The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-12
Told the Sultan He Would
Have 10 Give Up.
The SITUATION IS NO SETTER.
Though Guardships Are Admitted
and Said Pasha II Safe.
Abdul Hanid VIII Obey tho Powers
Only When lie Is sure They Arc
All Agreed 4 regent Need OF Relief
In Armenia This Winter.

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toastantinople. Dee te.-~p8a Soaa Rul-
garia, Dec. I.--Fhe Ewe Incidents which
have constituted the center Of sensational
interest. VIZ; The refuge Of kust.chuS
said Pasha. eX-grana vtGter. ln the British
embassy. aRd the refusal of the sultan 10
grant the nrmauS for the passage through
the Dardaaelles of the additional guard
ships demanded by the powers. are practi-
caliy relegated "a history through their
settlement Ay the return of said to his
own residence and hy the hnal granting
of the lirmans IN the sultan. How unlm-
portant these incidents were IN themselves
is Indicated by the fact that the tense
condition OF the puhlie mind il not abafed
by their closing. and the watchful game OF
diplomacy Is seen to SO on much as be-
fore.
The intimate connection OF the peaee OF
Earope with the fate of the Turkish en-
pire is not 10 be forgotten, nor il il to he
lost sight OF that this peace IL dependent.
as Il has been Tor the past eighfeea Years.
upon the accord OF the great powers as to
the methods aud limits of the coercion
which shall he exercised upon the sick
man of Europe. How great labor ani
stress IS necessary 10 the maintenance OF
this accord has been Indicated by the long
drawn oUt conduct Of the guardships in
cident, the sultan refusing TO concede "a
single step voluntarily and leaving tha
their complicated ioalouses and conflicts
of interests before an agreement could ho
reached to unite IN a demand upon the sui
tan. The ontrages upon the Armenian
Christians seem 90 be rcceding into tho
background. except as they constitute the
technical cause upon which the powers
base their action at International law for
the settlement OF larger questions.
The visit Of NJ. Neiidom 20 the sultan on
Sunday and his prolonged audience with
HIM seems 10 have settled I'm his mind ae
last that on the question Of the gliardships
at least the powers were In accord IL
has developed that M. Nelidoff assured tho
sultan that unless the nrmans for tho
guardships were granted the powers would
present an uitimatum on the subject to tho
porte. NJ Nelidon appealed to him in be-
half OF the car 10 obvata the necessity
of such step by granting the firmans.
Thus Russia evidently convinced tho
sultan that his game Of delay was mp.
Saids return to his own house was made
In the carriage Of Sir Philip Curria. the
British ambassador accompanied by the
chief dragoman of the embassy. ON the
same evening that he returned the secret
police who had been watching the embassy
were withdrawn. Said pasha wrote to sir
Philip Curr.e a letter OF thanks. in which
he said that after forty-three years of pub
lie service and five in the position of
grand vzer. his health was broken and
lie was unable again to accept the Office
Of grand vtZier. He then mentioned the
written assurances Finally, as Sasd's re-
quest 10 leave the country was stu nn-
granted and az he felt bound % attest his
appreciation of his sovercign's personal
assurances, ho returned to his own house.
the sultan consentinE to grant his wish
% bo employed IN unofficial post and to
enjoy complete rest and liberty. Sir Philip
Currie has reiterated the iatters desire
on behalf OF the British government. Ii
Is feared. however, that Said Pasha VIII
sltffnr from nalAra intrl.unN.