Connecticut western news., 1896-12-10
SULTAN MUST YIELD. EUROPE TO REDUCE THE OTTOMAN
 RULER TO vASSALAeE.
Russia. France and England wni at onos Compel Abdul uamId IT to Adopt Rad teal Reforms Under the Joint Super vision of These Powers.

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 Compel Abdul uamid IT to Adopt Rad
 teal Reforms Under the Joint Super
 vision of These Powers.
 LONDON. Dec. 9-The New York suns correspondent sends the following to his paper:
 The deadlock which has been the foul est reproach to modern civilization and to the humanity of the age Is broken at last So also Is that contemptible thing which the world has known during the past year as the concert of Europe. In the place of both, for they both mean the same thing, there has been created new and living potentiality, which, while 1t will not un. dersake to avenge the innocent blood al- ready shed, will speedily strip the guilty of all further power of outrage and massa- crc.
 The Turk is to be ooerced. Tho sultan is to be reduced in fact, If not actually In name, to yassalagc. His fate will be made the present week.
 Russia, France and Great Britain have decrecd it Should he resist or fail to bow at once to the inevitable, then the com bined fleets of those three powers will en- force their behest
 Such, in brief, is the infinitely welcome news which will bring relief and sense of restored self respect to the whole Chris tan world It is not officially announced yet 1t may even be discredited In certain quarters for few hours as prematuro Nevertheless l am prepared to affirm it without reservation.
 It was not until yesterday that the full consummation was reached. Russia D.-f. stantial agreement on n plan of action last week. There remained the necessity of get ting the consent of the other three powers which were signatories of the Berlin con- yentiou. Italy and Germany agreed with. out much demur. A istria hesitated long, and 1t was not until after yesterdays emergency cabinet council in London, which discussed and approved the whole plan, that the Austrian embassador noti- fed Lord Salisbury of the rather unwin- ing assent of his government that the Russian, French and British fleets shall force the Darianellcs, If necessary, In tho execution of the new policy.
 The Problem Solved.
 It is impossible at this moment to fur nish the exact details of the solution of the Turkish problem which has been agreed upon. It may, however, be partially de- fined in a negative way. 1t provides noth- ing so radical as division of the Turkish empire. Such a project has not been for moment considered. The integrity of Tur- key will be substantially maintained.
 The terms of the new policy have prao- tically been dictated by Russia. 1t came about finally that the English and other representations brought home to the czars government a realization of the fact that the policy of inaction for which 1t is chief ly responsible, in the face of the accmulat- ing horrors of Turkish misrule, had be- come intolerable. Even French Influence has been for some time strongly in favor of some form of intervention. Russia eventually yielded in principle, but the discussion of ways and means has occupied nearly three months
 There are two or three versions in dip lomatic circles of the policy at last decided upon. This Is one:
 That Russia shall occupy the north eastern corner formed by tho Bosporus and the Black sea and extending to a point about half way down the Bosporus; that Constautinople and the Dardanelles shall be placed under European protection, but shall remain under the rule of the sultan, the forts at the Dardanolles being dismantled and the passage becoming en- tirely free. No further change is suggest cd in regard to the integrity of the Turk ish empire.
 ThIs includes also European super. vision of somo of the sultan's appoint ments But I believe this assumption of virtual Russian domination is somewhat too sweeping. Some such plan as that is said to have been advocated by Nj. Nelid- of, the Russian ambassador at Constanti- nople. who, since the death of Nj. Loban- of, is the ablest man In the service of the czar with regard to the eastern question.
 The Modus yivendI.
 Two things may be confidently assumed regarding the modus vivendi, or whatever the new agreement between the powers may be termed. First, that substantial guarantees of good government for all the races In Turkey shall he provided; second, that Russia shall retain her practical mas. tery of the situation in the sultan's do. main.
 The terms of agreement, about which have positive information. do not seem to indicate an intention to summon any new conference of the powers for the revision of the Berlin convention. Russia, Franco and England have simply agrced to com. pei tle sultan 10 adopt radical reforms un. der joint supervision of the powers, and they have asked and obtained the consent of the other three powers to the sending of the fleets of the new triumvirate through the straits If necessary to enforce their de- mands.
 Orders have already been given to the British. Russian and French squadrons in the Ievant to assemble at the entrance to the Darcanellcs and to tho Russian Black sea feet to prepare to enter the Bosporus in the event of the sultan's failure to yield immediate obedience to the formal de mands
 These demands are in the hands of M Nclidoff, who has left St. Petersburg for Constantinople. He will consult with the French and British ambassadors there on his arrival. and they will make a joint representation to the sultan with the least possible delay. What the response will be is a matter of pure conjecture. If Abdul Hamid is in a sane mood it is to be ex- pected he will submit with tho best grace possible. If not then there may be a final tragedy at Constantinoplc, which could not fail to coInrel a more radical and per manent settlement of the eastern question than is contemplated by the present agree- ment
 The risk is a very real one, and there Is no doubt that 1t has been taken into care full consideration under the terms of the new arrangement. The contingency has been provided against, but how has not vet been made known.
 Destructive Fire In Montreal.
 MONTREAL, Dec. The Barren block, four story stone building extending from l60 ta l66 St James street, was de- stroVad hy flre about a otrlpcE last nIuhf