The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-17
TO pop SHELLS.
Austria to Bombard the Turk
ish Port of Mersina
At Daybreak Tomorrow Morn
ing, if Satisfaction
is NOT FORTHCOMING.
An Austrian Subject Illtreated
by Turkish Officials.
Austrian Consul at MersinaAlsO
Subject to Insult.

Vienna, Nov. 1.-THE Turkish gov
ernment, not having yielded to the de-
mands of the government Of Austria for
redress on account of the indIgnities
offered to an Austrian merchant of
Mersina, Herr Brazzafelli, the Austrian
ambassador at COnstantinOple. Baron
de Calice, will leave the Turkish capital
and an Austrian warship viii lombard
the port Of Mersina (Asia minor) to-
morrow, if the demands of Austria are
not complied with by noon on Thurs
day.
Austria demands that the Turkish
government order a salute of the Aus
trlan naS, that the vail of Adana, in
which district Mersina is situated. be
dismissed from his post and that the
mutossarin or local governor of Mer-
slna be removed. 1t was announced on
tuesday that the porte had agreed to
the demands of Austria; but (as cabled
to the Associated Press last night, this
turned out to be premature and the
sultan, buoyed up by the easy victory
of the Turkish troops over those Of
Greece during the recent war viii not
ment.
Brazzafeni, the agent at Mersina,
the port of Adana of the Austria-LlOyd
Steamship company, was expelled from
Mersina last month, because he was
suspected rightly or wrongly by the
Turkish authorities of having intrigued
against the government Of the sultan.
he appealed to the Austrian govern
ment, the latter made representation
on the subject to the porte and event.
ually BrazzafelH was allowed to return
to Mersina. But when the Austrian
merchant attempted to land, the local
minor officials with the KNOWLEDGE of
the vail of Adana and the mutossarif
OF MersIna, it is claimed, allowed
BlazzafeIH to be so grossly maltreated
that he was compelled to appeal to the
Austrian consul for protection. The
latter promptly interfered in behalf OF
his compatriot and was himself repeat T.
edly insulted
This action upon the part of the
authorities and others of Mersina was
soon brought to the attention of the
Austrian government and caused tho
lated to insist upon redress, namely lhe
dismissal of the two Turkish officials.
VINO were shown to be the most respo2--
sible for the indignites heaped upon
the Austrian consul and BrazzafeiIi ana
a salute to the Austrian flag by a Turk
ish fort, or Warship-
In reply to the strong note of the
Austrian government demanding an
eXplanatiOn Of the Outrages. it develop
ed that Brazzafeli had incurred the
befriending fugitive Armenians ana by
giving the most deserving, cheap pass
ages from Mersina on board the yes
sells of the Austrian Lloyd Steamship
company.
The newspapers of Vienna today dis
cuss the incident at length and express
the hope that the Turkish government,
recognizing its mistake viii give AUS
trfa the satisfaction she insists upon.
Austria, in addition to the demands
mentioned, viii insist upon the porte
furnishing her with definite assurances
respecting other matters. notably the
complaints made by the officials of the
Austrian company operating the Ori-
entail railroads.
WILL PROBABLY BE SETTLED
London, Nov. IA special dispatch
from Vienna, says a telegram has been
received there from Baron de Ca1ice.
the Austrian ambassador at CONSTANT
nople saying that the sultan has declar-
ed his willingness to give Austria full
satisfaction for the 1fersina Incidents
and in regard to the disputes in con-
nection with the Oriental railroad
growing out OF the transportation of
Turkish troops during the recent war
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