The true northerner., 1895-11-22
SALISBURY TALKS.
British Premier on the Difficulties
vexing Turkey.
APPEAL FROM THE SULTAN READ.
Remarkable Plea Of the Turkish Monarch
for Belief I'm His Good Intentions and
Purposes-Given to n Public Meeting by
the sultsns Own Request Practically.
but Which the willy Marquis Fails to In
dorse-England's Exact Position.

dorse-Englan Exact Position.
CHICAGO. Nov. 20-Up to this writing
no confirmation of the dispatch from
sofia, Bulgaria, yesterday stating that the
sultan of Turkey had been poisoned and
was dead has been received.
BRIGHTON, Nov. 20.-At the annual con-
ference of the National Union of Conserva-
tives Lord Salisbury stated England's po-
sition as 20 the Turkish question i'm terms
that cannot be misunderstood and opened
by quoting from a remarkable message he
had received from no less person than
the sultan of Turkey himself. In opening
the premier said: "Allow me to say word
in answer to very distinguished distant
correspondent, if / may term him SO, who
prquested me TO make statement in a
speech to the country. This correspondent
is no less person than the Sultan of
Turkey. Nothing would have induced me
to read this august message here except
the distinct commands of the sender. In
that speech at the Guildhall on the occa-
sion of the lord mayor dinner expressed
the opinion that / had little conf lence
that the reforms promised for the Turkish
empire would be carried into execution.
Sultan Panied by the Statement.
1.-THE sultan sends me message saying
this statement has panied him very much,
as the carrying out of these reforms is
matter already decided upon by him, and
further that he is desirous of executing
them as soon as possible. He then pro-
ceeds: i have already told my ministers
this, and SO the only reason why Lord
Salisbury should thus throw doubts on my
good intentions must be due To the in
trigues of certain persons here, or else false
statements must have been made to cause
such an opinion
VIII See to Reform Personally.
"The message then proceeds after some
intermediary observations: Il repeat,
will execute these reforms. l will take
the papers containing them and see my
self that every article is put into force.
This is my earnest determination, and
give you my word and honor l wish Lord
Salisbury to know this, and beg and de-
sire that his lordship, having confidence in
these declarations, will make another
speech by virtue of the friendly feeling
and disposition he has for me and my
country. | shall await the result of this
with the greatest anxiety"
Great Britain Not the Sole Arbiter.
Lord Salisbury then continued: "These
last words will acquit me of any impro-
priety in what 1 acknowledge to be very
unprecedented course-the reading of
communication of that kind ut public
meeting. But of course 1t would not be
seemly for me to comment directly upon
these words. Great Britain forms part Of
a concerted Europe, which has resolved,
SO far as it acts to act with unanimity.
Some persons seem to imagine that we
the people of Great Britain-can dispose
of all the decisions of all the European
powers. This is crediting us with more
influence than we possess.
Europe Must Act as One Man.
'"The responsibility is upon us and upon
all the powers in common. All those who
have this responsibility must act together,
SO that if there are others who cannot
agree 10 act with the powers those others
cannot have their own way. But am in
no wise desirous of intimating that the
slightest shade of disagreement up to this
Lord Salisbury then proceeded to extol
Rustem Pasha, who he feared would not
recover from his present illness. If there
had been men around the sultan like Rus
TEN Pasha present conditions would not
exist.