The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-06
CONSERVATION OVER CRETE.
THE OUTBREAK MAY PROVE A
FIREBRAND To EUROPE.

The Powers Anxious to Maintain
the status QUO on the IsIand-Aus-
tria Eager to seize suIonlca and
Irritnted over the Rising In Mac
cdonIn-A suspicion That Russia
Has Deserted the Porte-The Kali
ser Watching the Situation
Closely.
Berlin. July 5.-The emperor, before
starting on his months tour Of the North
seas on July /. gave orders which are
unusual with his majesty upon such oe-
casions that wire communication with
Berlin should be kept intact throughout
the route which he had mapped out for
his trip. and also gave instructions that
in the event Of his going 10 any point
which was not linked IN the telegraphic
circuit reaching Berlin. a dispatch boat
should be sent 10 that point with Dispatch
es and for the purpose OF conveying re-
turn communications TO the nearest tel
egraph station 70 be wired TO Berlin.
Besides Count Philip Won Gutenberg.
German ambassador TO Austria, the kals-
er's suite is composed Of Admiral Won SEN
den-Bibran. chief Of the marine cabinet:
the deputy chief OF the military cabinet.
Count Won Notke. Court Marshal Baron
Won Lyncker. Count Cortz and Won HUI
sen and Aides-de-Camp Won Kessell. Won
scholl. Won Arniman and Won Moltke.
No repose is expected by any OF the
ministers during tho tour OF the kaiser.
except In the case OF the head Of the
home department. In which affairs are
Quieter than IN any other branch of the
government service. On the other hand
the foreign office Is I'm a state OF anxiety
over the developments In Macedonia and
Crete. The kruez Heitung. usually we'll
Informed upon official matters. especially
those connected with the foreign depart
ments, claims to know upon authority
that the foreign Office is chiefly concerned
In the situation IN Macedonia, and that
the alliance OF Servia. Montenegro and
Bulgaria, under the approval Of Russia,
means Russia's desertion OF the porte. II.
the kreuz Zeitung adds, the rising In
Macedonia should become general, Il viii
check Austria's long prepared advance to
Salonica, which port the AustrO-Hun-
garian government has coveted possession
of for years and this would be likely TO
involve war. The officially inspired press
IN Berlin touch the matter with great
deal Of difhdence. The Vienna Fremden-
blatt. an official organ, however, declares.
In an article In its issue on yesterday,
that all OF the powers are desirous
be settled at once. all OF
them being aware that a general upheaVaI
In that island would lead to the breaking
up of the Turkish empire. Therefore, the
Eremdenblatt continues, the powers are
determined to maintain the status quo at
all hazards. The paper adds that neither
a union Of Crete with Greece nor the
granting Of autonomy TO the island =
claimed by the Cretan radicals, viii re-
ceve the assent OF the powers.
The Vossiche Zeitung has received ad-
vices saying that the Turkish warships I'm
cretan waters are totally impotent to pre-
vent the landing of expeditions from
Greece and narrates the capture of the
Turkish torpedo boat Elder by party OF
35 Cretans. The Elder, whicn was built
at Dantzig for the Turkish government,
was capable Of developing a speed OF 23
miles an hour. She was surprised during
the night by the band of cretans, who
killed all of her crew except one Of her
engineers, a German.
The emperor's speech on the occasion OF
the launching OF the new German battle
ship Kaiser Friedrich III at Wnhelms-
haven, last Wednesday has met with an
echo of hearty approval throughout the
empire which foreshadows popular as
sent to large increase Of the German
navy. one of the chief of the kaiser's
desires. The Tageblatt, in an article
upon this subject, expresses the belier
that the Reichstag will certainly vote TO
grant the requisite amount Of money to
create a powerful navy and thus satisfy
the wishes of the emperor
The Norwaerts, the organ of the social
lists, sneers at the emperors speech, par
ticulary at his references 10 his grand
father, Kaiser Wilhelm /. The paper de-
nles the emperors assertion that the Old
kaiser was adored by the people, and de-
clares that the socialists, especially, have
reason to recollect the black shadows
which clouded the reign OF that monarch.
In view OF the audacious tone OF the Vor-
waerts' article, IL Is not surprising that
the ministry Of justice refuses to enter
tain the appeal of the Socialist Herr Ku-
merit, who was recently elected to the
Reichstag from Halle. for an abridgement
of the term of Imprisonment which he Is
now undergoing. Herr Kunert as editor
of the Vorwaerts, was sentenced to prison
for obtaining and publishing a copy OF
the imperial decree of amnesty issued
upon the occasion Of 25th anniversary OF
the foundation Of the empire. in advance
of the official publication Of the docu-
ment.
The liberal and single standard news
with McKinley's sound money declaration
embodied in the platform adopted by the
republican national convention in ST.
Louis. The VosSische Ze.tung, despite
its fears that here may be further high
protection legisla ton in the United States,
halls the nomination of Mckinley as a
welcome deliverance from many worse
things which could have happened. The
Tageblatt prints a hOmily upon Ameri-
can politics In which tt declares that the
American corrupt plutocracy and the sys-
TEN OF professional politics are bringing
the United States to ruin, concluding by
saying, 1T will be well if gold shall win
the day
The admiralty are preparing plans and
estimates for the construction of six first
class iron-clad battleships and credits for
the building of these vessels will be asked
the session of that body in November.