Birmingham state herald., 1895-10-20
LONDON POLITICAL GOSSIP The Turkish Question Is Ap-
 preaching a Crisis. SALISBURY IS KEPT BUSY
According Interviews With the Russian French, Austrian, Turkish, Chineseand
 Other Foreign Ministers.

London, Oct. 19.-Much interest has been excited in diplomatic and political circles by the return to London of the Hon. Schomberg M. Mcdonnell, the pri-. vate secretary of Lord Salisbury, who was not generally known to have left England. It transpired that he returned on Wednesday from a secret mission to constantinople. Outside of the most in. tmate foreign office circles. his presence in Constantinople was Kept close se- cret, and the fact that he had been sent on a mission to the Turkish capital was not known to either the English or Flu ropean press.
 Though nothing is known officially as to the result of his mission, it is sig nifcan mt that coincident with his presence here the official apprehension regarding the gravity of the situation in Turkey has increased. According to thoroughly liable information the Mohammedan reform party, winch aims at the deposi- tion of the sultan and the formation of a government under a constitution relies upon the support of Great Britain in the event of a revolution proving even partly successful. On the other hand, 1t is understood that the sultan has ob- tained the assurance that three powers will support him against any movement tending to anarchy if he adheres faith fully to his Armenian compact. No in terference of the allied powers can go beyond the moral support without rup- turing the alliance, owing to the diversity of the interests involved, with a view to striking in when the upheaval of the Turks comes. Austria has joined the ex- isting entente between Great Britain, Russia and France. In high official cir cles here the undoubted expectation is that a climax in the fate of the Turks will not long be delayed.
 The archbishop of Canterbury an nounces that Pan-Anglician will be con vened in Lambeth palace, the arch-Epis copal residence, in 1897 It is thirty years since the last conference of the kind was held.
 will be invested with peculiar power, in view of the overtures the vatican has made to England on questions that have not been stirred since the revolution of 1888. It is of the highest importance that the Church of England should demon- strate to the world that Anglicanism is a distinct. powerful and independent branch of the church Catholic, and that it is entitled to negotiate with Rome on a footing of perfect equality. It will be particularly interesting, it adds, to hear what the bishops of the great trans Atlantic republic have to. say and to union 3xs% SSk WiiR k9Gs t%ak @9aia a bs too asarS purchased. The conference ought to bring home to the people the fact that the Anglican is the mother church of great Catholic communion that is spread over the world.
 The bishop of London, preaching yes terday at St. Paurs. declared that any attempt to effect q reunion with Rome or the dissenters would rend the English church in twain.
 Today's dispatches from Constantino- pie concur in the assertion that the Sul- tan is keenly alive to the dangers me nacing his personal safety, and that he is ready to resort to the severeSt measures as soon as his enemies afford him pre- text for action.
 What elements of organization exist among the Moslem reformers or whether they are sufficient to enable them mak- ing a concerted movement against the palace remains unknown. The advices received here refer vaguely to the old and young Turkish parties, but so completely fail to indicate how these parties are constituted as to leave the impression that nothing worthy of the name of a real party can be found in Turkey. The strongest clique opposed to the palace is said to be desirous of replacing the Sul- tan by his youngest brother Prince Suleiman Efindi, who was born January 12, 1861, passing over Mohammed Effendi, his second brother, who is the heir ap- parent to the throne. It is contended that the exclusive harem education that
 
 him to cope with the desperate fortunes of the empire.
 Native capitalists, who are most likely to know what Is passing, are selling everything that they possess in the em- pire. Some of them are even clearing out with their households for Egypt. The Greek ring in Constantinople view the approaching storm with alarm. and are sending their families to Athens so that they will be in a place of safety when the storm clouds burst.
 The Rt Hon. George J. Goschen, first lord of the admiralty, had a conference with Prime Minister Salisbury yester- day in relation to the retention of the British fleet at the Island of Lemnos. which Is within convenient striking dis tance of the Turkish capital. Both Lord Salisbury and MT. Goschen will leave tend only over Sunday The situation Is such that Lord Salisbury is not allowed a days respite. Since Wednesday, he has been obliged to accord interviews with the Russian French, Austrian and Turkish ambassadors and the Chinese and other ministers. Since MT. Goschen's return from the continent orders have been sent to Gibralter to expedite the construction of the new docks there for the use of the British Mediterranean squadron. Whether or not Gibralter is of the first stragetic importance, the government treats 1t as a great naval basis for the future struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean. Two thousand men have been working on the new dock and this number will be increased under the instru uctions that have been sent to those who have charge of the works.