The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14

is alive or dead, whether he is insane
or sane"
Il have heard it said that the pres
ent sultan is afraid of his life, and that
he is a nervous wreck on this account
Did you see anything that might con-
firm this OpiniOn?"
'No," replied Gen. Miles. GAS to his
being afraid of his life, 1 doubt wheth-
er there is monarch in Europe who
has not a greater or less fear of assas-
sinG+ion. You remember there have
been recent attempts to kill the king
of Italy, the emperor of Austria and
the president of France. I don't be-
lieve the sultan is more afraid of his
life than any of the other monarchs
are of losing theirs
Does the sultan really understand
military matters, general?' said l.
Yes, indeed said Gen. Miles. He
knows all about his troops and their
equipment He spoke of his army
having some American guns, and ap-
parently had a good knowledge of the
different kinds of firearms. He is very
proud of his army, and, when I re-
marked that he must have had good
generals in order to be able to mobil-
iZe 100000 men in forty-five days, he
remarked that he knew he had good
generals, and that he had made them,
meaning, 1 suppose, that he had chos-
Ell the generals himself"
Did he say anything about the
WARP"
Not much replied Gen. Miles, "save
when | referred to the success of the
Turks, he replied that God was on
the side of the right; that the Greeks
had made war upon him without
cause, and that through Gods dis
pleasure they had been unsuccessful "
BETWEEN THE BATTLE LINES.
where did you go after leaving
Turkey, general?"
Il went to see the Greek and Turkish
armies in the field [ sailed down
through the Dardanelles and saw the
Notifications there, and thence 1 sailed
to Athens and went to the field The
advance lines of the two armies were
within 400 yards of each other. [ went
along the picket line Of the Greek army
under flag of truce. AS 1 did so I
could see the Turks and could hear
their bugles. The Turks were then
living in the tents which they had cap
tured from the Greeks. and the Greeks
were without shelter in the rain
Were the Greeks at all ready for
war, general?'
NO, they were not" was the reply.
'They were carried away by popular
Enthusiastic, dLu lIIey were Outnun-
bered, outmaneuvered and outgener-
aled by the Turks
do you think there is any good
military material in the Greek nation?"
Yes they might make good soldiers
if they We're properly handled and
under skilled generals
THE ARMY OF RUSSIA.
How were you impressed with the
RnSSjAn
Very favorably, indeed" replied
Gen. Miles. THE Russians have one
of the best armies of Europe, and their
population is so great that the other
nations fear them. Napoleon, you
know, once said that Europe would at
some time be all Cossack or all repub-
lican. The Russian empire has now
population of more than $1,000 O0O
Now, at the rate of one soldier to every
five inhabitants, Russia has a possible
army of 24,000.000. The Russians are
a military nation. The car expects
every man to be a soldier. His people
have long been accustomed to war, and
his army, as far as | could see, is well
armed, we'll differed and we'll equipped
[ have never seen any finer horses any
where than those used by the Russian
cavalry"
AUDIENCE WITH THE GAR.
please tell me about your audience
With the car, general"
Il met him at the Summer palace