THE EASTERN QUESTION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10596, 14 September 1896, Page 2

THE EASTERN QUESTION.

C ' FUKTfiER tUKKISH j ! BRUTALITY. „ A SUGGESTION TO DEPOSE '}* ' ' THE SULTAN. . j, ENGLISH PUBLIC OPINION I s 1 AROUSED. V I ' a i Press Asß»eiatioM—By Telegraph—CowritW. § COKSTANTiHOPIiB, September 12. £ 4 Crael details are published in connection i■' a with, the deporting of the. Armenians, asd 11 * the Powers have again entered a protest \ j 0 against this brutality. ' t i. Busiuajg i« completely paralysed. ' ] X - Several foreign doctors recently examined < n the Sultan,- as the Young Turkish party c ° allege that he is developing homicidal mania, g due to a spinal complaint. > ;, The Forte's official statement alleges that s '■ an Armenian rising in the provinces is ' £ expected, and, holds the offioials answerable ' it for any massacre, or pillage. : J a liONDOH, September 11. ' It is reported that the Powers are con- ( '■ slderihg the advisability of deposing; the < at Sultan.. _. ~ . ' . ~. ~ ..... f . ' , September 12. t '• Mr Asqnitb, Home Secretary, in the Rose- 1 j° bery Administration, wysthat Britain should f refuse further negotiations with the Ports, I xi because the latter is a mere instrument for ' r. executing criminal and insane purposes. .He ' declares that the Powers cannot condone the ' Salaam's past crimes and,ignore the future j dangers without sharing In the guilt, ( ' Mr Gladstone considers the letter of the < Power* last year protesting against the out • , rages was a great instrument of mischief, , insuring impunity of wholesale murder, as I the protests were valueless unless backed up i by coercion. Mr Gladstone declines to head g, a crusade against " the great assassin." < Th*, continuation of the Armenian out- ] j. rages has led to a remarkable outburst of ~ feeling on the part of the Tory press, arid ' n some go so far as to demand the abolition of j the 1 Power. The Standard says that' diplomacy has proved fruitless, and ( : the; should try anothsr Sultan. Th» Morning Post advises .that to raise an agitation ■ ir on tha subject will strengthen the Marqais of Salisbury's bands in demanding reforms. . ._„ September 13. it The Forte, in its reply, denies the ocular i ,i testimony of the various embassies regarding ■ the riots. .! Lord Rosebery considers that the highest : ambition of the Porte is to place Armenia ' under'aiaew humiliation, and he expects \ * more will ensue from diplomacy than meet- , ing«; but if the latter are to succeed, their . being of a national character is essential. ',