The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-12-13

10 Seteieo Inat the fresioenCs Message
is None of His Bloody Minded Business
Queen Lil's visit-Olney and the Cen.
trail American Aggregation - Foreign
News In General.
Washington, Dec. 12.-An emphatic
and positive denial is made at the state
department Of the published report that
Mustapha Bey, the Turkish minister, by
direction of the sultan, has entered a
protest against the language of the pres
tdent's message to congress in its treat
ment of the Turkish question. The re-
port is characterized as pure fiction
and 1t is pointed out that Mustapha Bey
nld not make call on Secretary Olney
On the day on which he is said to have
slgnafled to the secretary of state the
deep displeasure of the sultan.
1t IS probably true that the government
OF Turkey was far from pleased at what
Mr.. Cleveland had to say concerning
Turkey, but the rules Of international
law on this point, are now so we'll set
tied that it is regarded as altogether i'm
PROBABLE that official attention would be
PAID to them The communications of
the executive to congress are domestic
matters with which other nations have
no concern. "Wharton's International
Law" Is clear on that point, which arose
LII famous case against Austria and the
United States, in which it was clearly
made manifest that Austria could not
notice references to Hungary made in
the presidential message.
The Turkish minister, when seen. au-
thorized the Associated Press to state
Lnat ne has received no instructions
from his government touching the presi-
dents message, and that he has not
made any official communication TO the
state department or to any branch of the
United States government. The minis
ter desired to convey the broadest and
fullest dissent and denial Of the published
reports to that effect
Up 10 today the only recent call made
by the Turkish minister on Secretary Oh
ney was two weeks ago, long before the
presidents message. Since then he has
not seen the secretary of state, except at
a social gathering at the British embas-
sy. Moreover, no protest or any other
action has been directed from Constanti-
nople- In the HUFFMAN case Secretary
of State Webster laid down the doctrine.
since observed, that a presidents mes
sage was a domestic communication to |
me American congress, to which foreign |
representatives could take no exception |
from the long service of MuStapha Bey
as diplomat there is reason to believe /
that he is fully aware of all the prece-
dents and usages in this connection.
The minister called at the state de-
partment today, it being the first time
IN two weeks. 1t was for the transac-
ton of the usual business of the Iega-
ton with the department and was in no /
way related to the presidents message.
Boston, Dec. 12.-William Lee, the pub
Usher, has received a dispatch from San
Francisco which reads as follows:
Arrived here this morning. Expect to
reach Boston within a fortnight. VIII
exact date later.
(Signed3 LILIOUKALANI."
Mr.. Lee is a cousin of the late John
Dominis, husband of the ex-queen.
Il have no further information on thel
subject" said Mr.. Lee, 'than what is
contained in the dispatch. a member of
ny family is in constant correspondence
With the eX-queen in a friendly way,
,ut in none of her letters has she given
my reason to suppose that she contem-
plated jorney to this country. L have
10 idea what her pans are or what her
object is in coming here
do you imagine that her object is po-
itical?" was asked.
Il do not. In her letters to us she had
Alluded but slightly to political affairs
,ut she has certainly given us the i'm
preston that she does not care for re-
'toration and that she should make no
fort to gain her throne.
MY personal opinion is that the object
# her journey would be that she simply
lesires change of scene and wishes to
Tisit her friends, and that is all there Is ,
o it, d
OLNEY MOVES SLOWLY.
Washington, Dec. 12.-Secretary Olney I
S proceeding with great deliberation in I