The record-union., 1896-07-13
ANONYMOUS LIBELOUS
PAMPHLET PUBLISHED.
Exploded German Court Scandals Started
Again.
Period of Armistice in Diplomatic
Warfare Over Turkey.
Christian Deputies in Crete Will De-
mand of the Governor Universal
Suffrage and Recognition of a Cre-
tan FIag-r1uch Ado About Moth
ing in France and Belgium.

BERLIN, July 12.-The scattering of
the whole of the great world of Berlin
has seemed opportune for authors of
Ibelous pamphlets to try the credulity
of the public by issuing a brochure con-
tanning allusions to court scandals.
Under initials which indicate the per-
sonages implicated in the scandals, the
authors of the pamphlet rehash the old
stories which were published long ago
and have since repeatedly been shown to
be untrue. Won Kotz and wife, who are
staying at Edmansdorff as the guests of
the Princess of Sake -Meiningen, know
nothing Of the pamphlet and others of
Won Kotz's friends declare that the pub
lication of the stories were not author
lied by him. The police are prohibiting
the sale of the pamphlet.
With Prince Lobanoff- -Rostovsky,
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs in
Switzerland, where he will go this week
from st. Petersburg, Prince Hohenlohe,
the German Chancellor, at his chateau
at Alt-Ausse, Austria, the King of
Greece at AK les BainS, for which place
he is about to start for a three weeks
sojourn, after which he will go to CO.
penhagen for another three weeks
stay, the Car on the eve of visiting the
European Capitals and all of the lead
ing diplomats contemplating holidays,
there will be a pause in the de-
velopments in the situation in the
East, as might be expected. The "Polit-
iSche Corresponds, one of the official
organs, has information that Prince
Lobanof- -Rostovsky will devote his
leave of absence exclusively to the re-
pose which is necessary to restore his
health.
There is no doubt that Europe has
reached a period of armistice in the dip
lomatic warfare over Turkey, but the
Governments are relying too much upon
the slowing up Of matters in Crete and
the unliklihood of a recurrence of i'm
portant events in that island is the Of
fetal impression here. DIR. Nicolaides,
the official representative of the Cretan
Reform CommIfee. who is now In Ber-
| lin, distrusts the present comparative
calm and regards it merely as a brief
| truce before the breaking of the storm.
The prospect of permanent peace in
Crete, he claims, is in the intervention of
the Powers and the granting of the au-
tonomy to the island.
Apart from the opinion expressed by
the doctor. reports have been received
here from Canea to the effect that al
though the Christian deputies will at
| tend the opening session of the Cretan
assembly tomorrow they do not intend
to engage in debate with the Moslem
Deputies, but will present to Brevoitch
Georgi Pasha, the newly appointed
Christian Governor of Crete, who will
preside, document setting forth the
claims of the Christian Cretans, to
which will be added a demand for uni
versal suffrage and the recognition of
Cretan flag with the cross thereon.
They will give the Porte a short time
in which to respond to these demands
and if the Porte's reply shall be unfav-
orable, as it certainly will be, the Christ
ian Deputies will constitute an indepen-
dent assembly. In the meantime the in
surgents will seize the advantage af-
forded by the Turkish troops being
forced into inactivity and occupy all of
the stragetic points in the island.
The fuss which has been made by the
French and Belgian newspapers over
the formatio of a German military
camp at Elsenborn on the German from
tier, has no substantial basis. Two years
ago, as was cabled at the time, the
Government purchased large tracts of
ground at Malmedy and ElSenborn,
which it was understood were to be de-