Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-22
MAY PUNCH UP THE PORTE
England Urges a Naval Demon
stration in the BosphoruS.
rcyrn the Tories Arc Tired of the Turk
i,osebery Secs ~ Diplomatic Adj
vantage i'm Championipg
the Armenians,

london, June 1.-THE developments
which have manifested themselves since
the cabinet council which was held on
Tuesday indicate that the government
has decided upon taking some definite
action against the porte. The commu-
nications which have been sent to Rus
STA and France by The foreign office
urge the necessity OF making a formid-
able naval demonstration ~ the Bos-
phorus without delay. The suggestions
made by Russia and France that a
conference of the powers be held do
not suit, as they are not in the line OF
Lord Rosebery's policy. II Is plain that
the premier either wants to have Great
Britain committed to a strong and
practical policy or pro-Armenian in
PREVENTION before the conservatives get
into office or else he perceiVes that a
conference of the powers might entrap
England into n discussion of the ques-
ton of her occupation Of Egypt. The
former might be desirable to the ltber-
ais. but the latter o not be well
| coined by 1any party or faction in the
kingdom.
The Speaker in an article ~ostensibly
based upon information received from
Constantinople, but really inspired by
a cabinet minister. declares that a ON
bined demonstration of the powers Is
the only feasible and roper method of
dealing with the porte. The article de-
clares that the sultan is not the sole
master of the situation, as is generally
believed. According to this statement
the sultan had actually prepared a re-
ply to the note OF the powers accepting
the terms laid down 10y them when he
received warning that If he persisted in
the course indicated by his reply he
would unquestionably meet the fate of
his uncle. Sultan Ablul-AZiZ. Needing
his warning the sultan Withdrew MS
answer. The gathering of the fleets IT
Constantinople, TIL Speaker adds, VIII
have much influence upon the conspir-
ators who are pulling strings reaching
even To the innermost rccesscs of the
imperial court. These worthless are
prepared to ridicule the idea of English
pressure upon the porte and they are
also prepared to assassinate the sultan
If he should dare to yield TO outside in
h~uences. They will come to think DIFF.
ferently. however, The Speaker says,
If they see the combined ironclads rep
resenting the real force which they are
setting at defiance.
The liberal organs generally assume
that the defiant attitude taken by the
porte is due to a notion on the part OF
the sultan and his encourage that there
will soon be a change in the British gov
eminent which will involve a complatt
change i'm England's foreign policy. IL
is true that a small pro-TUrkish party
continues to exist among the conserv1
| fiN4G hnt WITHIN a IpFAnf nHr1n1 GN.
t~raordinary transformations of opinion
in regard 20 the best means of dealina
with the eastern question have takcr
place among the leaders and the ranh
and file of the tory party and although
no authoritative pronunciamento has
been issued from Lord Salisbury or amy
of his immediate followers it is an oper
secret that the traditional policy con
corning Turkey will bc departed from
when the conservatives obtain office.