The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-12-27
The Powers Are All Armed and Ready
to Effect His Deposition.
RUSSIA is LEADING THE NATIONS.
It fs Thought That She Prefers 10
HIVE M0hnuIn,cdHn MOb de-
throne A'bdni u"mid -R"veintions
oi Bcl:inD Gnmbiiu. Scaudnis-
Another Raid ui the British.
Copyright. 1896. by the Sun Printing
and Publishing As oclai iionl

anu FuDllsnlnS ASsOcllton.)
London. Dec 2G.-Sultan Abdul
Hamid has managed 30 pass a fairly
comfortable Christmas despite the fact
that he Is in the position of criminal
awaiting sentence. He ha; been inform
ed by his dear friend NJ. Ne!idorf. the
Russian Ambassador, that the time has
arrived for him 10 make up his mind
to do wha. the powers tell him 10 do
or make way for somebody more plant.
bu, he clings o the belief that the Am
bas:adors are no more IN earnest now
than upon scores of previous occasions.
The tleetS are ready and the Russian
armies a.c ready in Europe and Asia.
Europe's ult!matum has been delivered,
and yet decisive action is delayed. Ii
was sugGes;o'.d d to-day that the powers
fer that Abdul Hamid has really re-
solved upon the desperate eXped.ent of
declaring holy war and OF perl;hlng, IL
need be. beneath the ruin Of his empire,
and that they are not p. epared for such
q fearful contingency.
France. in particular, Is said to be disl
playing a this critical momerr uneX-
pected resolution and belated d!strust
no; only of England. but of her friend
and ally. Russia. An:thsr il-informed
reDorte: teleG pms to-day that Austria
and Germ any are again raising objec
tion: 20 coercion. and that they have no.
tilted the other powers of their inability
TO take any share therein
There Is no truth in any of these re-
po Is Russia continues t. lead Europe
There is no; one single power prepared
to say her nay in any course of action
>She may deem necessary 20 make Eu-
ropes VIII respected in ConStant!nople.
Abdul Fl lm.d's mind remains confused
mas Of hope. fear. fanatc.sm. men
dacity and fatal.sm, bs'lutely wi hout
the ieaven of ore quality of manllnes:
or kindness. SIN delay is undenia BILE.
end enquiries IN London elicit no rea-
sorable explanation of 1t. The imp es-
sion seem' TO prevail, however. that i:
Is an integral part of Rus ian plans TO
have Moha mr. edanlsm rising in Con-
st t3ntinople against the Sultan. and that
the pause Is deliberate in order to per
NIT the Turki h reformers 20 depose the
Su tan and thus obvlate the armed In
tet:vention of The powers: 1t may be
the"e Is something in this. /, is beyond
doubt that frof. Ar hony Salmon and
other refugees In London who were in
close touch with the Young Turkish
party expect revolution 20 occur a
any moment. 2nd al dinner cf mem
bers Of the same organization in Paris
the her mig h eve. ybOdy wa: eXcitelly
expecting what 10 the few outsider
present was described vaguely as stir
ring news from Cons :antinople.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST GAMBLING.
Some months ago NJ. G. Harry. editor
of the independence Beige, of Brussels.
which l. one of the best newspa pers
published on the continent, entered up-
on ! campaign against the gambling
hells recen, ,ly established IN numbe
OF towns in Belgium. with the plea ing
result tha. he is alreaLy the defendan,
In several big libel actions. His crusade
has resulted in n number of gaming
gems beng c,G:ed by the police. and ;he
Governmer'. S Pledged to deal with the
hapDn1inr
scandal. NJ. Harry's campaign almost
establishes journalistic record fo- the
conspicuous v!gor. courage ana ability
W.'h which 1t WAS conducted and the
rapiur!y I,, Win which results were ach!ev
ed Within the last two or three years,
thanks mainly In a very loose kind of
leg: ,lation gambling hels. styling
styling themselves private clubs. mu-
tipiied in Belgium. There was li:tle of
the club 3bout them save fo- the name
fer anybody who cared to patron!ze
them could gain admis;io with ease.
No on Y had such health and pleas,I.c
resorts as Ostend and Spa. their cercles
pr!veS, where roulette and trentea, oulr-
tette were played upon as II &c a scale.
although les openly. a nj Monte Carlo
but esiabl shmen.s of the same KIND
have been Cropping IN in much smaller
ri COS In one lille village on the river
Muse there were ;wc casinos and In an.
other village just across the frontier
ti''i y LiSs. ust Il fOtIlOH IRA de IN the
same lne of business. thanks to lis situ
lt!on and its vigorous advertising In
.rench new p1pers
1t was the unblushng manner Of tou:-
lng :'his establishment which FIRST al
trdcted the attention Of NJ. Harry. and
there Is reason 10 believe that a! abou,
the sane time diplomatic rep: ezcntl-
tons were made a.. Brussels by tho
French Government. whose paternai
heart was torn almost daily bv the
sight Of train loads of French gamblers
en- route TO that stritegically placed
hell.
III truth. all ',he ce cles prives did well
ard ! he propr:e:ors were in n far way
to make mug fortune. when the Inde-
penHence Beige began it, Illustrated
morning shee lie Petit Blue. and took
them In fHnh The extcn; Of their pros
reri.y nav be gagged by that the grear
Monte Carlo company saw its receipts
fall last season by FIVE or six million
francs through thi: Belgian connection.
Early IN the movement an a;temp, was
T3de to bring he club at Dlnaut 10
hook, bu: the Judge: ruled that the term
'in the pub ic" did not legally applv Ia
members OF a club duly entered. and
thereaf er each gambling den carefully
modelled Itself upon the Dinaut paaern.
but most Of them, while complying with
the Belg.~n law as 20 p iv cy, adVer:ts-
aA LARGELY In Franco nnA o.,