The San Francisco call., 1896-09-27
If There Is a Recurrence of the
Troubles Common Action
May Be Taken.
DID NOT SHELTER ARMEN1ANs
While the MaSsacres Were in Progress
Williams Embassy Failed to
Afford Asylum.

BERLIN, GERMANY, Sept. 26-The au-
thorities of the Foreign Office are greatly
indignant at finding that reports have OBJ
tanned credence that 1t is Germany and
not Russia that is befriending tie Sultan.
Acting under the influence of this feeling
the Foreign Office has issued a statement
declaring that complete harmony in regard
to Turkey exists al the present time among
the powers.
II a recurrence of the troubles in Con-
stantinople should make the question
acute, however, it is possible that the
great powers will abandon their attitude
of disinterestednes and proceed to take
common action to restore order, and com!
munications sounding the powers upon
this questing are already passing between
the various European Governments. New
theless, the German Government is not
satisfied with the attitude the Government
has assumed and especially deplores the
fact that. the German embassay at Con-
stantinople showed no sympathy with
the Armenians during the late massa-
cres there.
While the disturbances were going on in
the streets of Constantinople the other
embassies gave asylum to hundreds of
Armenians, but Germany, says the st.
Petersburg Novo Vremya, in order to keep
in The good graces of the Sultan, kept the
doors closed until the massacre was over,
even while Turks massacred fugitives be-
fore the very doors of the embassy.
Despite repeated denials on the part of
the Russian authorities and the Russian
press, the Frankfort Zeitung maintains its
assertion that the Russian Black Sea fleet
has been cruising since last Monday with
in six hours travel of the Bosphorus.
The Bundesrath, which is summoned
to reassemble a the beginning of October,
will be called upon to consider many i'm
portant measures at its coming session,
such as the compulsory organization of
workingmen's guilds, modifying the State
system of old age and sickness insurance,
etc.
The great question of reform procedure
in militry trials remains in critical con-
dition. The Bundesrath just before its
adjourn ment merely conceded the ques-
tion of oral debates before military courts,
but rejected the proposal 10 compel the
publicity of all proceedings before such
tribunals. The Emperor retains the same
right to confirm or suspend sentences.
The Reichstag will meet on November 10,
and heated debates over the leading ques-
tions which that body will be asked to
consider are certain to take place.
The Vorwaerts, the leading organ of the
German Socialists, has published a series
of reports showing the position and prog
ress of the Socialist movement in Ger
many as a prelude to the coming con-
gress of the Socialist party, which is to be
opened at Sieblichen, near Gotha, on Oc-
tober IL. Though these reports show that
the direct subscriptions to the party
funds have diminished, there is, never
theless, surplus of 10000 marks in the
party's treasury, and in spite OF the pri-
vate subsidies which are required tc
maintain some of the provincial news
papers, the party possesses forty-one daily
and twenty-three tri-weekly apers. The
consensus OF opinion among disinterested
outsiders is that the Socialists vote will
be lar gely increased at the next election