The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-07
TO ENSLAvE THE SULTAN.
NORMALLY HE WILL BE PUT UN-
DER PROTEcToRATE.


Realize That the Rule of the Sui
tan Is over, Also to Guard Against
Rush by the Powers For Spoil.
Berlin, Sept. 6.-The conferences which
have taken place between the czar and
the emperor and their accompanying Rus
sian and German diplomats, which at first
were alleged to be devoid OF anything
more important than mere ceremonial
conversations, are now reported to have
taken the character of initiating a new
concert of the powers, which is to have a
bearing of the utmost Importance upon
the future events in Turkey. 1t is not
known definitely who originated the pro-
posal, but it is, however, matter of pos
tive knowledge in Berlin that Prince Ho-
henlohe, the imperial chancellor, and
Count Won Osten-Sacken, the Russian am
bassador to Germany, are discussing a
plan, the purpose of which is to place the
sultan under the tutelage Of the ambas-
who will be empowered to control the sui
tans selection Of ministers and also his
appointments of provincial governors.
The settlement of the troubles in Crete,
upon the basis of European supervision,
appears to have been the keynote Of this
scheme which at least would maintain
the nominal integrity of Turkey and for
a time enable the powers to escape be-
ing dragged into a European war over the
division Of the spoils of the Ottoman en-
| pire. Practically the foreign ambassad-
ors are already treating Turkey as a gov
eminent existing wholly upon sufferance,
but they do not take the responsibilities
which ought to be associated with the sit
uauon. Only the bare proposals have
| been heard of outside of the circle which
is formulating the scheme, but the plan
| is doubtless full Of difficulties in the way
of its working smoothly.
| One thing, however, is certain, and that
is, that both the encourage of the kaiser
and that of the czar are convinced that
| they can no longer rest content upon mere
| diplomatic remonstrances to the porte,
| and 1t is well understood that family in
| fuences upon the czar at Copenhagen and
| similar influences upon the kaiser at Bal
moral have become tnsistent beyond prec-
| edent in favor of an effective stoppage of
! the horrors in Turkey, and these influ-
| ences it is believed may have been the
| most potent Of all in determining the two
! emperors upon the course which 1t is now
| proposed to pursue.
| Diplomatic advices, received from Con-
| stantinople, are such as to cause well
| grounded fears here that very much
worse things than have already occurred
in Constantinople may happen in that
| city before the ambassadors are able to
| arrange for armed Intervention to sup
press disorders that the sultan's palace
| clique, learning that the sultans reign is
I a IN ma r1fz sen
| upon a very much larger scale than here
| tofore, and which will involve many other
persons than Armenians as its victims.
The reports that the British, French
and Italian warships in Turkish waters
have been reinforced while the German
warships have not, have excited wide
| spread feeling of discomfort, which is be-
| ing freely expressed in the newspapers, re-
gardless of their political bias. Despite
the activity of the other powers in aug
menting their naval strength in Turkish
waters, the admiralty of Germany have
up to this time, taken no steps to increase
the strength and number of the German
war vessels there, but, apparently goad-
ed by the utterances of the press into do
ing something, they have now ordered the
training ship GneiSenau to Smyrna, and
the gunboat Ersatz to replace the old and
worn out Loreley on the Constantinople
station. These measures are extremely
poor. inf eed, little better than none at all,
If Germany is to figure in the Intervention
of the powers in front of Constantinople.
The fetes at Breslau in honor of the
czar and czarina bear a close resemblance
to all the preceding demonstra tions of the
kind. The streets of the town are throng-
ed with people who cheer in season and
out and persistently press upon the long
lines of troops which occupy the borders
of the streets to keep the crowd from inn
pedng the progress of the imperial visi-
tors and the kaiser and kaiserin, with
their suites as they pass. The heat yes
terday and to-day was intense and serv-
ed to increase the general discomfort of
the people. High prices for every con-
ceivable thing for which there was the
slightest demand were the rule.
The grand old city was draped from end
to end, and the main thoroughfares were
profusey decorated with every kind OF
drapery, banner, etc, that could be found
suitable to the occasion. Flags, festoons
Of bunting and rough but striking picto-
rial shields Of Silesia and Germany, paint
ings Of the kaiser and the czar. and rude
ly painted notices and expressions of well
come were TO be seen at every step. Some
Of the decorations, however, were very
handsome and artistic. The municipal
council voted 100000 marks for the pur-
pose of providing decorations, and those
purchased under these auspices were very
lau were far more elaborate than those
seen by the Russian imperial party in
Vienna.
The thousands Of visitors TO Breslau.
including the army of press representa-
tives, have reason to regret the limited ac-
commodatons OF the city. The military
and civil officials filled what few small
hotels there were available and the visit
ors had to, shift for themselves as best
they could II was Originally intended that
the czar and czarina, with their suites,
should occupy the royal castle, but the
emperors court marshal who was in
charge Of the arrangements, found that
the castle would be too small to hold both
Of the imperial visitors and their attend
ants, so the new house OF the Silesian
I.andtag. In course Of erection, was hur-
rledly ordered to be completed within the
three weeks remaining prior to the recep-
ton Of the czar. Accordingly a force of
so workmen were employed night and day
in getting the building and its approaches
In a passably ~ condition. and it was only
on Friday, the day before the cars ar
rival, that they ceased work.
The nature OF the friendship OF the two
emperors as cemented by the meeting of
the monarchs in Breslau is shoyyn by the
fact that the kaiser win go to Darmstadt