The Revolution in Turkey.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 122, 21 November 1895, Page 2

The Revolution in Turkey.

THE SULTAN AND REFORMS. AN IMPORTANT SPEECH BY LORD SALISBURY. | Per Press Association I Vienna, Nov. 19. The Fremdenblatt says Russia will not accept Austria's proposal to empower the Embassies, if they are unanimous to act instantly in regard to Turkey in event of sadden danger, as it is the wish of the Russian Government that the various Cabinets should decide as to the action to be taken. Constantinople. Nov. 20. The Sultan spent the whole night in wiring messages to the various Governors containing orders for the carrying out of reforms. London, November 20. Speaking at Brighton, Lord Salisbury said he had received a message from the Sultan of Turkey in which he complained of a statement made in his Guildhall speech that it was unlikely the reforms in Turkey would be carried out. In this message the Sultan said he believed Lord Salisbury had been misled, and he asked him to publicly deny the statement, and he offered his word of honor that he would personally see 4hat the reforms were carried into effect. Lord Salisbury went on to say that the Sultan's comments on his speech were unseemly, seeing that Great Britain was acting in harmony with the Powers. If men like Rustein Pasha had been appointed Governors the atrocities wonld never have occurred, and the other nations would not have have had cause to despise the Sultan's decision to carry ont reforms. Later. Lord Salisbury said there was no want of sympr thy smong the European Powers. The position in which the Sultan was placed was due to the Turkish laws, and they were not sufficient to enable good Government to be maintained. Competent Governors were essential to success, and a magician's wand could not cure diseases which, in England, were looked upon as long years of error.