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

ers. The depression of the palace CANA
rillas is excellent evidence that the Turk
ish ruling party believes for once that the
powers are united and intend TO
do something, which means in this case
to enforce good government, and if the
Turkish alarm is justified, it means that
the powers have, before formulating their
scheme of reforms, agreed among them
selves as to the means to be employed for
coercion, if coercion be necessary"
The Daily News correspondent appar-
emily believes that the scheme of reforms
to be forced down the sultan's throat is not
even yet completely settled, and that the
plan of operations to be followed in case
coercion has to be applied is not quite
agreed upon, but the facts are as stated.
Nobody doubts that the use of force by
the European powers will be Immediately
followed by anti-Christian outbursts in
various parts of the Ottoman empire, but
the general opinion among those who
know the Turkish character well is that
matters will soon settle down. Further
more, it has been hastily assumed that
the Christians are incapable of taking
care of themselves 1t may be confident
ly expected that the Armenians, who are
not naturally a wariike race, would fight
when they heard that their hour of de-
liverance had arrived, but the Armenians,
of course are not the only Christmas in
the sultans dominion. The Greeks will
nave TO De IetkOneQ Win anu lndl luty
are a formidable factor may be Judged
from the fact that there are 100000
of them in Constantinople alone. A well
known correspondent OPPORTUNITY reminds
us that these Greeks have long been pre-
pared for the possible eventuality of their
turn following that of the Armenians.
They are all well armed and it is their
boast that every male among them over
10 years is an adept in the use of edged
weapons. The correspondent adds: Eat
the time of the late Armenian massacre,
the Hellenic element was fully prepared
for an attack and persons who were able
to form an opinion declared that had they
been molested they would have made
clean sweep of the cowardly, bloodthirsty
Turkish rabble at Smyrna The Greek ele-
ment is so numerous and powerful that in
a case of popular Moslem rising against
the Christians they would seize and hold
the CITY,"
English newspapers, which from time
to time obtain much qualification and
matter for moralizing upon from the oo-
lice scandals in New York, will probably
give less play to their virtue on this
subject, now that one of the chief cities
Of the British empire is found to be faint
ed in a similar manner. Last Wednes-
day William Bannister, superintendent of
the Manchester police force, was dismissed
with ignominy and fined by a police mag
istrate for what is euphemistically de-
scribed on the charge sheet, as neglect of
duty. The man ought to have been
charged pretty we'll with every crime pos
sible for trusted public officer to COM
nit, but there was general desire In
Manchester to keep the scandal within the
narrowest bounds, so far as publicity was
concerned, and so Bannister has been let
off lightly, and other officers who ought
to have been prisoners in the dock with
him escaped with nothing more serious
than a caution. The main trouble
was connected, as in New York, with dis
orderly houses, but Bannister beat his
American prototypes all hollow. He not
only levied blackmail upon the wretched
women as a matter of routine business, but
was actually part owner Of a disorderly
house himself and tried to establish a mo-
nopoly for that establishment in its own
particular district by perslstently raiding
rival houses within a specified radius.
The keepers Of these houses in other dis
tricts who could not be regarded as rivals
In business were regularly warned when
raids were contemplated, and, OF course,
had to pay for the information. Bannis-
ter was within nine months Of complet-
ing twenty-five years service, which
would have entitled him to a pension OF
81 900 year and this, OF course, he has for
feited, but there Is not the least doubt
that he has made plenty Of money by his