Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-11-30
SULTAN ODDURATE.
Has Appealed to EmperOFs to Stop
Naval Demonstration.
10 REJECTS DEMANDS OF POWERS
CO4bined Fleet Of Powers Now AS
sembIing Mt Piraeus NuAabers IL
VesseIs-NegOtiatiOns Take
q Serious Turn.


Constantinople, Nov. 24.-The Sui
tan has issued an trade approving the
decision OF the council Of ministers 10
reject the demands Of the powers Tor
International control Of the finances OF
Macedonia, Whether the rejection 10
absolute or conditional has not yet been
definitely ascertained.
Vice Admiral Husni Pasha has
started on q special steamer for inc
Dardanelles, presumably with instruc-
tons for the commander Of the forts
regarding the commanders conduct In
the event Of the appearance OF the In
ternational feet" Similar instructions
have been sent to the governors OF the
Turkish islands In the archipelago.
The answer of the Porte as a whole
is entirely unsatisfactory since 1t does
not respond to the demand for the ex-
tension Of the authorities Of the fnan-
cial agents Of the powers for two
years and Is evasive upon the Ques-
ton Of the general control by the pow
ers Of the financial affairs OF Mace
donia. All the ministers except the
minister of war favored yielding to the
rltlmatum but palace influences led
the Sultan to override the favorable
attitude OF the Porte Ihese innue1ces
are regarded as the outsroWtn Oh oel
many's abstaining from taKlns an ac-
tive part IN tne naval uenoaSl "..on'
me turkish repiy gives " Sei'ouS 'u'"
10 inc nesOtlA'iUnS' ..,..on. 80
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accep. Hio 1l,, so ,s.".San,a 80
ues VI 'no s""'oto y. ..'.S s-"-.n ~
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ohstration Inc combined meet Oh tne
powels nv" a0'.nD e ~ oou1
oonsis's VI OLA iaise anu toal Sal
VESSELS volueu w AulHi Ne
lsr Won Jeu,na Vi inc austrian navy
treat nrltAin ID Represented Dy tne
armoreo crusler Lancaster ana tne
scout snip seminal Austria oy tne ar
iAoui9u Ni"'0ol w. 0o'ee onu en' WI
pedo cruiser SAigedvar, Italy by the
armored cruiser Giuseppe Caribaldi
and the torpedo boat destroyer ostro
and France by cruiser and gunboat.
Germany's abstention from partici-
patton, in the proposed demonstration
teresting.
The powers are said to have agreed
as the first part Of their procedure. ON
the seizure Of the harbor and custom
houses on the island of Mytilene. the
island ofLlmnos in the northern mart
Of the Aegean sea. and the island Of
Minor.
The fact that the session Of the
council of ministers at which the pro-
posals Of the powers were rejected
was a stormy one and that ali the
ministers except the minister of war
favored yielding to the ultimatum,
leads to the belief that the sultan
win yield 1t the first show Of deter