The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-20


like Rustem Pasha around the Sultan. the
problem would not be solved by external
action of the advising powers, which is
a clumsy device at the best. 1t would be
solved by the natural operation OF the
counsels Of an enlightened minority work
ing through efficient and competent instru-
ments (cheersl. / do not see the men VINO
are 10 replace Rustem Pasha. / cannot
enter into the question why there are
none such now. Twenty-Five years ago
Jhere We're several such. j eXhort You 10
consider that the terrible Armenian prob
lem Is quite as much the want of com
petent men as it. is the want OF
OF new provisions and fresh DEGREES
cannot supply the need. The governors
age. The powers viii doubtless do their
best, but do not imagine that the deep
seated diseases Of the empire can he
. cured by wave of magician's wand.
The results of long years of error must
pc PAID Tor, and the cruel law is that
those I, who viii pay are not not those who
Turning to other matters, Lord sails
bury alluded 10 the agitation against the
House of Lords. He said he did not deny
tnat the upper house was capable OF i'm
provement. Some changes might well be
made in its constitution, but that one
could straightway write upon paper a
new assembly was a mere dream of doc
trinaires.
Referring to future measures of naval
defense, the prime minister declared that
no improvement of fleets and no cOmbi-
nation or alliances of foreign powers
ought 10 De aD4e. Tor moment TO threat
en- British safety at home Cloud cheers.
He did not mean to say that he expected
the safety of the country to be threatened.
He believed that Great Britain was more
friendly with the world than she had been
for some time before, but the nations were
living in period of transition affecting
large parts Of the earth's surface. 1t
seemed to be decreed that bad govern
ment would ultimately compel a confer
enee for political arrangement The mere
TACT that so much territory was coming
market reason
power, especially Great Britain, should
be protected against every emergency.
This statement, he said, must not be con-
strued to mean that he expected a speedy
dissolution of the Turkish empire. Not
only in Turkey, but elsewhere. there was
tendency in the direction of a change.
The Post tomorrow, commenting on
the sultan's letter to Lord Salisbury, will
say; Nobody who considers eastern
politics with calm, unbiased judgment
Will fail to be struck by the pathetic
dignity and frank earnestness of the
sultan's massage"
The Graphic viii say: 'In writing these
manly words the sultan has rendered a
signal service to himself, his country and
The Standard will say: There is a pa
thetic sincerity in the sultan's combined
protest and undertaking that cannot fail
to win the respectful sympathy of En-
glishmen, but if Abdul Hamid had an in
telligent grasp of the situation, he would
know that what is needed is a siren
uous exercise of individual control. If he
had effectively desired to pave the way
for reforms to be executed by his min
listers, he would long ago have surrounded
himself with cabinet of wholly differ
ent type from the one now holding office" ."
The Daily News in an editorial, will
scof at the nessage ot.,.sA Z. eEnel e Ell; cow
that the word of a professor of lying
that he does not lie is not the best of all
possible guarantees. While approving
| Lord Salisbury's language, 1t deeply pities
him for being compelled by International
courtesy to refer to an inhuman despot
in terms of conventional respect.
The Chronicle will say that it regards
the sultan's letter as undignihed and
childish. 1t viii say that it IS surprised
that Lord Salisbury is willing to join such
a procedure. The letter simply means
| that the sultan's terror is increasing, and
that he is trying to avert the blow by
which Europe threatens to sever his do
miniOns.
London, Nov 20, 4 a. m.-Rustem Pasha,
the Turkish ambassador to Great Britain
] died at o'clock this morning.
/ Berlin, Nov. 19-The Tagebatt an
/ nounces that, owing to the fact that the
| proposal of Count Goluchowski, the Aus
/ trian minister Of foreign affairs, for an
/ absolute entente of the European powers
/ in regard to Turkey, has not found the
unreSerVed approval and support OF the
/ powers Emperor William has decided to
/ take the initiative in an effort to estab-
/ lish a closer entente between Austria,
Russia, France and Germany and to take
diplomatic steps in Constantinople and
| London, to the end of restoring peace
and order in Asia Minor.
Rome, Nov. l9-The Sultan of Turkey,
! through Mgr Azarian, the Catholic Ar
menian patriarch, at COnstantinople, has
made another appeal to the pope for the
/ Intervention of the vatican in an effort
for the pacification of Armenia.
Boston. Nov ia letter has been re-
| ceiVed in this city from a reliable CORES
! pondent in Constantinople. who says that
| Wherever the influence of the porte, in
contradistinction to that OF the palace; has
! prevailed, even when the conflicts have
| taken place, Wanton massacre mas been
| 'iThe government, porte and palace alike.
is doing it's utmost to convince Europe that
! the Armenians are everywhere the ag-
! gressors. Thus gross calumny comes to
! the justification of massacre and many
are deceived. The Armenians are being
/ eXterminated Shall we deny them the
quality of manliness to stand Tor their
The violence of the revolutionary party
has been grevous blunder, but the
question has now passed that stage.
THE reaction against England has be-
gun. Russia.s time seems not not
be and Armenians left to profit
by coming changes? Again and again we
| hear that the sultan is soon to be taken
/ Off one might almost say that the forces
of the empire are devoted 10 guarding ms
I personal safety. 1t does look sometimes
! as though within year, his throne ana
that of his dynasty would so down 10
I gether. 1t is hardly possible to conceive
OF times more critical; My own impress
sion as time passes, is that Moslem IA
naticism is directed against Armenians
! alone.
our confident hope. till one month ago,
that Christian Europe would forcibly
stop the fendish and mad ana lying spir-
it Of revenge seems doomed to bitter dis
I appointment None can comprehend
what slaughter house Turkey is be-
coming, or what q terrible incubus the
chief criminal. is upon his own people,
/ as well as Christians.
A telegram received by the Amer
lean board this afternoon by way
/ of Phillipoolis, confirms the United
Press dispatch stating that the mission
| loss at HarpOot is 100000 that the raiders
We're protected by soldiers, who fired on
the mission houses and Joined in the plum
der; that special malice was shown the
| missionaries; that a shell burst in Mis-
sionary Barnum's house, and that the mis-
/ sionaries are now protected. The dis
| patch contains the additional infOrma-
ton that troubles are reported as begin
ming in Marsovan and Van and Aintab.
Vienna, Nov l9.-The report that Rus
sia has rejected the proposal of Count
GOluchowski. the Austrian foreign minis
ter, for an absolute entente of the Euro
pean powers in regard to Turkey is semi
officially denied. Russia is in accord with