Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-20
THE POOR SULTAN
Begs Lord Salisbury to Cor
rect a Wrong Impression
Given in Recent Speech by Latter
and He ObIigiogIy 0beys.
a Scene Unparalleled ia ihe Diplomatic
History Of England.

diplomacy occurred, this evening, at con
terence of the colonial agents. This was
the reading of a letter from the Sultan Of
Iurkey to Lord Salisbury, begging him tc
maze speech that would offset the one
ne ueilVered on the occasion of the ban
queG given by the new lord mayor Of Lon.
don.
Lord Salisbury referred to the impro.
prlety OF reading the letter at the confer
ence, but he took advantage of the &C "a.
sion simply to grant, as far as he could,
the request made by the Sultan At the
OUTSET OF his speech the prime minister
said:
ALLOW me to say word in answer to
very distinguished distant correspond
ent, II l may so term him, who has re-
questsd me to make a statement in some
public speech. My correspondent Is nc
less parsonage than the Sultan of Tur-
key. cloud cheers.)
1eel that there is a profound i'm
proprety in thrusting any diplomatic de
tails on your attention I hope you will
believe that nothing would have induced
| me to produce on this occasion the august
message that ] shall read, except the dis
| tinct commands of the person from whom
| it proceeded. -
Lord Salisbury then referred to the
speech that he delivered at the Guild hall
| on the occasion of the banquet given By
| the new lord mayor of London, Nov o,
and added:
His Majesty has been pleased to send
me a message to say that he has been very
| much panied to read the report of that
speech and the expression of the opinion
that the promised reforms in Turkey would
not be executed. His Majesty desires it to
be known that he is carrying out those re
forms decided upon b. him. He is de
sirous of executing them at the earliest
possible moment, and has repeatedly so in
structed his ministers
His Majesty continues: The only
reason why Lord Salisbury should thus
throw doubts on my good intentions must
be the intrigues of certain persons here or
false statement made TO cause such an
opinion
After intermediate observations, His
Majesty says: 1 repeat that | will exc
cute the reforms. l will take the paper
containing them before me and see that
every article is put in force. This is my
earnest determination, and | give my
'NANa Va iA'ibA' L NlNu E,tlieDuEN W
know this and l beg and desire his lord
ship, having confidence in these declara-
tions, to make another speech by virtue Of
the friendly feeling aud disposition he has
for me and my country. l shall await the
result of this message with the greatest
anxiety.
When the prime minister had finished
reading the letter he was greeted with
loud applause When quiet was restored
he again appealed to his hearers to ae-
quit him of improperly for such an I'M
precedented act as reading such message
at public meeting, and declared that he
could not abstain from reading it without
showing discourtesy to the distinguished
potentate who had written it, He said
- A s you know, we are q part of the con
cert Of Europe. which has resolved, so far
as it acts. to act with uDanimity. Some
persons seem to imagine that we dispose
If the decisions of the European powers
That is crediting US with more influence
than we possess. Whatever is done must
he done with unanimity
Il do not admit that the responsibility
for any decision that the Powers make
tests entirely, or mainly, on this country.
We and all the Powers sre in a position
common to those obliged to act together,
namely, If others do not agree with them.
they cannot have their own way, and In
nowise desire or intimate by these words
that the slightest shade of disagreement
has arisen among the Powers
Lord Salisbury expressed deep regret
for the apparently recoverable Illness Of
Rustem Pasha the Turkish ambassador to
(trDot ri aiI 10. T.. lo,i
a most valuable intermediary between the
Ottoman and British governments, but 1t
was not this that had given him name
among the statesmen Of Europe He was
q man WHO, By combining frmness, justice
and Cancellation, had brought peace TO the
Lebanon district when it was torn with
discussions Of race and creed. He could
not help feeling that If men like Rustem
Pasha had charge Of the districts in which
the recent horrors had occurred, the con
science Of Europe would never have been
tried nor their sympathies racked BY de-
calls of suffering and terror.
IF he continued there were men
ike Rustem Pasha around the sultan the
problem would not be solved by the cx-
ternal action of advising Powers, which
is clumsy device at the best. 1t would
be solved by the natural operation of the
counsels Of an enlightened minority work
ing through efficient and competent in
struments (Cbeers.l
II do not see the men who arc to re
place Rustem Pa.ha. / cannot enter into
the question why there are none such
now. Twenty-Five years ago there were
several such. l exhort you to consider
that the terrible Armenian problem is
quite as much the want Of competent men
as it s the want of adequate laws
The mere writing Of new provisions
and fresh DEGREES cannot supply the place.
especially in Eastern communities. of
governors knowing how and having the
courage ard integrity to perform their
duty
. rbe Powers will doubtless do their
best. but do not imagine that the deer
seated diseases of the empire can be cured
by a wave Of the magician's wand. The
results Of long years OF error must be paid
for, and the cruel law is that those wi O
will pay are not those originally guilty of
the offence
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