The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-10-21
sublime PORTE IN DANCER
His Submission Only Brief Respite
from More Trouble.
IS SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES
The Mohamrncdnn Reform Party Is
Anxious to Depose the Sultan-Grcck
Residents OF Constantinople Arc
Alarmed by the Coming Storm.

London. Oct. 20-Much interest has
been excited in diplomatic and political
circles by the return To London of the
Hon. Schomberg Mcdonnell. the pri-
N'1te secretary of Lord Salisbury. who
was not generally known to have left
Englad. 1t appears that he returned on
W , incSday from n secret mission 10
COnstantinople. Outside of the most
intimate foreign Office circle his pres
encc In Cpnstantinople was kept n
close secret. and the fact that he had
been sent on a mission to the Turkish
capital was not known to e,ther the
English or European press. Mr.. Nc
pDnnell occupies toward Lord Sails
bury a confidential position. He Is
trusted to convey verbally the op!n-
tons that the prime minister may deem
ira dvlsable to corr ait to writing.
Though nothing mas hcen made known
officially az 10 the result of his mission,
IL is significant that, coiucldent with
his presence here. the official appre-
hens,on regarding the gravity Of the
situation In Turkey has increased.
The submission Of the porte to the de-
m a nds made by Great Britain, France
ani Russia relative 70 the reform OF the
ministration in Armenia appears to
h considered as only a brief respite
from the graVest DEVELOPMENTS.
According t. trustworthy information
the Mohamctan reform party, which
aims at the disposition of the sultan
and the formation of government un-
der a constitution. relies upon the sup
port Cf Great Britain in the case of a
revolution proving even partly success
ful ON the other hand II is understood
that the sultan has obtained m assur-
ance that the three powers will support
him against any movement tending to
au3rchy If he adheres faithfully to his
Armenian compact. No assurances Of
the allied powers can go beyond moral
support without rIpturlrg the alliance,
owing to the diversity of the interests
involved. with view To striking in
when the uphtaval CT the Turks comes
Austria has joined the existing entente
hot ween Great Britain Russia and
France IN high official circles here
the unlouhted expectation Is that a
climax in the fate OF the Turks Will not
Ion = be delayed,
Sultln Alive to DANGER
T 1ay's dispatches from Constantine
PIE concur in the assertion that The
sultan is keenly alive to the dangers
merlctng his personal safety, and that
he Is ready to resort to the severcst
measure as soon as his enemies afford
him preteXt for action. The strong
est CLIQUE opposed to the palace Is sad
to be deslI6us Of replacing the Sultan
by Ids younges' brother Prince Sulei-
man Effendt. who e,as born Jan 10. 1861,
passing Over Mohemmed RoShad Ec-
fendi Ms second Brother. who Is the
heir apparent to the throne. 1t IS con-
ten led that the exclusive harem educa-
ton that the !atter has been given has
unlittCd him to cope with the desperate
Costumes of the empire.
The Creek ring in Coustantinople
view the approaching storm with alarm
and are Seriirg their families to
Athens 50 that they will he in place of
safety whom the storm clouds burst.
Constantinople oct. 90 Since affairs
here have assumed critical phase
close watch has been kent upon the
gtudents at the various schools. II be-
ing known that there was n tendency
among the young men 10 aCstate for
revolutionary action. Tod7y sixteen
students at the Pancaldi Military
school were arrested on the charge Of
con epirlng to restore the constitution
Of Nudhal. when questioned in prison
the Young men confessed. giving all the
details Of the plot