Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-25
Lu L II i ILL NL i
England May Be Forced to Withdraw to
Gain Frances Good Will.
ONLY WAY OUT OF EASTERN lMBRoGllO
Great Britain to Pay for Admittance to
Franco-Russian Alliance,
SITUATION IN TURKEY GROWS MORE GRAVE
Levying of Taxes to Arm the Mussulmans
Causes Great Anxiety.
SULTAN SAID TO FEAR THE YOUNG TURKS
Sir Henry Elliott Suggests that Sup
port to the Reform Party Is the
Easiest wny Out of
the Difficulty.
Great Britain to Pay for Admittance to
Franoo-Russian Alliance.
TUATIoN IN TURKEY GROWS MORE GRAVE
SULTAN SAID TO FEAR THE YOUNG TURKS

LONDON, Oct. 24.-DiGpatches from Con-
stantinople announcing that the imposition
OF the poll tax of piasters per head and
the levying OF other taxes in order to arm
the Mussulmans have caused the situation
there to assume very grave aspect has
increased the anxiety felt here regarding
the outcome of the eastern imbroglio. Tie
Speaker, discussing the matter, says: THE
new war tax is sign that the sultan
means to fight, possibly, after carrying
out the fresh massacres of Christians.
which are daily expected. The sick man.
we trust, Is nearing his death struggles
There is little doubt in the public mind
that an arrangement for joint European
action exists, and at present it is only re-
sisted by one power"
The Speakers well informed CONSTANT
nople correspondent, however, doubts the
existence OF such an arrangement. A later
dispatch from Constantinople says that ex-
ira precautions were taken yesterday
against fresh Armenian outbreak but no
outbreak had occurred at the time the mes
sage was filed.
Sir Henry Elliott. who was British ambas-
sador to Turkey from 1867 to 1877. and
whose life has been spent In the diplomatic
service OF Great Britain, in an interesting
letter just published says: "The present
state of Turkey greatly resembles what
1t was Immediately before the deposition
of Abdul Azziz, when there existed, as now.
widespread discomfort, arising from the
banetul influence OF the palace" Con-
tinuing. Sir Henry Elliott urges that sup
port be given to the reform party in Tur-
key, "as the whole empire" he asserts.
nhap NJ ahp,in Inf
the sultan is more afraid of the young
Turks than OF the powers"
EGYPT COMES FORWARD.
Indications generally point to the Egyptian
question as being the hinge OF the situation
and there is a renewal OF It's discussion in
the British and foreign press. The Times
has published a letter from the Right Hon
Leonard III. Courtney, liberal unionist, for
merly deputy speaker and now member o.
Parliament for the Bodmin division of Corn
wall, suggesting the withdrawal of the
British troops from Egypt in order to prove
Great Britain's disinterestedness in the
eastern question and NJ. de Blowitz, the
Paris correspondent of the Times today
sends a lengthy account of an interview
with "a prominent politician who has twice
been a, minister and who has returned from
visits to the capitals of Europe" In this
interview the eX-minister is quoted as say
ing that he was struck by the fact that no
matter what international question was dis
cussed 1t always reverted to the situation
In Egypt as the leading factor. Egypt"
he continues, sis the paramount question.
as prolonged peace depends upon Anglo
Russian reconciliation, which is only possi-
BILE through a prior Anglo-French agree
ment in regard to Egypt, English states
men are now a riddle. They apparently
want TO show disdain for the continental
powers. The British embassy at Paris has
been vacant for the past three months, which
in itself is a source of misunderstanding.
No power wants to replace England In
Egypt, but 1t is desired that England, instead
of remaining there against our will, should
remain there with our consent"
NJ. HanotauX, the French minister for
Egyptian question, l would undertake in
five minutes to settle all the other Anglo
French questions" while Baron de Courcel
the French minister at London. recently
remarked: "I wish that Lord Salisbury
would agree to converse on the matter; but
as soon as l attempt 1t, he changes the sub
ject."
This is now the only real cause for dis
quiet in Europe.
ALL INVITED TO LONDON.
1t Is announced that all the soveregns
and chiefs of state have been invited TO
visit London and attend the fetes which are
being organized for the celebration of he
sixtieth anniversary OF the opening of the
queens reign, and 1t is stated that Emperor
William and the czar have already accepted
invitations. AS an indication of the scale
upon which the fetes will be given, her ma
jcsty, in declining to be present at the school
board function, took the ground that the de-
mands which would be made upon her time
and powers in 1897 would preclude her at
tendance at the ceremony referred to.
Lady Pauncefote, wife of the British am
bassador at Washington, and her daughters
sail for New York on Saturday next.
The Daily Mall, which is printing a series
of interesting letters from America. deyotes
several this week to Chicago, which is de-
scrlbed as "The queen and guttersnipe of
cities; the cynosure and cesspooI of the
world; the most beautiful and the most
squalid; widely and generously planned with
streets OF twenty miles, where 1t is unsafe
to walk at night; where women ride strad-
dlewise and millonaires dine at midday;
tho chosen seat of public spirit and munich
pal DOODLE"
The Truth again this week devotes sew
eral pages to the Fourth Hussars scandal, the
brunt OF which. II says. must fall upon the
Lord Wolseley, and Sir
Redyers Butler the adjutant general OF the
forces, for "glossing over the bullying sean.
dal, which was preiudicIal TO the whole
army"
Mr.. Henry Labouchere also recalls the
turf scandal OF 1895 In the same regiment,
when an unknown horse, surreptitiously sub
stituted for an outsider. won a race, the
substitution being arranged by officers whose
horses were in the race, including Messrs
Spencer and Churchill.
Jerome X. Jerome's paper today, which is
notorlously hostile to everything American,
has vicious attack this week on American