The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-11-20
A LETTER FROM THE SULTAN
Lord Salisbury Reads it at Brigh-
ton, England,
During ais Address TO the Annual Don.
ference of the National Union Oonser
vativo Association-Tho Sultan Prom
iSe' to Execute all the Reforms and
Says He Has SO Ordered His Minister.
Rustem Pasha.

BRIGHTON, Eng, Nov. 1e.-Lord Sails.
bury, the prime minister, addressing
the annual conference OF the National
Union of Conservatives Association
hore to-day, said among other things;
ALLOW me to say word in answer to
very distinguished, distant CORES
pondent, II may term so, who quested
me to make statement in q speech to
the country. This correspondent is no
less person than the sultan OF Turkey.
Nothing would have induced me to read
this august message here except the
distinct commands of the sender.
In that speech at the Guild Hall, on
the occasion Of the lord mayors day
dinner, 1 expressed the opinion that
had little confde nee that the reforms
promised for tn o Turkish empire would
be carried into execution. The sultan
sends me q message, saying that this
statement has panied him very much, Is
tho carrying oIs of these reforms Ia n
matter already decided upon by him,
and further thai he Is DESTROYS of exc
SueAhB vuem dS soon az DO9Sl0l0.
HE then proceeded: Il have already
told my ministers this, and 30 the only
reason why Lord Salisbury should thus
throw doubts on my good intentions
must be due to the intrigues of certain
parsons here or else false ssatements
must have been made to cause such an
opinion
The message then proceeds after
some inter me diary observations: Il re-
peat;El will execute these reforms. I
Will take tho papers containing them
and see myself that every article ia put
into force. This is my earnest determi-
nation, and give you my word OF
honor. wish Lord Salisbury to know
this, and beg and desire that his lord
ship, ihaving confidence in these declar.
ations, will make another speech by vir
tue OF the friendly feeling and dispo-
sition he has for me and my country. 1
shall await the result of this with the
greatest anxiety
Lord Salisbury thon continued:
''These last words will acquit ms of any
improperly that 1 ackno ledge 60 be a
very unprecedented course-the reading
OF communication of that kind at a
publto$nfeetiDg. l could not abstain
from doing what 1 have done without
discoursesy to the distinguished potent
ate from which this message is, but of
course 1t would not be seemly for me to
comment directly upon those words.
Great Britain forms part of q concerted
Europe, which has resolved, 80 far as IL
acts, 20 net with unanimity.
some persons seem to imagine that
we, the people of Great Britain, can
dispose OF oil the decisions of all the
European powers. This is crediting us
with more influence than we possess.
Whatever Ia done must be done with
unanimity snd we can only speak in
behalf of one of the powers which will
concur, II the powers do concur, in any
action, which may be taken. I will not
admit that the responsibility of any
decision taken rests entirely or mainly
on this country.
THE responsibility is upon us and
upon all the powers in common. All
those who have this responsibility must
act together; that IL there are others
who cannot agree to act with the powers,
those others cannot have their own way.
But am in no wise DESTROYS of intI-
mating that the slightest sh ade OF dis
aGreementup to this moment as arisen
between the powera."
Lord Salisbury then procc eded to ex
toll Rusten Pasha, who he feared would
not recover from his present Illness. The
ptiiho uiiuib1er prhCtlCally reviewed the
administration of Rustem Pasha at
Lebanon and said that he Was convinced
that II men like him had been in charge
In districts where all those horrors have
occurred the conscience of Europe
would have never been racked by al
these tales of suffering and terror.
II there had been mon around the sui
tan like Rustem Pasha present condi-
tions would not exist. The present
problem could not bp solved by the ex~
ternal action of the advising powers.
This Lord Salisbury pronounced de-
vice ns best. Continuing no said the
problems should have been solved by
the natural operation OF the working
councillors OF an enlightened monarchy,
acting through efficient and competent
Instruments.
Ruatem Pasha Reported Dead.
LONDON, Nov. ia report just re-
ceived here from Constantinopie. says
that Rustam Pssha ia dead He WAS
formerly Turkish ambassador to Great
Britain.
Leo Gets Twenty Years In Penttentiary.
CHARLoTTEsvILIE, Va, Nov. 10
Daniel Lee, Whu murderously ASSAULTED
Mrs. l. B. Railey last Thursdsy. was
tried to-day in the county court. In
less than two hours he was Gen tenced to
! ten years on each OF two counts OF
murdaroua aaaeult and houoa hyaal,ino