The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-28
RUSSIA HAUNTING GERMANY.
THE COUNTRY HELD UP AS AFRAID
OF WAR.

ment UnfHvorably on GIadstOne's
Recent Anti-TurlSish speech mt
LiverDocl-An Armenian Lecturer
Expelled From Germany.
Copyright. 1896, by the United Associated
Presses.
Berlin. Sept 27.-The anti Turkish speech
delivered by Mr. Gladstone at last Thurs
days mass meeting in Liverpool has been
widely published here and generally COM
mented on by the newspapers. major
ity Of which speak OF the address unfa-
vorably.
The Vossche Zeltung is the most lndul-
gent Of any Of the leading journals in its
criticisms, and goes no further than to
express hope that the words of the former
prime minister of Great Britain will
have SOLDERING effect upon the sultan,
and the palace clique behind him. At
the same time, the Vossiche Zeitung sug-
gests the possibility that the almost vio-
lent language employed by Mr.. Gladstone
may reawaken the fanaticisms of the Mos
lem and the Armenian revolutionists and
their followers, leading to the very re-
suits which he strongly denounced.
Among the other leading German papers,
the consensus of opinion is that the speech
is more likely to do harm than good The
suggestion made by Mr.. Gladstone of a
severance of the diplomatic relations be-
tween Great Britain and Turkey is regard
ed by the papers as fantastic and only
likely to encourage a renewal of the mas
sacres In the sultan's dominion
The North German Gazette, in an ex-
haustive article in criticisms of the speech,
says: TT must be painful to many Eng
lishmen to find that Mr.. Gladstone does
not know Of any other remedy for the
Turkish excess than TO threaten the sui
tan, while at the same time confessing that
the threats could not be followed by ac-
ton"
The National Zeitung and some OF the
other journals accuse Mr.. Gladstone of
threatening a serious situation with
levity.
The practical expulsion from Berlin a
few days ago of Prof. Thoumayan, the
Armenian lecturer, who came to Germany
for the purpose Of organizing anti-TurK-
sh meetings has had a tendency to dam
pen any official sympathy with the Ar
menians. To the German official mind
Prof. Thoumayan is mere agitator,
who perhaps may be personally ire
proachable but politically Is indistinguish-
able from the most fanatic Huntshakist
or Armenian revolutionist.
According to the semi official version
of the incident, published in the Cologne
Gazette, Prof. Thoumayan owes his life
to the German ambassador to Turkey,
who interceded in his behalf when the
professor was sentenced to death as a
conspirator in Armenia, and procured for
him a reprieve on the strength Of Prof.
Thoumayan's undertaking to abandon his
anti-Turkish agitation. Nevertheless, de-
spite the fact that he received repeated
warnings from the Berlin police. Prof.
Thoumayan continued his attacks upon
the sultan, and his crowning offense was
committed in his declaration at a recent
anarchist meeting that the porte itself
had arranged the affair of taking pos
session of the Ottoman Bank. In re-
counting the details of this incident, how
ever, the Gazette omits mention of the
fact that Prof. Thoumayan went to the
meeting mentioned in company with a
we'll known and highly respected Berlin
clergyman for the main purpose of re-
futing the statement which had been
made by an anarchist orator that the
Armenian movement was purely anar-
chistic. Dr. Lindauer, the anarchist
leader, having repeated this declaration,
Prof Thoumayan denied the truth of
the allegation with much warmth. He
repudiated all connection with the revo-
lutionary manifestoes which had ema-
mated from London, and having disposed
of this matter, proceeded to denounce
the sultan and the higher officials Of
the Turkish government. The meeting
was somewhat disturbed by the profess
sor's expression of his sentiments and
several speakers, who followed him, de-
clared that he was paid agent of the
Russian secret police. Prof. Thoumayan
has not yet been actually expelled, though
he is constructivey under that ban, he
having been informed that the threat OF
his expulsion from Germany will be
Immediately executed II he makes an
other attempt to address a public meet
ing.
The clergyman who accompanied Prof.
Thoumayan to the meeting was Pastor
Faber. He denies that the professor
sought to create agitation in Germany
against Turkey. Pastor Faber interpreted
for Prof. Thoumayan at the meeting and
he says the suggestion that the porte had
arranged the attack on the Imperial Otto
man bank, was made by himself and not
by the professor Prof Thoumayan has
left Berlin and gone to Switzerland.
Suspicious are expressed within the cir
Giles Of the German colonial party that the
British are fomenting the trouble which
has arisen In German East Africa, into
which the Wawemba tribe have made
inroads from English territory. More Sc
rious than this, however, is the rising
Of the Wahehe tribe, which have erected
the forts at Kwikuru, which the Ger
mans had previously destroyed and have
also driven the small detachment Of Ger
man troops there out OF the country An
expedition consisting Of 300 men has been
sent to punish the Wahehcs, and II this
measure is not successful, Baron von'
Wissmann. the governor of German East
Africa. who Is now in Berlin, will return
to Africa Immediately with a larger force
The gale which prevailed Friday and
Saturday caused great damage to prop
erty and considerable loss Of life along
the North sea coast and far inland The
river Elbe rose twelve feet on Friday,
as a result OF which the cellars OF many
buildings near the river were flooded and
scores OF vessels were carried away from
their moorings. The river Bns was also
forced over its banks, and thousands Of
acres OF land were submerged. barge
was capslzed by the force OF the wind
in the Upper Elbe and six persons were
drowned.
Additional newspaper criticisms Of MIR.
Gladstone's Liverpool speech show that
the anti-Englsh campaign which the
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