The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03
PRETTY DREAM OF PIASTERS.
TURKEYS ElBASSY AT LONDON
LOOKINGlFOR BACK PAY.

The Beautiful Budget Produced by
the suItaFs Financiers Showing
Surplus of $5OO,OOO Expected to
BE FOLLOWED by the Floating of an
Even LCveIier LOan-Russia Get
ting in Readiness to Scoop in the
Whole of Turkey and Give the
Rest Of Europe the Laugh.
Copyright. 1897, by the Sun Printing and
Publishing Association:
LONDON, Jan. 2.-Persons accustomed to
gall aesthe Turkish embassy in Bryanston
Square, this city, observed to-day a strange
cleaning in the ambassadorial and secre-
arial eyes. 1t was not CLINT of ferocity,
for the Turk away from home and stand
ng the provocation of the sight of fat,
sleek Armenians and Greeks, who some
how seem TO prosper while he starves, is
he mildest hammered of men. 1t was rath-
er a light of hope inspired by the near
prospect of the satisfaction of desire
long deferred. The entire embassy, in fact,
was imbued by the belief that something
was about to be paid on account Of ar
rears of salaries. Tactful enquiry elected
no sort of justification which would have
filed a European with such optimism, but
the Turkish diplomatic officer finds enough
ground upon which to anchor hope in a
square yard where a European would re-
quire a square mile, and even then fail to
find secure anchorage. The Sun reporter
found the optimism which lighted up Bry-
anston square and the murky vicinity was
inspired by the receipt of an intimation
that funds were about TO be forwarded
through the usual channel and every one
appeared to be perfectly satisfied thereat
for in addition to a direct promise indirect
proof was forthcoming that matters
financial were looking up in Constantine
PIE. The Hamidirch cavalry, which were
sent home to Asia Minor this week, were
paid almost in full before starting, and
in several instances troops who took the
risk of threatening to mutiny received
something on account Even the common
workmen and the disbanded marines who
engaged in the demonstration at the arse
nal in Constantinople the other day. have
received an installment of the money due
them. All of which goes to prove that
there is money somewhere in Turkey and
IN addition to this certainty there remains
the great and glorious fact that the sui
tans 1lnanciers have produced beauti-
fui budget showing surplus OF nearly
100000 which, it is thought, cannot but
he a preliminary TO floating an even love-
lier loan, with the proceeds of which ev-
erybody will be made happy indeed. Eu-
ropean scoffers recall the fact that 50
recently as last October It was officially
estimated that the budget would show a
deficit of $500O,000 while unofficial esti-
mates put it atnearly $20OOO,0OO. But the
budget commission now say there Is an
uadoubted surplus. and as the sultan has
given the statement the seal OF his impe-
rial approval, obviously there is nothing
more to say.
The political situation in Constantinople
remains practically unchanged since a
week ago.
Prince Bismarck has inspired the Vienna
Neue Freie Presse to declare that 1.-THE
web on which Russia, together with other
powers is publicly engaged, namely, the
work Of reforms. is secretly undone by
her day by day" The Turk knows Eu-
rope Is not united and acts accordingly.
The whole is a comedy in which the dupes
are not even duped because every cabinet
in Europe knows that Russia is insincere.
She will. at the right moment, land troops
on the shores OF the Bosphorus and force