The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-12-03
TALK IN TURKEY
gultan Said Not to Have Heard
the Last of the Guardship
Question.
Meeting of Ambassadors Called
to Take United Action in
the Matter.
What Was Accomplished by the
Late Bluff of the British
Minister.

The sultan has not yet heard the last of
the extra guardship question. As init
mated in these dispatches on Friday
last, the withdrawal Of the British gun.
boat Dryad from the entrance to the
Dardanelles, where she was awaiting
the necessary frman allowing her pas.
sage through the straits. was only q
temporary measure, taken ON account
of the fact that the palace people had
inf1amed the fanaticism of the Mussul.
man population here, and that serious
'rioting was planned to commence as
soon as the warships entered the Bos.
phorous. While being desirous of not
doing anything which would in any
way tend to induce disturbances or
hinder the work of restoring order, the
powers again appear to be
Unanimously Resolved to Insist
upon their demands for the extra guard.
ships. In consequence, the ambassa.
dors have arranged for meeting to
discuss the situation, and consider
what action is necessary in view of the
sultan's continued objection to granting
the firmans.
In the meanwhile the palace party is
triumphant and the impression is being
conveyed to the general public that the
sultan has won 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 almost
certain to lead to an outbreak even more
serious than the one which gave the
pretext for the demand for the extra
guardships.
A simple Explanation.
A Turkish official. who is usually
well posted on the inner workings Of
dip omacy here, discussing the with.
drawal of the Dryad, intimated that
the matter was very simple one. the
substance Of which was that the powers
objected to any power taking the lead
in any action in Turkey, as such a step
would be calculated to give that power
prestige which was not part of the
agreement of the powers. In other
words, if action is to be taken, it should
be combined action on the part of the
powers, and not the isolated action Of
!
intimated, that if the passage of the
Dardanelles is to be forced, it should be
done by warships of all the powers in.
terested This, it should be added, was
the original understanding arrived at,
but Great Britain, it appears, was not
disposed to delay matters beyond Ger.
tain point
Must Not Delay Too Long.
A gentleman attached to one of the
embassies, whose insight of political af.
fairs is very keen. was disposed when
questioned as to the foregoing. that it
might be the correct one, but. he added
significantly, it looked as if Great Brit.
ain had attained the object she had in
view when the Dryad was sent to the
Dardanelles, namely, to show the sui
tan, and the powers as we'll, that while
being desrous of acting in accord with
| the other powers. her majesty's govern
ment was prepared to act alone if the
| necessity should arise, and that if the
powers desire concerted action, they
must act promptly or Great Britain will
| take the initiative.
ARE LIABLE TO LOSE MECCA
The Holy City in Danger of Capture by
| Rebe.s.
| LONDON, Dec. "A letter from Alden,
Arabia. dated Nov 20, gives details of
the Arabian revolt against the sultan in
Yemen. the coffee growing district OF
Southwestern Arabia The importance
of the outbreak lies in its proximity tc
Mecca. The loss to the sultan of the
Mussulman Holy City would probably
mean his deposition. Hence the strenu
Gus ::officlal den!als which have been
made of the existence of the rebellion