Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-30
LTAN'S ACTIONS SHADY  And His Real Intentions Much in
 Doubt
 
 afH HE IS PLAYING AT DOUBLES As Regards Thessay and Suspicion Is Aroused No Definite News from Athens
 Other London Gossip.
Copyrighted, 1887, by the Associated
 

(Copyrghted, 1887. by the Associated
 Prees.)
 London, May 29.-The negotiations at Coretantnople have entered upon the anxious stage, owlrg to doubts as to the roal intentions of the sultan, whether he means to resume the war or not. A spirit of concillation is shown at the Yil- dlz Kiosk towards the ambassadors, but the Turkish government is playing a double game, and is irciti1g public op pn- ion secretly to eppesa the aband 1nnsnt' of Thesslly.
 The sultaln affects to b. greatly asra.d of the IslamJc patty and the attitude of the grand vizier, as shown by the r-p5ft which he presented to the sultan on Sat milay last urging that ths whole of Islam was fully determined to retain IhesS fly and rendering his rss .gnation in e -ss AbdulLHamd differed wtth theE9 views, has strengthened the suspicion that the sultan is prepared to plead that lslsn-c pressure is the mason for mt y-eld.ng to the powers. AdviSss from Thessaly show that agents of the Turkish gsVasf- ment have been calling upon the lines 3l- ian Mussulmans and spanish Hebrews 10 protest against the evacuation or Thes- sally and that tn: few Greeks who have not fled dare not refuse to join in the movement. The sultan's show of resist ance to tll- powers is generally attribltei to German backing, but it is also rumor- ed that negotiations between Turk y and Russia have been proceeding this moSth relative to the eventual administrati- n by Russia of a portion of Asia Minor, in cludingi Rzeh in the southeast corner of the Black sea, and the territory up the Joruk river.
 No confirmation has yet been received of the reports thatlAbiul Hamid has re-
 
 tfon of the Greek royal family is so crit ical that the king is practically barri- caded in his palace and is making prep aratiOns to leave Athens in order to eS cape the fury of the populace.
 The Jacobtes are preparing to cele- brate the marriage of her royal highness Princess Mary Louise Theresa and his royal higness the Prince of Calibra by a banquet on White Rose Day. June 10. The Princess Mary is, fer her elder sis ter, l,he direct representative of the Stu art line. and Calfbra is the son of the king of Naples, whose portrait was drawn by M. Alphonse Daudet as the king of Illyria in his Les Rose In Exile.''
 The manuscript of new comedy by w. s. Gilber. Is in the hands of Miss FortesdGe, @h5 is Waitihg for favora- ble opportunity 70 produce it. If she Is unable to find a suitable London theater, she will produce 1t during her next pro- vincial tour.
 The iGterEational moor car race from London to Binghamton ard back has been arranged for next Tuesday by iae proprietors of Engineer, who have of fered prizes amounting to 1,100 guneas., It is expected that about fifty mo or cars. will take part in the contes., and the conditions require that .hey must com- plete the raea. which begins and ends at the Crystalpalace, within fifty hours, the distance being about 115 miles
 The suspension of John Redmond, Par nellite leader in the house of commons, on Friday las,, and his companions in misfortune, William Redmond and Will liam Field, who were removed from the house by the sergeant-a t-arms for be- ing grossly disorderly' in calling atten- Non in committee, to the over taxation of Ireland, which was also John Red monds crime, can resume their sea on Monday The conservative newspapers rdicule the scene claiming it was a put up job. merely a piece of theatrioals pre- sented in order to flank the Dillonites." The cinserva tive exclamation being that Mir. Redmond heard that the Dillonttes had adopted a manifesto setting forth their reasons for not taking part in the queens jubllee whereupon the ParnslEtes determined upon the scheme to ger sais- pended. and thus enable them to pose as martyrs and take the wind out of Dillons sails.