The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-30


cal situation is critical and a crisis
may be expected within twenty-four
hours.
The sultan, who is once more thor
oughly under the influence of the pal
ace party, led by Izzel Bey, still de-
clines to grant the firmans applied for
by the representatives of Great Britain,
Russia, Italy and Austria for the pas
sage of extra guardships through. the
straits of the Dardanelles. This is eX-
traordinary, as on Tuesday Tewfik
Pasha, the Turkish minister of foreign
affairs, personally assured Sir Phillip
Curr1e that the porte had determined
to grant the permission required. 1t
would thus be seen that while the
Turkish ministers are apparently in
favor of granting the firmans, the pal
ace party, priests, chamberlains and
others who are the real advisers of
Abdul Hamid, are opposed to it as
calculated to lower the dignity of the
sultan. Meantime the MusSulmanS are
getting uneasy, looking upon the
threatening advent of extra guard
ships as nothing less than a warlike
demonstration before Constantinople.
Gunboat Ordered.
Sir Phillip Currie, when assured by
Tewfik Pasha that firmans would be
forthcoming, promptly telegraphed to
the admiral in command of the British
Mediterranean squadron, inStructing
him to dispatch a gunboat to the OAR
danelles to be used in the Bosphorous
as an extra gurdship. The twin
screw torpedo gunboat Dryad, carry
ing four 7-inch and four 6-pounder
quick firing guns is expected to arrive
at Chanakkal today and pass to the
right n fhea S111to11 ic
known to be in a state of greatest agi-
tation at the news that an extra Brit
ish gunboat is heading for the OAR
danelles.
The minister of foreign affairs was
sent for at midnight and an exciting
interview took place between him and
the sultan, during which the latter Bit
terly and tearfully reproached Tewfik
Pasha for his action.
The pasha tried to justify himself
by recalling that the granting Of fir
mans had been agreed to in substance
by the sultan. The sultan insisted
that it was impossible to issue the fir
Constantinople and the powers should
be content with the measures taken
by the government to maintain order.
The sultan then instructed Tewfik
Pasha to do everything possible to in
duce the British ambassador to coun-
L.
Sir Phillip refused, saying he was not
to be trified with and reminding him
that Great Britain was acting fair and
within her treaty. Tewfik PaSha re-
turned to the palace in a very unenvi-
able frame Of mind and announced the
failure of his mission. The sultan,
frantic with rage, drove Tewfk fran
his presence with fierce revilings.
VIII Spare No Effort.
The president of the state council,
Said Pasha, who is supposed to have
some influence with Sir Phillip Currie,
was sent for The sultan eagerly be-
sought him to go Immediately to the
British ambassador and spare no effort
TO induce him to order the recall Of
the Dryad. Sir Phillip finally con-
scented to place the whole matter once
more before his government and await
further instructions.
Lost His Head.
Abdul Hamid appears to have ccm-
pletely lost his head, the public ser
vice is entirely 6isorganized, the cabi-
net ministers are being sent out from
the palace at all hours of the day and
night and may be said to be in al
most constant attendance at the Yildi
Kiosk. Everybody is anxious and wor-
ried. the ambassadors being as tired
as everybody else whereat the long
months Of almost fruitlesS efforts to
induce the sultan to really govern his
empire with some degree of common
sense.
The little news received here from
Asiatic Turkey only tends to make
the situation look blacker. The bur-
rying of troops to Syria and Pales-
tine continues and there is no doubt
that the rebellious Druses will have to
submit to a heavy reckoning with the
Turks for the uprising. The flames of
a holy war; always smouldering among
the mussulmans are being dangerous
~ famed. and may at any time burst
forth into d conflagration which will
compel all Europe to take a hand in
saving the lives and property of many
thousands OF Chr stians. A stray shot
a sharp blow, may explode the powder
magazine with which the weak minded
Abdul has been toying so long.
For Right Only.
The unyielding attitude of the sui
tan on the question of the extra
guardships is commented upon by the
members Of the diplomatic corps here,
especially as the powers are asking
only for the rights to which they are
entitled under the treaties with Tur-
key. They hold that an increase in
the number of guardships is absolute
ly Indispensable as the danger to for
eigners has not by any means PASSED.
as the Turkish government would try
TO make the powers believe. It is be-
lieved that steps have been taken to
give protection to foreigners, but the
constant receipt of news telling OF
fresh nassacres of Christians causes
the utmost uneasinesS, not only among
the foreigners here, but among the
mussulmanS who are naturally excited
by such events and whose fanaticism
is being aroused to reports Stealthily
circulated, probably at the instance
of the palace advisers OF the sultan,
that the powers are DESTROYS of MAX
ing a naval demonstration in these
waters, and so insulting the sultan by
ignoring his authority and assuming
TO look with contempt upon his eff
fort to maintain order. 1t will be thus
seen that the muSSulmanS may be
aroused to make a demonstration when
the extra warships enter the Bospho-
rus In order to avoid this extra
guardships will come in Singly and at
intervals if necessary.
Show Of Force Needed.
The ambassadors. however, believe
that trouble in this city can only be
averted by an extra show of force
here, and that in any case reinforce
safety of the foreign residents of Con-
stantinople. The ambassadors hold
that further submission to the caprices
of the palace would be a serious mis-
take upon the part Of the powers and
as this dispatch is sent they are anx-
iousiy awaiting final instructions from
their governments to proceed to rein
force the foreign warshipS here with
0Iff the SIJ1fqrl'S CONSENT which vro,,Il