The herald., 1895-11-30
A CRISIS IS IMPENDING
Any Hour May See a Crash
in Turkey
GROWN TIRED OF THRILLING
The British Minister Orders a Gum
boat to Proceed
Precautlon Has Been Taken to Obtain Sound
ings Of the Bosphorus-Day Of
Prayer for Turkey
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press special wire.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 2s, via Bul-
garia. Nov. 29.-Ths political situation
is critical and crisis may be expected
within the ensuing twenty-four hours.
The sultan who is once more thorough
ly under the influence of the palace par
ty led by Izel Bey, still declines to grant
the frmans applied for by representa-
tives of Great Britain, Russia, Italy and
Austria for passage Of extra guardsnips
through the straits of Dardanelles.
This is extraordinary. as on Tuesday
Tewfk Pasba, the Turkish minister OF
foreign affairs personally assured Sir
Phillip Currie that the porte had deter
mirei to grant the permission required.
1t seems thus that while the Turkish
ministers are in favor -of. granting the fir
man, the palace party, priests, cham ber-
lains and others, who are the real advisers
of Abdul Hamid, are opposed to it, as
calculated to lower the dignity of the
sultan.
Meantime the Mussulmns are growing
uneasy, looking upon the threatening
advent of the extra guardships as nothing
less than wailike demonstration before
Constantinople. Sir Phillip Currie, when
assured by Tewfik Pasha the tirmans
would be forthcoming, promptly tele-
graphed to the admiral in command OF
the British Mediterranean squadron. In
structng him to dispatch a gunboat to
the DardaneIles to b, used in the Bos-
phorus as an extra guardship. The twin
screw torpedo gunboat Dryad, carrying
four tive-inch and four six-pounder quick
firing guns, is expected tn arrive at Cha.
nakkal today, ana pass right on to the
Bosphorus. The sultan is known to bs
in q state of the greatest agitation at the
news that an extra British gunboat is
heading for the Dardanelles.
The minister Of foreign affairs was sent
for at midnight. and an exciting inter
view took place between him and the
sultan, during which the latter bitterly
and tearfully reproached Tewhk Pasha
| for his action. The pasha tried to justify
himself by recalling that the granting OF
| the tirmans had been agreed to IN sub
stance by the sultan. The sultan in.
sisted it was impossible to issue the fir.
mans, as it would cause rioting In Con.
stantinople. and the powers shonlu be
content with tho measures taken by The
! government to maintain order. The sui
| tan then instructed Tewfik Pasha to dc
/ everything possible to induce the British
am bsssaoor tO countermand his order for
the gun boat. Sir Phillip Game refused.
| saying he was tired of being tritied with,
and maintaining that Great Britain was
acting fairly with her treaty rights.
| Tewtik Pasha returned to the palace in a
very unenviable frame of mind and an
nonnced the failure of his mission.
| The sultan was frantic with rage and
drove Tewfik from his presence with
| fierce revilings.
| The president of the state council. Said
| Pasha, who is supposed to have some in
tuence with Sir Phillip Currie. was sent
for. The sultan eagerly sought him t.
go Immediately to the British am bassa-
dor ana spa,e no effort to inducs him to
order the recall of Dryad. Sir Phillip
| finally consented to place the whole mat
| ter once more before his government and
await further instructions.