The sun., 1896-09-20

There Is plenty of evidence that the British
Government has been expecting the grarest
events in Europe ever since the beginning of the
year. Nothing less would explain the fact that
tins dockyards and arsenals have been working
at the highest pressure for eight months past,
with tho result that already the whole amount
authorized by Parliament TO be spent for the
year ending on March ~ next has been
pended. The Treasury is now advancing money
Illegally, but Lord Salisbury knows there will
be little difficulty in getting an indemnity when
Parliament meets in February or earlier. Tho
result OF this feverish activity 10 seen In the ad-
vanced state Of many ironclads which other
wiso would not be much moro than on
the stocks by now, and in tho completion and
rearming of the horse and field artillery. Tho
former. which is said to be the finest artillery
force in the world. is now at its war strength
of ten batteries Of six guns each. with reserve
OF egh: guns while three army corps have been
provided with forty five batteries of six guns
each. with large reserves. II Is said also that
the Woolwich Arsenal at present 10 turning out
acertain new and powerful shell at the rate of
5000 to 1000 week.
By the United Prssa
The return to Constantinople Of Sir Philip
Currie, tho british Am AMBASSADOR to Turkey, has
startling nature. Tho Globe and other English
that Lord Salisbury do had determned @
to take independent action against the Sultan
that there are signs of "a stronger British
policy" will venture far In arsc, soer-
ever, tha. this policy seems slow : OF
application. An article published Yesterday
Sy ,ss % nfa is
belief. II II prevails thnt Great Britain will uso
force 70 compel the sultan to stop the massa.
| at what wonld follow armed Intervention ON
the part OF Great Britain in behalf Of the Ar
tnna nnlo alb hsNa l. -fnr.
| in the agitation against the sultan are prepared
to bring about war that would involve all the
Other articles, such as those which have ap-
peared In the Pdl Mall Gazette and the st.
would accrue to the Christian subjects Of the
| Porte through an alliance between Great Brit
ain. the United States. and Italy also tend to
take by herself tho settlement OF the Turkish
difficulties. Cynical observers Of events say
that Great Britain will never be nblo to use the
United States as catspnw for drawing tho
Eastern chestnpts out OF the fire.
1t is said that Lord Salisbury has called the at
| tention OF the sgnatory powers TO clauses In tho
treaty Of Berlin concerning the protection OF
have been and are now system matically violated
and has pointed out that the treaty provides
English Premier no European conference &c MOI nor
special provisions outside the Berlin treaty are
required to keep the sultan in order. Theoreti-
cally this Is true. but in practice the Sultan is
Tho Reuter- Telegram compnny's statement
morning rs officially defining Great Brltain's
attitude on the Armenian question has caused
emanated from Constantnople. and not from
! the British Foreign Office.
line Of policy OF Great Britain. il one ha. been
| adopted IS not known outside the Foreign Ofce,
and that all the statements heretofore appear
! ing have been mere conJectures.
The North German Gazette OF Berlin and the
other leading and otllcial Continental news
papers continue to assall Lord Salisbury for his
isolated policy.
ooNsTANTISepLE Sept, 1o.nIt e., tsleernsd that
had an audienee With tho Sultan. when he ere. re.
qnested Permssion Of his Majesty to resign his
lice should be at once dismissed. The Sultan
refused to permit the Grand yizier to resign.
nor would he consent to the dismissal Of the
An English merchant here has offered to pro-
vide free transportation to the island Of Cyprus
for 500 Armenians guaranteeing to provide
wh f?Sd fS5 TPH the
dor wired the Cyprus authorities explaining
the situation. but received a reply that the au.
thorities would be unable to allow the Ar.
work for them. ana therefore they would soon
become public charges:
ployed by the vienna and Berlin semi.otr eal
newspapers In discussing the Tnrkish policy
%
Lord ns a thst Of 9f
Affairs. as to how to deal with the Sultan
Prince Hohenlohe. the German Imperial Chan
cellor who has now gone to his estates at Alt
Aussee, in Styria. for a season OF chamos hunt
Count & Goiuchowsfl since that statesman tool
To the Berlin Government the question II
viewed as affecting the Dreihund chiefly Th'
lead Of the Vienna semi .oniciai organs, but 1t Il
diffcult to ascertain what Count GoluchowsKf'
aims are beyond. for the present ." at least, up
quo in Turkey generally. Amid the newsrape
fnvectives which have been hurled against Eng
Law nt ali mol Aafi nm nj raj IN IN
part Of the Porte has appeared. Austria Oh
yiously fears that the action Of England vii
Russia, involving the sudden appearance Of Rus
sian troops at Constantinople and Russian wa
Outside Of the semi-ofi,cial press tho consen
sus OF opinion Is that the Sultan must be de
sstantinopie si and elsewhere in the Turkish en-
pire shall finally cease but the opInion In For
sign Once circles here Is that time must NJ be a.
, for tho selection and enthronemcnt of mis- suc
cessor The Vienna Meme Frcts Presse right.
OF fkFSS Russia % and d. tRatf England should seek L
} force that monarch's deposition she would yer!
To.day's issue of the Ncue Freie Prose- con
: tain. tho report of an interview with an Aus
trian statesman in which he SAYS that European
, entente in regard 10 Turkey no longer exists
entente ens fSeo Object Of which to Maintain
statua quo and maintain sultan bdul Hamid 4
, power, inasmuch as, II anew sultan should p
not have the prestige and authority NJ the pres
ent occupant OF the Ottoman throne. and thi
state OF affairs would cause n general rebellion
of tho Turks against this new Caliphs Govern
ment
, The inspection OF the Turkish forts in tn
. Dardanelles by the Russian General Tchikai
chef Commander OF the District Of Odessa,
/, very Significant OF the Sultan's reliance upo
, Russia. Gen. Tchikatchen's mission to Con
stantInople and the Dardanelles forts occurre
early in July last. but the fnct has inst leake
out. II appears that n Russian war ship passe
' n fortnight in the Dardanclles. during which
| rroup of Russian officers we're engaged In ir
specting tho fort works md assisting the Turk
I, ! ish offlcerA In torpedo exncrmrn's. since n
+ | return Of Gen. Tchikatchef to Odessa 1t Is h'
: lievcd that war material las hern supplied
I the Dardanplles forts from Russin. Comment
ing upon this affair. the Vienna Ncnc Ere
a | F'Tssss says: -,
Tho English Foreign Once must be blind
Q IL falls TO understand the mcanin. Of this"
: MAS TIE SULTAN HEEN KITLED