The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26
SALISBURY LEFT IN THE SOUP.
THE STORY OF 4 RUssO-TURKIsH
ENTENTE PROBABLY TRUE.

Ambassador Currie Badly Outwitted
by the Russian Representative at
COnstanfinopIe and His Recall Ex-
pected-The Gar Now Absolute
Master of the Situation in the OF
tOmnn Empire-The Situation Fun
Of Humiliation for England.
London. Jan. 25.-Though the govern
ment officials here and in Paris and Berlin
concur In denying all knowledge Of an Of
| feusive and defensive alliance between
! Russia and Turkey little confidence is plac-
ed i'm their professions of ignorance. Semi
official denials in a case like this are TO be
| expected, and especially when the defeat
ed diplomats wish to conceal the truth or
prevent its being told. 1t is now recalled
| here how when a London paper disclosed
the existence of the Unkiar- -Skelessi agree
ment which gave Russia the right of in
tervention in the internal affairs of the
| Turkish empire, Lord Palmerston told par
lament that he knew nothing Of such an
agreement having been entered upon. 1t
was quite six months after the conclusion
of the Unkiar-skelessi treaty that the
British government on information vouch-
safed by Russia, received absolutely de-
Within three weeks parliament will as
semble. The United Press has reason to
predict ere then the evidence of the exis-
| teuce of a Russo-Turkish compact will be-
come so complete that further denials will
be impossible. In the ministerial circle it
is believed that Sir Philip Currie, the Brit
ish ambassador to Turkey, will be recalled
| shortly, and this action will be due to the
fact that ne has been over-reached and
! discredited in Cons nstantinople. His name is
no longer associated with the succession
| of Lord Dufferin when the latter retireS
| from his post of Ambassador 20 France.
! The Speakers COnstantinople correspon-
dent, whose accurate inside information
| gives his communications high reliability,
| has written, under date of Jan. Is, that
| Russia is the absolute master OF the STU
| alton. The secret compact guarantees the
| integrity of the Ottoman empire Russia
| agreeing to assist in the restoration or
| order in Kurdistan and also to defend the
France has made her bargain with Rus
| sia and viii consequently give her assent
| to the compact. Germany is currylng Ia
| vOr with the czar, Austria is hampered
| by her German connection ana VIII main
| tain pcssmist neutrality and await her
opportunity.
This. the correspondent adds, is the end
| of the intervention of the poWers-a trl-
| umph for Russia nd the defeat and humiu-
| alton of Great Britain.
| The papers Interested in discussing the
|
| Probability. as the treaty Of Paris placed
| the passage of the Dardanelles in the con-
| troll of the powers, not the porte.
| The Paris convention did nQt-debar the
| sultan from giving his consent to the
| passage of the DardanellesA but with
| view TO avoiding a direct defiance of the
| t1+,s g I5a,.is9 Il is believe4 thar the
| Russo-Turksh agreement is not embod-
| led in a formal treaty. but consist rather
in an exchange Of notes.
| AS the entente practically makes Tur-
| key a Russian prOtectOrate, 1t is expected
| that it viii be attended by cessation OF
| the Arm enian maSsacres, the car hence
| forth sharing the sultan's responsibilities.
The London papers, discussing what
Great Britain Will do, Variously suggest
the open annexation of Egypt, the seiz-
ure of an island near the Dardanelles,
and the sending of feet to Constantine
pie They generally conclude, however
| that it will be best for Great Britain, IN
the meantime, 60 lie low.
| To-day's reports from the various Eu-
| ropean capitals agree that there is some
| form Of entente between Russia and Tur-
| KEY According 20 the Evening Stand
| ards Vienna correspondent, NJ. Nelidorff,
| the Russian ambassador at Constantine
! pie, had an audience with the sultan on
! Christmas day. at which none Of the pal
| ace officials was allowed to be present A
| secret convention was then proposed. A
few days afterward Arif Pasha, one of
| the sultan's aide-de-camp, accompanied
! by dragoman from the Russian embas-
sy, started for st. Petersburg, where the
| negotiations were concluded. The news
| leaked out about the time Arif Pasha left
| Constanunople, and was published in sew
| eral of the city papers, which were
| promptly suppressed by the authorities
| The representative of the United Press
has heard that Sir Phillip Currie, the
British ambassador to Turkey, got wind
| of the negotiations and questioned NJ.
! Nelidorf and HALL Rifat Pasha, the
| grand Vizler, concerning the matter, but
| he got no satisfactory answer from either
| Of them. Lord Salisbury has now sent
a communication to st. Petersburg rela-
| tive to the compact.
| PincpGs Christian. who went 70 Osborne
! to condole with Princess Beatrice in her
| bereavement, is excited with fear for the
| safety of her son, Prince Christian Vic
| tor, who accompanied the Ashantee eXpe-
dition. a late dispatch from the British
| force states that the prince is enjoying
| fine health.
Telegraphing under date of Jan. "a. the
! correspondent of the United Press at Con-
| stantinople says: THE porte has given
! its promise to United States Minister Ter
rell that Ismael Bey shall be retained in
/ his position as governor of Hadjin Is
| mael is the successor Of the late governor
! of Hadjin, who threatened to destroy that
| town and sow barley upon the site of it.
| He has been conspicuous in actively pro-
| tecting the lives and property of the la
| dies of the American mission al Hadiin
| and in many other ways has shown him
| self to be an able and humane adminis-
| traitor. His removal from his post was
i threatened because of a difference with
| the military commander at Hadjin.
"The movement against Ismirlian, the
| Armenian patriarch, is not an Armenian
| movement, although the government is
| using Armenian tools to accomplish its
| object. There exists a sort of a commits
| sion. composed of ten members, the
| avOwed object Of which is to force the
| Armenian patriarch to resign. Five mem
! bers Of this commission are in the en-
| plOy of the government and include the
| Bishop of BrOussa, who is reported to be
| the sultan's spy and the bishop of Aden
| who was an aspirant to the patriarchate
| when that Office was last vacant"
vienna, Jan. 25.-The United Press
| learns from semi-official authority that
the report of the existence of a treaty.
| forming an offensive and defensive aiIi-
| ance between Russia and Turkey, is taken
/ seriously here, and it is believed that such
| a convention has actually been concluded
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