The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12
TURKEYS REIGN OF TERROR.
GEN. GRUMBKOFF PUTS IN A GOOD
WORD FOR THE SULTAN.


lent Aspirations Declared Fettered
by Empty Public CORers-The Ig-
nOring of the Diplomatic Corps
During the Cars Visit to Paris N
Bitter PHI.
! Copyright, 1875, by The United Asso-
ciated Presses.
Berlin, Oct 1.-THE lull In the excite
ment over affairs in the east continues,
the newspapers having decided to await
the developments which are expected to
| follow the departure of the czar from
France before resuming their campaign
of agitation. 1t is understood that the
czar will shortly give an audience to
Gen. Grumbkoff, the German officer in
the Ottoman service, who is the bearer
of an autograph letter from the sultan
to the kaiser. Gen. Grumbkoff is accom-
panied by the sultan's ambassador, Cha
lib Bey, who will also be received by the
| kaiser.
The mission of Gen. Grumbkoff, accord
| ing to the semi-official Berlin Post, is
one of great political Importance In the
meantime an interview with Gen. Grumb-
| kof appears in a Berlin paper, in which
the Turkish commissioner vigorously de-
fends the action of the sultan, and the
leading Turkish officials, contending that
no man occupying the Turkish throne,
would fulfill the demands of the powers
Internationally. The sultan of Turkey,
he maintains, must always take into con-
sideration the probable effect of the full
fllment of such demands upon the Mo-
hammedan populace; otherwise there
would be great danger of an outbreak of
Moslem fanaticism leading to the total
annihilation of the Christians within the
empire.
abdul Hamid," the general says, 'is
wise man, and in all his actions he inva-
riably looks carefully forward to the
probable or possible results. If the sui
tan could follow his own desires Turkey
would be a happy country, but his most
excellent aspirations are fettered by empty
public Golfers The true reform which is
needed in Turkey is financial assistance;
perhaps, administered under a control
similar to the administration Of Egypt;
but as there is no money there can be
no reform"
The pro-Armenian movement in Ger
many is making little progress. Although
the official wet blanket, which has been
I
existed has not had the effect to quench
the flame of agitation altogether, the
movement itself has not been seized with
any degree of ardor by the public. DR..
Lepsius, the leader of the Armenian agi-
tation, has been summoned to the foreign
office and requested to desist from further
activity in the matter, he being informed,
it is understood, that as the movement
was a strongly political and in no respect
a philanthropic one, the government could
not countenance it.
The Hamburg Nachrichten, the per-
sonal organ of Prince Bismarck, in its
discussion of the Armenian question, ar
CUES that the Armenians are rebels, while
Germany and Turkey have the most
friendly relations. Therefore, the Ger
man aiders or abettors of the Armenians
are liable to punishment under the Ger
man criminal code.
The circumstance of the ignoring of the
entire diplomatic corps a Paris in the
| matter of extending invitations to the
various functions upon the occasion Of
cars visit to Paris, which caused feel
! ings of intense Indignation among the di-
! plomats themselves, is being much dis
cussed in official quarters here. At the
| outset of the entertainment of the car,
! the diplomatic body only received invita-
tions to the gala opera performance, and
were not asked to be present on the occa-
sion of the czar's entry into the city, or
to attend the luncheon at the Russian en-
bassy, the religious ceremony at the Rus
sian church. the banquet at the palace OF
| the Elysee, the laying of the foundation
stone of the bridge, Alexander III, which
was really the beginning of
the preparations for the ex-
hibition 10 be held in Paris in
1900, the visit Of the czar to Versailles or
the performance at the Coincide Francaise.
After all or nearly all of these functions
/ ~. Il lf,.f.
tions to attend the grand military review
! at Chalons, and the attaches of the va
rious embassies and legations only OBJ
! tanned these in consequence of the re-
monstrance made by Count Won Munster,
| the German ambassador to the foreign
office. II is possible that the officials of
| the foreign office did not relish the quarter
| from which the demand for invitations to
attend the great military spectacle of the
review Of the French troops came, for they
promptly disclaimed any responsibility for
| the omission to send invitations and re-
ferred the ambassador to the Elysee pal
\ ace from which quarter the invitations
| eventually emanated.
According to a special dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette from ST. Petersburg. Pres
ident Faure will not pay q visit to the
| Russian capital as has been suggested,
but Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
will return the czar's visit to Vienna, and
| the Emperor ana Empress or Germany
| may also visit St. Peterburg concurrently
with the Austrian kaiser, unless the ex-
| pected accouchement Of the czarina should
compel a postponement Of the imperial
| visits.
The German colonial council will hold
a meeting on Oct 10. The programme of
| the meeting embraces discussion
| Of the colonial budget, and
/ the questions of slavery and
| slave trading, the military obligations OF
/ settlers in Southwest Africa, the training
| Of colonial officials, and the matter OF
penal procedure regarding the natives.
In addition to discussion OF these ques-
| tons the recent events In Zanzibar, in
ciuding the matter of the removal from
! Zanzibar Of the usurping sultan, Said
] Khalib, by a German warship, will doubt
| less receive the attention Of the meeting.
| The members OF the colonial council re-
| gard the removal Of Said Khalib to Dar-
| es-salam, as an important score in favor
| of Germany, and against Great Britain,
| and are chucklng al the furious utter
ances OF the English jingo press In regard
| to the incident. These extremists pro-
/ fess to regard the Said Rhalib affair as
| being fraught with most valuable results
/