The record-union., 1896-09-19
The Crisis Reaching Such a Point That
It May Result In War,
Unless the British Fleet Shortly Ap-
pears in the Bosphorus.
Relations Between the Powers AL
ready Strained to a Point of Rup-
ture - Fears That Turkey Will
TOtter to Her Ruin and Fall into
the Hands of the CZar of Russia.

| LONDON, Sept. 1S-The Constanti-
| nople correspondent of the STANDARD"
! telegraphs that the situation there does
rot give any evidence OF improvement.
| He says: We are on the verge of a cri-
sis. The opinion is that unless a Brit
ish fleet appears shortly in the Bosphorus
either Turkey will totter to her ruin, fall
| ing into the hands of the Car. or
Russian fleet will take advantage OF
some special outrage and of the apathy
| of the Powers to occupy the Bosphorus.
| and from that vantage ground, which
we ought to be now holding, dictate
! terms to Europe. All the British resi-
dents are astonished because a fleet
| does not come.
THE BRITISH POLICY.
| LONDON, Sept. 1S.-All the morning
papers publish a communication which
| in their editorial comments they de-
scribe as Semi-official communication
defining the attitude of the Government
on the Armenian question. The COM
munication says: In view of the great
anti-English outburst in the European
press the Government wishes it to be
understood that It's policy is unchanged.
1t is acting in complete accord with
the other Powers, as hitherto.
Sir Philip Currie, the British Embas-
sador to Turkey, daily confers with the
other diplomats in Constantinople
Nevertheless public feeling here has
been SO outraged by the events that
the Government would never be sup
ported in again siding with Turkey. If
the Powers cannot cooperate in ending
the carnage caused by Turkish misrule,
the only course is to stand aside and
hope for a more satisfactory state of
affairs.
BADLY STRAINED.
ROME Sept. 1S.-The semi-official
| newspaper Italia" aserts that COM
municationS which have passed between
the Powers upon the situation in Tur-
key show that the relations are strained
to a point of r,aptufA
IS THE STORY TRUE?
LONDON, Sept. 1S.-The so-called
| semi-official communication published
in all the morning papers, setting forth
that the Government wishes it to be
understood that England is acting in
complete accord with other Powers in
Turkey, and that Great Britain will not
attempt to punish Turkey for the out
ldSCo 1Oiiiiillltcu 1uIlSlldHS uT-
less the Powers assist, turns out to be
a Reuter- News Agency dispatch, which
begins: This agency understands,
etc, and the afternoon papers are in
| quiring what grounds there are for any
such understanding.
| The Westminster Gazette" says: "If
the declaration be true, it is a painful
| confession, and the word 'impotent'
should be written upon the face of
Great Britain in characters so large
| that no nation can fail to read them"
DESPERATE FIGHT.
ATHENS, Sept. 1S.-A dispatch from
Constantinople says that a number Of
theological students and members of
the Young Turkey party had des-
perate fight in Galata on Wednesday.
Fifteen of the combatants were killed.
The dispatch adds that many of the
archives of the British Embassy have
been placed on the British ships in the
Bosphorus.