The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-03
TnRK PLAYS FOR TINE
rxgs NAY SCARE HIN WITH Al
ULTIMATUM.
..-s.ry Says He VIII Get Ne Terri
- rron, Greece-tsrorge ohters
= Control Of creek Ffsas
~-~f,sh victory In fndia--Rtoe -
~.xrfd-Greaf FIood In Austria

s~nxaTAyTIS0pLE. Aug. z-Ffotn
! 80, indica tons the powers VII ns
t-s.sI,sd 20 scne another uitiTnasun %
- The action CT Tewfk Ss.1
s.smit;ing amendments 20 the dEatt
=. treat completed al Safaraas
e.-ssr of IN. ambassadors, IL regarded sas
5 s S'..snx delay Of two or FSrse weeks
] : s~rsue the pFelssntnaries OF peace ana
I y. ssr.her thought il Will possibly necss-
- another threat in the nature OF an
e.ors Aug. IA specla dispatch from
fs~sr.snople says the ambassadors are
e....slned 10 maintain tho wording OK
- kraft Of the treaty Of peace with
= ehange-
swrsDS, Aug 1.-The Marquis o, Sails.
arfepiying IN the house OF iord~ fcaa5
- Liberal leader. the Earl Of kimber-
- questioned the government as 20
late 81 peace negotiations between
- and Turkey. outlined the status OF
- rcrsta utinrple exchange Of views. per-
~ referring 10 them In sarcastic
5s.. The prernler said u was no wonder
- .hs patIenee OF aay people was soreIy
ssd hy the delay. The compiexity ana
7..ss.;ieity OF the negotiations. ne added.
-. however account for their length.
s-ss.asug Lord Salisbury explained
| -. .se peaee The powers were trying to
zs,~.xe was no ordinary agreement be-
- eonaueror and conquered eoun-
= Tac territory conquered by the Turk
- .rmy was one assigned to Greece by
....ra.:onsl agreement and therefore tho
1900, voice ia regard to its diaposai was
.s-r,zea by the sultan. The latter was
-. a. demanding security against incur
-. such a. those which brought about
- nresens war and for that purpose u
,.rtit. .ation Of the frontisr on strategic
hssss VAS n reasonable demand. IL was
-, reasonable to hope that the Greek
communities should not De placed under
-s,s.ssn rsle. The premier further assert
y thar her maiesty's ministers believed
,sss. questions had been settled. and Tur-
~ raj accepted the frontier line traced
=. she military attaches Of the embassies
= The bowers. though the premier shared
lard Kimberly doubts.
seeking OF the Indemnity to be paid to
T,,rtey BIZ Greece the premier said:
A,usrs comes III the mysterious and dr.
sru,, suessioil of the German bon9holaers.
H. do not think that any international
aaty lies on Europe to provide for their
narnens ,ho,:sh admit they have been
bong unpaid
I,ar,s salisbury further said:
'~The credit 81 Greece in the European
market win for long time be exceeding
IN email, and some form of control OF
Greek sources Of revenue Is inevitable
canaes say that negotiations In that di-
rscsIoa have advanced very far, and
,n,lss adsaf that the question may be
source u very considerable delay
Lard Salisbury said he fully agreed with
Lard Kimberly that Crete IL in danger
Gus position. The element OF danger.
however. did rot arise. he insisted. be-
cause the island was mixed up in the af-
fairs Of the Ottoman Empire. but rather
fran tho terrible division among the
efesds division which might yet re-
eaIre a power greater than al the SOW
ssasxns of Europe 10 Danish 1T.
ATHENS. Aug. AIN the course Of an
kl,rview today. VI. Skouleudis, the min
ssr o. foreign affairs declared that King
6sge had not concealed from Europe his
saniion 10 abdicste II "a system OF Esn-
nsean control OF Greek finances were
sssbl.shed lie said hn believed the fact
ID already modified the attitude Of the
,sers toward the German proposal, and
as. some other scheme wouid be ar
nased.