The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-20
concensus of Opinion at Berlin,
Germany.
TOUGH STATE OF AFFAIRS
MISUNDERSTANDING ENTENTE Will,
KEEP THE SULTAN IN POWER.
Torpedo Experiments-TariR War
Between Russia and Austria
Cars Distribution of Russian
observation-disclosures GIimpses.

BERLIN, Sept. 19.-The excited Ian
guage employed by the Vienna and Ber-
III semi-ofiicial newspapers in discussing,
the Turkish policy adopted by Lord Sails
bury Is known to be due to the rapidly
growing divergence of the lines Of Lord
sahsbury's proposal and that of Count
Goluchowski. the Austrian minister of
foreign affairs. as to how to
DEAL WITH THE SULTAN.
Prince Hohenlohe. the German imperial
chancellor. who has now gone TO his as-
tate at Ait Aussee in Syria. for a. sea-
son Of hunting, has continued to play sec
ond fiddle to Count Goluchowskf since
that statesman took the initiative uuon
the eastern question To the Berlin gov
eminent the question remains viewed as
affecting the dreibund chiefly. The semi
official press here naturally follows the
leau or the Vienna semi-Off1cial organs
put II Is difficult in the extreme to ascer-
tam what Count Goluchowski's ideas are,
beyond. for the present at least, uphold
ing the sultan and maintaining the status
quo IN Turkey generally. Amidst the
newspaper tnvectives which have been
hurled against England, not
A SINGLE SUGGESTION OF REFORM
on the part of the porte has appeared.
Austria obviously fears that the action
of England viii drive the sultan to claim
the protection of Russia, involving the
sudden appearance of Russian troops at
COnStantlnOple and Russian WarShipS in
the Dardaneiles.
Outside of the semi-oficial press, the
the cOncenSus OF opinion is that the s1lI-
tan must be deposed before the recurring
disorders in Constantinople ard elsewhere
In the Turkish empire shall cease, but
the opinion in foreign official circles here
IS that time must be allowed in which to
enable 10
lection and enthrOnement OF his success
sor.
The Vienna Neue Erie Presse rightly
argues that the sultan is under the pro-
lection of Russia and that if England
should seek to force that mOnarchs de-
position she would very quickly find that
she would have to face Russia for her
temerity.
Todays issue of the Neue Erie Presse
contains the report Of an interview with
an Austrian statesman, wherein he sayf
that European entente in regard to Tur
key no longer exists, but has been res
placed by
RUSSIAN AUSTRIAN ENTENTE,
the object of which is to maintain tbs
status quo and maintain Sultan Abdul
Hamid in power, as If a new sultan
should be placed upon the throne by the
powers he would not have the prestige
and authority of the present occupant OF
the Ottoman throne. and this state OF Of
fairs would cause a general rebellion OF
the Turks against the new callpns gov
eminent.
The inspection of the Turkish forts in
the Dardanelles by the Russian general,
Tchikatcheff commander of the District
of Odessa, is very significant of the sui
tans reliance upon Russia.
General TchikatchemS mission to Con-
stantinople and the Dardenelles forts ecT
Cured early in July last, but the faHt
has just leaked out. 1t appears that
Russian warship passed a fortnight in the
Dardenelles. during which a group OF
Russian officials were engaged in inspect
ing the fort works and assisting the Turk
ish officers in