Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-12-04
POWERS WILL INSIST,
Cuardships to Pass the
DardaneIles.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.

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Constantinople, Dec. 1. via Sofia, Bul-
garla, Dec. 2.-The Sultan has not yet
heard the last of the extra guardships
question. As minated in these dis
patches on Friday last, the withdra sal
of the British gunboat Dryad from the.
entrance to the Dardanelles, where she.
was awaiting the necessary frman allow
ing her passage through the straits, was
only a temporary measure, taken on ac-
count of the fact that the palace people
had infiamed the fanaticism of the Mus
ulma population here and that serious
riOting was planned to commence SO
soon as the warships entered the Bos-
phOruS.
While being DESTROYS of doing nothing
which would in any way tend to induce
disturbances or hinder the work of re-
storing order, the powers again appear
TO be unanimously resolved to insist upon
their demand for the extra guardshIps.
In consequence, the ambassadors have
arrange for a meeting tomorrow (A1on-
day. to discuss the situation and consider
what action is necessary in view of the.
Sultans continued objection to granting
the hrmanS.
In the meanwhile the palace party is
triumphant and the impression is being.
conveyed to the general public that the.
Sultan has won a graa; 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
guardshiDs.
A Turkish official who is usually we'll
posted on the inner workings of diplo-
macy here, discussing the withdrawal
of the Dryad, intimated hat the matter
va q q CiroV1o ~ +hn ,c -
which was that the powers objected to
any power taking the lead in any action
IN Turkey, as such a step would be cal
culated to give that power a prestige.
which was not part of the agreement Of
the powers In other words, if action
is to be taken, it should be combined ac-
ton on the part of the powers and not
the isolated action of Great Britain, for
instance. Thus it is intimated that if
the passage of the Dardanelles is to be
forced it should be done by warships IF
all the powers interested. This, it should
be added, was the original understanding
arrived at. but Great Britain, it appears,
was not disposed to delay matters be-
yonG a certain point. A gentleman at
tached to one of the embassies, whose in
sight of political affairs is very keen.
was disposed, when questioned as to the
foregoing. to admit that it might be the
correct one. but he added significantly
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attained the object she had in view when
the Dryad was sent to the DardanelleS:
namely, to show the Sultan and the
powers as we'll that, while being desirous
of acting in accord with the other pow
ers, her majesty'S government was pre-
pared to act alone if the necessity should
arise and that if the powers desire con
certed action they MUST act promptly or
Great Britain will take the Initiative.
The so-called firing upon the British
ship Loeb Rannoch in the Dardanelles:
is said by the Turkish officials to be a.
matter of little importance and easily
explained. They say that the Loeb
Rannoch arrived after shutdown and that
instead of anchoring she attempted to,
proceed and was signalled from the.
shore by a gunshot to bring up. As she
did not do so. a second shot was fired,
and the Lord Rannoch let go her anchor,
The shell which is said to nave whiZzed
owed the head of the Rannoch is pro-
nounced to have been nothing more
than the wad from the gun on shore
This is the Turkish explanation of the
matter and is believed to be about cor
rect, for nothing appears to be known
here of the affair. If the matter had
been as serious as the correspondent of
the Daily News made out, the captain
of the Loeb Rannoch would certainly
have made a complaint at the British
embassy here before proceeding to-
Odessa.
A great deal of excitement was caused
here today by the report that ex-Sultan
Mohammed Murad, who was deposed on
the ground of idiOcy on August 81, 1876
(he was only proclaimed Sultan when his
uncle, Abdul Aziz, was deposed on May
30, 1876, had escaped from Yildiz Kiosk
where he is kept a close prisoner. The
ex-Sultan, although a captive for nine
teen years., is said to enjoy good health
and to have been intriguing with the.
young Turk party. As a result, his
quarters are examined daily, sentinels
are at all the doors of his apartments
all of his letters are read before being
handed to him or posted, and at night
the keys of his rooms are taken to the.
Sultan for saf%ekeeping. He still wears
the uniform. however, is addressed as
your majesty" and has a good table.
a small library and a small hall convert
ed into a mosque as part of his apart
ments.
The report, it appears. grew out of
the fight of Murad Bey, the imperial
commissioner of the council of the pub
lie debt, who was also suspected of hav-
ing relations with the young Turk party.
Murad, it seems, has been watched by
the police for some time past and he
was suddenly summoned to the palace
to give an explanation of his conduct
political and administrative. He went
there in considerable alarm and gave.
the Sultan what appeared to be a salts.
factory explanation of the charges
brought against him. But the matter
being pressed further and his friends
warning him that his life as well as his
liberty was in danger. Murad fled on
board a Russian ship and is now we'll
On his way to Russia.
1t is said that grave charges similar
to those brought against Murad Bey are
pending against other high officials. In
fact If ic dif10ulf 70 non ON oA1 o;ol e
prominence who is not suspected of tax
ing brides if not of something worse.