New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-24
PEAISING LORD SALISBURY.
THE PREMIER CALLED THE SAVIOR OF
THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

CONSERVATIVE PRESS RADIANT WITH ErIoGIEs-
TERRIBLE EXECUTIONS N THE Bos-
PHoRUs-How TURKEY SHOULD BE
PARTITIoNED-sIR PHILIP CUR
RES INSTRUCTIONS
KAISER SOUNDING
AUSTRIA.
London Nov 23.-The temporary lull in the
Turkish crisis gives the Conservative press occa-
sion to publish radiant eulogies on Lord Sails
bury as the savior OF the peace Of Europe He
alone it is asserted. has preserved the continuity
of concerted action by the Powers; he is the
greatest living figure in diplomacy, and he ex-
torts the admiration Of foreign statesmen, ct
cetera ct cetera. There Is no doubt that the
Prime Minister'S reputation has been enhanced
by the tact with which he has manipulated the
diplomatic tangle in the East, but the Conserva-
tive jubilations are premature and are likely TO
be turned into ridicue by coming developments
in Constantnople. The latest and best advices
received on the Continent concur with those re-
ceived in London that the Turkish revolutionary
party is making Roadway against the sultan
whose promised reforms are held in derision.
Batches of suspects are daily deported from Con-
stantnople and secretly executed or imprisoned
in some of the Sultan's oubliettes In Asia Minor.
His own order that all the Princes must reside
within the Yildiz Kiosk under his direct super
vision is sufficient to indicate how volcanic the
position continues.
THE Westminster Gazette" publishes a letter
from Constantinople regarding the secret exc
cutions and the writer tells grim story. Divers,
who are employed in driving piles for new pier
outside the Golden Horn. on reaching bottom
were surprised to find number Of bodies stand
ing upright around the place that had been
designated for the driving Of the piles. one OF
the divers identified them as the bodies or
students. some of whom had been known to him
personally All had heavy leads tied to their
feet. causing them to stand erect.
Apart from the Conservative bluff. it is gen.
orally recognized that the Powers must prepare
TO deal early with radical solution or the TURK
ish problem. In discussing the partition OF
Turkey. the English press of both parties does
not shrink from claiming fat share Of the spells
for Great Britain The st. James's Gazette"
holds that Egypt and Arabia. with that part or
Persia joining the Brtish-1ndian system through
Beluchistan, ought to be British. The assent OF
the Shah Of Persia to the scheme does not mat
ter Southern Persia. the paper says, Is ripe 10
fall at the first shake ~
The Spectator speaks on sipilar lines. ne
Westminster Gazette. advocating more MODEST
British rights. suggests that the United states
may have finger in the pie. 1t recalls Rlchard
Cobden's fancy. published in pamphlet In 1898
and entitled England. Ireland and America, in
which he pictured the Paclialiks transformed
into free states controlled by Americans ana
transformed into a centre OF benehcent reEgloh
and prosperous civilization Cobden's letters show
that an AmericaniZed Turkey haunted MS mlnu
While admitting that this is an Illusion. The
Westminster Gazette" says that it is not hope
essly erratc one. Robert College. 1t adds. Is not
the least powerful OF the agencies in Asia Minor
If the American people INTERVIEWED IL dshs' "iiae
might not happen?
1t can be authoritatively stated that Lord sal
isbury's instructions to Sir Philip Currie, the
British Ambassador to Turkey, who left England
a few days ago on his return to his post OF duty,
are to refrain from exerting undue pressure on
the Sultan for the execution II reforms in AT
menia and to give the Porte time TO recover from
the existing administrative anarchy and to APP
point authorities through whom the reforms must
be effected. Sir Philip has taken with him an
autograph letter from the Queen to the sultan
This is supposed TO be reply to letter the sui
tan sent to her with the communication ne sent
to Lord Salisbury which the latter read al the
meeting Of the National Union OF Conservatives
at Brighton on Tuesday hight. II Is reported that
the Queen will invite the Sultan to visit England
when the time shall be suspicious The anxiety
at the Foreign Office In regard to the East mas
greatly lessened during the week.
GERMANY STILL TRUSTS THE SULTAN.
Berlin. Nov 23-Before going to Letzlingen on
his hunting trip the Emperor gave an audience
to NJ de Szogenyi-Narich. the Austrian Ambas-
sador to Germany with whom he had prolonged
conference, and upon his return from Letzlingen
on Tuesday His Majesty invited himself, upon
very short notice. to dine with the Austrian Am
bassador Obviously this latter act OF courtesy
was intended to emphasize the entente cordaie
between Germany and Austria upon the stua-
ton in the East as well as to enable His Majesty
to learn the latest phase of the diplomacy OF
Count .Goluchowski. the Austrian Minister oil
Foreign Affairs The confidence felt in official
circles here that the Sultan will be successful in
preserving order in European Turkey and carry
ing out the reforms In Armenia is increasing.
According to the correspondent of Der Ham
burger Correspondent in Constantnople. the In
terviews had with the Sultan by Baron de Calico,
the Austrian Ambassador to Turkey, have as
sisted in creating clearer Views of his practical
grasp of the situation than have hitherto beSn
held in official circles in Vienna and Berlin.
Baron de Calico, speaking for both Austria and
Germany made II clear 10 the Sultan that the
demands Of the Powers could not be evaded and
that disorders In every part Of Turkey must posi-
lively be suppressed and administrative reforms
taken up and carried into effect. In the course
of his interviews with the Ottoman Emperor
Baron de Calico obtained evidence that the Ar
menian committee In London had renewed their
Indictment to an uprising In COnstantinople. but
that the Sultan had become aware of their de-
signs and had been successful In defeating them
Semi-official newspapers which have long been
silent in regard f. the situation in the East have
now suddenly followed the lead Of Der Cor
respondent" In attacking the Armenian Commit
tee for having melted agitation leading to out
RACES THE Cologne Gazette on Friday. In an
article quoting the recent protest made by the
Russian Ambassador at Constantinople to the
Armenian Patriarch. blames the Armenian
priests for exciting the people By promises of
armed assistance from foreign countries
The North German Gazette" contends that the
existence of an Independent Armenian State is
impossible. having neither geographical nor race
unity The paper then attacks the London Ar
menian Committee. accusing them Of employing
dishonest forms OF agitation Ia sensational tee-
grams and false stories Of horrors designed To
work upon the British humanitarian sentiment
for the purpose OF forcing the British Cabinet TO
take action against the Porte. The article cons
cludes by asserting that the Moslem inhabitants
Of the disturbed villages have suffered nearly "a
much as the Armenians haze from the raids of
the Kurds Besides the article from which the
foregoing IL quoted. the paper makes "A display OF
"A semi-ofiicial COnstantinope dispatch praising
the energy so spendIdly displayed by the Sultan
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