The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-24
PORTE IS EXPECTED Tl
 YIELD AT LAST MOMENT
SULTAN'S OBDURACY DUE TO PASSIVE SUPPORT OF EN-
 PEROR WILLIAM.

Combined Fleet of the Powers Now As-
 sembling at Piraeus Consists of Six
 Large and Four Small VesseIs-COm-
 manded by Admiral VOn Jedina of
 Austria-First Part of Demonstration
 the Seizure of Custom Houses on Sev-
 eraI Islands.
 London, Nov. 23.-The persistent re- fusal of the Turkish government to ac- cept European control of the revenues of the vilayets of Macedonia, notWith- standing the ultimatum presented by the allied powers, is about to lead to the putting into operation of the threat of a naval demonstration with the view of compelling the acquies- cence of Turkey in the European con- trol of the administration and the pro- posed reforms in Macedonia.
 The obduracy of the sultan apparent Iy is based on the belief that he has the passive support of the emperor of Ger many and upon the jealousies suppos- ed to exist among the powers inter- ested.
 In diplomatic quarters it had been supposed to the last that the sultan would yield, and even now it is expect ed that he will do so before the inter- national fleet takes active measures.
 It is understood that the sultan ap- pealed vainly to Emperor William, Elm peror Nicholas and Emperor Francis Joseph against the projected demon stration. The combined fleet of the powers now assembling at Piraeus con- oF six JoY md fo111. all commanded by Admirad Ritter von Je- dina of the Austrian navy. Great Britain is represented by the armored cruiser Lancaster and the scout ship Sentinel, Austria by the arnored crui- ser St. George and the torpedo cruiser Szigetvar, Italy by the armored cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi and the torpedo boat destroyer Ostro and France by a cruiser and a gunboat.
 Germany's abstention from partici- patton in the proposed demonstration makes the situation increasingly inter- esting.
 The powers are said to have agreed, as the first part of their procedure, on the seizure of the harhors and custom houses of the Island of Mytilene, the Island of Lemnos, in the northern part of the Aegean Sea, and the Island of Tenedos, on the west coast of Asia Minor. The fact that. the session of the coun- cil of ministers at which the proposals of the powers were rejected was stormy one, and that all the ministers except the minister of war favored yielding to the ultimatum, leads to nthe belief that the sultan will yield at the first show of determination on the part of the powers, after satisfying his peo- pie that he is yielding to superior force. This is said to be the view of Count Goluchowski, the Austro- Hungarian minister of foreign affairs.
 Athens. Nov. 23.--It is understood that the international fleet will sail to- morrow.
 The foreign ministers to-day paid visits to the commanders of the war; ships of their respective countries. The commanders later held a conference on board the Austrian flagship.
 Vienna, Nov. 23.-Baron von Calico, the Austro- Hungarian ambassador at Constantinople, has telegraphed Admir- al Ritter von Jedina for a portion of the international fleet to sail immedi- ateIy, proceeding either to Mytiline Gan island of the Grecian archipelago be- longing to Turkey in Asia) or for Resi- ka Bay (near the entrance of the Dar- 1annJ1eSl.