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then run from Mavroneri on the Gulf OF
SaIonica to and including Malsovo and
the Lake of Janina, the line terminating
on the south bank of the River Kalama.
Within this strip OF territory the people
are nearly all Greeks. 1t has no sIrategetic
Importance for Turkey, and its cession
could not, or ought not, to awake into
action the Servo-Bulgarian alliance. That
Russia will assent to this adjustment,
however, is more than doubtful. When
Greece demanded in 1881 the frontier
assigned TO her under the treaty, the Porte
refused and Russia backed up the refusal.
Now the chances of the Porte accepting
the settlement are small
The Servo-Bulgarian pact will be finally
concluded at Belgrade early in April.
Prince Ferdinand, accom- panied by his
Prime Minister, NJ Sterloff, then goes to
the Servian capital NJ. Sterloff and King
Alexander's Prime Minister, NJ. Simitich,
have consulted the Russian Government
on the terms of the alliance which has
received approval from St. Petersburg.
Whi the Austrian official press make
only casual reference to an arrangement
that confirms Russian domination in the
Balkan states, the Budapesth papers are
more outspoken.
The sum OF the matter is that for the
present Austria, though seriously appre-
hensive. can do nothing except to
strengthen her forces in Bosnia and Her
zegovinia, and this is silently being don e.
During the past four week. there has
been a constant stream of men and mu-
nitions into Bosnia, chiefly toward Sere-
gIo. Military opinion here concurs in
viewing the preparations for war now pro-
ceeding against all tho Balkan States as
not making immediate operations inn n, i
nent on any side. even on the Greco
Turkish frontier. Minor encounters there
may occur, but the passes in Thessaly are
still under snow, and movement of troops
in mass will be tor some weeks yet aim ost
impossible.
The sailing of Crown Prince Constan-
tine from Athens for Volo. ThessaIy, last
evening, accompanied by the Crown
Princess. this Kaiser's sister, who Will go
as far as Larissia, is not held here as i'm
plying the fastening of an outbreak be-
tween Greece and Turkey. but. on the
contrary, it is understood here that the
aim of the Crown Prince is to counteract
the influence of the national committees
which are working as hard as they can to
incite the Greeks TO acts of insubordina-
ton on the par. of the Greek soldiers in
making attacks upon the Turks across The
border, with the object of precipitating an
embodiment, which the powers would be
powerless to overcome Crown Princess
Sophie will remain week at Larrissla. in
order to supervise the organization of the
Red Cross Society, which contemplates an
extensive programme in the event of se-
r.ous bostilities.
The Frankfort Gazette says that Won
der Goltz Pasha, the German General who
organized the present Turkish army and
some time ago severed his relations with
the Turkish military department because
of his disgust with the way things were
going. Is a candidate for the office of Gov
ernor of Crete, with good chances of sue
cess.
Regarding Crete, the military view is
that IL will require $4,000 troops to effect
the so-called pacification of the islanders
il they choose to resist. There are 10000
well-armed Cretans in the island whose
leaders still distrust the autonomy offered
them. Further than this the Italian Gov
ernment has categorically refused TO fur
nish man beyond its quota of 900 men
for purposes of occupation of the island !:
the English and French Governments dare
not, in the lace of popular sentiment, in
crease their quotas; Germany Will neither
increase The number of vessels in Cretan
waters nor send troops to Crete. and the
powers cannot agree among themselves
that Russia shall undertake the work of
occupation OF the island alone. The Eu-
ropean mandate to France and Italy,
which Is under public discussion, is dis
liked in both countries, and the settle
ment of Crete is still diplomatic puzzle.