The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-08
SLOW TO C0ERCE THE SULTAN
,o,ocoL OF THE POWERS MAKES
REFERENCE TO FORCE.

n
snII opposed to COercive Measures
prolonged Process of Exchange
co,,munfcatiOns PrObable-The |
uoaIth of the Gear.
,,,--ioht 1897. by the United Associated
Cop' Presses.
Berlin Feb 7.-There is the very pest
.,,boritv for the statement that the draft
of the reform protocol, as completed py
,ho ambassadors at their conferences IN
|o,stantinople, is drawn up on the as
l.,,,rtio, that the sultan will accept The
,ronosals. hut there is no reference there-
~ either directly or Indirectly to any pos
.ttiIi+v of A resort to coercion on the part
of the mowers to enforce them
comics of the document reached the
s.roion offices in Vienna and Berlin on
saturday and it is understood that the
,syt of the proposals entirely comedies
u.it, tbe desires expressed by the empe-
ror and Count GoluchoWski, the Austrian
minister Of foreign affairs, at their recent
Inference at Kiel The opposition OF the
kaiser to any further consideration Oh
.ho question of coercion to enforce the
Turkish reforms may have the eftect 10
neutralize the results of the ampassado-
,ial conferences, though it is understood
that in Difference to the wishes OF tne
otber mowers Baron de Calice, the Aus
trian ambassador, and president OF tne
conferences, will be authorized in present
ing the sultan with the proposals OF the
"owers 10 inform the Turkish emperor
tSat The mowers are prepared to enforce
their acceptance and operation. III re-
gard to the extent of, character, OF tne
method of applying coerciye me- measurtte' sIrt15
4 pretty good idea of the situation may
he gathered from the utterance OF the
Tossche Zeitung, which in an artlcle on
tbe subject says: The greatest task OF
he powers will only begin when the ques-
lion is forced upon them that long time
win elapse before the protocol attef pc
ing approved by each 81 the goVethi.leil.s tIl7ilr
concerned in it's formulation, goes through
he formal diplomatic course OF presenta-
lion 20 the porte This formality haVlng
been gone through with the proposals WIN
IN presented to the sultan by his minis
ers and they will be certain to be referred
back to the ambassador throughout pro-
longed process of exchange OF communlca-
tons extending until 1898, unless eVentS
in the meantime shall Shatter the sultan s
regime and compel the powers TO play each
its own game. The plain truth IS that
now, as before, the sO-called concert or
the powers is insincere and they do not in
tend to take concerted action in coercion
and the sultan knows that they do not;
The peculiar ailment of the czar has
been no secret at the German courts for
some years. Since he was lad emerging
from boyhood 1t has been known that lie
was subject to occasional fits. They were
rare, however, and were supposed a1ter
the close of a medical diagnosis 10 be like
ly 10 disappear as his physique strength
ened The seizures, which in his early
bOyhood took place about every four
months. became more frequent, and of a
more distinctly epileptic type, but they
were never particularly trying to his con-
sdtution until after he became burdened
a xUnrlf and frOIb1pc inGnnq lOln
from the throne. During the last year he
has had pronounced epileptic seizures
about once a month. These are facts, not
mere matters of press report or diplo-
matte rumOr.
The trivial correspondence which con-
unually proceeds between the Danish,
German. English and Russian royalties,
their family correspondence, which is
quite distinct from the diplomatic, con-
tains much that never leaks out But
each high royal parsonage, male or fe--
male, generally has a confidant, and
through these sources the alarm as to the
cars condition has become known. Not
that any serious fears are entertained as
10 MS being obliged to create a regency,
nor any as to immediate danger to his
ne His royal relatives are disturbed,
however, by the possibility of body and
mlnd being weakened If the seizures do
hot lessen In frequency and are under
$1,000 TO concur in urging the czar TO
eve up most of his imperial duties to
me projected new council of state
HIS medical attendants have prescribed
strict regimen designed to strengthen
especially the nervous system. He has
TfDa,nidS9ned f,a,ioS smoking and only takes very
| united quantity Of wine. Apart from
MTs Ts epliepuc condition, his health is good.
lHeIe IS better news about the condition
3L L we ezarowitch and the czar's younger
nIcIher' the Grand Duke Michael always
IN delicate health, is becoming stronger.
ne consumptive and neurotic tendency
III III tne russian imperial House has its par
aiiel III the Austrian. The political conse-
NttuttS arising from tho ctlicihp
81 crown Prince Rudolph and the
Lness or the present heir presumptive,
% ine AIehduke Franz Ferdinand, have been
rs uHuer consideration by Emperor
cs la.cs Joseph. 1t is now whispered in
tt tOutt ana nigh political quarters that the
nIittJiIor mas consulted his ministers and
wv ,Jinslcdl leaders, both Hungarian and Aus
wan, TO ascertain what support they
""Uul3 give to the recognition of his
Htb tnuua9s m 9snter the Archduchess Eliza.
from fI,u Hn,tlliI onaI ne has found ready support
siWt,. me emperor, who has reached his
49, g55seNehtn year, has by no means
sy''fiVneG sT in @ ms design to set aside the Saiic
Of M austria. Meanwhile, the health
eorSiro o Alchduke Franz Ferdinand is, ac-
prnval7 70 newspaper report greatly i'm.
iuke's s''t out the story which the arch
sro circulated that his diseased lung
N nealng and that he was recently able
sdefedi iii t.aineering IN Corsica, is con-
ei.N .N.ru NOubtful. He looked doomed a,ott,
see,oH uoHJhS ago. emaciated and subject fc
fetnrnn RdIoHysms of coughing and only his
resnIn 20 active duty in the army and his
Vreefr efreal W dhce IN Vienna society will con.
"a health. F"''i' VI ms restor'
B'ebcre ne return of Baron Marschal vor
erani IN from recuperatlng In Svvitz.
opened nls oid political opponents have re.
mneb " Olgif campaign against him and
fuercfnu tle old lines. He Is accused of IN.
son I'D rs lue Kaiser I'm renewing the ten.
eltb@ cations with Prince Bismarck IN.
msr1 uIII against Count Herbert Ris.
poiicN elu trying to divert the imneria'
Aistyt 5tnelaliy towards faVoring Anglo.
IN Ill., an rather than the Russian polic,
frar t,tsI. me Bismarckian paDers now.
Bsr6a 'Hloute great deal more Dower IL
naner Mafschal than he possesses hi,
a sfet with the kaiser Is simply that ol
mn servant who suggests little I'M
urn,, Iehed upon 60 follow ont his in.
nako g,is, Least OF all would he dare IL
mc,s1 sgsResttons which could be sus
ghIor @ gi lefsonal bias. A guage of his no
Ma ra uag nc taken from the fact that M
colst conferences between the kaiser
n-aLI Aurayief and Prince Hohenloba
Tb' Hafschal had no conspicuous nIace
MTs hamburg Correspondent. Raroy
Of oft6entls organ, explains the absenc,
gvsn lorelgn ministers from the dinnar,
lnb5il w honor Of Count Muravieff nv ~,
sr8 ,,ial chancellor, Prince Hoheyloha
NM, we Russian Ambassador nv qavins
egnu uls digestive organs. which hawS ~ ra
b S oeen affected, were still too vveat
WtELiy MN in undergoing tho ordsa
NEeo lhquet. He made HIS apneara noe n
hi uncuons. however after the ain