The record-union., 1896-09-21

vienna, but herman \eHtcTlSIS
Urge the Necessity of Dealing
Promptly and Vigorously With
the Sultan-The English Dynamite
Plot Looked on as Police Dodge.
BERLIN, Sept. 2O-(Copyright 1896
by the United-Associated Presses.) BE
fore starting for his estate at Alt
Ausse, Styria, Prince Hohenlohe, the
Imperial Chancellor, paid a visit to
Count Won Munster-Ledenberg, German
ambassador to France, who is spend
inS his holiday at his estate in Han
over. Count Won Munster will return
to Paris on October 9th, and it is need
less to say that as a result of the visit
of Prince Hohenlohe he is fully primed
as to the attitude he is expected to
observe throughout the sOjourn of the
Czar at the French capital, which, it is
understood is to keep in the back
ground and watch events. Prince Ho-
henlohe will remain III Styria a fort
night but he has his plans for the con-
duct of international matters during
his absence from Berlin fully mapped
out and everybody concerned is fully
instructed in his line of procedure.
Baron MarSchall Won Bieberstein
German Minister of Foreign Affairs, is
now in Baden, but his leave of absence
Will end on October 18th In view of
the absence of the chief Ministers Of the
Government for the next three weeks
the Foreign Office certainly cannot be
very greatly concerned over an imme-
date crisis in the Last. What little
diplomatic activity exists now centers
in Vienna
The Hon. Michael Herbert, First Sec
retary to the British Embassy at Con-
stantinople who so efficiently acted as
the substitute of Sir Philip Currie, the
British ambassador to Turkey during
the recent absence Of the latter in
England. is on his way to England on
leave of absence. He remained four
days in Vienna, leaving there on Fri
oay.
While he was staying in the Austrian
capital Mr.. Herbert had three inter-
views with Count Goluchowski, the
Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs,
who is very plainly showing his desire
10 make for himself a historic name as
a statesman by taking the initiative in
dealing with the Sultan Only time
can decide whether he is a fussy inter-
meddler or a far-sighted politician. Mr..
Herbert, according TO reliable reports
which have been received here, advised
Count GoluchOwslli to disregard the
oft repeated Turkish menaces Of a gen.
eral massacre Of Christians in Turkey.
If the powers collectively or England
alone should send a feet to CONSTANT
nople Mr.. Herbert does not believe the
Sultan possesses the power to effect a
general slaughter Of Europeans in the
Turkish capital city and he SO eX-
pressed himself to Count GoluchoWski.
Mr.. Herbert has also been permitted
to repeat to the Austrian Foreign Min
lister his estimate, which he sent to
the British Foreign Office, of the forces
on land and at sea which would be
necessary to keep order at Constanti-
nople in the event that the Sultan
should be deposed.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
presided over a Ministerial conference
in Vienna on Friday at which Count
Goluchowski, Minister Of Foreign Af-
fairs, Count Baden, Prime Minister,
Baron Banffy, Hungarian Premier, and
Baron Kallay de Macy -Kallo, Chief of
the Imperial Financial Department,
We're present. This council is the last
that will be held before the Emperor
starts his programme, his work be-
ginning with the Galician military ma
neuverS and the Hungarian maneuvers,
inaugurating the iron gates of the Dan
ube Canal and his visit to Bucharest.
Since the council was held the semi
official press Of Vienna have continued
their attacks upon Lord Salisbury
without abatement. The Berlin official
circle seems to have got an inkling Of
the change in the Austrian policy
which is less pro-Russian than former
ly. Probably a factor influencing Count
Coluchowski in deciding upon the
change was the declaration made by
Baron Banffy at the council that dis
solution of the Hungarian Parliament
had been fixed to take place in Octo-
ber and that the new parliamentary
elections would be held in November
These events, he said, must not be ac-
companied by the reproach that Hun
gary had been made tool of the Car
The antt-TurkiSh meetings which have
been held in the various populous
centers throughout Germany show a
steadily increasing concern in the well
fare of Christians in the Sutan's do
main. The Catholic clergy have not
yet taken so active a part in the agita-
tion as the Protestant clergy have, but
the Catholic laity are subscribing liber-
ally to the relief funds and the Center
lists newspapers urge the necessity Of
dealing with the Sultan promptly. Wig
orously and finally. DR.. Liehr the
leader OF the Centerist party in the
Eeichstag, proposes to demand that the
Government adopt an unequivocal pol
Icy in regard to the Turkish massacres
of Christians just as soon as the Reich
stag resumes its sitting in November.
he"Reichesbote," a conservative or
gan, pours out torrents of wrath al
the alleged German apathy in the mat
ter of the slaughter of Christians but
the question is whether or not Germany
is apathetic. 1t is true that the Gov
ernment suppresses any tendency on
the part Of the semi-ofIicial press to-
ward public excitement against the
Empire come signs that the great DO
litical parties - the Conservatives
Centerist, National Liberal and Freis-
singige-are waking up and will make
IT impossible for the existence of a
government having no distinctive Ger
man policy in regard to Turkey, mere
ly saying ditto to the Russian OF
Austrian policy.
The Eenglish so-called dynamite plot is
suspected here, where police lodges are
possibly better known than in England
bpipe trick lIpop the Czar The