The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-03
GREEuES GORE.
Her DAHdSr Is w, RnI she Will Have
Her RIEhIH or bleed, or Roth,

| AANA vs. tANNNN w. AsHNhs
ATHENS, January L. Premier Coumouu
dourous has informed the Greek Chamber
that Greece refuses to submit the bound
ary question to arbitration.
LONDON, January la dispatch from
Constantinople reports that Count Corti
and NJ, Noviiotf, Italian and Russian Am
bassadors respectively, express regret thai
NJ. Tissot, the French Ambassador to Tur'
key, has informed the Sultan OF the arbi.
tralion project without having previously
communicated with the other AmbAssa.
dors. They recommend tho abandonment
Of the project, and are in favor Of direct
negotiations between Greece and Turkey.
A Paris correspondent says all the Pow.
fers are doing their utmost to calm the ex.
citernent in Greece. BarthelemY ST. Iii.
Iaire, Minister of Foreign Affairs recently
sent 10 Athens COunsols by which the
Greek Ministers must have been struck
Vienna and ConstanlinOple dispAtCnes
concur in reporting collapse OF the Rrbi.
trRliOn scheme, The Pores reply to lis.
sot's semi.0tllGlAl communication oI the
scheme Is suii withheld. II has been
heretofore believed that the reply would
not be direct retusal, but would take the
form OF counter proposal to send an In.
teTnatiOnal commission 10 Epirus and
rheIslly TO examine the frontier question
on the spot. The attitude OF Greece, how.
ever, renders any pacific negotiations ditEl'
cult, and q Vienna correspondent asserts
that the Porte will formally reject arbitra.
ton, and, abandoning tho ide2 OF Coun.
ter.propOsal, will allow things to take their
COursP. The question is whether hostii.
ties will be postponed until March or be.
Gin now, The ilnHl issue Of war seems to
b0 next to a certainty, The foregoing
agrees in tenor with oil that IL known on
the subject.
A dispatch from Vienna says the Ger
man, French and Austrian Ministers at
Athens are urging PrenIier COnmOun.
dOuros to prudence and patience, but the
report that the Ministry IL dispOsed to
treat on this arbitrary question caused
much excitement at Athens, and a depu.
taIiOn OF members OF the Chamber waited
upon the Premier tnr explanations.
The Vienna PrtSS'S ST. Petersburg CORES.
pondent has had an interview with Gen.
eral lgnatietIl HON he reports rs saying
that Il retrograde movement on the part OF
the Greek Government would enianger
the throne Of King George, and that the
revolution could scarcely be confined to
Hellenic territory. Moreover, he said II
Greece, In attempting to annex Thestaly
and EpiruR, sh0nId be- reduced to posi-.
ton Of serious danger, France, Italy aud
England would surely help her. Russia,
too, could not abandon her Greek Corelg. |
inuists to their fate should their existence
be imperled,
In the Chamber Of Deputies, at Athens,
yesterday, TnCOupiS, the leader OF the Op.
position, demanded explanations from the
Z gIVernment regarding the present position
OF the frontier question. H0 declared
that arbitration would destroy the work
OF the Berlin conference. TriCOupis con.
Cluded by saying: Europe may tear up
the protocol, but the taterel document
wil be ste0pedin the blood OF the Greeks"
The Premier replied that 1t was unneCes.
sary for the Ministry to ask either the
Chamber or tho nation to dictate reply
to tue arbitration proposed. lie said
" We have acted upon our own responsi.
billly, and Europe understands that we
are capable Of executing It's decision,
We are resolved COurageOnsy to defend
the in erests and honor Of Greece" II Is
evident from this that even ministerial re.
serve and conservatism are pOwerless to
resist the pressure to which the King and
at Athena are now subjected.
NJ TriCOupis WAS lately OvOrthrnWn be.
cause he did not move fast enough to
supply the popular Clamor. Now the
Ministers are t0p slow for him. as al IN.
diCation Of wNrIike fever prevailing the
Mayor Of Athens, in announcing the lind.
ing Of the statute Of Minerva Victoria,
couples the fact with the statement that
the discovery is made at a moment when
all Greece IL in arms.