New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-12-04
TALK In TURKEY
Sultan Said Not to Have Heard
the Last Of the Guardship
Question.
Meeting Of Ambassadors Called
to Take United Action in
the Matter.
What Was Accomplished by the
Late Bluff of the British
Minister.

CoNsTANr1NoPLE, via Sofa, Dec. g.
The sultan has not yet heard the last of
the extra guardshp question. AS init
mated in these dispatches on Friday
last, the withdrawal of the British gun
boat Dryad from the entrance to the
Dardanelles, where she was awaiting
the necessary frman allowing her a.
sage through the straits, was only q
temporary measure, taken on account
Of the fact that the palace people had
inf1amed the fanaticism of the Mussul.
man population here, and that serious
rioting was planned to commence as
soon as the warships entered the Bos.
phorous. While being DESTROYS of not
doing anything which would in any
way tend to induce disturbances or
hinder the work of restoring order, the
powers again appear to be
Unanimously Resolved to Insist
upon their demands for the extra guard.
ships. In consequence, the ambassa-
doris have arranged for meeting to
discuss the situation, and consider
what action is necessary, in view of the
sultan's continued objection to granting
the firmans.
In the meanwhile the palace party is
triumphant and the impression is being
conveyed to the general public that the
sultan has won great victory over the
powers. This tends to make the matter
more delicate to handle, as to demon
strate that such is not the case is almost
certain to lead to an outbreak even more
serious than the one which gave the
pretext for the demand for the extra
guardships.
A Simple Explanation.
A Turkish official, who is usually
well posted on the inner workings of
diplomacy here, discussing the with
drawal of the Dryad, intimated that
the matter was very simple one, the
substance of which was that the powers
objected to any power taking the lead
in any action in Turkey, as such step
would be calculated to give that power
prestige which was not part of the
agreement Of the powers. In other
words, if action is to be taken, it should
be combined action on the part of the
powers, and not the isolated action of
Great Britain, for instance. Thus, it is
lntimated, that if the passage of the
Dardanelles is to be forced, it should be
done by warships Of all the powers in
terested. This, it should be added, was
the original understanding arrived st,
but Great Britain, it appears, was not
disposed to delay matters beyond GER
tain point.
Must Not Delay Too Long.
A gentleman attached to one Of the
embassies, whose insight Of political af-
fairs is very keen, was disposed when
questioned as to the foregoing, that it
might be the correct one, but, he added
significantly, it looked as if Great Brit
ain had attained the object she had in
view when the Dryad was sent to the
Dardanelles, namely, to show the sui
tan, and the powers as well, that while
being DESTROYS of acting in accord with
the other powers, her majesty's govern
ment was prepared to act alone if the
necessity should arise, and that if the
powers desire concerted action, they
must act promptly or Great Britain will
take the initiative