New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-18
ENGLAND TURNED COWARD.
POSITIVE STATEMENT THAT SHE WILL
NOT ACT ALONE.

BRITISH RESIDENTS IN coNsTANTINoPLE BE
LIEvE CRISIS TO BE AT HAND
TURKEY MAY FALL. INTO THE POWER
OF THE CZAE WITH NO BRIT
ISL FLEET PRESENT.
London. Sept 17.-All ;he morning papers viii
publish communication. which, III their edl-
toral comments they describe as semi-ofcial
communique, defining the attitude OF the Gov
ernment the Armenian question. The COM
munication says:
In view Of the great anti-English outburst In the
European press the British Government wishes X
to be understood that its policy Il unchanged 1t
Is acting In complete accord with the other row
Sir Philip Currlc. the British Amha ssador TO
Inrkey daily confers with The other diplomassts Is
Great Britain has beer so outraged 10y the shock
that the Government would never he supported in
again siding with Turkey. If the Powers cannot
!sh misrue the only course omen to Great Britain
Is 10 stand aside and hope for more satisfactory
state OF affairs.
The COnstantinople correspondent OF the
Standard telegraphs that the situation there
does not give any evidence Of improvement lie
adds:
We are the verge Of crisis. The opinion In
diplomatic circles is that unless British fleet az,
pears shortly r the Bosphorus either turkey VII ha
totter 70 her ruin. falling into the hanns oi 'e
car or Russian feet will take advantage ,,oa oa
some special outrage and of the apa'Hiy 10 Oh .bt a
Powers to occupy the Bosphorus and rom tnAt ta
vantage ground. which we ought 70 be now no,d- @
Ing. dictate terms % Europe. All the brlusn Irsl-
dents are astonished because a feet docs not come
.The St Jamess Gazette publishes a special
dispatch from Washington in which II is as
serted that President Cleveland is determined
that the United States Cruiser Bancroft. now on
her way to Turkish waters. shall enter the
Bosphorus The Government at Washington
the dispatch says, Is fully informed of the plans
Of Lord Salisbury and if the ships OF the BTU
ish fleet force the Straits If Dardanelles. the
American warshii s will follow and preserve
order without engaging the Turkish forts
WILL AMERICA FOLLOW ENGLAND?
Several Of the leading provincial papers In
Guiding THE Leeds Mercury GiberaD and
THE Yorkshire Post (Conservative). concur in
the view that the joint action Of the American
and British warshps at Constantinople would
be a magnificent and effective cooperation.
Washinpton. Sept 17.-Ohlcials of the State
and Navy departments decline to assume from
the reports published in England that there
can be any idea seriously entertained there that
American warships arc to force the Bosphorus
In conjunction with the British squadron
While the Bancroft Is TO become eventually
It is hoped. the American guardshp at Con-
American cruisers in the Mediterranean are de-
clared to be unsuited for any hostile participa-
ton in operations against such famous fortiiioa-
tions as command the Dardanees
In order To correct the impression that our
feet in Turkish waters is to be considerably aus
mented by the cruiser Cincinnati, 'Ihch Is 10
sail from Tompklnsviile on Saturday next the
Navv Department to-day made public the fol-
lowing correspondence:
Navy Department, Washington, Sept. Is, lSS
Sir. rho vessel under your comm"nh - h,'eps
oetncbed from the North Atlantic Station. and you
will proceed with her, not later than me @ lsIh IN u.
s;ihraltar ipon your arrival there report 10 the
Commander-in-C chief Of the European station Tor
ddnnGyocifuT dmty IN rhe ". MADoo Acting Secretary
ctomnmanding officer. L. S. S. Cincinnati Tompkns'
This is con,plemented by the following instruc-
tions
Navy Department. Washington. Sept. Is, 1895
Sir; AZ soon as practicable after the arrival OF
the L. $ s Cincinnati within the h,pi's Sl y9 b
tween the Minneapolis San Francisco ana Ma,py W Hn
iration' Nos ISIS 2sl75 and $50, dated respec-
lively the ls 18th and l2h inst order NE NE iaSe re
nsme1 fny vessel to EofHSaa MaD0o Acting esTetary
Comma ander-in- Chief L. 5. Naval Force European
Station.
Il Is also said that Admiral selfridge has been
Informed that the Marblehead, before leaving
Gov home will give UP to the other ships of the
SQUADRON uhe Minneapolis and San Francisco
oil her men who have to serve as long as juno
10 next year, when 1t is expected mat the San
Francisco will he brought home me bancIol, l,
took wenty-four enlisted men in addition to her
cn,nnIement and the Cincinnati on saturday
will take sixty more. These eiSh'y-iour pas,
sengers will take the places OF men on tile SUM-
whose times have expired. Inc cincinnati ~
exnocted to ior the fleet the middle OF OCTOBER
and the Marhlehead is looked for at New-Iork
early in November.