The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13
ARRAY OF
TROOPS BY
MOSLEMS
More Than Half a Million
Soldiers Face the
Powers.
INSOLENCE OF HANDS
OFFICERS.
They SCOrn the Idea of Anv
4 Combination Being Made
( Against Turkey.
EASTERN AFFAIRS YET IN AN
0MINCUs STATE.
1t Now Appears That Russia Has
Been FinanCiering the Sultan
Throughout the War.
rCopyrighted 1897 by the New York Sun.

LONDON, Eng, June 12-The Sun:
SaIonlca correspondent writes: Europe
had better make up her mind to pro.
longed Turkish occupation of Thessaly
The Salonics railroad is as busy now as on
the eve of war. Trains conveying troop:
and stores have been running ceaselessly
three months. Europe scarcely seems to
understand the position of affairs even
now. It is this: There are 250. 600 Otto.
man troops in Thessaly at the present
tine ana 800 600 more IN Macedonia ready
TO join them, and the Sultan wants to
know which power or what com bination
Of powers is going to undertake the Job of
turning him and his soldiers out. Turk.
ish civil and military officers of the high.
est rank are continually passing to and
from Constantinople. Tney snap their
fingers az the powers and say rude things
OF the En- bassadors. These officers know
what is going on ia the palace. There is
not one of them who does not laugh to
scorn the idea OF any com bination of pow
ers against Turkey"
~ .st ; the ssne language as
The foregoing, with the addition of the ut
most confidence expressed IN the willing
ness and ability Of Russia to help Turkey
ifthe otner powers drive the Sultan in to
extreme courses"
Although go, 900 Turkish troops are in
Thessaly and the Greek army has practi-
cally ceased to exist as a war factor there,
there is one place in the conquered pro-
vince which still flies the Christian flag
and bids defiance to The crescent This is
the monastery Of Meteora, in the north
west corner OF Thessaly, perched upon an
almost inaccessible rock, defended by
stout monks and well provisioned with a
flock of goats and sheep on the mountain
pasture behind it.
The place mas so far resisted repeated
assaults The blue and white banner still
waves proudly in the breeze. and every
morning and evening the monastery bell
calls the good Christians to mathis or
evensong. Many Christians have long
since fed, and the solemn sound of the
Dell serves Dul 10 SAdS p eEdte lu6 mdNO m
medan soldiers encampsd in the valley.
The monks have repeatedly been called
from prayers to fight the attacking Turks
with guns and rocks, and they are calmly
confident of their ability to keep the
Greek fag over their roof until in the
providence OF God the Turks withdraw
from Thessaly.
ATHENS. GREECE, June 12-The Gov
ernment has decided to send a number oi
high diplomats and military officers to
Constantinople to take part semi officially
in the peace conferences. They will pay
particular attention to que ttions of abro-
cation of capitulations ir favor of Greek
subjects in Turkey and the rectifcation OF
the frontier.
The Turkish Governor OF Volo, ap-
pointed after the capture of that place
has issued proclamation that Turkey
will confiscate the property OF any person
who has left Thessaly and taken refuge
elsewhere. unless he returns in fifteen