of Confusion.
Berlin, Nov 23.-Before going to Letz
iingen on his hunting trip the Emperor gave
an audience ID M.-de Szogenyi Marich, the
Austrian ambassador to Germany, with
whom lie ~proionged conference, and
upon his return from LctzIingen on Tuesday
his majesty inyitcd himself, upon very short
notice, TO dind with the Austrian ambassa
dor. 4
Obviously thisiatter act of courtesy was
intended to etaphasize the entente between
! Germany and Austria upon the situation
| in the East as Well as to enable his ma Jesty
to learn the latest phase OF the diplomacy
! OF Count Goluchowski, the Austrian minister
of foreign affairs.
The confluence felt in official circles here
| that the Sultan VIII DO successful in pre-
serving orderin European Turkey and carry
| ing out the reforms in Armenia is increas-
| ing.
According to the correspondent OF the
Hamburg Corresponding in Colistantinopie,
| the Interviews had with the Sultan by BarOn
| dc Caiice, the Austrian ambassador to
| Turkey, have assisted in creating clearer
| views of his practical grasp of the situation
| tnan have hitherto been held in official
| circles in Vienna and Berlin. Baron de
| Calico, speaking for both Austria and Ger
| many, made IL clear to the Sultan that the
| denian'is OF the powers could not be evaded
| and that disorders in every part of Turkey
| must positively be suppressed and adminis-
| tratiNc reforms taken up and carried into
| effect
| AGAIN THE ARMENIANS.
| In the course Of his interviews with the
| ottoman Emperor, Baron de Calico, oh
! tanned evidence that the Armenian COM
mittec in London had rene wed their incite-
ment to an uprising in Constantinople, but
that the Sultan had become aware of their
designs and had been successful in defeat
! ing them all =
| Semi-orficial newspapers. which have
| hong been silent in regard TO the situation
in the East, have now suddenly followed
! TIE lead OF the Corresponding in attack
| ing the Armenianf committee Tor having
| melted agitation leading to OutTages.
TIE Gazette, on Friday, in an article
/ quoting the recent protest aiade by the
Russian ambassatior at Constantinople to
| the Armenian patriarch, biames the Ar
! hlenlnn priests for exciting the people
| by Promises Of armed assistance from
| Foreign countries.
Tile North German Gazette contends that
| the existence of an independent Armenian
| state Is impossible, having neither geo.
| Srapaic nor ethnic unity.
| Tn. paper then attacks the London Ar
| n"nEin committee, accusing them of en-
| ploSing dishonest forms of agitation in
| sensational telegrams and bogus stories
| Of horrors, designed TO work upon the
| British Humanitarian sentiment for the
| purpose OF forcing the British cabinet to
! take action againSt the POTtr.
| The article concludes by asserting that
| the MoSlcn inhabitants nf the disturbed
| viiisGeS have suffered nearly as much as
| Tie Arncnians have from the raids of the
kGr,is.
Besi,;es the article from which the fure-
going is quoted, uc paper makes q display
OF stni-nffIciai Cons; ns;antinople dispatch
praiSiDg the energy SO splcndidly dis
played by the sgitsH during the crisis, prov
ing his great QGalti ies as a sovereign which
are now promising speedy and excellent
! results. q, uFt ~
GETTING RID OF ANTI-SEMITIsM
DR.. stoecker's paper, Das VoIk. pub
lisileS without Continent to-day the anHoCHce-
ment ttat the ecclesiastical courts are
about Ia inquire into Stoecker's relations
with Baron Won, HanImerstein, formerly
Chief editor of the KreUz Zeitung, who. alb
seconded some time ago while under charges
OF forgery ana eillDeZZIefuent.
Tie inquiry is MOTTO lie made upon The in
itiative OF the Emperor, but IS rather due
to tire representations of high ecelesiastics
who are annoyed al DR.. Stoecker's nominal
retention of his post as court chaplain,
while &c was at the same time concerned
i'll questionable politics. associated with
his advocacy OF Christian socialism and
anti-Semitism.
Since he ceased 70 be court chaplain, Dr.
stoecker las not been seen in court circles
and his disgrace IS absolute.
The inquiry is likely to end In his being
disciplined To an extent involving his sus-
pension from all clerical functions. Now
that both StOecker and Hammerstein are
wiped out, the Conservative leaders are
projecting the reconstruction of the party
SO that II shall be free from anti-Semitism.
committee OF the party leaders will
meet on December 2 to consider the stu
alton. and 1T is understood that their aim
is to effect a reunion with the Moderates,
who, under the lead of DR.. Won Heldorf,
seeded from the Conservatives in 1892,
when Baron Won Hammcrsteiu succeeded
in launching the bulk of the Conservative
party upon anti-Semi,ic and agrariap
lines, resulting in disaster
The committee has a difficult task be-
fore it to formulate new programme,
which will reconcile the ultras and the
moderates.
IUe Berlin central dutuOrltleS, acting
conjointiy with representatives of the war
office, have ordered an inquiry as to what
extent young Germans emigra ting seek to
evade military service and then in later
years return and ask to be renaturalized.
MUST DO MILITARY DUTY.
The large number OF cases of applca-
tions for standardization In recent years
from German-Americans have instigated
the government to this inquiry.
Youths under seventeen years of age, to
whom passes for emigration cannot be
refused, have gone to America, remained
away a number of years, in the meantime
becoming American citizens, and returned
They have been allowed to become re-
naturalized without being required to
perform military service.
The war office now proposes that military
service shall be enforced in all eases where
it Is apparent that emigration was effected
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