Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-21
SULTAN TO PREMIER
4 MESSAGE FROM THE PORTE TO
GREAT BRITAIN
REFORMS CARRIED OUT
Turkeys Ruler rained to Think That
Salisbury Doubted Him \ Speech
Before the Conservative ASsocia
tiouS-Premier Has an Audience
With the Queen.

Bridgton, NOV. 20. At the annual
conference of the national union OF
conservative associations, J. Rankin,
conservative member OF parliament,
in moving a resolution 10 the effect
that the condition OF agriculture de
manded the Immediate attention OF
the government. said that he did not
think that ii was possible TO expect a
return to protection but that the duty
should be taken OFF of tea and placed
upon wheat, barley, oats and hops,
Lord Salisbury, prime minister, add
dressing the conference said
ALLOW me to say a word III answer
to the very distinguished distant cor
respondent, if may term him SO. who
requested me to make a statement in
a speech 10 the country This CORES
pendent is no less a person. than the
sultan of Turkey Nothing would have
induced me to read this august mes
sage here except the distinct COM
mandS of the sender. In Il speech ut
Guild hall, expressed the opinion
that had little confidence that the re
forms promised for the Turkish en-
prC would be carried into execution
The sultan sends me a message saying
this statement has panied him very
much as the carrying out of these re-
forms is a matter already decided up
on by him, and further he is DESTROYS
OF executing them as soon as possible
He then proceeds.
I have already told my ministers
this and so the only reason why sal
isbury should thus throw doubts on
MY good intentions must be due to ;he
intrigues of certain persons, or else
false statements must have boon m,,,}c
to cause such an opinion. This mes
sage then proceeds after some inter
mediary observations, i repeat will
execute these reforms. | will make
papers containing them and see myself
that every article is put into force.
This is my earnest determination and
give YOU my word and honor
Salisbury then concluded II have
no doubt the powers Will do their best,
but do not imagine that dccp-seated
diseases in an empire can be cured by
the wave of magician's wand"
London Nov. 20. Lord Salisbury was
granted an audience by the queen at
Windsor. 1t is supposed Il message to
the sultan concerning the affairs in
the Turkish empire has been sent by
the queen, and that this was the sub
ject under discussion.
There appears to have been littn
foundation for the mmor that the
sultan had boon poisoned
London, Nov % The Times Con
stantirOplc special says: There is
beginning a panic among Armenian
trldcsmen in Constantinoplc. These
traders have declared an intention of
closing their shops
According to dispatch to the
Standard, the Persian kurds are in
open revolt against the municipal gov
eminent town of Aimtob in Asiatic
! Turkey Similar news is received
/ from the tribes east OF damascus. "
, is evident that the excited kurds and
| the entire lower classes Of moscms
in the peninsula of Anatolia ar" quite
/ beyond the control of central author-
/ tics.
The Odessa correspondent of the
I News says that it is reported officially
| that in view of the possible disruption
of Turkey, Russia and England are
! negotiating an agreement which will
| give the car free hand for the occu-
patton or annexing of Anatoia while
\ England will have the right to estab
/ lish permanent protcctorate in
! Egypt.