The morning times., 1896-10-12

Powers Internationally MOsIem
Uprising Would Probably Follow
Diplomatic Corps Slt9hted-Entire
Male Population0f Village Arrested.
Copyrighted 1895 by the United As
ISOLATED Presses.)
Berlin, Oct. IL. The lull In the excite
meDt over affairs in the East continues,
the newspapers having decioed to await
the developments which are expected to
follow the departure of the czar from
France before resuming their campaIgn
OF agitation. 1t Is Understood that the
car Will shortly give an audience to Gen.
Grumbkoff, the German officer in the
Ottoman service, who Is the bearer OF
an autograph letter from the sultan to
the kaiser. Gen. 6rumbkuff is accompanied
by the sultaD's ambassador, GhalD hey,
who will also be received by the kaiser.
The mission OF Gen. u ruubkoff according
to the semi- official berlin Post, is one
Gf great polIlicalI portance. In The mean
time aninterview with Gen. & Grumbkoff ap-
pears In Eefiin paper, in wLicn the
Turkish commissioner vigorously defends
the-actioD of the sultan ana the leading
occupying the Turkish throne would fulfill
the uemaDds of the powers Internationally.
The Sultan of Turkey, he maintains. must
always take into consideration the probable
effece OF tie fulfiliment OF such demands
upon The MohamnIedan populace; otherwise
there would be great danger of an outbreak
OF Moslem fanadcisIn leauing to the total
annihilaion OF tine Christians within the
empire.
sft DEFENDS THE SULTAN.
Abdul Hamid," the general says. '.is a
wise man, and In all lis ac ions he inv ariaily
looks carefully forward to the probable or
possible results II the sultan could fol-
low his own desires Turkey would be
happy country, but his Observation-Disclosures
lions are fettered by empty public Golfers.
The true reform which is needed i'll Turkey
Is financial assis -ance; perhaps administered
under con,rol similar 10 tie administration
of Egypt, bur as there is no money there can
be ne reform.'
The pro-Armenian movement in Germany
is making little progress. Although the
official wet blanket which has been cast
over the movement wherever il. has ex-
listed has not had the effect to quench
the flame OF agitation altogether, the move
Fiient itself has not been seized with any
degree of ardor by the public.
DR.. Jepsius. the leader of the Armenian
agitation, has been su mmUned to the foreign
office and requested to desist from further
activity in the matter, he being Informed.
it is understood, that as the movement was
a strongly political and In no respect a
philanthropic one the government could
not cuuDtenance it.
The Hamburg Nachrichten, the personal
organ OF Prince Bismarck, in its discussion
of the Armenian question, argues that the
Armenians are rebels, while Germany and
Turkey have the most friendly relations.
Therefore the German aiders and abettors
Of the Armenians are liable to punishment
under the German criminal code.
DIPLOMATIC CORPS IGNORED.
The circumstance of the ignoring of the
entire diplomatic corps at Paris in the
matter OF extending invitations to the
various functions upon the occasion of the
czar's visit to that city, which caused
feelings OF intense indignation among the
diplomats themselves, is being much dis
cussed in official quarters here. AT the
outset OF the entertainment OF the cZar
the diplomatic body only received iuvi-
tat;ons to the gala opera performance.
and were not asked to be present on the
occasion Of the cZar's entry into the CITY,
or TO attend the luncheon at the Russian
embassy, the religious ceremony at the
Russian church, the banquet at the Palace
of the Elysec, the laying of the foundation
stone of the bridge Alexander III, which
was really the beginning of the prepara-
tons for the exhibition To be held in Paris
in 1900; the visit of the czar to Versailles
or the performance at the Comedie Fran
caise.
After ALL or nearly all, Of these functions
were over the diplomats received invita-
tions to attend the grand military revie
ut Chalons, and the attaches of the various
embassies and Legations only obtained
these in consequence OF the remonstrance
made by Count Won Munster, the German
ambassador, to the foreign office.
TO RETURN THE VISIT.
It is possible that the officials OF the
foreign office did not relish the quarter
TO attend the great military spectacle of
the review OF the French troops came,
for they promptly disolaimed any re-
sponsibilty for the omission TO send in
vitations and referred the ambassador 10
the Elysee Palace, from which quarter the
invitations eventually emanated.
According to a special dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette from st. Petersburg,
President Faure will not pay n visit to
the Russian capital, as has been suggested,
hut Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria,
will return the cars visit to Vienna, and
the Emperor and Empress of Germany may
also visit st. Petersburg concurrently with
the Austrian Kaiser, unless the expected
ACCOMPLISHMENT of the cZarina Should compel
a, postponement of the imperial visits.
The German colonial council will hold
on october 49, The program of
the meeting embraces discussion of the
colonial budget and the questions of slavery
and slave trading, the military obligations
OF settlers in Southwest Africa, the train
ing of colonial officials and the matter of
penal procedure regarding natives.
GERMANY'S SHARP TRICK.
In addition to the discussion of these
questions the recent events in Zanzibar
including the matter of the removal from
Zanzibar of the usurping sultan, Said
khalib, by a German warship, will doubtless
receive the attention of the meeting. The
more extreme members OF the colonial
council regard the removal Of Said Khalib
to Dares- -Salam as an important Score in
favor of Germany and against Great Britain
and are chuckling at the furious tone of the
English ingo pressinrcgardt to the incident
These extremists profess to regard the
Said Khalib affair as being fraught With
most valuable results to Germany and believe
that something SERIOUS Is imminent from
the facts that the British warship st.
org. the flagship OF the Cape and West
African station which sailed southwark
from Zanzibar on September "a, has been
ordered to return To Zanzibar and the
cruiser Gibraltar from Salonica has been
ordered to Join her. The Gibraltar is now
passing through the SueZ canal.
Col. Trotha, commanding the German
troops in German East Africa, has had
another engagement with the Wahehe
tribe, with the resultthat he has completely
routed them. making prisoner of the
Wahehe chief, and carrying him off to
ar-Es-Salam.
MADE Who'll EsAIE ARRESTS