Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-13
THE EUROPEAN WAR
The Sultan Of Turkey Expresses
Z" Sympathy for King George
TIE NOTE OF The POWERS DRAWN,
0reece VIM Assent 70 All the Conditions
The Greek Government Attacked for
Appealing 10 Europe Turkeys
Terms Of Peace

LONDON, May 1l.-According 10 the
Exchange Telegraph Co., private ad
vices received In London from Constan
tinople declare that the sultan has ex.
pressed deep sympathy for King
George and the Greek cabinet, whose
hands, In his opinion, were forced by
evolutionary agents OF Athens and
Alexandria. The sultan, according To
these advices, declines TO claim q war
indemnity, and proposes a Turko-
Greek treaty upon the simultaneous
evacuation Of Thessaly and Crete.
Finally, 1t is said that the sultan de.
sires to deal direct with Greece, and
mot through the powers
Apart from the peace negotiations
the principal feature Of the eastern sit
nation is that Turkey Is pressing rein
forcements forward and preparing for
. rapid advance. Unless the powers
succeed In quickly arranging settle
ment the Greeks are likely to suffer
further disasters. The exact DISPOSE.
ton Of the Greek army is uncertain
but, roughly speaking, the first line Of
defense extends from Almyros to Lou.
con, the second follows the old frontier
and the third Is drawn at Themopylae.
Fighting is probable within the next
few days unless the powers intervene.
The correspondent Of the Daily Mail
st Patras says; Everything is ripe
for a serious political crisis or for q
revolution. The army Is disguised,
and the armed peasantry are universal.
~ discontented. The Greek National
society could not have q better oppor.
tunity." The Athens correspondent
OF the Standard says that almost the
whole population Of Thessaly, number.
ing $4,000, has fed to the mountains in
the west. Refugees from volo, Phar-
salos and the villages around Mount
Pelion have been transported to the
islands Of Skiathos, Skopelos and
Euboea. Forty-Ave thousand refugees
from villages along the coast are clam.
oring for food OF Almyros.
THE NOTE OF THE POWERS DRAWN.
ATHENS, May 1.-THE conditions In.
sisted upon by Germany, the chief Of
which is that Greece shall give her
formal consent to the principle Of au.
tonomy for Crete, will be accepted by
the Greek government The note Of
the powers has not yet been presented,
but 1t has been drawn and Is to the
following effect: Upon formal declara,
ton by Greece that she will recall her
troops and agree to such an autono.
nous regime for Crete as the powers In
their wisdom shall deem best, and &C.
cept unreservedly the counsels Of the
powers, they will intervene In the IN.
forests Of peace. The note will proba.
bly, be presented to-day after the Ger.
man minister has received final in.
structions. II Is understood that
Greece, In her reply, will assent to all
Of these conditions.
The recall Of the forces from Crete
has been received with resignation by
the public. The Delyannis organs at
tack the government bitterly for up
pealing TO Europe, but most Of the pa
pers accept this as inevitable, and
violently attack the Ethnike Hetairia,
asking 1t to render an account Of Its
action.
TURKEYS TERMS OF PEACE.
VIENNA, May lit is reported here
that Turkeys terms Of peace with
Greece Include the payment Of an In
demnity Of sl5, 900, 900, Encouragement
Of the Greek frontier, the annulling of
the treaties favoring the Greeks, the
cession Of the Greek fleet TO Turkey
and the settlement Of the Cretan ques-
ton.