The morning times., 1895-12-02
KAISER HELPED SULTAN
EngIand's Demand for Additional
Guardships DiscountenanGed.
POWERS NOT In HARMONY
British Schemes for the Partition of
Turkey Made Unfavorable Impress
sion in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Suf-
fragc Advocated by yGermanGoyern-
ment Papers-New Chinese Loan.

| Berlin. Dec. Without aiming at or
| in the slightest degree desiring To rebuff
| the policy Ur tie british Government to
exert urgent pressure upon the Sultan OF
| Turkey, the diplomatic acticn of Germany
| in ConstaRtinopie. has given Lord Sails
/ bury decided cheek. The reluctance OF
the sultan to rermit each power TO send
| second dispatch boat through tie straits
OF the Dardsnclles has been fortified bv
| the receipt OF communications by the
sultan which passed through the hands
| OF the German amDassadpr nj Constanti-
| Nope. intiniatirg that the kaiser regarded
a naval de monStratiOn IN the Icvlnt OF an
| increase in the number OF guard boats at
| ConstaniihoDlc as iDopDortunc.
The Berlin government from The fins has
| held that extreme measures would lie IN
0DDortuDe. and has steaadrastly adhered
| to its refusal to lend Gcrmany's strength
| 10 the carrying out of any policy designed
| to break up tie Ottoman Empire.
SIR PHILLIP CuRRIE RESPONSIBLE.
This attitude is in precise conformity
with the policy Of The emperor, and II is
well known to all diplomats who have been
engaged on the negotiations with Ger
many in regard to Turkey that it fas not
been altered IN the slightest detail. Con
seuuently. Germany has had nothing what
ever to do with sny change in the situa-
tion that may have taken place.
II the concert OF the powers has been dis
| turbed IL is due to the action OF Sir PhiiiD
Currie. the British ambassador at Con
stautiiople, who endearored TO commit the
German and the other anita ssadors To the
adoption or extreme measures against the
Sultan. According to report which is
credited In official circles here. Sir Philip
Carrie took ii upon himself to bully the
Sultan with IA threa that the combined fleet
OF the powers would force passing through
| the Derdauelles IL the dema nds of the powers
| for permits admitting additional disDafch
boats were not granted.
This threat caused Tewfik Pasha. the
Turkish minister OF foreign affairs. to
assent to the DreseEce OF British gunboat
atConstaDtinoDle, upon the strength Of which
Sir Philip Currie requested Admiral Sew
mOur. commanding the British Mediter
| ranean squadron to send a gunboat to the
Dardanciles forth with. which request was
ackno wlcdged by the immediate dispa tCh OF
the gunboat Dryad TO Turkish waters.
SULTAN RESISTED PRESSURE.
Meanwhile. however. the Sultan was lf-
| fortled time To consult with the other foreign
ambassadors with the result that he was
| enabled to resist the pressure of Great
Britain. and the Drydd was obliged to go
back to Salonica.
| the po wers as to a plan OF a Ction in Turkey.
| the German official press have been instruct
| ed to keep uD the fiction that the concert or
the powers is unimpaircd. The North Ger
man Gazette on Friday made al attack
upon the policy OF England as tmperilline
| heterritorialstrengtho ofthe Turki sli empire.
yet IT still proclaims that the concord OF
opinion among the powers. as well as the
common aim of the European government, is
being maintained.
The Cologne Gazette strongly objects to
the attempts to discriminate between the
action of Germany and any other power.
but declares that the idea favored by Eng
iapd OF the disruption OF the Turkish empire
wAsnever ereutertainedb by the & errnan govern
uJcnt. the sole aim or whose dlDiuniacY1s 10
exert Its good relations with the Sultan for
the benefit of the egeneraiinterests OF Europe:
The wild schemes for the partition OF
Turkey which have been so widely and
persistently discussed n the English press
have made most unfavorable impression
here. The North German Gazette calls
them fantastic and regrets the fact that
they are not confined To the newspapers
alone. but that their propagation prevails
SUFFRAGE REFORM.
d. Under promptings from high quarters
public agitation is being fomented IN
favor OF reform OF the su1frage. A
significant meeting ln thls dl!ectob dnS nas
been held in Hamburg. at which 2.OOO
electors were in attendance. but to TINS
gathering. neither Freisinuige nor So
cialists were invited: A resolution was
uassed asking the chancellor to prepare
a measure which would stop the abuse
of universal suffrage. either by raising the
age of electors. by the enforcement or
prolonged residence qualification. or by
any other means that would insure re-
striction OF the suffrage committee
was appointed to prepare an address TO
The emperor assuring bis majesty OF pun
lie sympathy in the SirIggie he has ncer-
taken against socialism. Similar meet
iRgs are being arranged throughout the
country.
A Berlin and Frankfort syndicate of
capitalists Is announced TO be continuing
negotiations for a new Chinese loan OF
800 900 900 marks. Reports on the bOurse
credit the syndicate with stipulating as a
condition of their handling of the loan that
large orders shall be placed in Germany
co supply China with war ships and rail-
way nn tprial AS the English banking
firms are giving che loan the cold shoulder
IL is understood that the German syndicate
will seek to obtain guarantee FOR 1t IN
Russia.
The Nortli-German Lloyd Steamship Com
pauy has generously provided free pas
sage from New York to Berlin for the fam
iIy of Serct Seriug of the United States
Army who was drowned by the sinking
of the steamer Elbe. Since the death OF
Sering his children have been staying
with friends on Long Island. his wife hav-
ing been driven crazy by the death of her
husband. Sering's mother lives in Eerhn
and has taken tue children TO live With her