The San Francisco call., 1896-09-28
Declares the Government at
Berlin Is Awed by Fear
of War.
FERMgNT IN THE FATHERLAND
Caustic Attacks on Gladstone Because
of His Ant.Turk Sh
Speech.
Gcopyrlght,lsss,Dy the United Associated rressesl

BERLIN, GERMANY, Sept. 27.-The anti
Turkish speech delivered by Mr.. Glad
stone at last Thursdays mass meeting in
Liverpool has been widely publish he'd here
and generally commented on by the news
papers. majority of which speak of the
address 1nfavorably. The comments show
that the anti English campaign which the
German Press bas entered into has reached
a high state of Inflammation. The North
German Gazette, in its issue to-day, prints
the entire speech, translated verbatim,
and attacks Mr.. Gladstone viciously in its
accompanying editorial.
The German papers are also much stung
by the taunts of the Russian journals,
which are asking why it is that Germany,
which has always been parading its mill
tary greatness and readiness for war, now
shows itself to be more awed than any of
the other powers before the phantasm of
war as a consequence of an attempt to
coerce the Sultan.
These journals continue their taunting
OF Germany by declaring that neither
Austria nor Italy betrays such degree of
nervous eagerness to hinder all practical
steps toward solving the Turkish problem,
yet Germany's interests in the Mediterra-
nian are only indirect.
The Vossische Zeitung, the most in
dulgent OF any Of the journals in it's crit
lclsms, goes no further than TO express
the hope that the words OF the former
Prime Minister of Great Britain will have
SOLDERING effect on the Sultan and the
palace clique behind him. At the same time
the Vossische suggests the possibility that
the almost violent language employed by
Gladstone may reawaken the fanaticisms
of the Moslems and the Armenian revolu-
tionists and their followers, leading to the
very results which he so strongly de-
nounces. Among the other leading Ger
man papers the consensus of opinion is
that the speech is more likely to encour-
age renewal of the massacres in the Sui
tan's domain.
The National Zeitung and some of the
other journals accuse Mr.. Gladstone with
treating serious situation with levity.
The practical expulsion from Berlin a
few days ago of Professor Thoumayan the
Armenian lecturer who came to Germany
for the purpose of organizing anti-Turk-
ish meetings, has had a tendency to
dampen the purpose of the sympathiZers
with the Armenians.
In the official mind Professor Thou
mayan is mere agitator, who politically
is lndistinguishable from the widest kind
and most fanatical Huntchallst or Arme-
nian revolutionist. According TO the
semi-ofhcial version of the incident. pub
lished in the Cologne Gazette, Professor
ambassador to Turkey, who lnterceded in
his behalf when the professor was SEN
fenced to death as q conspirator in Arme-
MA and procured a reprieve' on the
strength OF Thoumayan's promise to aban-
don his anti Turkish sen timent
nrfh hal 3 Co. IL
ceived repeated warnings from the Berlin
police, Thoumayan continued his attacks
upon the Sultan, and his crowning offense
was committed in his declaration at a re-
cent anarchist meeting that the Porte it
self had arranged the affair OF taxing DOS
session fthe Ottoman Bank. In recount
ing the details of this incident however,
the Gazette omits mention of the fact that
Professor Thoumayan went to the meet
Ing mentioned in company with we'll
known and highly respected Berlin cler-
gyman for the main purpose OF refuting
the statement which had been made in
anarchist oratories that the Armenian
movement was purely anarchistic.
DR.. Lindauer, the Anarchist leader, hay-
ing repeated this declaration, Professor
Thoumayan denied the truth of the alle-
CATION with much warmth. He repudi-
ated ali connection with the revolutionary
manifesto which had emanated from Lon
uOHs anu uafAlS uiSpOSeQ OF tnlS matter,
proceeded to denounce the Sultan and the
higher officials OF the Turkish Government.
The meeting was somewhat disturbed by
the professors expression of his senti-
ments, and several speakers who followed
him declared that he was paid agent of
the Russian secret police.
Professor Thoumayan has not yet been
actually expelled, though he is construc-
lively under that ban, he having been in
formed that the threat Of his exnuision
from Germany would be Immediately exc
cuted If he made another attempt 10 ad-
dress public meeting.