The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-03

a protectorate upon the helpless sultan
and then close the doors of the straits,
putting the keys into her pocket, and, be-
ing secure against surprise from that side,
devote all her energy to the furtherance
of her Asiatic schemes. 1t is unlikely
that England will object by force, be-
cause she could count upon military sup
port neither from Austria, which has al
ready concluded a compact with Russia,
on the model of that signed at Reichstadt,
with regard to the occupation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, nor from Italy, which,
statements to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, has treaty with Russia.
The upshot of it all will be that Con-
stantinople will become Russian with the
rest of the Turkish empire, except a por-
ton allotted before hand to Austria,
namely, Salonica and it's neighborhood
The Neue Freie Presse does not specific
ally state that it's informant is Prince
Bismarck. but the source of its inspira-
ton is well understood to be Freidrichs-
ruhe, and many people, therefore, are dis
posed to attach paramount importance
to the foregoing summary of the situa-
ton. But Prince Bismarck has said the
same thing over and over again since his
expulsion from power, and, although it is
perfectly true that Russia dominates Eu-
rope and will make more out of the Turk
ish crisis than any other power, the sug-
gestion that she is now play
ing Europe false may be dis
missed as baseless. At this juncture
a more trustworthy authority than the
ex-chancellor even, is the Constantinople
correspondent of the London Daily News,
who has confidential relations, not only
with his own embassy there, but with the
Russian embassy as well. He telegraphed
Yesterday in full confirmation of the Suns
last dispatch on the subject that the
most noteworthy feature OF the present
situation is that the ambassadors are
united among themselves as to the line of
conduct to be pursued. So far as they
are concerned. the concert of Europe Is
more completely in harmony than 1t has
ever been What they are discussing is
kept strictly among themselves. They
have neither a secretary nor protocollst
at their meetings, and are agreed that for
the present, at least, nothing will be told
outside their own circle. But they have
no hesitation in letting it be known they
are working tremendously together. 1t Is
notorious that on previous occasions they
have endeavored to be in accord, but have
not succeeded, but the statement is now
made so seriously that all are in line as
to what they want as to hardly leave
room for doubt that the gravity of the
situation and absolute necessity of finding
an actual, and not a merely apparent
plausible solution, has induced the am
bassadors, or the powers they represent,
to sink all differences ana TO
agree to devise a scheme which
can be enforced, as well as accepted. The
ambassadors of England, France and Rus
STA apparently mean business, and n.
Nelidoff, the Russian ambassador, finds
himself supported by the representatives
of all the other great powers.
1.-THE best proof that the powers have
agreed upon something which Is not TO
be a mere sham or other paper reform Is
the perturbation which the past week has
witnessed The able palace favorite, IL
yet Bey, has been entrusted with mis-
sion which is believed to consist in keep
ing the ambassadors at loggerheads, and
il is rumored that his great influence at
the Ylldiz Kiosk will cease as soon as II
becomes manifest that the ambassadors
cannot be set one against the other.
"But during the past week the ambas-
sadors have had visits paid them with
the object of learning whether each one
visited could not be induced 10 see that
the separate interests of the country he
represented would be best served by sup.
porting Turkey. n. Nelidoff Is reported
to have given an answer to such an In
ouily worthy of the great empire he rep
resents NJ. Cabot, the French ambas-
sador, and Sir Philip Currie, the British
ambassador, have each had similar visits
and have, Of course, met them with entire
loyalty to the agreement among the pow