The record-union., 1896-09-14

well informed diplomats here belleVe
| that independent action on the part of
Great Britain is practicable. Though
| the North German Gazette, whose ar
ticles on the Turkish situation are cal
| lous and unsympathetic with the per-
(! secuted Armenians, represents the best
| official opinion here, the other inftuen-
| tial journals take an entirely different
course. The Cologne Gazette" declares
| that the Powers want to deal energeti-
cally with the Sultan, but are undecided
| as to the method of doing so. Though
| the last massacre in Constantinople
passed over the European residents of
| the city" the "Gazette" adds, "as the
fear and hatred Of Christians increase
the Powers must face possible general
massacre
| The "Kreuz Zeitung' and other pa
pers discuss the measures that must be
| taken before armed intervention ought
to be resorted to, but almost every
newspaper comment on the situation
reasons upon the readiness of the Turks
| to try to exterminate the Christians in
Turkey if they are provoked.
! Advices received here from Constan-
! tinople assert that the Sultan is afflicted
with a homicidal mania, arising from an
| acute spinal disorder, and the state
ments made in these advices seem, ac-
cording to the criticisms of the press, to
be associated with maniacal OutburSt
of Turkish fanaticism generally. How
| to guard against such an Outburst is the
| first question to be placed before the
| foreign diplomats in Turkey. If the
| Powers agree to place the Sultan under
tutelage, with the appointment of
| Turkish Ministers and other officials
approved by the ambassadors, this ac-
| ton must be accompanied by prepara-
tions for armed occupation of Turkey.
The "Kreuz Zeitung' asserts that
France and Russia will never assent to
the plan of placing the Sultan under
tutelage, and will entail the integrity
of the empire and sovereignty of the
Turkish monarch, and declares that
these two Powers already distrust the
concentration of the British fleet at Sa-
lonica. The sum of the situation is that
these and other proposals dealing with
the Sultan await the issues OF the Cars
tour.
In the meantime the Czar and Gar
| ina, with their suites, are at Beinstaff
Castle, in Denmark, where the King
VI DeIIildrk Idulliy party are DIS
sembled The Car and the Princess
| Victoria and Prince Waldemar of Den
mark are accustomed to go bicycling
each morning, while the Czarina, the
| Princess of Wales and the Queen of
Denmark drive along the routes taken
by the cyclists In the afternoon the
Car, the Crown Prince of Denmark
and the Grand Duke Michael of Rus
sia go to the deer drives in the Jaegers-
| dorf Park and the evenings are spent
In the enjoyment of musical entertain
ments for the family party, which will
| break up on September 10th, the CZar
| and Czarina going to Balmoral to visit
| Queen Victoria, accompanied by the
| Princess of Wales and her daughter,
Princess Victoria.
| The representatives of the press re-
| turning from Goerlitz concur in the
statement that it was with the utmost
difficulty that they were able to get
| accurate information of the results of
| the military maneuvers, but agree that
| the general results We're more favora-
| BILE to the Saxon than the Prussian
Army Corps. The Emperor upon the
evening of every day OF the maneuvers
| criticized the operations with admitted
| impartiality. The Prussian infantry,
| which are renowned for their good
marching under heavy weights, main
| tanned the reputation Both the Prus-
slams and the Saxons carried over sixty
| pounds, consisting of arms, ammuni-
tion, knapsack and part Of a tent per
man. yet their files We're closed up
we'll at the end Of every day. For the
first time the bicycle rifiemen We're
brought into action, covering the Prus-
| sian cavalry behind Klein Bautzen.
| Military experts alone, however, can
say whether their work was done ef-
fectively 1t was generally stated on
the field that General Count Waldersea
had underrated the marching abilities
| of the Saxons, who throughout We're
admirably led. The commissariat was
marveIously well managed, and the
quantity and quality of the food pro-
yided excellent.
A number of German Catholic cler-
| gymen will attend the anti Masonic
Congress, which is to be opened at
Trent on September Doth Prince
Charles Valussi, Bishop of Trent, will
preside after the congress has been for
mally opened by Cardinal Agliardi,
Papal nuncio to Vienna, who will read
a letter from the Pope. Cardinal Agli-
ardi has caused the publication Of the
letter of his holiness in the Centrist
newspapers. The Pope recalls the dan
gers resulting from secret societies as
denounced in the enclycique humani-
mum ganus. and declares that Free
Masonry is more pernicious than ever,
menacing both church and state He
ay will
find means to stop the progress Of this
malignant enemy of society. The let
ter does not affirm German Free Ma
sonry, which is non-sectarian and non
political, being organized for merely
social and charitable purposes.
Another advance in the discount
rate of the Reichsbank is imminent, on
account of the expected continuance
o. the gold exports to the United States
and Austria, with an increase on
bourses speculation in coal and iron
shares.
Herren Babel and Bueb, the social
ist leaders in the Reichstag, have
been prevented by the French author
tiles from addressing a meeting OF
socialists at Saint Die, and have also
been prohibited from addressing SINH
lar meetings within the borders of the
, Reichstand. 1t is announced that they
have decided to hold large meeting
in Baden, near Strasburg.
Recent visitors to Friedrichsruhe say
that Prince Bismarck, contrary to cur
rent reports. is enjoying the best OF
health. His neuralgia has entirely dis
appeared, and his voice recovered the
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