The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-24
JONATHAN AS lingo
Blamed by an Anglomaniac
for Spelling a Plan
CHERISHED BY SALISBURY
To Avenge the Armenians and
Humble Turkey.
CHERISHED BY SALISBURY

pro-BrItlSA correspondent OF the Evening
PSst, writes Of the Eastern question as
follows:
A recent para graph in the Evening Post
on the German Emperor and his influence
on Turkish affairs, leads me las happen
o have been in a position to know the true
inwardness Of the Armenian question as
well as the present condition Of things in
the Balkans, which is the subject OF COM
ment in that article to think that a plain
statement of the facts may not be unwor-
thy putting on record in your pages.
When Lord Salisbury determined, in &C
cordance with the public opinion Of Eng
land, to put an end to the malfeasance Of
the Sultan, he called on Hungary
and Italy, under the terms Of a convention
established in 1887, shortly after Crispi be-
came Prime Minister of Italy, to join Eng
land in demonstration before CONSTANT
nopIe, with the alternative Of deposing the
Sultan or compelling effectual and immed-
late reform in the government of the Asia
tic provinces. CrLspi inquired at Berlin,
the Emperor being at the head of the
Triple Alliance, if Italy should take up the
role TO which she was called, and the re-
imperial ward of honor, will support you
to the last man" Crispi replied with
alacrity by sending the fleet to Smyrna,
and mobinzing corps d'armee for opera
tions in Asia Minor. Austria-HungaTy,
reluctant but compelled, made her pre-
para-tions to support England and Italy,
unwilling to run the risk of war for the
sake of the Armenians, and a little irri-
tated that Salisbury should have taken
the initiative in a. matter which concerned
Austria-Hungary much more closely than
England, as being at her doors and re-
mote from those of England. Neverthe-
less, the accord was made, and if action
had been taken instantly, there would
have been no difficulty or danger of war,
for the Dardanelles were not in condi-
ton to resist the immediate entry of the
fleets, not a gun being in position to fire.
At this moment the United States Govern
ment brought forward the Venezuela
question, and the LIMOGES in the States
put on their light gloves for a flgAt.
The position of Lord Salisbury was one
OF the greatest difficulty. To suppose that
the English Government feared a war with
the United States from purely military
reasons is not to know the country and
it's resources, or our own as the Spanish
Americans war developed them; but war
between England and America could be
carried on only by devasting our coasts,
destroying our commerce, and preventing
our farmers from exporting their grain, at
the same time strengthening the defences
of Canada Thr bombardment and de-
struotion of our coast cities and suppress
sion Of our trade were, In fact, the only
measures which the military position per-
mitted, and they would have been, there
fore, impera tive. But there is a large and
influential element of the English people
resolutely opposed to the aggravation of
difficulties between their country and ours,
not from fear of the results, but because
they consider the establishment of per-
manently amicable relations between the
two countries necessary to the advance Of
civilization and a war between them COM
parable to murder in the family. Lord
Salisbury had these (who form an impor-
tant part Of his support to consider; and
though the lingo element in England
would probably have met the defiance in
the manner the whole nation would meet
a similar attitude on the part Of any
European Power, the horror of an inter-
necine war and the revivifcation Of the
antipathies Of the generations gone by
was heavier than the indignation at the
childish and inconsistent provocations Of
the United States. The possibility, there
fore. of war with US, made probable by
the fact that Englaid might be in a mo-
ment enga ged with one or more of the
European Powers, compelled Lord Sails
bury TO settle our question before entering
into any other. It was not the ''baSeness
and heathenism" OF the Emperor of Ger
many, but those of the President of the
United States, which dried up the foun-
tain OF European pity for the Armenians, -
and compelled England to desist from one
Of the most humanitarian efforts her for
egn policy has ever proposed. cannot
without protest, permit this attempt to
deprive our Jingoes Of their greatest laurel
TO pass unnoticed.
Before Lord Salisbury had got the vene-
zuela difficulty arranged, the Darda nelles
were in a state 70 offer effective resist
ance to the united fleets and make prob
able a loss in men and ships which would
have been worse than the sufferings Of
the Armenians; and II must be remem-
bered that the movement for the relief Of
Armenia was purely humanitarian, and
would have given England no exclusive
advantage or any profit 70 justify any loss
Of life OF property. It was project which
did the highest honor TO the hearts OF
Lord Salisbury and the English people.
and the grief n England at its abortion
was great.
But the position n which this failure
placed the German Emperor was very diff
fculL His guarantee Of immunity 10 the
new Triple Alliance in their action at
Constant:nople put him practically in an
attitude OF hostility 70 Russia. which
Power has the highest interest in neutral
izing British influence at C0nstaEtinople.
i was, in fact. forbiddins Russia 10 sup
port the Sultan by. war. and paralyzed the
Franco Russian alliance t0r near Eastern
matters. while allowing England to en-
ploy the entire military force OF the
Triple Alliance % carry out her plan. To
reestablisl himself in the confidence OF
the Gar was 70 easy matter for the Kst-
ser. and Il was necessary - remain pTac-
tically neutral in the questions arising in
tAe Balkan provinces and n Greece ard
allow Russia 70 arrange them % her sat
tsfaction As long as the vital interests OF
Austria Hungary in Turkey we-e rot a.
sailed. these bsjnz guaranteed by ~ terms
O. the Triple Alliance The result vas
that a convention was made between Rus-
sia and Austria Hungary. binding both
Powers % abstain from assisting ether CO
the provinces - countries IN the Balkans.
Including Greece. 81 case they attempted
TO provoke a war q emancipation with
Turkey, ard - nasiuta.n. vale ne cor
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