The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-30
ANOTHER CRISIS.
The Sultan Seems to Have Lost
His Head Completely.
POWERS GROWING IMPATIENT,
No Permits Yet GRANTED rortho Additional
Guardboats-Ths sultan Again Under
the Inausuco OF the Palace Ring The
BrltIsh Ambassador Again Makes a Per-
rmptory Dsma,El.

British Ambassador again MhheaA feF-
rmptory DsmarRI.
Copyright, lS95, by the Associated Presa)
CoNsTANTINoPLEN Nov, 29,Lrha
political situation remains critical and
the crisis may be expected within the
ensuing twenty-four hours,
? The sultan, who is once more thor
oughly under the influence Of the palace
party led by IE2et Bey, alill declines To.
grant the ilrmRns applied for by the
representatives OF Great britain, Rus-
sla, Italy and Austria, for the passage
Of the extra guardshIps through tho
straits OF the Dardanelles. This Is the
more extraordinary as on Tuesday,
Tewfk Pasha, Turkish minister for
foreign affairs, personally assured Sir
Phillip Currle that the porte had de-
termlned TO grant Immediately the per-
mission required. II would thus seem
that while the Turkish ministers are
apparently Ia favor Of granting the fir
mans, the palace party" Wallets,
priests, ChRmberlains und others, who
are the real advisers OF Ahduel Hamld,
are opposed'to It rs calculated 10 lower
the dignity OF the sultan.
Meantime the MuRsulmans are grow
Ing Uneasy, looking upon the threaten
cd advent OF the extra guurdshlps as
nothing les than warlike Gemonstrn'
tIon before C0nstantln0ple. This Il Il
dangerous feature Of the Nffuir and IL
adding to the anxiety felt on all sides
In spite OF the threatened storm, how
ever, the sultan persists In his refusal
to issue the tirmRns ana has again
made an evasivc reply to the British
ambassadors representations on the
subject
The sultan is known 10 be In n state
OF the greatest .Rgitntlun at the news
that the extra british gunboat Is head
ing for the DArdnncllcs on the strength
OF the assurances given the British am-
bassndor by the minister for foreign
affairs and. consequently, the position
OF TewiilS Pasha Ia rot q pleasant one,
The Inter was sent for Mt midnight and
an exciting interview took place be-
tween him and the sultan, during which
the latter bitterly and tearfully re-
preached Tewilli Pasha for his action In
the matter.
The sultan insisted that II was I'm
possible to issue the ilrnnns. ms II
would cause riOtlng In Constantinoplc,
and that the powers should be content
with the measures taken by the govern
ment TO maintain order and not hamper
the authorities by making II dcmon-
stratlon likely to undo all the good he
was endeavorlng to do.
The sultan then instructed Tewfik
Pasha to do everything possible TO In
duce the British Ambassador to coun-
termund his order for the gunbont Sir
Philip, however. refused tn do so, say
Ing thRt he was tired OF being triiled
with, and reminding his visitor that
Great Britain was acting entirely with
In her treaty rights and upon the as
surances OF n responsible member OF
the Turkish government that the porte
had decided TO grant permission for the
extra gunboats 10 pass the Dnrdnnelles.
Tewfik Pasha returned to the palace
In very uncnvlablc frame OF mind.
and announced the failure OF his mis-
sion to the sultan. The latter Is said to
have been frantic with rage, and drove
Tewhk from his presence with fierce
revIlings.
The president Of the state council,
Said phsha, who Is supposed to have
some influence with Sir Philip Curric,
was thereupOn hurrlcdly sent for, and
reached the apartments OF the Hultnn
after 1880 a. m. Abdul Hnmid eagerly
besought him to go Immediately 10 the
British ambassador md spare no effort
TO induce him to recall the Dryad. The
entrcntles Of Said pasha seem to have
had weight with the ambassador, for
Sir Philip finally consented TO place
the whole matter nj that late hour once
more before his government, and to
await further Instructions, although he
is Understood TO have carte blanche as
to what steps he thinks II necessary to
take In treating with the sultan.
This morning the British ambassador
IL awaiting u reply from London. Tho
Turkish officials believe the Marquis Of
Salisbury. acting upon the understand
Ing that nothing Is to be done 10 hinder
theefforts OF the sultan In the work OF
maintaining order, may Instruct Sir
Philip to direct the commander OF tho
Dryad not to enter the Dardnncllcs at
present.
Abdul Hamld appears to have COM
plctely lost his head. The public SER
vice IL entirely disOrgnnlaed. the cab
met ministers are being sent for from
the palace nt all hours Of the day and
night, and may be Gald u he In almost
constant attendance at the Ylldiz
hlONhs HNlih lNe ~ ullNl'hF AHh wv
rlcd. the Ambassadors being ns tired ms
everybody else here nj the long months
OF almost fruItless efforts to induce tho
sultan 20 really govern his empire with
some degree of cnmmon.scnae
The little news received from Aalatlc
Turkey only tends 10 make the situa-
ton look blacker Tho hurrylnR OF
troops 10 Syria and PalcHtinc continues,
and there Is no doubt that the rebcllioug
DruseG will have 10 submit to n heavy
reckoning with the Turks for their
uprising The, flames or n holy war,
niwnyg smom1crinE among the Mus
Suimans. nrc being dangerously famed.
and may Mt any time burst forth Into n
conhREfntion which viii compel all su-
rope TO take hand In saving the lives
and property Of many thousands Of al
most helpless Christians. a strny shot,
sharp blow. may explode the powder
magazine with which the weak minded
Abdul Hamld has been toying 30 long.