The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-11-14
, LONDON CABLE LETTER.
hTLOOK OF THE COMPLICA-
HONS ARISING IN THE OTTO
MAN EMPIRE.
GREAT SHIP BUILDING Strike
Rumor That Oliver Cromwell's Head
Being Exhibited-Henley Author
titles Want a Yale Crew at the
Next Regatta.

Next Regatta.
4 london, Nov. Copyrighted, 1895,
Nv the Associated Press)-The political
au{look in the East became more critical
and complicated during the latter part
,,ef the week. The sultan seems to be
denying the powers in bestowing decora-
tons for 'good services upon the Tur-
kish officials who are held responsible
for the recent outrages in Armenia. The
British Mediterranean feet near the
Dardanelles is being strongly reinforced.
i Italian warships are said to be ready to
3ssist those of Great Britain in an emer-
xency, and the division of the French
deet which cruises in the Levant in win
tex will start for those waters imme-
Aiately, a month earlier than usual.
The latest alarming reports from the
far East that the rebellion of the Dun
cams in the northeast of China is assum-
Ing alarming proportions. The rebels
Ne said to be armed with rifles of Rus
I'm manufacture and their leader is re-
Dorted to have sent an ultimatum to the
imperial government at Pekin, threaten
ing to march on that capital if fav-
erable reply is not received. The impe-
rial troops are stated to be pillaging
Ntowns and villages and littering the
Fields with the bodies of men, women
4 and children.
1T is not astonishing, under the cir
cumstances, that the stock market closed
very fiat today, that the continental
there were general declines in foreign
/ funds.
Every indication points to the fact that
the affairs of Turkey are approaching a
crisis and it is significant that only two
&olutions of the difficulty are desired by
1.-THE European press-the entire dismem-
berment of Turkey OF the deposition of
the sultan. The powers are now show
ing that they will no longer be hood
winked by the sultan's promises, which
are never intended to be kept.
The final stage of the diplomatic pres
sure was reached when Germany, Aus
tria and Italy, which had hitherto stood
aloof, joined the other powers in men,
acing note which has just been present
ed to the sultan. The next step will I'M
doubtedly be a conference of the repre-
sentatives of the great powers, which
will discuss not merely the administra-
4. tion of Armenia, but the fate of the Tur-
kish empire. The powers are in COM
piete unison, and this fact is grasped
Everywhere except at the Yildiz Kiosk,
fol the sultan, appointing the Hall Rifat
cabinet, composed of puppets and reac-
tionists, is simply counting ruin.
Then, there is the great ship building
etrike at Belfast and on the Clyde to
trouble the British mind. This strike
between capital and labor is now fairly
ntRer way. On the Clyde 1000 engineers
ne idle, and 1900 are out of work at Bel
FAST. The engineers society called out
IN the engineers on the Clyde at work
~ the yards sympathizing with the Bel
last masters. Nine big yards on the
Clyde. are idle, including the Barclays,
y Inglis, Hendersons, ]. and q. Thomp-
IONS and the Fairfield company. There
lis little sign today on the mems side OF
yielding. They claim that they can hold
out for 10 years, if necessary, as the So
Getty has 81 100000 in funds and levy
Of I'D on each member of the society
10 the society can give the strikers t5
weekly as long as the strike lasts.
One important feature of the struggle
\ kowever, is the fact that two yards
sThompson's and Fairfeld's which closed
ir'sympathy with the Belfast employees
lave government work which they were
asked to expedite. Inis work is now al
d standstill, and many of the newspa'
refs strongly denounce the management
which so interferes with the naval work
The st. James Gazette this Afternoon
VIGOROUSLY protests, saying this stoppagt
fwork would, in certain circumstances
mount to nearly high treason, adding
that the government would do well tc
4 rrohibit such agreements.
The important announcement was MADE
this evening that three of the CleVelanC
firms have decided to withdraw from the
combine and open their yards and II Is
rumored others will follow their example
1t is also stated in Belfast that the mas
ters there have received forcible init
nation from the government that 1t i
extremely desirable their trouble witt
their employees should be settled as sooI
= as possible in order to avert prolonged
strnggle.
The mystery of CromwelPs head, sup
posed to have been found transhXed by
pike head and discolored by smoke after
having been preserved in spirits, hidden
+ ina chimney and exhibited in show, is
still attracting much attention ana IL is
Qf0bable that committee Will De ap'
D0inted to investigate and report the au,
fncnticity of the remains of the great
protector.
The Chronicle yesterday published, a
H page history of the travels of the reno,
with careful drawing of the head as II
now appears. a CHASTITY object with the
dry skin still clinging to the chestnut
hair of the scalp and with a sprinkllng
cfthe same colored hair on the chin and
upper lip, which is regarded as add
Uonal proof of the authenticity of the
h head, as Cromwell refused to shave for
sd1ne weeks bedfore his death.
The halberd end or pike head pierces
:. the head right from the neck to the TOP
Of The skull and close to the bridge of the
nose there is a mark resembling Crom-
!, wells historic wart.
The Henley authorities are eagerly an
ticipating the coming of a crew from
Yale to compete at the next regatta. All
the parties on this side of the water who
are in any way interested in the aquatic
contests to be decided next year at Hen
icy-on-the- Thames would most cordially
Welcome the entry of crew from Yale;
Following this the British oarsmen would
lbe pleased to see crew from any other
american university.
81 Relative to Lord Dunraven's reply 10
the president of the Americas cup. COM
nittee, the Globe says it trusts the. Amer
icans will never again defend the cup
aeainst an English sportsman until they
more fully appreciate the rules of sport.
The Pail Mall Gazette says: IF there