The herald., 1897-04-25
to make sacrifices of money as we'll as,

to make sacrifices Of money as well as
| of blood.
| The rumor In Athens today that the
| Greek warships were preparing to make
a dash through the Dardanelles, caused
much interest in military and naval cir
cles. It was pointed out that the bonn
| bardment Of small ports on the Albanian
and Macedonian coasts does not require
powerful ironclads, such as the Psara'
Hydra and Spetzla, and these may try
to run the gauntlet of the Turkish ships
and forts in the straits. If only two OF
them succeed in getting through the eff
feet Of their appearance in the Bos-
phorus would be incalculable. 1t Is
} quite certain that with their present
I armament, the Turkish warships would
| be powerless against them.
| The Greek army at present ie suffering
from lack of medical supplies. The
chloroform is nearly exhausted and
nurses, medicines, clinical thermome-
ters, lint and surgical appliances are
needed.
THE BALKAN QUESTION
The attitude of the various Balkan
states is closely watched In political cir
cles.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria Is play
| Ing his own game and Is determined to
profit to the utmost by Turkeys stress,
apparently needless of advice even from
| Russia.
The Servian minister at Paris, in an
interview describes Servia's attitude as
| being one of strict neutrality. He added:
| Bulgaria is In the same position as our
selves. She is more ineistent, but there
is no danger of trouble and 1t is to the
interest of the porte to grant what we
ask" The Servian minister did not
think the war would last long. He said
| the Greeks must not reckon upon ris-
Ing in Macedonia.
VATICAN INFLUENCE
According to advices from Rome, re-
lations between the holy see and Turkey
are entirely suspended.
| The whole influence of the vatican
is exerted toward inducing the powers
| to end Turkish rule in Europe, with the
view of great revival and reorganiza-
| ton of the Christian eastern church.
CONCERT CLAIMS
A telegram from st. Petersburg says
| the fact that the war has not pro-
duced discord among the powers and
| imperial visits is regarded in official cir
ces as a solid guarantee of the locali-
zation Of the war and as a safeguard Of
| peace.
This statement, however. forms a con-
trast with the news from Toulon today
announcing that the entire French
Mediterranean squadron was taking on
board provisions coal and ammunition
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ENGLISH GOSSIP
The Prince Of Wales left Newmarket
yesterday for Eastern Neston, near
Towcester, the Northampton home Of
Sir Thomas Fermer- -Heskith. where he
will remain until Tuesday. Sir Thomas
Fermer- -Hesketh is at present in Afri-
ca, and his wife, daughter of the late
Senator Sharon of San Francisco. has
a large party of friends to meet the
prince, including the duke Of Grafton,
Lord Euston and Lord Alfred Fitzroy.
The developments in South Africa are
creating much excitement here, and es-
pecially In the case of the sudden dis
patch from the Cape of Good Hope Of
a squadron Of British warships to De-
lagoa bay. 1t is the general impression
that Great Britain Is preparing for an
important move. According to one
statement the government learned that
several warships had been ordered to
Delagoa bay, and consequently It was
determined to forestall the Germans.
A blue book published todoy contains
a grave warning to the Transvaal in a
dispatch from the secretary of state
for the colonies Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain, to the British high commissioner
in South Africa. Lord Rosemeade
dated March 9Th. referring to the
Transvaal alien immigration bill as a
breach of the London convention. Mr..
Chamberlain regrets that in spite OF
the repeated assurances Of President
Kruger of his respect for the convention
the British government has been so
frequently obliged to complain of in
fringement Of the convention or ac-
tion Of the Transvaal calculated to lead
to an infringement.