Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-26

from various European capitals DISCUSS it'
possibility In spite OF official deniais.
have from a trustworthy financial source
in Constantinople that the sultan has already
sought an opinion from his financial advisers
as TO the possibility OF raising further large
loan. The condition Of the Turkish treasury
according to my informant. is one Of al
most absolute penury. Even the soldiers II
Armenia are unpaid The proposition ad.
varced by the sultan in regard to security
for a new loan was either a conversion o'
the customs loan or the cession OF additional
revenues to the European bailih, who Il
named by the council OF the public debt
The Imperial Ottoman bank, which Is In
effect the financial department Of the sui
tan's government, reported that there would
be no hope Of raising money in England
owing to the feeling excited by the outrages
In Armenia and the general belief in the in.
security Of Turkish rule. In this extreme
It is possible that the sultan turned to Rus
sia In hope that her good offices might be
employed TO insure the success OF loan In
France. This might serve to explain the
rumor OF the Russo-Turkish treaty. and 1t Is
certain, anyway, that II there should be q
treaty the support of Russia in floating a
new Turkish loan will be an essential con-
ditlon OF II.
WATSON STILL BELAPORS ABDUL.
One little fact may be significant Of revived
and increased English Indignation over Lord
Salisbury's do-nothing policy. AS your read
ers know, there has been lately poetic duel
between Laureate Austin and William Wat
son, the latter denouncing the Turk in un-
measured terms. He has Just published IN
book form three sonnets upon the Armenian
tragedy. But whereas, when originally pub
lsbed. one Of them, entitled Craven Eng
lard" mathematical the sultan as abdul,
the Damned, on his Internal throne the
same verse in book form was much milder in
tore. Today, however, he published new
sonnet in the Chronicle, emphasizing his first
epithet. II is, I think. worth cabling in full,
both as illustrating the public feeling here
and as showing how much better poet he is
than Lord Salsbury's laureate. The sonnet
reads:
TO THE SULTAN.
Caliph. did thee wrong l hailed thee late,
Apay'' my wons ahs Damned ana would fe'a''
1t merged thee with the unillus,rious herd
Who crowd the approaches to the Internal
Spirits gregarious. equal in their state.
Gannet or gull, whose wandering plant is
On Alisa or Iona desolate;.
For in world where cruel deeds abound
The merely damned are legion With such
souls
Is not each hollew and Granny of To-
Thou with the brightest of heil,s aureoles
Dost shine supre me incomparably crowned
Immortality, beyond all mortals, damned.
wASHINGTON'S PICTURE PARADED.
It is a noteworthy fact that at the annual
winter exhibition Of old masters in the
Royal Academy, the principal place in the
principal room Is occupied by Gilbert
Stuart's full length portrait of Washington,
the property of Lord Rosebery. The prom
inence given to this picture has attracted
general attention. / am informed by one of
the trustees, 1t was deliberate act, in view of
the present relations between the two coun-
tries at the suggestion of Lord Leighton
the president of the Royal Academy, whose
sudden death Is announced this evening
Pierpont Morgan has loaned some fine can
vases to the exhibition.
In its review of fifty years on its an
niversary, the Daily News states that its
editorial articles sustaining the north during
our civil war were written by Harriet
Martineau. A grateful feature in this cele-
bration, an example to the New York press,
was the fact that all the London contem-
poraries of the News, led by the Times. had
pleasant editorial words concerning their
rival. l...,sa. .rt .a=..t.. ..-- .....t.a 80
American singers have been to the fore
this week all over Europe. Miss Ella Rus
sell, formerly of Cleveland, o., has won un-
stinted praise from the London critics as
Wagner's heroine in the winter season OF
opera, and Mr.. Hedmondt, in the male roles,
is we'll spoken Of. Miss Strong daughter Of
a former Brooklyn man, has repeated her
London success in Italy. Mrs. DeNoel of
New York had notes in all the London papers
for her debut in concert. Sibyl Sanderson
is in better voice than ever at the Paris
opsra house.
WILL MAKE CEMENT HEREAFTER.
1t Is announced that Jean Lasalle has
abandoned the lyric stage forever. On re-
turning from his last engagement in the
United States he resolved to establish a
cement mandatory at Chantemelle, near
Paris, and this he he's NOW in full opera
alton. The famous baritone is to be seen
every day among his hundred or SO work.
men, giving orders and joining himself in
their labor. M. Lasalle is mayor of the
cummune Chantemele, and does not regret his
departure from the scenes Of his operate
triumphs He says that the life of an artist
is ephemeral and serious, work is better.
The announcement is made today, after
q long discussion and many experiments, that
electricity Is to be substituted for steam as
motive power in the underground railways
In London. BALLARD SMITH.