The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-21
DULL AMONG THE DIPLOMATS.
NO IMMEDIATE CHANGE IN THE
TURKISH CRISIS LIKELY.

an Interview With the Austrian
Premier on the Turkish situation.
The German People Incensed
Against the Turks and Demand IA
Firm stand by the Kaiser--The
Cars Visit to Paris.
Copyright. 1896, by the United Associated
Presses.
Berlin, Sept. 20.-Before starting for his
chateau at Alt-Ausse, Styria Prince Ho-
henlohe, the imperial chancellor, paid
visit to Count Won MISUNDERSTANDING,
German ambassador to France, who is
spending his holidays at his estate in
Hanover. Count Won Munster will return
to Paris on Oct. 5, and 1t is needless to
say that as the result of the visit of
Prince Hohenlohe, he is fully primed as
to the attitude he is expected to observe
throughout the sojourn of the czar at the
French capital, which, it is understood,
is to keep in the background and watch
events. Prince Hohenlohe will remain in
Styria fortnight, but he has his plans for
the conduct of International matters dur
ing his absence from Berlin fully mapped
out, and everybody concerned is fully in
structed in his line of procedure. Baron
Marshall Won Bieberstein, German minis
ter of foreign affairs, is now in Baden,
but his leave of absence will end on Oct.
r. In view of the absence of the chief
ministers of the government for the next
three weeks the foreign office certainly
cannot be very greatly concerned over an
immediate crisis in the east. What little
diplomacy activity exists now centers in
Vienna.
The Hon. Michael Herbert, first secre-
tary to the British embassy at Constanti-
nople who so efficiently acted as the sub
stitute of Sir Phillip Currie the British
ambassador to Turkey, during the recent
| absence of the latter in England, is on his
way to England on leave of absence. He
remained four days in Vienna, leaving
there on Friday. While he was staying in
the Austrian capital, Mr.. Herbert had
three interviews with Count Goluchowski,
the Austrian minister Of foreign affairs,
who is very plainly showing his desire to
make for himself a historic name as a
statesman, by taking the initiative in deal
ing with the sultan. Only time can de-
eide whether he is fussy intermeddler,
or far-sighted politician. Mr.. Herbert,
according to reliable advices which have
| been received here, advised Count Col
uchowski to disregard the oft repeated
| Turkish menaces OF q general massacre
of Christians in Turkey. If the powers
! collectively, or England alone, should send
| a feet to onstantinople, Mr.. Herbert
| does not believe that the sultan possesses
the power to effect a general slaughter of
Europeans in the Turkish capital city,
and he so expressed himself to Count
Goluchowski. Mr.. Herbert has also been
permitted to repeat to the Austrian for
eign minister his estimate, which he sent
to the British foreign office, of the forces
on land and at sea, which would be nee
essary to keep order at Constantinople
in event that the sultan should be deposed.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria pre-
sided over a ministerial council in Vienna
on Friday, at which Count Goluchowsh,
minister of foreign affairs; Count Badeni
prime minister; Baron Banffy, Hungarian
premier, and Baron Kallay de Macy
Kallo, chief of the imperial financial de-
partment were present. This council is
the last that will be held before the en-
peror starts his programme, his work be-
ginning with the Galician military ma
nouevers and the Hungarian manouevers
inaugurating the iron gates of the
Danube canal and his visit to Bucharest.
Since the council was held the semi-ofi-
cial press of Vienna have continued their
attacks upon Lord Salisbury without
abatement.
The Berlin official circle seems to have
gotten an inkling of the change in the
Austrian policy, which is less pro-Rus-
sian than formerly. Probably a factor
influencing Count Goluchowski in decid-
ing upon the council was the fact that
the dissolution of the Hungarian parlia-
ment had been fixed to take place in Oc-
tober and that the new parliamentary
elections would be held in November
These events, he said, must not be accom-
panied by the reproach that Hungary
had been made tool of the czar.
The anti-Turkish meetings. which have
been held in the various populous centers
throughout Germany show a rapidly In
creasing concern in the massacres OF
Christians in the sultan's dominions. The
Catholic clergy have not as yet taken so
active a part in the agitation as the Pro-
testant clergy have, but the Catholic
laity are subscribing literally to the Ar
menian relief funds and the centrist news
papers urge the necessity OF dealing with
the sultan promptly, vigorously and finaf-
ly. Dr. Lieber, the leader Of the centrist
party in the Relchstag, proposes to de-
mand that the government adopt an
eouivocal policy in regard to the Turkish
massacres of Christians just as soon $
the Reichstag resumes its sitting in No
vember.
The Reichsbote. a conservative organ.
pours out torrents of wrath at the al
legged German apathy in the matter of the
slaughter of Christians, but the question
is whether or not Germany is apathetic.
II is true that the government suppresses
any tendency on the part Of the semi-ofil-
cial press toward public excitement
against the porte; yet from every quar-
ter OF the empire come signs that the
great political parties, the conservative,
centrIst, national, liberal and FreisinnIge,
are waking up and will make It irppossi-
Bile for the existence of government
having no distinctive German policy I'm
regard 10 Turkey, merely saying "ditto,'
to the Russian or Austrian policy.
The English so-called dynamite plot IS
suspected here, where police lodges are
possibly better known than IN England.
as being a trick upon the czar. The Ma
tional Zeitung, in an article on the
subject says: "'rhe English newspapers
have made a tremendous commotion over
the affair. their articles being obviously
aimed at operating upon the sensibilites
of the czar. The Vossiche Zeitung how
ever. expresses the belief that there really
is. or was, Fenian-anarchist conspir-
acy. though the paper is not aware how
widely divergent Fenlanism and anar-
chtarn are The XOrWaerts the organ Of