The record-union., 1897-11-18
The Sultan Agrees to the Demands
of Austria.
Willing TO Give Full Satisfaction for the
Mersina Incident.
Austria Fully Prepared to Garry
Out Her Threat to Bombard the
Port OF Mersina, Had Not Tur-
key Made Amends for the In
dignities to Austria's Subjects.

LONDON, Nov. IA special dis
patch from Vienna says a telegram has
been received there from Baron De Ca
lice, the Aus tr'ian ambassador at Con-
stantinople, saying that the Sultan has
declared his Willingness to give Austria
full satisfaction for the Mersina Incl
dents and in regard to the disputes in
connection with the Oriental railroad
growing out of the transportation of
Turkish troops during the recent war
between Turkey and Greece.
A special dispatch from Constantine
nouncIng that the Turkish Government
has agreed to the demands of the Aus
trian Government, says that the Vaui
of Adana and Mutsarra have been de-
posed; that the victim of the outrage,
Herr Brazzafelli, will be indemnified,
and asserts that the Sultan has con-
sented to pay the claims on the Orien-
tai Government
AUSTRIA READY TO DO BATTLE.
VIENNA, Nov 11-Had the Turkish
Government not yielded to the demands
of the Government of Austria for re-
dress on account of the indigntieS of
fered to the Austrian merchant of Mer-
slna Herr BraZzafeli, the Austrian EN-
basSador at Constantinople, Baron De
| Calico, was to leave the Turkish capt.
tai, and an Austrian warship lombard
the port of Mersina (Asia Minor to-
morrow if the demands OF Austria
We're not complied with by noon ON
Thursday.
Austria demands that the Turkish
Government order a salute of the Aus
trian flag; that the Valli of Adam, in
which district Mersina is situated. be
dismissed from his post, and that the
Mutossarotof, Lfeutenant-G of
Mersina, be removed. 1t was announced
Tuesday that the Porte had agreed TO
the demands of Austria, but, as cabled
to the Associated Press, this turned out
to be premature. and the Sultan, buoyed
up by the easy victory of the Turkish
| troops or those of Greece during the re-
cent war, did not yield until the last
moment
| Brazzafelli, who was the agent at
| Mersina, the port of Adana of the Aus
tria-Lloyd Steamship Company, was
| expelled from Mersina last month, be-
cause he was suspected by the Turkish
authorities of having intrigued against
| the Government of the Sultan. lie
| appealed to the Austrian Government.
The latter made representations on the
| subject to the Porte, and eventually
! Brazzafelli was allowed to return to
! Mersina. But when the Austrian mer-
| chant attempted to land, the local
minor officials, with the knowledge of
the Valli of Adana and the Mutossaria
| of Mersina, it is claimed, allowed Braz-
zafelli to be so grossly maltreated that
he was compelled to appeal to the Aus
| trian Consul for protection. The latter
promptly interfered in behalf of his
compatriot, and was himself repeatedly
insulted.
In reply to the strong note of the
Austrian Government demanding an
explanation of the outrages. it devel-
oped that Brazzafelli had incurred the
suspicious of the Turkish authorities
by befriending fugitive Armenians, and
by giving the most deserving cheap
passage from Mersina on board the
vessels of the Austrian Lloyd Steanl-
ship Company.
Austria, in addition to the demands
mentioned, VIII insist upon the Porte
respecting other matters, notably the
complaints made by the officials of the
Austrian company operating the ORR
entail railroads, which have frequently
been brought to the attention of the
Turkish Government.
In this connection is was announced
here this morning that, III addition 10
dispatcilfnG the cruiser Franz Josef and
the coast defense ship Wene and other
vessels OF the Austrian squadron in
Cretan waters to Mersina, with instruc-
tons to obtain satisfaction for the con-
duct complained of upon the part of the
Turkish officials, the Austrian ships
would at noon tomorrow, unless tn5
Porte granted the demands or Austria
by that time, stop all traffic on the
Oriental railroads, and, it is semi-offic-
faaly announced. have recourse to other
i,a.,orta MT no1ifipal TPnriSaIS.