The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-09-03
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DEATH DELAYS ACTION.
Lobanoff's Demise Retards
Move Against Turkey.
THE POWERS WILL HAVE TO ACT.
4 Thorough Entonte Probable In he
half of the Armenians--An American
Bishop Opened the Czar's Eyes to the
Horrible Atrocities.

LONDON, Aug. 3l.-A dispatch to The
Telegraph from Kieff says that Prince
Lobanoff. Rostovsky, Russian minister
of foreign affair S, died suddenly while
travelling from Vienna to that place.
Prince Lobano II. .RostOvsky was i'll the
company of the czar at the time of his
death and his demise was wholly with.
out warning.
The tour which ne had planned to
take with the czar through the coun-
tries of Western Europe was expected
to be most far reaching In results as to
the settlement of the eastern question.
Francis Joseph paid Prince Lobanoff-
Rostovsky the highest honors during
the recent visit of the czar to Vienna,
and his death at the present juncture
is regarded as most dramatic and i'm.
portant event, upsetting as it does all
possibilities of a conference between
the foreign ministers Of the great pow
ers and compelling the cZar to change
the plans concerning his tour through
Germany, France ana Engla@l.
Prince Lobanotf's death WI also in
terfere with the expected entente of the
European powers III regard to the
Armenians i'll Turkey.
The following dispatch written from
Berlin before the news of the death of
the Russian foreign minister shows how
the situation stood: THE veXations
and interminable eastern question, es-
pecially i'll its Armenian and Creton
features, is to be the main subject OF
discussion between the Russian minis
ter for foreign affairs, Prince Lobanotf-
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imperial chancellor, and between the
czar and Emperor William a thorough
entente between Russia and Germany
is probable and it is expected that
Prince Lobanoff. Rostovsky will arrive
at Goerlitz with the entente of Austria
on this subject i'll his pocket.
During the week there has been a
lively exchange of notes between Ber-
lin, st. Petersburg and Vienna, and on
Thursday, when the alarming news of
the uprising III COnStantinople was re-
ceived, Prince HOhenlone was commu-
nicated with on his estate at Work..
The opinion prevails III diplomatic
circles here that the Eastern question
has now reached point requiring Wig
| orous and concerted action upon the
part of Europe and that such action is
imperative"
An American is responsible for the
change in the czar's attitude.
At the beginning of this month
Bishop Satterlee of Washington, on be-
half of the Anglo American committee,
obtained personal audience with the
czar and czarina, and read to them q
petition involving full recital of tho
atrocities that have been committed
upon the Armenians by the Turks, and
though the czar made no definite re-
sponse the bishop saw evidences that
he was hearing good deal of this for
the first time. Previously, the bishop
had been warned by the palace officials
that the mere mention of Armenians
would suffice to prevent the czar from
receiving him, but he stuck to his guns
and even added references to Crete to
his talk.
Three days later the bishop was re-
ceived by the dowager empress, who
revealed the fact that she had been told
that the intrigue of American mission
aries had made all the trouble in Ar.
menia, She was greatly touched by the
bishops narrative, and when he spoke
of the duty of Christian nations to in
terfere and stop these horrors she wrung
her hands and cried "Oh. if they only
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