Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
AN EASTERN COMPLICATION
WHICH FOR A MOMENT OYER
WHELMS THE IRISH TROUBLE.

Greece Refuses All Proposals for Arbitra-
tion and Will Go in on Her Muscle-If
Not Large She Proposes to be Ugly
Where Will it End ?-The lIrishmen ON
Trial Not Required to be Present but at
Liberty to Take TheirSeats in ParIia-
nent
AFFAIRS IN GREECE.
Dispatches from Constantinople report
Count Court and M Novigoff, Italian
and Russian ambassadors respectively, ,ex-
press regret that M. Tessat, French am
bassador to Turkey, has informed the
sultan of the arbitration project without
having previously communicated with
other ambassadors. They recommend
abandonment Of the project in favor of
of direct negotiations between Greece
and Turkey.
ATHENS, Jan. 1.-The chamber of dep
uties passed on its second ruling the bill
granting government credit for January.
During the debate on the second reading
of the bill granting the government au-
thority to draw an advance of 25,000, 600
drachmas of the loan Of 120, 0,0C0, 900, the
premier, Coumoundurcis, stated that he
should consider the adoption of the meas
ure cabinet question. The chamber
then passed the bill on it's second read
ing by vote of 107 to IS.
LONDON, Jan. IA Paris correspond
ent says the powers are doing their ut
most to calm the excitement in Greece.
Barthelmy st. Hilore, minister of foreign
affairs, was recently sent to Athens to
counsel, by which the Greek ministers
must have been struck.
LOOKS wARLIKE.
Vienna and Constantinople dispatches
concur in reporting the collapse of the
arbitrary scheme. The portes reply to
Tissals semi official communication of the
scheme is still withheld 1t has been
heretofore believed that the reply would
not be direct refusal, but would take
the form of counter prososal to send an
international commission to Epirus
and Thessaly to examine the
frontier question ON the spot.
The attitude of Greece, however, renders
any pacific negotiations difficult and the
Vienna correspondent asserts that the
porte will formally reject arbitration, and,
abandoning the idea of counter proposals,
will allow things to take their course.
The question is whether hostilities will
be postponed until March or begin now.
The final issue of war seems to be next to
a certainty
The foregoing agrees in tenor with all
that is known On the subject. A Con-
stantinople correspondent says the failure
of the arbitration project was foreseen
here from the beginning.
A dispatch from Vienna, says Ger
man, French and Austrian ministers at
Athens are urging Premier Coumoun-
durcis to prudence and patience, but
the mere report that ministry is disposed
to treat on this question, caused much
excitement at Athens, and a deputation
of members of the chambers waited
upon the premier for an explanation.
A st. Petersburg correspondent has had
an interview with Gen. Ignatieff, whom
he reports as saying that the retrograde
movement on the part Of the Greek gov
ernment would endanger the throne of
King George and revolution could scarce
ly be confined to Helluia territorys
Moreover he said if Greece is attempting
to annex Thassgly and Eperus she would
be reduced to a position of serious dan
ger. Hence Russia too could not abandon
her Greek religionists to their fate
should their existence be imperilled.
In the chamber of deputies at Athens
y,
demanded explanations from the govern
ment regarding the present position of
the frontier question He declared that
arbitration would destroy the work of
the Berlin conference TricOupis con-
.cluded by saying Europe may tear up the
protocol but the tattered document will
be stepped in the blood Of the Greeks.
The premier replied that it was unnec-
cessary for the ministry to ask either the
chamber or nation to dictate reply to
the arbitration proposal. He said we have
acted upon our own responsibility and
Europe understood that we were capable
of executing its decision
We are resolved courageously to defend
the interest and honor of Greece. 1t is
evident from this that even ministerial
reserve and conservatism are powerless
to resist the pressure to which the king
and government at Athens are now sub
jected. Mercioupious was lately over
thrown because he didn't move fast
enough to satisfy the popular clamor.
Now the ministers are too slow for him.
AS indications of the warlike fever
prevailing the region of Athens, in an
nouncing the finding of the statute of
Minerva Victorious couples the fact with
the statement thvt the discovery is made
at the moment when all Greece is in
arms
THE TRIAL.
DUBLIN, Jan IA correspondent says
that Powell, who was apparently indif-
ferent while the case for the crown was
being stated, developed much watchful
industry in regard to witnesses, making
copious notes and passing them to his
counsel 1t is curious fact that one of
the traversers named Gordon has not I'D
to the present even come to Dublin, and
che crown has never once inquired after
him. 1t is stated he is i'll in the western
part of Ireland.
The crown does not trouble itself in re-
gard to the whereabouts of defendants.
This has given the traversers much sat-
isfaction and it is probable Beggar, Sex
ton and others will 60 to the meeting of
parliament.
A dispatch from Dublin says the reason
assigned for prohibition of all land league
meetings Sunday, is that meetings are
calculated to excite ill-feel;ng among her
majesty's subjects
A dispatch from Rome says: In order
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