The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-03
The POWERS ARE UNITED.
Plans Of the Diplomats at Constantine
pie Kept Strictly Secret.
CHRISTIANS WOULD NOT Be HELPLESS
In Case of a Anti-Christlan Outbreaks
They Could Defend Themselves.
Police Scandal Worse Than That
I'm New York,
Copyright 1891, by the Sun Printing
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/ Copyright, 1891, by the Sun Printing
and Publishing Associaton)
/ LONDON. Jan. Persons accustomed
? 10 call at the British Embassy ia Bryan
Z stOu square, tAi5 CITY, observed to-day Il
strange cleaning Ia the dmDaasadoilal
4 and secratarial eyes. III was not CLINT
Of feroc.ty. for the Turk away from nome
and standing tho pr0yOcatlOn or the slsht
OF rat sleek Armenlans and Greeks, VINO
somehow seem to prosper Whle nc
+ starves, is the midest hammered OF men.
/ IL was rather u light hope inspired Dy
/ The near prospect oi inc Satisfaction "a
q desire long deferred.
FINANCES LOOKING Up.
The entire Embassy. IN fact, was i'm
| buod by Tie belief tnat sOnelh4As was
( about 10 be paid On account oI arrears
/ The Hamidiech cavalry, which were
I sent home 10 Asia Minor this week. were
/ paid almost fu full before starting, and
/ in several Instances troops who took the
| risk vi threatening 70 Inutny received
something on account. Even the com
/ mon workmen and the disbanded marines
who engaged IN the Demonstration ~
! the arsenal In Constantinople the oluer
! day have received an instalment on 'ne
money due them. all OF when goes 10
/ prove that there is money somewhere il
/ Turkey. and In addition 90 this, certainly
/ there remains the great and glorious l",,
I n beautiful budget showing surplus
OF nearly half a million dollars. which.
/ II ie thought. cannot but be O preliminary
I % floating an even loveNer loan, WIN
/ fro r~roor7- ~ wrlch everybody will be
made hannv. indeed
Prince Bismarck has Inspired the
Vienna Noue Free Presse 10 declare that
1.-THE web on which Russia, together win
I other powers, Is publicly engaged name
~, the work OF reforms, IS secretly un-
/ f'r. rv her fnv lr day. The Turk
knows Europe is not united, and acts
/ accordingly The whole is a comedy IN
/ which the dupes are not even duped. be-
/ cause every O. binet I'm Europe knows
/ that Russia is lsincere. She VIII nv
/ tho right moment land troops on ll'
/ shores OF the BOqphorus and force q pro-
/ tcct0rafe uron tho helpless Sultan. ana
/ then close the doors Of the straits, putting
] fhe KEYS into Nrf NlrhH.", aNNt h' i.'a
secure against surprise from that SIDE
/ devote an her energy 10 the furtnoranCe
! of her Aeiafic schemes. II i9 unhAeH
4 that ENGLAND VIII object by force, because
/ eho could count upon military support
neither from Austria. which has already
model Of that signed at Relchstadt with
I r.r.rI fl INe occupancy OF Bosnia ana
/ Herzegovina, nor from Italy, which. state
/ monts 10 the contrary Neutrality-suspicious.,
/ has a treaty with Russia The uusnof of
/ it am will be that Constantinop!e VIII ne-
/ come Russian With the rest or tne IuIh-
/ ish empire except portion allotted pc
/ forahard % Austria. namely, Saionica
ou7 ifs ncichhorhood.'
sr.n Nro-,a Trro prr-ro dor- ne enoci-
/ fcaily state that ita-ifierIA .'t-- -is-l'f'lee
/ Bismarck hrt tho source of iif inspiring
/ fe vvau understood % fa r'drioheruNo.
! and many people therefore arc disposed
/ 90 attach paramount importance 10 the
/ f0rclOinn rrmmnrv 0f Tho situation Fnf
! Prince Dirmarck has eri7 Tho same thing
/ over and over again since ms expulsion
/ from nowcr 0nd although t rs nerleciy
/ fruo fnot Russia dominates Europe and
/ win mako more out Of tho Turkish crisis
/ than anv other power tho suggestion
/ that eho g. now rl0ving Europe false
/ may hc 1ieuieeo7 as h0oo'oss
AUTHORITATIVE NEWS.
At this juncture "a more trustworthy
| authority cham the eN-clihcelloi, even,
] ls tho C0nstauuuODle correspondent Oh
] the London Daily News who has conIi-
J drrtioI rotations. not only with hls own
/ Embassy there but with the hus7itH
/ Embassy as well. lie t.le-raphed y's-
terday in fuu confirmation OF tne 'u"
/ lasf dispatch on the subject th"l a..
"The most noteworthy feature or lle
present situation is that the Amoas .t"ols
/ nre united among themselves as 70 inc
line Of conduct TO be pursued it,. ..-
/ $50 far as they are concerned. tne corr
! cert OF Europe i5 more eompietr,n 4. ~
| roouv than ~ has ever been. hdl lN'}
! gre discussing IS kept strictly among
| thoneclvcs. They have neither q secre-
! tarv nor a prOtOc0ii5t NJ tnef meeIlh-s
! ard are agreed tnat lor iHs tr
] least. nothing viii Dee told outside iheir
! own circle But they have no hesitation
! in letting ~ be known they are WpihlH5
/ harmOni0usly. IL i5 notorious tnal on
! previous occasions they have endeat oi' 'd
/ 90 be in accord but have h9t slo,- -el,I'
| but the statement is now made SO serious
| lv that an are in lihe .I- i' " "l.+t
| want rs % hardly leave room FOR douol
| that tic gravity Of the situation ana me
/ absolute necessity ot finding an actual
/ and not n merely apparent and plausible
| solution have induced the Ambas-ador5
or the power they represent 10 SINK ill
! minor differences and to agree to drH.'e
/ a scheme which can be forced as well as
| .--f ..f.f The ambassador lt i.Ieltni,
! France and Russia apparently mean hu7-
/ inoss. and ii. Neldoit. ,ue L,. 'Hu ~. "'t' IT,,
! representauyes o. all the other great
20" '' THE BEST PROOF.
"Tro best proof that tho Powers nave
agreed unon something which is not 10
/ hs a mere sham or another paper reform
/ .is the perturbation which Che present
/ week has Witnessed. Tho able palace re
| forifo. Izzct Dcy. has been entrusted Witl
rris.fon which is believed no consist ln
! Eranire the ambassadors at logeerheoda.
and 80 is rum0rcl that hts great intu-
oncc at the lllllI KIOSK VIII tftre a1
soon a- o. becomes manifest that the am
! hassad0rs cannot be set one against The
/ other.
"Rut during the present week the an
! haesadors have had visits paid them win
! the object of learning whether each one
/ visited could not De induced 20 sea tnat
/ tho separate interests ~ the country he
represents would ha best served bv sup
porting Turkey 81 N.l'don is report
/ ed t0 have given an answer % such an
! inquiry worthy ~ the great Empire ie
/ represents. ST. Cabot. the French am
/ hassador. ard Sir Philip Currie. the Brig
/ ieh ambassador. have each had simi. N
/ visits and h1ve 0f course met them with
! entire loyalrr "a, the agreement among tne
/ Powers The depression OF the palace
/ camar.llas B. excellent evidence THAT ihe
+ Turkish ruInc party believes tof once
I that fio- Powers are united and intorl 20
/ 90 something which means. FOE This case.
/ to enforce good government and ~ mo
/ Turkish alarm is justified it means that
/ Tho powers have before formulating their
scheme Of reforms agreed among inem-
selves as 20 Tho means 20 be- employed
/ for coercion if coercion IS necessary
/ Tho Daily News correspondent apparent
] iv believes that tho scheme of reforms 70
| be enforced down the Sutarl throat IS
/ not even vet completely settled. and that
/ the plan 0f operations 10 be followed IN
/ case coercion has 20 bo applied. IS not