Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-20
TALKS.
British Premier on the Difficulties
vexing Turkey.
APPEAL FROM THE SULTAN READ.

Remarkable Plea of the Turkish Monarch
for Belief In His Good Intentions and
Purposes-Givcn to Public Meeting by
the sultan's Own Request Practically,
but Which the willy Marquis Fails to In
dorsc-EnEland's Exact Position.
CHICAGO. Nov. 2O.-Up to this writing
40 confirmation of the. dispatch from
Sofia, Bulgaria, yesterday stating that the
sultan of Turkey had been poisoned and
was dead has been received.
BRIGHTON, Nov. eat the annual con.
ference of the National Union of Conserva-
tives Lord Salisbury stated England's pO-
sitioh as to the Turkish question in terms
that cannot be misunderstood, aud opened
by quoting from a remarkable message he
had received from no less a person than
the sultan Of Turkey himself. In opening
the premier said: ALLOW me to say a word
in answer to a very distinguished distant
correspondent, if l may term him SO, who
requested me to make a statement in a
speech to the country. This correspondent
is no less person than the Sultan of
turkey. Nothing would have induced me
to read this august message here except
the distinct commands of the sender. In
that speech at the Guildhall on the occa-
sion of the lord mayors dinncrI expressed
the opinion that l had little confidence
that the reforms promised for the Turkish
empire would be carried into execution.
Sultan Panied by the Statement.
"Thc sultan sends me a message saying
his statement has panied him very much,
as the carrying out of these reforms is a
matter already decided upon by him, ana
further that he is DESTROYS of executing
them as soon as possible. He then pro-
cecds: have already told my ministers
this, and So the only reason why Lord
Salisbury should thus throw doubts Oh my
good intentions must be due to the in
trigucs OF certain persons here, or else false
statements must have been made to cause
such an opinion
Will See tn Reform Personally.
1.-THE message then proceeds after some
intermediary observations: I repeat,
will execute these reforms. l will take
the papers containing them and see my
self that every article is put into force
This is my earnest determination and
give you MY word and honor. wish Lord
Salisbury to know this, and beg and de-
sire that his lordship, having confidence in
these declarations, will make another
speech by virtue of the friendly feeling
and disposition he has for me and my
country. l shall await the result Of this
with the greatest anxiety"
Great Britain Not the Sole Arbiter.
Lord Salisbury then continued: "These
last words will acquit me of any impro.
prety in what l acknowledge to be Il very
unprecedented cOurse-the reading of a,
communication of that kind ut IA public
meeting. But Of course it would not be
scemly for me to comment directly upon
these words. Great Britain forms part of
a concerted Europe, which has resolved,
SD far as it acts, to act with unanimity
Some persons seem to imagine that we
the people of Great Britain-can dispose
of all the decisions of all the European
powers. This is crediting us with more
influence than we possess.
Europe Must Act as One Man.
'The responsibility is upon us and upon
all the powers in common. All those who
have this responsibility must act together,
SO that if there are others who cannot
agree to act with the powers those others
cannot have their own way. But am in
no wise DESTROYS of intimating that the
slightest shade of disagreement up to this
moment has arisen between the powers ~
Lord Salisbury then proceeded to extol
Rustem Pasha, who he feared would not
recover from his present illness If there
had been men around the sultan like Rus
tenn Pasha present conditions would not
exist