The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-09-18
FEELING THE SPUR
SALIsBURY'S GOVERNMENT KICKS
AGAINST IT.

Remenstraaces are Raised Against the Elk
preston of the Popular Indignation in
Something" In Turkey-How it is Out of
the Question to Tackle the Turk Alone
and Then There's all That British Capt.
tai Locked up in Turkish Securities
Turkish News in General.
London, Sept. 1T.-An editorial in the
Times, after remarking that for the
present the indignation against the
Turk is confined 10 England and the
United States, which abstainS from all
Intervention in European questions,
calls attention TO the remarkable letter
of Lord Hugh Cecil, the Marquis Sal
isbury's son, as an indication of the
views of Lord Salisbury. Lord Hugh
said in this letter that it would be dan
gerously misleading the Armenians
for England to make them believe she
alone could save them.
The Times also calls attention to "the
notorious fact that Russia viii not toll
crate any coercion Of Turkey and ap-
peals TO the country 10 consider well the
risks il viii run in an agitation for ac-
ton or the part ofEngland. TheTimeS
continues by saying:
''The government may be relied upon
TO do all that prudence and the means
a their command will allow. But 1t
is useless TO spur a willing horse and it
may be fatal TO both horse and rider
to spur him a an impossible fence"
a dispatch from Constantinople 10 the
Times emphasizes the fact OF the paral-
ysis Of trade there and the jeopardy Of
4O0, 900, 900 pounds sterling Of European
capital engaged in enterprises in Tur-
key.
Dispatches from Berlin, Vienna and
st. Petersburg TO the Times reproduce
semi-official articles given out al those
capitals shaving that the powers are
not disposed to assist in amy coercion
Of Turkey.
SEhII-OFF1CIAL NOTE.
The foreign Office has given out the
following semi-official note:
THE outburst of the continental press
against Great Britain, which is accused
of selfish designs in the east, has as
tonished official circles. Nothing that
is being done or contemplated by the
government could give the slightest
color to such assertions.
THE government cannot hold itself
responsible for the natural horror in
evitably inspired in the minds Of the
public by the atrocities at Constantine
pie The policy of Great Britain has,
however, undergone no change what
ever, and the government is acting in
complete accord with the other powers,
as it has hitherto done.
Nevertheless, it IS becoming obvious
that the public feeling in Great Brit
ain has been so outraged by the shock
ing events in COnstantinople that the
government would never be supported
in again aiding the porte. If the pow
erS cannot see their way to adopt means
theto cooperate to end the carnage, the
only course open to Great Britain is 10
stand aside and hope for more sat-
isfactory state of affairs.
An editorial in the Daily News COM
menting upon the seni-official statement
issued by the government with regard
TO its policy in Turkey says:
"It viii be a bitter disappointment
for everybody, but the country must
persevere. The true business OF the
government is, not TO force the Darda-
nelles but to force a concert Of the pow
ers to its own righteous and honorable
ends