The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-30


The very latest advices received here
from St Petersburg. through official
channels, confirm the reports contained
in Yesterdays dispatches of the United
Associated Presses of coming changes
in the administration of affairs of the
Russian empire, and attest the cor
rectness of the appointments men
toned as about to be made. The ad-
wee. however, discredits the reports of
an Anglo Russian entente. Tne view
OF the situation in Russia, most gen
orally taken in official quarters here,
is that the ear has not yet acquired
confidence in himself or in any partic-
uiar minister sufficient to warrant him
in venturing upon change IN the
foreign office policy established by the
late minister of foreign affairs, Prince
I.obanoff. and that for some time 10
come the foreign policy in force in
Russia must necessarily be tentative
In the meantime the influence of NJ.
NelidOff, the Russian ambassador to
Turkey and an aspirant TO the for
eign ministry is dominant, which is
regarded here as implying a continue
ton of Russias protection of the sui
tan, her absolute rejection of all
schemes for European interference in
Turkey, financial or otherwise, and the
action of Russia in the capacity of
tutor to the sultan to the end of his
reliance upon Russia until the sultan
of the Ottoman empire shall become
practically VaSSal of the car. This
view is taken as an explanation of the
fact that the scheme Of NJ. Hanotaux,
French minister of foreign affairs, for
the adjustment of Turkish finances,
has been rejected by Russia. Concern
ing this scheme the inspired ST. Peters
burg Viedomosti frankly says:
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an representative TO the board of
commissioners OF the Ottoman debt
would De dearly bought by the sacrifice
OF Russia 5 present exclusive control
of Constantinople. The lead taken by
the late Prince LObanOff has been fol-
lowed by NJ. NelidOff, who has sue
ceeded in wiping out every European
influence in Turkey. With England
set aside, the dreibund now here and
the car lord paramount at the Yildiz
Kiosk why should Russia do anything
except wait. Instead of venturing
upon war she will be able to dispose
at her pleasure of all the resources of
Turkey and garrison the forts Of the
Dardaneiles al will and use the name
OF the sultan as caliph in operating
upon the Moslems in Egypt"
The Novo Nremya, another inspired
St Petersburg journal in an article
expressing similar views, says:
The policy of Russia is not to sup
port the action of the other powers.
but 10 enforce her own Will No mat
ter what masSacres of Armenians and
other Christians may occur, the iso-
lated action of Russia is a practical
reality"
The Berlin government is fully
aware that This is the policy of Russia
and Is holding alOof while awaiting
developments, Germany well knowing
that Austria is ready to strike at an
opportune moment 10 check the as
cendancy of Russia in Turkey The
sum of the present position is that
the porte. backed by Russia, viii con-
tinue TO play its old game of delusive
reforms with impunity
Commenting upon the enormous eX-
ports from Germany to the United
States of artificially prepared wines
and inferior spirits and beers, the Ber-
lin Nachrlchten says that since the
passage of the wine act by the Reich
stag IN April, 1892, in regard to the
adulteration of wines and .lo0hoifo
beverages. immense quantities of
liquors have been brought into the
market under the name of wines. at
such low prices as to prove il imDos-
sible that they could have been pre-
pared in accordance with the law A
certain Rhenish firm the paper says,
sells annually thousands of casks of
Wine in the composition of which there
cannot possibly be anything beyond a
mere nominal percentage of grape
Wine. and other instances of the pro
duction of absolutely artificial wines
might be given to the exhaustion of
the capacity of our columns"
The Nachrichten demands the enact
ment Of some remedial legislation i'm
mediately and suggests the passage OF
law imposing heavy tax upon wine
manufacturers.
The congress Of the Christian So
cieties. which has been in progress at
ErfUrt for several days, attracted con-
siderable attention at the opening of
its sittings on Monday last. but all in
terest in the proceedings died out as
the gaseous and impractical character
Of the speeches of the delegates be-
came apparent. Pastor Neumann, who
has now entirely disassociatd himself
from DR.. Stoecker. formerly court chap.
lain and the head and front of Christ
ian socialism, delivered a long and
rambling speech advocating the found
ing of a new church, which should be
free from dogma. The Christian social
lists, ne said, would yet march Shout
der TO shoulder with the social demo-
Gratis in support OF system of uni
Versai CONSUMPTION, an increase of the
German fleet and the policy Of German
colonial expansion. The impression
left by the congress is that the Christ
litical Importance there being no unity
of opinion within its ranks. Most OF
the resolutions adopted were passed by
the same vote-54 10 II.
The communications which have
passed between the Berlin and Lisbon
governments in regard TO the report
that Great Britain was negotiating
with Portugal with a view OF obtaining
control of the Delagoa Bay railway
have resulted in denial on the part
of the Portuguese government that any
steps We're taken by them in that direc-
ton and the discovery that the report
originated in Pretoria. the capital of
the Transvaal republic. Concerning
this report, the Neueste Nachrichten
asserts that through the medium of
the wires from Pretoria, President
Kruger appealed to the governments
of Germany and France to secure the
neutrality CT Delagoa bay.
The executive committee of the
German Bimetallic union has issued
circular in regard to the recent cleo