The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-10-20
LATEST FROM LONDON
Lord SaIlshury'S Private Secretary, Hon.
S. Mcdonnell, has Returned to London.
FATE OF THE TURKS SOON TO Be KNOWN.
Fh" Pan Anglican Conference In 1897
VIII Is" Particularly Interesting
fhc vatican Ems Made 0verturea
&" England ora Questions thnt Have
Not Bccn Stirred Since 1855.

london, oct. l9.-(Special cable Lett
tefJ-Much interest has been excited
III III ulpi"matic and political circles by
~ return To London Of tho Hon.
o."ianerE s"n,o,i Mcdonnell. the private
secretary TO Lord Salisbury, who was
,i"t generally known to have left Eng
lahd II transpires that he returned
." Wednesday from II secret mission
70 J." oohatantinoplc. Outside of the most
intimate foreign office circle, his pres-
eh'e In Constantinoplc was kept a close
secret ana the fact that he had been
Stnt on mission to the Turkish capI-
,,Hi was not known to either the Eng
i'sn or European press.
Ihuugh nothing has been made
NHoWn oiholally as to the result OF
ms mission. it is significant that coinci-
oenl with his presence here the off,
ciai apprehension regarding the erray-
NY Oh tue situation in Turkey has in
creased The submission of the
i,ultc To the demands made by Great
fEitnln, France, and Russia relative to
me reform of the administration In
Armenia appears to be considered as
Ghly brief respite from the gravest
ueNeiopmcnts. According to thorough
~ reliable information. the Mohamme-
uah reform party, which aims at the
ucpoSulon OF the Sultan and the for
NATION OF government under q con-
Slltution. relies upon the support of
Great Britain in the event of a revoIu.,
hon proving even partly successful.
'l Inc othcr hand it is understood
that the Sultan has obtained an as
Sulhnce mat the three powers will sup
port nm against any movements tend
lhS To anarchy If he adheres faithful-
iS TO his Armenian compact. No inter-
ference OF the allied powers can no
h:Noud moral support without rup-
turing the alliance, owing to the diver
sity OF interests involved with a view
Ia striking in when the upheaval Of
ne Turks comes. Austria has joined
IN" existing entente between Great
Britain, Russia. and France In high
official circles here tho undoubted con-
Ntciiun is that the climax in the fate of
he Turks will not be long delayed.
The Archbishop OF Canterbury an
nounccS that n Pan-Anglican Confer
cnce viii he convened in Lambeth Par
lace, the Episcopal recidence in
1881. 1t is thirty years since the last
conference Of the kind was held
The Standard says that the confer
cncc VIII he invested with peculiar in
tcrest in view Of the ovcrtures the Vati-
can has made to England on questions
that have not been stirred since the re-
Noiuiiun of iGSS. 1t is of the highest i'm
portancc that the Church of England
should show to the world that Anglicn-
nism is a distinct, powerful and in
dependent branch of the Catholic
Church. that it is entitled to negotiate
with Rome on u footing of perfect equal
ity. II viii be particularly interesting,
ii adds. to hear what the Bishops of the
great transatlantic Republic have to
say, ana to learn whether they think
any possible reunion with Rome too
ought 10 bring home to the people the
fact that the Anglican is the mother
church of a great Catholic conlmulfion
that Is spread over the world.