The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-07

eesANAi ~ tOEAAE NTlttiC illNO SO4Ai-
plying with the demands that have
been made upon her by what is called
united Europe" The $50 far as for
eign affairs is concerned) so-termed in
faiiible British prime minister, seems
TO be in doubt as to the outcome of his
vigorous policy, which has called forth
heartfelt condemnation by every Eng
jlSh newspaper, and II is said that ne
Will propose TO the other powers that
before blOekading the coast of Greece
that country be given an extension OF
time in which TO consider her response
to the collective note demanding her
Withdrawal from Crete. 1ndecislon Is
generally a sign of weakness and II Is
so believed to be in this case. It is
thought that Greece does not need any
further time To consider what reply
shall be made to the powers. Small
and weak as she is, il is judged from
the dispatches from Athens that she Is
thoroughly determined to maintain her
present attitude and defy the powers
TO do their worst. In the meantime
the admirals commanding the foreign
fleets off Crete have been ordered to
report a plan for the blockade of the
Greek coasts, and this, in the face of
the menacing position evidenced by the
mobilizatio of the Greek army. and
the report that a squadron has started
for the coast of Macedonia.
NO COLLISION LOOKED FOR.
A representative of the United Asso-
ciated Presses was told at the foreign
Office today that the officials there stitl
had confidence that there would be no
armed collision between Greece and the
powers, but if the statements attrib-
uted to the Greek prime minister N.
Delyannis is true. it is evident that the
ioT viewing rhP SiflIa-
ton with an optimism that is not war
ranted by the situation. The statement
said to have been made by NJ. Delyan-
mis- that Greece would prefer to dis
appear from the map of Europe rather
than draw back from the position she
has taken, does not lead unpreJudiced
observers to pin their faith strongly TO
the opinions of foreign office officials,
who blindly follow the lead of their
chief. and before they have seen dlplo-
matte victory in circumstances which
have impressed outsiders with strong
sense of defeat. Through the current
of British sentiment flows strongly IN
favor of Greece in the Cretan imbrog-
Ito it is apparently not strong enough
to direct the policy of Lord salisbury
He may pretend to bow 10 the popular
will. but really, he is taking his own
course acting on the dictum OF LORD
Beaconsfield that diplomacy must be
guided llN -SIalf'SflEH- dHt. bDb ny Inc
chatter of irresponsible frivolity. Fol
lowing the idea that the government
foreign policy. right or wrong. should
have the support of the country, some
of the liberal papers are discovering
that something can be said OF dlplo-
matte action, which, though contrary
TO general sentiment. is. in official opin-
ion. keeping Europe out of war, an
opinion which il is feared may shortly
receive a sudden shock. The Gladstone
La Bouchere and general liberal con-
tention that Crete ought to be united
with Greece. has led to some pubnc
enlightenment on the exact justice OF
the Greek claims.
THE POSITION OF KING GEORGE
towards certain of the powers and what
might be the results of union upon
, Crete. 1t has transpired that King
! George, since his settlement on the
throne has been drawing annually
from England France and Russia
pension of el2,000, each power giving
him $4,000 per annum, under the I'M
derstanding that that sum shall CON
tinue during the good behavior of him
self and subjects There are those who
look upon the Greco-Cretan trouble as
a prearranged scheme to save the KING
and his dynasty from revolution,
which would embarrass the king and
suarantors Anent the Greek claims,
racial and religious, there are now
voices heard protesting that the modern
Greek is the mereSt mongrel, making
fraudulent use Of tradition, the most
indifferent Christian and ever wanting
Crete for purposes of robbery. 1t Ger
tainly can be affirmed, with accuracy,
that the people of the Ionian islands,
ceded to Greece through Mr.. Gladstone,
regret the change from property and
no taxation under Britain to dimin-
ished trade and heavy imports under
Greece. A letter issued by the geo
graphical commercial society OF Paris
from d Canea correspondent declares
that the Cretans distrust Greece and
want autonomy. Under the Turk the
Cretan Christian has been exempt from
military service. paid with much IT.
regularity their imposts. and have long
had neutrality-suspicious. Annexed
To Greece. they would be liable to mill
tarv duty. be burdened with taxation
and a mob of Greek functiOnaries 10
rule over them and collect the taxes.
This is. of course. eX-parte evide<zse,
and il does not in any way agree with
the statements of the leaders of the
Cretan insurgents, who declare that
they will fight to the death TO free
themselves from every semblance of
Turkish rule and who protest that they
desire annexation to Greece. Probably
Lord Salisbury and other European
diplomats care little for the cry OF
CRETE FOR THE CRETANS,
hut it is obvious that autonomy SINH
lar 10 that of the island of Samos would
commend itself to statesmen Samos
has a purely Christian population. and
so differs from Crete, where about one
fourth of the people are Moslems. Sa-
mos. he il noted, though entirely Greek,
has. refused to become part of Greece,
nreferrine autonomy with ar annual
fr;llte of 100000 piastres to the sultan
TO being ruled by Christians OF the
same race
OSCAR WILDE.
oscar wilde. who will be liberated
ned month, viii settle in Passv.
France. and resume his literary work
under an assumed name. The manag-
ing editor of an important Paris paper,
Who was and remains an idmirer of
Wfde's literary work, is ready to ac-
cent prose or poetry from him
LADY SCOTT.
LADY Scott. who was sentenced to !
nine months Imprisonment for libeling /
her son-in-law. Earl Russell, has again /
heen examined BIZ medical specialists, /
a assisted by the regular physician of /
T-olIo4rav -srison The report pro- (
nounced her TO be suffering so much /
rom confinement as permanently to /
AFFECT her health. Her early release 1
is expected.
QUEENS JUBILEE
The forecasts of the queens jubilee
Drogress through London. which are
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