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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-15
FOR THAT HUNGRY FEELING.

Try one of our 25c dinners, it will
satisfy it. Hot and cold lunches at all
hours. Short orders our specially and
at honest prices Open day and night.
Satisfaction wedo guarantee.
THE BON-TON HOTEL,
J. V. Conway. Mgr.
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k-O-D-A-K--S

We have some Special Bargains in
KODAKS. We want to close out our
present stock to make room for a new
assortment. One-third off list price.
We also have all kinds of Kodak sup
plies. FISCHER & co.
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Engraved cards de visite can be
promptly and cheaply procured in the
very latest and most elegant styles at
the New Mexican printing ONCE.
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Prompt free deliver,
LOOKING FOR FILIGREEo

. F1LIGK EE'
We extend a cordial and welcome in
vitation to all to visit and examine this
beautiful and popular style of jewelry
manufactured by the Santa Fe Filigree
e. Jewelry Manufacturing Co. Parties
anticipating buying filigree jewelry
should call at our store and inspect be-
FIRE purchasing.
N. MONDRAGON. Manager.
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A DAMP PROPOSITION

a DAMN PKUPUSITIUN-
For family and medicinal purposes use
the celebrated LEMP'S keg and bottled
beer, sold by all saloons on drought or
bottle. The doctors recommend it.
Phone any saloon for small orders and
Phone No. 80. HENRY KRICK.
Wholesale Dealer.
PrOmnt free delivery.
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Sacrificed to
Blood Poison.

Those who have never had Blood Poi.
son can not know what a desperate on.
dition it can produce. This terrible
disease which the doctors are totally
unable to cure, is communicated from
n generation to another, ~inficting its
faint upon countless innocent ones.
Some years ago l was inoculated with poison
BY q nurse who infected my babe with blood
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InE NEW MEXICAN PRINTING CO,
~ Entered as Second-Class matter at the
Santa Be Postottice.
lATEs OF .

~ The NEW MEXICAN Is the oldest news
paper in New Mexico. 1t is sent to every
Postofice in the Territory and has a large
and growing circulation among the intelli-
gent and progressive people of the southwest.
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ENGAGED IN A GOOD CAUSE
OF putting down drink of standard
brands. Come in and help US along.
Fancy mixtures a specially. Try the
New Orleans Fiz. 1t will appeal to your
better taste.
Green River whisky.
THE OXFORD CLUB,
j. e. Lacome, Prop.
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G. W DUDRoW.

BICYCLE REPAIRING
At Denver prices.
Crescent, 1875, 1886, $50 and 500.
Columbia, $35. $50, 500 and $75.
Renting.
e. S. ANDREWS.
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last Ydar ths eotsaa rtAnssFs {:
America received $40 per hale for cot
ton This year they are getting $40 per
bale. The extra. $40 cannot literally be
cal.ed velvet, but it comes close to it.
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DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU

That small stores often have large
bargains. We have just opened one of
these small stores with a complete line
OF Clean Fresh Groceries. The price as
well as quality will please you.
Shady Grove Creamery Butter, zoe.
CELESTINO ORTIZ g. co.
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INSURANCE..
g. r. LANYARD.

g. b. LANYARD,
Insurance Agent. ONCE: Catron Block, K
Side Of Plaza. Representa- the largest com.
panies doing business In the territory Of
New Mexico, In both life, fire and accident
insurance.
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Blood

is PURELY VEGETABLE, and is the only
blood remedy guaranteed to contain no
mercury, potash, or other mineral.
valuable books mailed free by Swift
Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
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BARGAIN COUNTER
COR SPECIAL FEATURES
IT'S NOT THE COAT

ina makes the man, it's the whole
suit, It's material, style, cut and general
Workmanship. We will insure you all
these essentials. New goods arriving
daily. Tailor made garments, just
bought, S1l.25.
SALMON & ABOUSLEMAN.
The Gents Furnishers.
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THE CLAIRE HOTEL,

THE CLAIRE HOTEL,
In the heart of the city; elegantly
furnished; brick building; nice large
office; electric lights; the only hotel
heated by steam; first-class in every
respect.
FRED. d. MICHAEL,
Pre-. %,rietor.
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GEO. W. KNAEBEL,
ONCE In Griffin Block. Collections and
searching titles q speciality.
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KEEP AN EYE

On this space.
G. W DUDRoW.
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CHAS. A. SPIESS.
Attorney at law. Will practice In all terri
torial courts. East Las Vegas, N, M.
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A. Q. u W..
T. P.O. EIKS-
PROFESSIONAL CARDS..
AT Law.
I. Q. Q. f.

MAX. FROST,
Attorney at Law, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-30

travel is the best for the transportation
of supplies. Everything In the way OF
freight has to be taken in on sleds over
the ice and snow. There is splendid
trail for more than 100 miles to the in
terror from Port valdes along the mill
tary road which Capt w. r. Abercrom-
bic. United States Army. IL constructing
for the government. Eventually this
road which is to be built from the sea-
board to Eagle City on the American Yu-
kon, will run very near and possibly
through the heart of the Chistachina dis
trict. The governments operations In the
Copper river country also involve the
construction Of military telegraph line,
sixty miles of which are already up and
In operation. The enterprise will be re-
sumed under Capt Abercrombie's direc-
ton in the spring.
Surveys have been made for Copper
river railroad along the general course
of the military highway to the Yukon.
This enterprise Is backed by private cap
ital, one of the leading spirits In 1t hav-
ing been the late Henry Willard. That
1t will be constructed eventually Is the
opinion of many of the men best posted
in Alaskan affairs and development. Its
construction would put Seattle in stu
closer touch commercially with the prom
Using placer districts on the Upper Amer
lean Yukon. especially those of Eagle
City. Circle City, Rampant and the Ton
anu. Such a road would, as will the
military highway. run through the heart
OF the Tanana country. These districts
are now reached either by st. Michael
and up the Yukon on river boats. or Skag-
way. the railroad and down the river.
The construction of the railroad would
obviate the necessity of transporting
American goods over British territory in
order to get them into tho domain Of the
United States. else go by the long cir
cuttous st. Michael route.
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trfct for the belief that one-third more
supplies will be shipped.
The unaccounted for 5000 Nome folk
Of 1900 embarked from Tacoma. Portland
and San Francisco. about 500, 1,500 and
5000 respectively. Tacoma. though having
for years made efforts for Alaskan trade.
did not during 1900 have q single vessel
operated exclusively between that city
and Nome. or for that matter any other
Alaskan port.
Some Of the larger steam vessels OPP
Grated between Seattle and Nome last
year were the Oregon, Senator. Roanoke.
Ohio. Tacoma, Victoria, st. Paul. valen-
ella, Charles ID. Lane. Centennial Cieve-
land, Charles Nelson. Santa Ana, Robert
Dollar. South Portland, San Bias, San
Juan. Portland, jeanne, Aberdeen. San
Pedro. Alliance. Lakme. Nome City,
Aloha. John 8. Kimbail Fulton. Garonne.
The list does not include the scores of
smaller steamers. the numerous sailing
craft of heavy cargo carrying capacity.
and the towed vessels. such as the mon
ster barge Skookum and the bark Mer-
curry. OF the fleet OF $50 engaged in the
traffic. twenty were wrecked at or near
Nome and on the shores OF Bering sea.
Not a vessel foundered and there were
no lives actually lost in wrecks.
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as Dutch Harbor and Unalaska, taking
In the intermediate towns of Yakutat,
Nutchek. Orca. Resurrection. Port Val
des. Homer, Seldovia, Kadlak. Afognak.
Kalmai Uyak. Karluk. Sand Point. Unga,
Belofski, Sunrise City and Tyoonook. At
unga and Orca there are valuable copper
and gold mines whose annual consump-
ton of supplies and materials from Sc
attic has been considerable. 1t Is in this
west of Sitka section that many of the
largest salmon canneries and other large
fisheries Of Alaska are located. The sal
mon industry. OF Alaska, which Is con-
trolled from Seattle and San Francisco,
has grown from year to year until the
past seasons pack came near to a million
cases. Probably two-thirds of the fish
take of last year came to Seattle, which
also furnishes the canneries the larger
proportion of their supplies every season.
All Of the output OF the great Kelsnoo
fishery. in the Lynn canal section, is
shipped to Seattle. The wrangel Narrows
and Tongass Narrows fisheries also con-
tribute large volume of business.
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1000 to 1900 people on tho hsa1u
the Koyukuk, where bur .l,srs - "a
wintering. That would maea "
chase of many additional out6n ~ Z,
piles In Seattle. There are nav -.
five or thirty men In thts IN ,,s,S
preparations to leave for IL xs:'szs b
in February.
Little need be said Of Nanoo> -.
City and Eagle City diggiuea q ~
camps did fairly well durinr -. .-
season and Manook viii prohoS,x ~ =
extensively worked In Is0l ~. y ~
time since Its discovery. over a. \ \
ago. a!
Jack Wade creek district 4 -. /.
contain seven or eight remasalllS =
claims. Several OF the leadlue -
miners located and invested ~
year. They are taking in lax11' Sr,-s
ties Of supplies and machinerS.
Probably 200 miners are Winfefirf y : Z
Tanana district. and from IL a. = "
late last fall 1t would not S -. 1f--
If the spring brings autAent1e -
ton OF rich camp with plonly = 15,
4 tory to draw from. b
The Eureka district, which 4 -
to Manook, and some think y l1- E
extent In gold paying creetn M -
profitable employment for ssvo1Sl
dred men the coming summea
Jack Dalton and other hsayy epau1u
OF the district have great e1lGQlsiI7l
Of American Porcupine. which = vl1i
easier reach Of Seattle thnn g, ~
placer field In Alaska.
The Glacier bay placerR neaf -
give promise OF good returns. ~ ~
easy Of access, especially fron -
and though not developed q ~ r115
extent. enough is known II IL r.
Of the last seasons woek d -
the belief that a camp capahh Z ~
porting possibly 100 men ~ ~ r.
covered.
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GROWTH OF NORTHERN TOWNS.


nu.rt. Mines and Fishing Indus
tries Aid In Development.
TRANSPORTATION men. especially those OF
tho Alaska seaboard and the South Pa
cific cities. not familiar with the magic
development Of Southeastern Alaska, nave
marveled at the ability OF SUCH meet
~ And business But there has been Dig
b,,siness. not alone in the transportation
OF supplies, but of passengers as wei.
Within three or four yeeTs many towns
and mining settlements OF from ooo 70
5000 people. not including the Yukon as
tricts, have sprung up. Skagway, wnicn
was not on the map four years ago, Is
now an incorporated town of 5000 or 4 oW
people older Juneau has been making
rand strides Seattle's business with
those cities alone has been large. Anu
the value of the quartz mine development
of the Juneau districts in a commercial
sense has been almost incalcuiable. Each
year brings from them an Increased de-
mand for supplies and mining machinery,
nearly all OF which are sold by or through
seattle merchants The famous Tread
well mine. In this district. produces an
nually more than million dollars worth
OF gold and the demand for supplies,
machinery and fuel is enormous the
purchases are nearly all made in Seattle
and shipped on Seattle steamers, and by
these same vessels Is shipped southwark
the concentrate output of the mine. The
Treadwell is not only great gold pro-
Queer, but she has the greatest number
of stamps. 1870. in operation OF any mill
in the world These are Installed in five
mines, all under the Treadwell manage
ment.
All told there are now dropping in the
Quartz mining districts adjacent to Ju-
neau i254 stamps. as follows:
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IN soUTHEAsrERs alaska.
vast Tributary Country Stretching
Threugh Aleutian Archipelago.

49, w.. $780, s4>x.rs--
.ps~-,.
the second grand DIVISION OF the srea.
called Southeastern Alaska, comprising
50 far AZ business done from seattle y
concerned. all that vaxt territory south
ana east OF inc Aieutian archipeiaso, .no
brusn iukon ana the hionuNe. Ina.
tnis so-caieu Lynn cahai business uono ~
seattle annually many times eAceeus tne
amount oone WIN Nome tnere ~ no
doubt soutneastern Aiaskas WIN us
numerous ana prosperous nuouistricts'
such - Cook Inlet. Prince william SOUND
Copper river. fakutat Lynn canai. Ju-
nsau ana Prince OF wales isianu' aHorus
an enormous market. AGAIN, the Soutn-
eastern Alaska sec'on - IN CONTINUOUS
business toucn Win the OUTSIDE woIio
ana nearer than Tacoma, foruahu OF
San FRANCISCO, ana with victoIla ana
vancouver Darreo' save IN tue niohohAe,
y ~ n..lo wonueI, espe,,vy ~
w. w. encIsetio eu'Is - 'ooa' o..
uoh companies' tne SI =, I'm
n.e,ce anu wno'essae ineI.nss, 'ns1
at.le' as nus oecn oonoeueu' ooos "i"0-
tsntns Oh the BUSINESS.
into this territory, not inciuoin9 the
kiondikes there We're shipped from seat.
Ito the past year, according 70 the moss
reliable Information ootainapie' iso,Vu
tons or freight This included general
merchandise. lumber, coal, live stock ana
mining machinery. About booo tons
were shipped to the klondike and other
British Yukon points, making total OF
sVO.WV tons OF treisnt sent INTO me Amer
lean ana british Northwest IN i%V
In the transportation OF this great bulk
OF cargo. about twenty steamers. nearly
all passenger. as well as freight car
riers have been engaged. This number
plies regularly In Southeastern Alaskan
waters. 1t did not exceed hve at the
time OF the discovery of the kiondike In
August. 1896. At that time there were
only two vessels running regularly. those
of the Pacific Coast Steamship Conn
pany. to Southeastern Alaska. There
were more. of course. In the summer,
such as the tenders to the fish canneries.
to the westward or Juneau and Sitka and
the fisheries about Tongass and Wrangei
narrows.
But no material Increase In Southeast
ern Alaska hottomry came until the win
ter and spring of 1897. when the frst
seemingly authentic news as to the sem
sationai richness OF the Klondike digeings
came out. These FIRST reports received
full Notification with the arrival of the
Alaska Commercial Company's steamer,
Excelsior In san Francisco, July Is 1891,
with about sea.oo0 In Klondike treasure.
and the North American Transportation
4 Tradng Company's steamer Portland
IN this harbor the morning OF July IL.
1887 with more than million of Kiondike
gold.
For DAYS, weeks ana months the names
Alaska. Klondike ana Seattle we're on ev-
cry tongue. They were OF inseparahle
mention. No city perhaps ever received
such golden advertising as ala Seattle
An connection with the discoveries In the
North. she was heraldea by the press OF
the country "a the port from which 20
embark for the new Eidorado. Her ad-
claimed by ali: her citizens ana public
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So far this winter the best time from
Dawson to Seattle has been about sevcn-
teen DAYS but the trails were not in
cember.
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Prediction On Output ana Duu1n1I
with Opening q Cenen1ys

RRo6aNtAnM m rNmtunmt go un161t
wsen 0-.-s-- - re..1.,ss,. '5'
nm. 80 ~. '.s,. ~,
loI .no nsonolne' w. sasS vss b. NJ N
- VIC p'nuI ~. = ~. "a. 49,. b. '2.2I
$500 so'u 49, siua's ~ 3. '..' n: .3
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49," s, =. 49, ,, 49, =. II xzS 31]
49,. u, ~ ~ ~ y. ~ ~ 'zs ~ - /
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cor 90 90 "a NV 1870 49, 7. n.
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ICY year su.s n.p.s :. ss...s To-.
en ~ VIC ean.p W. 49, h 49,. ~
e a., presen' ~ snc 49, 49, = : r. .s..
s,,s.s s..4ss ss.ss = s-sxss'.ss1- =
49, -, np '.,s .s ~ s'..s. s.ss..s ~
,S 49, nv, ~. $3.50 n1 '-.s.s... 1...1. /; 4
49, popnaa.' -. .ss.ssS S.s...S n:
oo .'s ~ Ivy ..a,. 49, s...,s.,, q
p..s ~ an"a'y .''. .s...S ~ ~ I'M
wih.er ana sunnner a v s,,s. ~ .sss ..-s
On sne pas's tnAt .ne - 1s...... 4 ~.
oo'vD TONS OF hupp''os 49, ~ s-.s. 49,
neeos' WIN an increases 49, ~ y tsss
force IN i'~i, snouid reaen 49, ssz.'. ~. 9.
other British YUKON piae-I a '.Iaass 1 "a
stewart river ana Athh. !ne I.,.s
duced about slsv.W IN go.a - n N :.
some 30 or 500 men are Winte! y.
Stewart river section, where ~ y
summer good placer diggines Nsge spee 4
SO far. Dawson has supplies y
all of the provisions and mAtefieh - -
development OF this camp
A conservative estimate y -
ger business done by SeaftIe-Lyun -
steamship lines for the season II - =
10000 each way. With an avenU =
eleven vessels running the YER t4UD4
some OF them making shxse IT. 4
month. ana NJ times in the suum4s -.
rying as many as 800 panuengt1h ~ r.
ures. n ANYTHING are low. Thas n ~
inclnde The nas1nrer bsrsinsas y ~
wastvard ~ s,,ka
win ,ha nss, vear,. baatneep y :
.,,taa NJ sa,,..,s.r ,u.v ~ - ~
~ ~. ,a,,, ~, 4, ,ssi thsrs IN = s
dar,ans o., ,ra,,s,,,,r<atio IN 1atu -.
80 - 49, asd IA 80 81 eouths<Gtsf3
~ ~ .son,s anu "e ',,.. = sss.ssr ~.
aiasha polnts WIZ .ss.' 80 .nrbr
'aps. noI p'" .ss W r..r,,,rsd I'M
Aseus'ins nm . 1890 M rnntoeinlDa
~, =, suppuls' $1,000 & yieg q n
craavsa nnas,ans n.sh n 10 m ~
ereasen operations ,, p".n = sisua ~ =
american Yukon a, W ~.
much short OF ilo." ", 49, ~ - ~ nyssir
IN ,he oas's - . s ~ lr1tinh Ypt
-, o., 1850 49, ~. sss.s,ssns vii d9utt1
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locally in Cook Inlet and neighboring
waters.
Careful estimates based on the figures
OF wholesalers give the value of goods
sold in 1900 to Southeastern Alaska ana
the British Yukon at 81 100000. and the re-
ceipts to the transportation companies
and concerns S. 500, 900. or a grand total OF
SIC, 10000 business in the twelvemonth.
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Seattle Post-inteliigenees ~ rxnaf1.
address In United STATE = rs,:fs 81
Daily and sunday eall'pn .,, ~5ltjoa. Nj
month: $3.50 year @eeAu
"A year. III
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Keep in touch with TIE g"ses r.
prosperity OF the state q S,ly
subscribing for the 6eattie
Intslligencsy. y = xeak
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The Berners Bay. sumdum. windham
Bay and Snettisham mines are all In
creasing their operative forces. New ma
chinery and increased supplies are being
purchased every month.
Though newer district. Prince OF
Wales island is forging to the front as
mining country. Seattle enjoyed large
trade with the island camps the past
year, and there Ia every reason 70 be-
lieVe that she will do much In 1901. There
are numerous large mines tn process OF
Some are already shippers. all require
supplies and materials and other large
expenditures In their development The
island Is especially rich In copper Among
the best known mines IN this section are
those OF Copper Mountain, Sea Level,
Kassan 10y and Helm Bay Until a more
advanced stage OF development Is reach
ed many Of the copper mines can be op-
Grated only In summer. but another year
viii witness material increase in win
ter work
Some OF the principal towns and settle
ments OF Southeastern Alaska, whose
rapidly increasing trade Seattle as a
wholesale city Il enjoying are Sksgway,
Juneau, Douglas City. Haincs Mission,
Berners Bay. Sumauln. Copper Mountain.
ketchikan, Snettisham. Metlahtkaila. Kill
isnoo Glacier Bay. Tongass, Petersburg.
Helm Bay. KaSsan and Dyea. she
reaches out in her Southeastern Alaska
trade relations 70 thu nsstEAT6 "a Tar
The evening times., 1900-04-02
Russia in NSiH Minor.

The sublime Porte has probably played
lis last card in The game 10 keep Russia
from practically seizine Asia Minor and
thereby bisecting he Turkish Empire. A
Consfautinople despatch. dated Saturday
states that on the evening Of that day a
note would be address 10 the Russian
Embassy declaring that in The event of
The Porte not constructing railway lines
in the Black Sea districts bounded by rail-
ways already conceded to others. then con-
cesSionS VIII be granted to Russia.
If we have even an approximately cor
rect idea of the situation. this proposition
viii be anything but acceptable to the
car and Will De rejected with scant cere-
mony. What he wants, and doubtless
thinks be can get now while Great Britain
is seriously preoccupied. is the military oc-
cupatIon of the territory lying south of the
water line from the mouth Of the Bospo-
rus on the Black Sea TO the Egean. He
cannot use the Bosporus. the Sea of Mar
mora and the DardaneIles as FAR as his
public vessels are concerned. because Great
Britain. which believes in the strict neu-
well as in peace has always considered il a
Christian duty 10 shut Russia off from her
natural marine outlet to The Mediterranean
ana Western Europe. But. with Asia Mi
nor in his grasp Nicholas could build
strategic railways from the Black Sea to
smyrna. and place himself in a secure po-
sition to make descent upon Constantine
pie at the first opportune moment.
As readers of The Times are aware.
force Of two hundred and fifty thousand
Russian troops is mobilized and ready to
move. and the whole Russian Black Sea
feet is in condition to begin hostilities
within few hours after receiving orders.
Unless the Emperor of Germany is pre-
pared 10 give the Sultan something more
than mere diplomatic support Great Brit
aims hands being tied, We may expect to
see Russia landed in Asia Minor very
shortly. and perhaps before the end Of the
week. There is every reason to regard the
latest Turkish note as the final stage of
the negotiations preceding a Russian ul-
tifnafun