The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-30
COMPLICATED POLITICAL SIN
ALTON CONFRoNTs EURO
PEAN STATESMEN,
THE ALLEGED RUSSO TURKISH TREATY
There Are Those Who Believe Ill us
Existence-It Is Believed That the
United States Will Yet Figure
In the Turkish Situation.

| the announcement on Thursday IN DIS
patch from Constantinople to the Fan
Mall Gazette that an offensive ana de-
| fensive alliance had been formed between
Russia and Turkey. True or untrue
| the story has aroused the keenest discus
| sion throughout Great Britain and the
continent, and the dispatches from the
different capitals contain admissions
which lend color to the report Turkey
| terrible financial plight, it is believed
| may have driven the sultan into the arms
| of Russia, and the official and semi
| official denals of such rumors are re-
garded with considerable suspicion, cs'
pecially rs the Pail Mall Gazette has
been proved to be correctly informed, in
spite of denials, in the case of several
previous statements of great Importance
| A notable instance of this was the Pal
| Mall GaZette's announcement of the i'm
pending retirement of Gladstone from
active political life. Moreover. the in.
| formation contained in the Constants
nople dispatch of the Pail Mall Gazette
| is partly confirmed today from an eX'
| cellent source, n letter from the Speaker
correspondence ut III
which the writer declared that the
| Russo-Turkish treaty is an actual fact
although it does not exist on paper. The
correspondent adds:
Russia is absolute master of the
| situation and it is believed here that the
enormous baksheesh sent by the sultan
| to the ear, valued at f35, 900, and in
Guiding one of the most famous jewels in
the imperial collection, marked the secret
| treaty by which Russia grants the in
| tegrity of the Ottoman empire and agrees
to assist in the restoration of order in
| Kurdistan, and also in the defense of the
| Dardanelles."
France follows Russia as blind man
| follows his dog" the correspondent con-
| tinues. France was first to denounce
| the treaty of Unkiraresklessi, now she
| is silent. The attitude of Germany is
more despicable than that of France; she
| is trying to win favor with Russia by
| out-heroding Herod."
The outcome of the Armenian difficult
| ties has been the triumphing of Russia
and the humiliation of Great Britain.
| The newspapers generally accept this
view of the defeat of British diplomacy.
The Chronicle almost alone views the
situation with cOmplacency and thinks
it ought to lead to a complete entente
| between Russia and Great Britain on
the whole Asiatic question.
The Eastern question has aroused great
interest as to the feelings of the United
States, and the belief is expressed that
the United States will ere long prove an
important factor in the Levant
Regarding the action of the United
| States senate yesterday. when Senator
Calls resolution demanding that either
by peaceful negotiations or force of arms
the Armenian atrocities be stopped, was
defeated without division, and the
foreign relations committee resolution
was passed, unanimously appealing to
the powers to rescue the Armenians, the
Westminster Gazette says:
All that will probably be dismissed by
Europe as the ebulitions of Jefferson
brick blowing off steam to a sympathetic
gallery. But in view of the movements
of the fleet, the stir in the arsenals and
organized agitation i'll the great cities
| and the imminent prOba bility that the
Turk may any day kill an Armenian
missionary, these utterances and yester-
days speeches cannot be too lightly dis
missed. We need hardly to say that any
| action of the American government re-
| garding Turkey would be warmly well
! coined by those who would have most
| resented the action taken at Washington
concerning British Guiana. The outlook
here in respects to the speedy settlement
of the dispute between Great Britain
and Venezuela regarding the boundaries
of British Guiana is now looked upon
as being much more hopeful But wheth-
er the settlement will be arrived at with
Venezuela direct or by means of arb-
tratlon still seems to be an undecided
question. although England anticipates
no further trouble in connection with
the dispute. wa"
The news of the death of Prince Henry
of Battenberg threw a deep cloud over
the court, and the change can only be
ialrly realized when the state of affairs
at Osborne House now is compared with
the galety there at the opening of the
week. On Monday there was a decidedly
festive scene at Osborne. An amateur
performance of Pnrose's "The Money
Spender' was given and witnessed nv
the queen, Princess Beatrice and Others
OF the royal family and all the ladies
and gentlemen of hermajesty's household
Inc queen greatly enjoyed the piece
| and so did the princess, little knowing that
at that moment Prince Henry was
breathing his last In fact. the queen
and Princess Beatrice We're so delighted
with the amateur actors and actresses
that invitations were issued for another
performance to take place on Thursday.
| H'Sis 'hlHS Connected with the court
| IS changed, and the tradespeople will be
| the first to feel the effects of the blow.
! All the court fetes and functions are
| cancelled during the six weeks of mourn
| ing ana TINS means great loss of bust
| ness to those who depend upon the ey
| pehultureS of the court and society for
| prosperity. The full state monrnina
VIII last until February.
1t is understood that the Prince Of
Wales. the Duke of Connaught and tba
Earl OF Latham, the lord chamberlain
are making the necessary arrangements
lor Il Se9ml-state military funeral at Wind
| SGr. FOLLOWING the precedent in the case
OF the Duke of Albany, youngest son of
tae queen, who died at Cannes. south
| OIL France, in 1854, the remains will he
| brought to Portsmouth where they will
| he received with salutes from the batter.
| les ana war ships and will be conveyed
| thence by rail to Windsor. Probohlv
| the Prince of Wales and the Dnkn nf
Gonnaught will 80 to meet the crniSor
| Blonde in the channel and will accom-.
| pany her to port.
IT Is difficult to imagine n more com
phcated and uncertain political situotion
| IMAM the one which is now being Stndiod
| by the statesmen of Europe. Even If tbo
| reported alliance between RusSin any 'nJ
lurkeF Is the myth it is said to be, north
soulh' east anu west, everywhere, tbe
S,nIe Oh uncertainty as to the future nrn-
nalls' ana the general public. it w6nId
seem must for some time TO come bo
C ,i win beng allowed to await de-