The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-18
AN OMINOUS OUTLOOK.
EASTERN AFFAIRS TAKE ON A Wta.
LIKE Aspect AGAIN.

Gre"ee and servia Ready to Fight a. tha
Drop of the Hat, aud Anxious fol thu
Drop-London Rioters in Court Gen.
erai Foreign News.
vienna, Peb ls.-A dispatch from Atheni
states that several additional vessels Of tn
naval reserve have been ordered to nut in
commission with all possible dispatch, and
that all enlisted men OF the army reserye
under - years Of age haYe teen ordered to
join the colors, The temper of the people
so Warllke that the ministry of NJ Leeynis
would certainly be overthrown and King
Geo &c would probably Le conn ellei to alb
iii ate ii they obeyei the summons OF tbs
uoHers to disarm
The Athenlans are wrought to tine highest
PIT h OF rage by the suggestion which is tel
eg aphed from London that rs Eng
land shall have completed the assem-
bling OF her Mediterranean squadron
she will proceed t. enforce the man
date of the powers by disabling the
Greek feet. This, they maintained, would
Ee exceeding all bounds of diplomatic inter
vention, and would be ar act Of war pure
and simple to be resisted by Greece to the
utmost extremity.
Ill report OF a secret understanding be
tween Greece ami Servia 10 Jointly resist
the order TO disArm, is again revived AMI
is stten tn by the Occurrences of the past
few days at both ends OF the peninsula De
spite King Milan's pacific assurances the
Ssrvian preparations for q renewal OF hos
tihties with Bulgaria are being pushed for
ward with feverish haste All the reserves
and militia with vast quantities of food,
supplies and ammunition are being rushed
to tile front The entire Seryiah
army is on the field on the pretance of a SIX
weeks drill; the government has Just placed
contracts for 50,G09, rides and p ,000, 900
cartridges Tie actual Servian force now
81 or approaching the Bulgarian frontier is
estimate at St,00J men Of all arms. and in
a ltition TO thesa the Lanlsturm regiments
have been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness foT immediate service
Ali this Is significant in view of the fact
that the truce prescribed by the demarea-
tion commission will expire by its own
limitation at midnight on the 2sth inst
This is only one week from next Sunday
night
''''A'N NiiC u hto bC--e-A Il tltLtlN ltt- bCtl
effected which materially alters the posi-
bilitie' of Bulgaria's fighting strength
This Is the Tu-co Bulgarian treaty, by
which each OF these powers binds itself to
aid the other with rcmforcemants of troops
to the extent o. its whole available army in
event of war. Thus, il Servia attacks Bu-
Eara at the end Of the existing truce. she
may find that she has to reckon with both
Bulgaria and Turkey. On the other hand.
Turkey may by that time be so emhroiled
with Greece she may need all the military
force to retain possession of Epirus and
Salonica.
But little Importance is attached in diplo-
matte circles here to the British threat. al
though it is given on the authority of The
Daily News, which it is understood is more
on less the personal organ of Mr. Gladstone
1t is almost inconceivahla that the British
premier would order an act of violence, for
which there is but questionable warrant and
no p'eced mt in international law for sole
benefit OF the 'unspeakable Turk" and in
the face of certain opposition at home The
Radicals of his own party would bitterly
cOnlrmn any active hostility toward Greece,
as the are in full sympathy with what
lh1y believe to be her Just demands under
She Berlin trs;Ity