The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-18
TURK TOOK A TUMBLE.
Abdul Hamid Had to Bow to the
Inevitable.
WILL ACCHDE TO AuSTRlA'S DEMAND
Arrangements Had Been Made for
Bombardment.
BUT APOLOGY WILL BE MADE.
Austrin's Fling VIII he saluted and
Objectionable Officials VIII
He Removed.
BUT APOLOGY WILL BE MADE.

Vienna, November 1.-THE Turkish gov
eminent not having yielded TO the de-
mands OF the government OF Austria for
redress on account of the indignities Of
fered to an Austrian merchant Of Mersina,
Herr Brazzifolii, the Austrian ambassador
at Constantnople, Baron de Calico, will
leave the Turkish capital and an Austrian
warsbip will lombard the pore Of Mers.na,
Asia Miner, tomorrow II the demands OF
Austria are not complied with by noon on
Thursday.
Austria demands that the Turkish gov
ernment order salute TO the Austrian
flag, that the vail OF Adana In which dis
trict Mersina is situated be dismissed from
his post. and that the mutessarieff, or local
governor of Mersina, be removed. II was
announced on Tuesday that the porte had
agreed to the demands Of Austria, but Gas
cabled to the Associated Press last nighD
this has turned out to be premature and
the sultan, buoyed up by the easy victory
CT the Turkish troops over those of Greece
during the recent war, will not. 1t is be-
lieved. yield until the last moment.
Brazzifolli. who was the agent at Mer-
sina. the port OF Adsna. of the Austrian
Lloyd Steamship company. was expelled
from Mersina last month because he was
Suspected. rightly or wrongly, by the Turk
ish authorities Of having intrigued agairst
the government of the sultan. He appealed
to the Austrian government, the latter
made representations on the subject to
the porte and eventually Brazzifolli was
allowed to return to Mersina, But when
the Austrian merchant attempted to land
the local minor Officials, with the knowl-
edge of che vail of Adana and the mutes-
sarieff OF Mersina it Is claimed, allowed
Brazzfo!li to be so grossly maltreated that
he was compelled to appeal to the Austrian
| consul for protection. The latter promptly
interfered In behalf OF his compatriot and
was himself repeatedly insulted. This ac-
tion upon the part OF the authorities and
| others Of Mersina was soon brought to the
attention OF the Austrian government aud
caused the latter to insist upon redress.
namely the dismissal of tho two Turkish
I offioisis who were shown to be the most
responsible for the indignities heaped upon
the Austrian consul and the merchant
fBrazzifoili) aud a salute to the Austrian
hag by n Turkish fort or warship
In replying to the strong rote OF Tho
Austrian government, demanding an sx-
PLANTATION OF the outrages, It developed tina
tBrazztolli hab incurred the suspicious
Of the Turkish authorities bv befricndns
fugitive Armcnians and by giving the mos
deserving cheap passage from Mersna OF
Steamship company.
The newspapers OF Vienna today discus
the subject Mt length and express the hop
that the Turkish government, recognizing
its mistake, Will give Austria the repara
tion she insists upon.
Austria. in addition to the demands men
toned, VIII insist upon tbs porte furnish
ing her with definite assurances respect
ing other matters, notably the complaint
made by the officials OF the Austrian com
pany operating the oriental railrold, whic
have frequently been brought to the at
tention of the Turkish government. II
this connection II IS announced this morn
ing that in addition TO dispatching th
cruiser Franz Joseph and the coast deiens
shin Vein and other vessels OF the Aus
trian squadron in Cretan waters TO Mer
sina, with instructions TO obtain satisfao
! lion for the conducs complained OF upo
! the part of the Turkish officials. the Aus
trian ships will at noon tom prov, unles
the porte has granted the demands
Austria by that time. stop all traffic
the Oriental railroad, and 1t Is semi-o'ficia
ly announced, will have recourse to othe
important political reprisais.'
The Austrian dispatch boat Constant
vople. with the representatives OF IN
Austrian embassy on board. will acoompan
, the Austrian squadrcs, 10 Mersina.
The Turk Weakens.
} London. November IA special oils
. match from Vienna says that telcgrsl
tas been, received from Baron de Calico, Ii
Austrian ambassador al Constanunopi'
saving the sultan has declared his Sillint
! ross to give Austria full satisfaction fc
! the Mersina incidents and IN regard to u
disputes in connection with the Orienti
railroad, growing out OF the transportatie