Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-05
SULTAN STANDS ALL ALONE
Clearly Demonstrated There is No Hope Of
Dividing the Powers,
ALL PARTIES FEELING THEIR POSITION
Interesting story of the Portc's Ef-
forts TO Brcnk the Agreement Vow
Existing Dctwcen the Nations
Acting Against Him.

copyrighted. 1895, by the Associated Press)
CoNSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 3.-(via Sofia
Bulgaria, Dec. 4)-The eastern question Is
passing through a period Of rumors, set adrift
as a ballon d'essai to test the temper in which
this or that movement would be received by
the powers. Thus, a few days ago. story
was hoated to the effect that Great Britain
had proposed the dismemberment OF Turkey
to Russia and that the latter had refused tC
take part in such a partitioning of the Otto
man empire. Soon after this story had beer
dlgested 1t was denied from a number o
sources.
Then II was reported that Russia, after the
sultan had made direct appeal to the czar
had consented to waive its demands for al
extra guardship In the Bosphorus and tha'
this had been one of the causes OF Great
Britain Withdrawing the Dryad from the en-
trance of the Dardanelles after the sultan
had refused to issue a permit allowing the
vessel to pass In.
Lastly. yesterday after the meeting OF the
amba ssadors 1t was rumored That Sir Phlhp
Currie the British ambassador, had notifed
the Porte that Great Britain gave the sultan
until Saturday next in which to issue tne
firmans demanded. and that IL they we're not
forthcoming by that time an extra BRUSH
guardshlp Would pass tne Straits "i'houI ~
sultan's permission.
This report was coupled with the statement
that Italy endorsed the action OF Great Brit
ain In the matter. Some color was gwen 10
It by the unprecedented activity In the ltaiian
arsenals and by the fact that the rumor was
current at Rome. Berlin. Paris and this city
but diligent inquiry here among the dipo-
matte corps and in Turkish government circles
failed to obtain confirmation of the report
But Sir Philip Currie undoubtedly seems tc
have made some important communication
the nature OF which is not known to TewhR
Pasha, the Turkish minister for foreign
affairs. -
AN ERA OF SURPRISES.
1t was intlmated in these dispatches, how
ever, that this is an era Of surprises and II
was hnted that another one is In store. This
like all the other forecasts of the situation
made from here to the Associated press, turns
out to be correct. The sultan has all along
believed and the palace coterie has been ap.
parently equally convinced, that Russia would
not act In accord with Great Britain, and
therefore Russia, France and even Germany
might be counted upon, If 1t came TO de-
cisive crisis, to oppose any active interference
upon the part of Great Britain In the Turkish
empire. In fact, this belief was almost gen
erai in the political world and all assertions
to the contrary were received with polite
smiles Of incredulity.
1t became known today, however, to the
surprise or the SkeptlCS, tndt RUSSIA 10 ieaiiy
I'm accord with the powers and that the
sultan need look for no sympathy from the
czar or his advisers in anything In any way
tending to thwart the determination of the
powers to have order restored throughout the
Turkish empire and measures taken for the
protection uf the lives and property Of all
the Christian subjects of the sultan. This
news has cast dismal spell over the yildiz
kiosk and the ministers have been in almost
constant attendance upon the sultan ever
since.
NO COMFORT FOR ABDUL.
The details of the developing of this lit
tie surprise are as follows When Great
Britain threatened to force the passage OF the
Dardanelles If the frmans for the passing In
of extra guardships were not granted, the
sultan appealed personally to the govern
ments of Russia, Austria, Germany and
France, begging them not to press their de-
mands calling their attention to the efforts
his government was making to restore order
and prevent further outbreaks, and dwelling
strongly upon the danger of an uprising of
the Mussulmans throughout the empire il he
were subjected to such slight, holding that
the mere fact Of sending the additional war
ships to the Bosphorus would be an intma-
tion that he was not considered by the
powers to be capable Of maintaining order in
his own domnions.
In no case did the sultan meet with sue
cess Prince Lobanoff Rotovsky, the Rus
sian minister for foreign affairs, replied at
first that he would sound the cabinets of
France Germany and Austria on the sub
ject it being apparently concluded that it
was useless to again question Great Britain
or Italy. The Russian foreign minister did
so. but receiving nothing but unfavorable
replies, he, later informed the Turkish am
bassador at St. Petersburg that he could see
no reason to separate himself from the
course followed by the other powers In re-
gard to the eastern question.
AUSTRIA Is FIRM
The Austrian minister for foreign affairs,
Count Golochuski, was even more explicit
than Prince Lobanoff- -Rotovsky, for he gave
the Turkish ambassador at Vienna to under
stand clearly that a complete understand
ing existed among the powers, and that Tur-
key must not persist In her present dilatory
policy regarding the demands of the powers
for extra guardships or in pushing the work
of restoring order in Asiatic Turkey and pre-
venting further outbreaks.
The reply OF M. Berthelot the French
minister for foreign affairs, was almost
identical with that of Prince Lobanoff-Ro-
tovsky.
Finally, through Prince Hohenlohe and
Freherr Marschall Won Bberstein, Emperor
William gave the Turkish ambassador at
Berlin no consolation at all He was firmly
told that the powers were undoubtedly acting
In their best interests and in the best in
terests of the Turkish empire in any demands
made upon the Porte. and the ambassador
was plainly warned that the sultan could not
expect the support or symathy of Germany
In any continued opposition to the will Of the
powers.
Thus apparently the sultan was shown that
he no longer has hacker in Europe. but the
question Of admitting the extra guard ships
is still unsettled, and this would still leave
open the question whether Great Britain has
or has not given the sultan until Saturday in
which to issue the frmans.
NEWS FROM ZEITOUN.
To the relief Of the diplomatic corps at
least news has at last bsen received from