The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-01-24

LONDON, Jan. GA dispatch to the
Pail Nail Gazette from constantinople.
bu,ea yesterday, says TINT an offensive
and defensive alliance has been eonciu-
5ed between Russia and Turkey. Tho
Pail Mall Gazette correspondent adds
that the treaty was signed at Constan-
snople and that the publications. were
e,shanred at st. Petersburg between
Aarsi Pasha and the car. The basis OF
the treaty Is declared 10 be on the lines
N the Unkiarskelh agreement OF 1883
Ly which Turkey agreed. In the event
a; Russia Gotng to war, to close the
Dardanelles to war ships OF all ma
lions, This treaty was soon abandoned
Swins to the refusal OF tho powers TO
The pan Mail Gazette correspondent
Mss saws that the French ambassador
NJ cnnbon, conferred with the sultan
Yesterday and that It Is probable
France Will be included in the new al
lance. Commenting on It's dispatch
fro1 ConStantlnopie announcing the
slrdnE OF treaty between Russia and
Tsrsey for offensive End defensive pur-
noses. the Pail Mall Gazette says:
eve regard the news as true and the
rrsur OF the treaty Is that the Darda-
uelles d the southern outpost OF Russia
and Turkey Is Russia'S vaSsal. we
presume the British government will
protest against the treaty for all It is
worth.
very graVest importance. The first IN
tlmatlon reached US four days ago; but
We Tishheld II till the arrival OF strong
confirmation which we received this
moruiE. This brings Russia Into the
Mediterranean with a vengeance. and
may necessftate the strengthening OF
our feet IN those waters. Politically,
DE eftAct will be far greater. The
treaty means that Turkey has realized
her own impotence against disorders
by;h from within and without and has
decided to throw herself for SAFETY INTO
the arms OF Russia. She IS now Rus
sIa's vassal and Russia Is entitled 10
dlsna.ch troops to any part OF the sui
tan's doudnIons whenever there is the
ieas. breach OF dIsorder-and when
1--WE presume the Arrangement will
give the keenest satisfaction TO the
Anglo-Armenian sectiou Of our people.
THh them Hes the chief blame for the
complete alienation OF Turkey, though
il must be owned taat It has been sed-
u!ousIy fostered by 4 long term OF
Eeak policy at constautinople."
The officials Of the Russian embassy
here deny having any knowledge OF the
trls;ence OF a Russo-TuTkish treaty on
the basis indicated by the Pan Mall
Gazette. Attention Is called to che fact,
In well informed circles, that while the
present time IS inauspicious for Russia
10 provide arguments In favor of Great
britain Joining the driebund, II must
be remembered that in 1873, Great Brit
ain completed q similar treaty with
Turkey, when she secured the island OF
Cyprus from Turkey. Such a tre9ty
besween Russia and Turkey, tt Is add
Cd. might open the way 70 q solution
OF ne Armenian question, as, under II,
Russia could occupy Anatolla-
Dispatches 20 the Daily Telegraph
from Vienna and Paris deny the report
printed in the Pail Mall Gazette Of an
offensive and defensive alliance be-
tween Russia and Turkey.
LATER-Speclal dispatches from all
points on the continent agree that Moth
Ing is known there OF the alleged often-
dve and defensive treaty between Rus
Sia andrTurkey. which was reported in
a Constautinople dispatch to the Pail
Mall Gazette. The report'iS generally
discredlted.