Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-03

Constantinople, December 2.-The
Sultan has not yet heard the last Of the
extra guard ship question. The with
drawal of the British gunboat Dryad
from the entrance to the Dardanelles,
where she was awaiting the necessary
frman allowing her passage through
the straits. was only temporary meas
ure taken on account OF the fact that
the palace people had inhamed the fan
atheism of the Mussulman population
here. and that serious riOting was plan
ned TO commence as soon as the war
ship entered the Bosphorus. While be-
ing desirous of not doing anything
which would tend to induce dlstur-
Dances or hinder the work OF restoring
order. the powers again appear 10 De
resolved to insist upon their demand
for the extra guard ships. In conse-
uuence. the ambassadors have arranged
for a meeting to-day to discuss the sit
uatiOn. and consider what action is nee
essary i'm view of the Sultan's continued
objection to granting the firmans.
Meanwhile the palace party IS trl-
umphant. and the impression IS Delng
conveyed to the general public that the
Sultan has won a great victory over the
powers. This tends to make the matter
more delicate to handle, as TO demon
strate that such is not the case is al
most certain to lead to an outbreak
even more serious than the one which
gave the pretext for the demand for the
extra guard ship.
A Turkish official. who is usually we'll
posted on the inner workings OF diplo-
macy here in discussing the withdrawal
OF the Dryad. intimated that the matter
was a very simple one, the substance OF
which was that the powers objected to
any one power taking the lead in any
action in Turkey, as such a step would
be calculated to give the power a pres
tige which was not part of the agree
ment of the powers. In other words, or
action is to be taken it should be COM
bined action upon the part of the pow
ers. and not the isolated action of Great
Britain. for instance. Thus it is init
mated that if the passage of the Dar-
danelles is to be forced it should be done
10y the war snips of the powers inter-
ested. This, it should be added, was
the original understanding arrived at.
but Great Britain, it appears, was not
disposed TO delay matters beyond a GER
tain point.
The so-called firing upon the British
ship Loeb RannOch in the Dardanelles,
is said by the Turkish officials to be a
matter of little Importance and easily
explained. They say that the Loeb
Rannoch arrived after sun-down, and
that instead of anchoring she attempted
to proceed, and was signal!ed from the
shore by a gun shot to bring up. The
shell which is said to have whizzed
{. er the head of the RannOch. is pro-
nOunced to have been nothing more
than the wad from the shell gun on
shore. This is the Turkish explanation
of the matter, and is believed to be
about correct, for nothing more appears
10 be known here of the affair. If the
matter had been as serious as an Odessa
correspondent made out. the captain of
the Loeb Rannoch would certainly have
made a complaint at the British embas-
sy here before proceeding to Odessa.
a great deal Of excitement was caused
here to-day by the report that eX-Sul-
tan Mohammed Murad, who was de-
posed on the ground of idiocy. on Au-
gust 81, 1876 Che was only proclaimed
Sultan on the deposition of his uncle.
Abdul AZiz. May 80, 1870, has escaped
from the YildiZ Kiosk, where he is keps
"a close prisoner. The ex-Sultan, though
a captive for nineteen years, is said to
enjoy good health, and to have been
intriguing with the Young Turk party.
As a result, his quarters are examined
daily. sentinels are at the doors of his
apartments, all his letters are read be-
fore being handed 10 him or posted.
and at night the keys Of his room are
taken to the Sultan for safe keeping.
He still wears uniform, however. is ad-
dressed as your Majesty and has
good table a small library and a small
hall converted into mosque, as part
of his apartments.
The report, is appears, grew out of the
fight Of Murad Bey, the imperial COM
missioner of the Council of the Public
Debt. who was also suspected of hav-
ing relations with the Young Turk
parry Murad, it seems has been watch
ed by the police for some time past. and
he was suddenly summoned to the pal
ace to give an explanation of his con-
duct. political and administrative He
went there in considerable alarm. and
gave the Sultan what appeared to be a
satisfactory explanation of the charges
trought against him. But the matter
being pressed further. and his friends
warning him that his life as well as his
liberty was in danger, Murad fed on
board Russian ship and is now well
on his way TO Russia.
Il is said that grave charges, similar
10 those brought against Murad Bey,
are pending against other high officials.
In fact. it is difficult to name an Official
of prominence who is not suspected of
taking bribes, if not of anything worse.
The customary resolutions were
adonted notifying the President and
senate Of the election of officers. and on
motion of Mr.. Payne Rep), New York,
a committee consisting Of Messrs.
Pavne REP. \. ". Cannon rep. I'D,
and Crisp Dem. Ga) was appointed
bv the Speaker to join a similar COM
mittee from the Senate TO notify the
President that the House had organized
and was ready to receive any communi-
cation he had TO make. At this point
the first political clash occurred. Mr..
Cannon and Mr.. Crisp crossed swords
on the formers motion, that the rules
of the Fifty-frst Congress be adopted
for the guidance of the House.
Mr.. Cannon and Mr.. Dingley explain
ing that the House was without rules
and that the adoption of the proffered
motion would furnish only temporary