The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-17
HOW TURKEY STANDS
That Country Furnishes Subject for
All the Gossip Nowadays.
VARIOUS VIEWS EXPRESSED
The News From Berlin and London
Is Confined Almost Exclusively
to the Sultan and His
Popularity.
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(copyrighted. 1896. by the Associated
Press.)
Berlin. Nov. le.-The crisis in Turkey
Is watched here with close attention.
and a remark uttered by Prince Bis
marck last week in conversation with
Count Won Kardoff. the German silver
champion. at Friedrichsruh. to the ef
feet that Turkey is like a powder mag
azine. whose explosion would set all
Europe ablaze. u much commented
upon.
The reporter IN this city of the asso-
ciated press had brief interview on
Thursday last with two diplomats who
are stationed at Berlin. one OF them
representing a great power. The lat
ter said 1t was not likely that a war
or a revolution In Turkey would take
place before next spring. That much,
he added. Is taken for granted by the
powers. But 1t is probale that events
will become critical in Turkey. Re
cent DEVELOPMENTS have shown the
sultan to be capable of almost any
coup d'ebat and something unexpect-
ed and unforeseen may occur at any
time. Continuing. the diplomat said:
Just now 1t looks as II Russia, when
the crash comes. will be the best pre-
pared for the emergency and win be
the winner in the game"
The prosecutions OF lese majeste,
which are becoming of almost daily
occurrence. and which are based In
some cases upon frivolous grounds.
are causing grave dissatisfaction
among even the conservative classes.
while they are denounced by many
men recognized as broad liberals. as
not only encroaching upon liberty of
speech and the press. but as tending
to serve rather than to combat the so
cialistic agitation The complaint
among the ultra conservatives Is that
the prosecutions only drag the imper-
tal dignity down into the mire and that
the proper course would be to treat
the attacks with the scorn they de-
serve.
The police are trying to discover who
shot, apparently from pure. malice.
Emperor Williams magnificent Rus
sian greyhound. a Ribt from the czar.
while the animal was in his kennel at
the new palace. The dog was the en-
peror's favorite.
crease in nearly all the consular dis
tricts of Germany for October. The
exports from Berlin show double the
amount for that month IN 1894 and
three times the amount OF October.
1898.
London. Nov. 16.-The news from
the East during the week has not been
Of a nature to dissipate the clouds
which have been hanging heavily over
the present horizon for long time
past. From Asia Minor come authen-
ticated reports OF further massacres
OF Armenians during which the Turks
seem ito have applied the torch to pc
troleum soaked victims. and to have
skinned others alive. In addition to
outraging women and children and
plundering property on all sides.
From the far East yesterday came
a report that 1t is positively stated at
Shanghai that China has agreed that
Germany shall occupy one OF the ISL
ands near Annoy for the purpose of
converting 1t into a naval depot Fears
are expressed that II this rumor turns
out to be correct. International COM
plications of a serious nature will fol-
low, as Russia and France. not to
mention Great Britain. are certain to
demand a similar concession.
Regarding Turkey. the powers are
moving slowly but surely. The various
European fleets are closing up toward
the Dardanelles. although the powers
are evidently DISPOSED to give the
sultan every possible chance TO restore
order I'm his dominions. But II appears
as though matters had dri6ted too far
and that the sultan Is unable to sup
press the disorder in the Turkish en-
pire. Omcial versions of the disturb
ances In Asia Minor. which are re-
crufted by the Turkish embassy in the
various capitals In which the Mussul-
men figure as lambs being devoured by
Armenian wolves. are received with
derislon.
A description OF the British embassy
at Theropia, village about 20 miles
from Constantinople. shows IT to be
well and safely situated IN the event
OF n fanatical attack. There are high
thick walls. with a couple OF guns. de-
Tending the entrance. while the road
leading to the embassy Is commanded
by che guns OF a British gunboat which
Is lying opposite the embassy in the
Bosphorlus. from which the embassy
building - only separated by a narrow
road. The servants and personnel OF the
embassy number about 50 men all told.
and they are well armed and have
plenty OF ammunition. The fact that
these details are published here shows
In some quarters che belief prevails
that the British embassy Is not en-
tireiy free from the possibility OF at