The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-06-03
OUR LONDON CABLE LETTER.
1T IS BELIEVED THE TURKISH
GOVERNMENT IS PLAYING
DOUBLE GAME
THE ABANDONMENT OF THESSALY
Secretly melting Public Opinion to
Oppose It-GIadstOne DenOunces
Germany's Attitude-Oscar
Wilde On English Prisons.

London. May Copyrighted, 1897,
by the Associated Press. THE negotia-
tons at Constantinople have entered upon
| the anxious stage, owing to doubts as I'd
the real intentions of the sultan, whethe
he means TO resume war or not. A splri
of Cancellation is shown at the Yildiz kiosli
towards the ambassadors, but the Turk l.
sh government is playing double gam
and is melting public opinion secretly 10
oppose the abandonment of Thcssaly. The
sultan affects to be. greatly afraid of the
Islamic party, and the attitude of the
grand vizier, as shown by the report
which he presented to the sultan on Satur-
| day last urging that the whole of Islam
| was fully determined to retain Ihessaly,
and rendering his resignation in case Alb
dul Hamid differed with these views,
strengthened the suspicion that the sultan
is prepared to plead that lslamic pressure
is the reason for not yielding to the pow
ers.
Advices from Thessaly show that agents
of the Turkish government have been call
ing upon the Thessalian Mussulmans and
Spanish Hebrews to protest against the
evacuation of Thessaly, and that the few
Greeks who have not fled dare not refuse
to join the movement.
The Turkish newspaper Sabahuy, which
Nuul 10 tIuOIStu ny INC
Turkish government. congratulates the in
habitants Of Thessaly upon their alleged
decision in favor of Turkish rule. and
points out the blessings of the Ottoman
regime to the Christians, who, it is claim
ed, will benefit by lower taxes and eXemp-
ton from military service. The sultan's
show of resistance to the powers is gener-
ally attributed to German backing. but it
is also rumOred that negotiations between
Turkey and Russia have been proceeding
this morning relative to the eventual ad-
mission by Russia of a portion of Asia
Minor, including Rich, in the southeast
corner of the Black sea, and the territory
up the Joruk river
Gernanys attitude throughout the crisis
has brought forth another denunciation
from Mr.. Gladstone, who, writing to Mr..
POultney BigelOw with reference to the
latter's history of the German struggle
for liberty, says:
"The union and consolidation of Ger
many was great work, favorable, we all
hope, to the peace OF. Europe.
There remains, however, something
more to be desired, namely, that the gov
eminent may cease to misrepresent the ma
ton by basing its foreign policy on support
OF tyranny and contempt of humanity and
justice"
No confirmation has yet been received of
the news contained in a dispatch from
ConstantinOple to the Morning Post of
this city saying the embassies there have
received word from their respective minis
tiers at Athens that the position of the
Greek royal family is so critical that the
king is practically barricaded in his pal
ace, and is making preparations to leave
Athens in order to escape the fury of the
pOpulace. Advices received here from
Athens say, however, that elaborate meas
ures have been taken to preserve order.
Besides the regular police and gendarmes
a civil guard has been recruited from the
most trusted citizens. Consequently, with
the presence of the foreign warships at
Pharelum, it is not thought that any rev.
movement in Athens could sue
coed. In the provinces, however, a very
bad condition of affairs exists. The GRIM
inals who were released from the Thes-
salian prisons on the eve of the Turkish
occupation have formed themselves into
bands and are pillaging right and left. The
efforts to cope with them have so far
proven fruitless.
The Jacobites are preparing to cele-
brate the marriage of Her Royal Highness
Princess Mary Louise Theresa and His
Royal Highness the Prince of Calabria
by a banquet ON White Rose day, June TO-
The Princess Mary is, after her elder sis
ter, the direct representative of the Stuart
line, and the Prince of Calabria is the son
of the ex-King of Naples, whose portrait
was drawn by NJ. AlphOnse Daudet as the
King of Illyria in his LES Rois in Exile"
The royal wedding takes place on June
8, and besides the banquet already men,
toned dinner will be given in honor of
the occasion on the day of the ceremony
by the order of st. Germain, founded by
the old pretender.
The Associated Press has been request
ed to give publicity to the fact that the
dedication of the John Robinson memorial
church at Gainesborough, Lincolnshire,
will take place on June 8. This event is
Of special interest to Americans of Old
New English stock for the reason that it
was at Gainesborough that the Puritan
movement took shape by the formation in
1902 of the first separatst community
The manuscript of new comedy by w. |
s. Gilbert is in the hands of Miss Cor
esque, who is waiting for favorable op- !