, 1881-04-06
GREECE.
Wariike State OF Affairs at the
Capital Of the HeI|enes.
Tho Nation All Ready for a Struggle
with It's Old Enemy, the Turk.
Sertn,y.trt Thousand Men Armed md Equipped,
and IltalI 10 ho,e nj DAYS sotite.

tofrfar1cMstTet r.. i.,ao a,thrp b. Emn m 'o'
ATHENS. Greece. March 7.-Thc clurions
nrn sounding: regiment succeeds regiment,
cannon arc batug mounted; the streets urr
filled with soldInrs who arc n,aneuyerInr:
surrounding plaiDs arc occ,lpied wtth mill
tary barracks: eyury sailing vessel and stca,u-
t,tftt wtc, la,,dy Mt the l'luetis nnionds their
rcyolyefs. and sabrrs. powder, ent1iDuents,
aht hayersncks. Athens Is no longcr n city,
it Is catnp. AM, from, the llivl stems 0f
tic Acropo,ls. Mt s,,t,tlowu, IL heard fran NIL
~ Nv. ~, .a.,,t,'I,a s'H ~
.,,,'s., sIaA 'n' ''1'''H'" e"''s ~ Nils'
,.,,,;,,, "aasn ,.',,, ,....., ~ - .
f'''i HE ro''ks 1io,T 1'kny''h ,.y IVY" MONTHS
sncl is tho unexpected aspect under wtfcl,
probably Ia M rrent news 10 tho tlin,oma,s.
hnt thtnl. ot.,nrr ,vtlt In a,,rrr;saI
T,,, 1.."o,.s ao,','..,,.t,, ',,,t,s,,,.. .,,,
anu 1.eehs c"lte.npaau e'',efl''g M upon tne
n,,ti furnished viii, oxcclIrn, Gras rnns
,,,,,,,t, 10 ~, ,,n,,, .a,,+ " t,,o,, fp,.
W'.'c.i nave peetl aent 10 llle'a lroh' Austria
tt.oir pOwder-tlasks and belts from itussfa;
tho factory of Krupp ~ Co.. at Essen. fs Mt
this moment milking for t,te,n cu,,,,on ] nf tho
Lest 'nodeis; whilst tho United States Of
America Inns Just forwarded pieces for scrv-
ice ln their stronghotds. There arc cart
ridges by the million III their ursena(s, aud
10000 cllassepots arc deposited in the
barracks. Tho infantry whom 1 sec
ta'neusrc esely 'norn'ls' n.e Us wei us'i.eu
as our OWL ana remind inc OF il'e Italian
soldiers, Will, their iro.:-gray uniforms
trimmed with red, As to the hcarlng Of the
! wisi, com1d imnrass m IL" ,nwla - H1 ,h"s.
WHO reau t'lls me pfglonhtt sensation OK
fIe'Ge tis H;,m N na'ng hefe' III this Atticn 80
A vEtl.rAn1.E ARMY OF THE LATEST MODE,
md ready to enter I'm line IN n fortnight. or
to.morrnw il Ktng Georxc as,I lis Ministers
50 dSsi{sd: i; lirs :, -.
drilling ior trer mouths. M we'll ns tla sf,ns
Of tj.q peptl!e. Tha fnr1ncr l,ayt. s,inninI
themselves Will, iau,asEcen,sl nrtms. p'n. 81.
tileir ,,atnes.Hua.nes Of ancestors s cr"ctrd i
or burned alive by the Turks during tGo late
war;
lhare i9 nothing tAlkeu about hut war; end,
Wngt! BUSINESS ~ nitnifs nEe nroaGheti, INC re,
Ely Is, We VIII taIk OF this Atter tiio war;"
lnia IS Inc preoccllp9ttoii' ot al! this city,
@ @Whicll Is thy most F1etlcl, a'ld the most
!'hrts!u'I II! the world. WINS aiazctl mt tl,ts,
ior, siiace e. earliest chiIdii9od. llke the con,-
,,!n,'!y t III geera,; l'aa i.naEltst Greece
s'Ac F'>Ns
plIlet q n. About In Grccc Gontenspo-
ralne' 'ldescFibcd thirty years ago. TIIls book
SEEMS VERY UNJUST AND ANTICIPATED
to the traveller of 1881. This. however, IS
! t;reccey Tle ErE;isL tourist sorIetin,es
tjo t;erunn iirofrss1,r nn,i t,,n Fernc ' sava,,i'
| All these. rciiccnt. in their naturt.. ntIl
having ,lo ewes Yor amthInr Gut tlia
! I'artllelon, tic rropyI;ra, md Tho
| venerable ruins Of anfIrnt Athnns. In MT
care tl trouble themselves Will m,ndern nf.
| fairs, Communication with t;repcu il also
very difficult alNl expensive, it requires 4
Witch does llot nccor,i with tt tastu f,f nyery
one: biz rnIIruuti stnrtn1., III frn1n ram Avlnun.'
0up,slt Otrantu. and rcncittnr At1inns IL
| .Iailfnn. will In {1r sylvafinn uf' tftirn ns Il
WILL open tlb route to Atiietls, and prcse1lt to
tio WoriG Atilet!S rs J. Is totLay. Tho Greeks
\ kIow ~ tills; t!lorelortt without awaiting
| tho usslstnllco of my uilc, thoy started the
WYE, nNa haYe accol!il'tisi,'ed great tsllnEs.
10 use Just co1nparlsoll, 1 Should shy
Athens otto-tlay
| sGnEArI.y RESEMBLES NICE,
| mt tho old ltnt,nn city. hut Erm,rh Nice. nil
newly built, witt its Immense llutcjs. its
Kartlens its squares scarcely perfected, lis
ynst houses of in1rble md STONE T,hn strcr,s
are hulltlsonr Tho stores humorous md we'll
supplied. T6o people uru polished, reserved csc.
without urrogai,ce, and wttll0ut apparent
poverty; siaSe lave been heTs iavs pot
s;rests witi'out bei1,r uss;.jIen II ~ uerc,,"ss
snliriinr4 ns II, S1uti,rrm ifniv. n Tia
,nttst nf Liza snnctoIs strrrts. md Houl"var,ia
llantetl viii, trees, u,l,er ths brlgilt lisllt
Reflected by the w1,Itr.,nnrbJn hotlsss'
| rarriHrcs circninte Il. ,rrent nn,Minr'
'TIeso nil ilnvn ti,o nnnenrnmco ~ mia
e,ninnrns, ,viti, thnir orar.sSi,ra nnj i,,xisri.
| Ults misunderstanding travellers tn sl1punse
That ull Athalis IL ening to II narrIaEe-f1te.
Tiers IL always II grtnt cA!lllotion uld hurry
In the treGts,-a variety If costumes serving
to cnilvGn the evsr-cha,lglng pan0ramn. Iii
tl,o c1lninercsnl Quarters. however, MI nre at-
tired III Europenn costume. Persons IN easy
circumstances pay great attention To their
dress IN Eafa occnsiolls. when black dress
CoatH and white crayats ilre tle rtgucur.
repeat, that p1le would halicyc himself
| At CANNES OH NICE,
n, osco,,lino tt,n iii of ,hn acro,o,ts ,po
hcni.i Tia E1t,nn S,a nw' 10 ill.,! n,,i' ~ w.
tto,l"ss tvntrrs nx,"n}u, frn,!l SnoMIno I'm IN ~
1sMnsrn All nsEin, \, thn .2;ut,, az ~
ah,raa f @ F"i,n % X IT. tbis io ,1t,'s 1'it,,,aI g
snrnSr m uf ta tsr,tnt ,tt II ~ tin stnr ~ rvga
us hanu hr%x1 nvar sim H., = rnts. ~
,i~ ISo. ~ c"a,it w ~ r,aaY so ~ niess ~ ~,
en, fnii, M :r.,m, IL trrnM,,tn ,ns @ ,na, M'l ,G
1 h%oh AA1HiHsu+ N&"t@h llItNIsith tN1 lNl3t