The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-08-29
NOT KEPT
Sultan Breaks His Word and French
Minister Leaves Turkey.

Paris, Aug. 2s.--A semi-oflicial note
has been issued announcing that the
porte, not having carried out its I'M
| dertakings with regard to the disput-
| ed questions between the French and
Ottoman governments, NJ. Constans,
the French ambassador, acting under
instructions from the foreign minis
ter of France, left Constantinople
August 26, the date named in his last
communication to the porte.
An arrangement had been effected
August II, and its terms drafted by
the Ottoman foreign minister, with
the approval of the sultan, who had
promised NJ. Constans that the text
should be handed to him August IS.
NJ. Constans telegraphed to Paris
August 10 that none of the promises
had been fulfilled; and NJ. Delcasse,
minister of foreign affairs, August 21,
telegraphed NJ. Constans that, in
view of so fragrant disregard of the
undertakings, the negotiations could
no longer be continued and request
ed Mr.. Constans to inform the porte
that he had received orders to leave
Constantinople.
Relations Broken OF.
On August %, NJ. Constans COM
municated with the porte, fixing Au-
gust 26 as the date for his departure;
and as the engagements were stIll
unkept, NJ. Constans left CONSTANT
nople August &c.
With the departure of NJ. constants,
the relations between France and
Turkey may be regarded as broken
off. Munir Bey, the Turkish ambas-
sador to France, has been tele-
graphed to not to return to Paris.
Sultan Pleads with COnstans.
The sultan made a final attempt to
induce him to stay. NJ. Constans had
left Therapia on board the Nautour,
for STEAMBOAT, where he was to take
the orient express. \ court cham
berlain arrived at Stamboul in
posthaste from the sultan, begging
NJ. Constans to return to Therapia
and promising that everything would
be satisfactorily settled. M. Constans
declined to return, declaring the time
for promises was past and that it
was for the sultan to fulfill his I'M
dertakings.
During the absence from hispost of
VI. Constans, the French ambassador
to Turkey, NJ. Bapst, councillor of the
embas sy, will act as charge d'affaires.
Concert of Powers Ended.
Washington, Aug. est is feared
in official circles here that the with
drawal of the French ambassador
from Constantinople marks the dis
solution of the concert of European
powers under which heintegrity of
Turkey was guaranteed. BY the
treaty of Berlin all the great powers
of Europe subscribed to an agreement
to refrain from any act that would
tend to the destruction of the Ottoman
empire. This action was taken to
forestall what were conceived to be
the designs of Russia to seize on Turk
ish territory, and Russia herself was
led to subscribe to the agreement by
force of circumstances. Although
several times severely strained, not
ably by such events as the last war
between Turkey and Greece, this pact
has so far endured without amend
ment, but it is apprehended now that
if the action of France is carried out
to the extreme indicated in the dis
patches each of the other signatory
powers will feel obliged in seIf-protec-
tion TO disregard the agreement and
press upon Turkey the vast financial
ana other claims that have aecumG-
lated in the past quarter of a century
with a result of disrupting the pres
ent Turkish government.