The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-17
AUSTRIA'S DEMANDS
Sultan Must Yield by To-
morrow or the Port of
Morsina Will Be
BombaTded.
WARSHIp IN READINESS TO FIRE
Trouble Over the Lloyd Steamship
Agent Who Befriended
Armenians.
WARSHIp IN READINESS TO FIRE
[Rv Cable to The Associated Press.l


VIENNA, Nov. II, 1Ss7.-The Turkish
Government not having yielded to the de-
n1ands of the Government of Austria for
redress, on account of the indlgnltles OF
fered to an Austrian merchant of Mer-
sina, Horr Brazzafolli, the Austrian Am
bassador at Constantinople, Baron oe
Calico, will leave the Turkish capital ana
an Austrian ship will lombard the port OF
Morsina (Asia Minor, to morrow, II the
demands of Austria are not complied Win
by noon on Thursday.
Austria demands that the Turkish Gov
ernment order a salute of the Austrian
flag, that the Vail of Adana, in which i, dls,
trict Morsina is situated, be dismissed
fiom his post and that the Mutossarl1, or
local governor, of Morsina, be removed.
1t was announced on Tuesday that the
Popxk had agreed to the demands OF Aus
trial but Gas cabled to the Associated
Press last night, this turned out TO pc
premature, and the Sultan, buoyed up py
the easy victory Of the Turkish troops
over those of Greece during the recent
war, will not, it is believed, yield until
the last moment.
Brazzafolli, who was the agent at Nor
sina. the port of Adana of the Austrian
Lloyd Steamship Company, was expelled
from Morsina last month, because he was
suspected, rightly or wrongly, ny me
against the government of the Sultan. he
appealed to the Austrian government, the
latter made representations on the SUD
iect to the Porte, and eventually BraZ-
Zafolli was allowed to return to MorSlna.
But when the Austrian merchant attempt
ed to land the local minor officials, with
the knowledge of the Vail OF Adana ana
the Mutossarif of iMersina, it is claimed,
allowed Brazzafolli to be so grossly mai,
treated that he was compelled to appeal
to the Austrian Consul for protectlon
The later promptly interfered in behalf of
his compatriot, and was himself repeat
edly insulted. This action upon the part
OF the authorities and others OF Morslna
was soon brought to the attention OF the
Austrian government, and caused the
latter to insist upon redress. namely the
dismissal of the two Turkish officials VINO
were shown to be the most responsible
for the indignities heaped upon the Aus
trian consul and the merchant, Brazza-
folli, and salute to the Austrian nag by
q Turkish fort or WarShlp.
In reply to the strong note of the Aus
trian Government, demanding an explain
alton of the outrages, it developed that
Brazzafolli had incurred the suspicious OF
the Turkish authorities by befriending fu-
gitive Armenians and by giving the most
deserving cheap passages from Morslna
on board the vessels OF the Austrian Lloyd
Steamship Company.
The newspapers of Vienna today dis
cuss the incident at length and express
the hope that the Turkish Government,
recognizing its mistake, will give Aus
tria the satisfaction she insists upon.
Austria, in addition to the demands
mentioned will insist upon the Porte fur
nishing her with definite assurances re-
specting other matters, notably the COM
plants made by the officials of the Aus
trian company operating the Oriental
railroads, which have frequently been
brought to the attention of the Turkish
Government.
In this connection, it is announced here
this morning, in addition to despatching
the cruiser Franz Joseph and the coast
defense ship Wein, and other vessels OF
the Austrian squadron in Cretan waters
to Morsina, with instructions to obtain
salts faction for the conduct complained
of upon the part of the Turkish officials
will at noon tomorrow. unless the Porte
has granted the demands of Austria by
that time, stop all traffic on the Oriental
railroads, and, 1t is semi-offfcially an
nounced 'have recourse to other impor-
tant political reprisals.
The Austrian despatch boat at Constan-
tinople, with the representatives OF the
Austrian Embassy on board, will accom-
pany the Austrian squadron.