Ogden Daily Standard | 1901-08-27 | Page 1 | Fall of Turkey

FALL OF TURKEY washington fears the french action foreshadows Fore shadows calamity washington aug 27 it is feared in official circles hero that the withdrawal of the french ambassador from constantinople marks the dissolution of tho concert of european powers under the integrity ot 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 ithe destruction of the ottoman empire this action was to forestall what were conceived to be the 0 russia to seize turkish territory and russia herself was led to subscribe to the agreement by force of circumstances although several times severely strained notably by suet events as the last war between tur hey and greece this fact has BO ta endured without amendment but 1 Is apprehended now that if the action of france is carried out to tho ex indicated in the each ot the other signatory powei will feel obliged in self protection t disregard the agreement and pre upon turkey the baat financial an oher claims that have accumulated i the past quarter of a century with a result of disrupting the present turkish government