Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-23
IS PLAYING To EXCITE JEALOUSY
AMONG THE POWERS.
WILL DELAY A PEACE TREATY
DIPLOMATIC BARGAINING IS NOW
WELL UNDER WAY.
European Conference POssible-strOns
Feeling in Favor of InternatiOn-
al Control of Greek Fin
ances Atni- Royalty
Feeling in Athens.

London, May 22.-(Copyrighted) The
Graeco-Turkish trouble is now fairly en-
tered upon it's diplomatic bargaining stage
and the negotiations are expected to last
for some time. Many important differences
have to be settled and the sultan of Turkey
may be counted upon TO drag the affair
along as much as possible. with the view
of bringing out the latent jealousies of the
powers. His prompt compliance with the
czar's request to arrange for an armistice
is not attributed entirely to his desire to
please the car, but is looked upon as a
stroke of diplomacy intended to excite the
resentment of some other power and thus
weaken the concert. Thus far everything
tends 10 show the powers remain in entire
agreement on the question.
A European conference is discussed, but
II is not thought likely to take place until
the preliminaries of peace are arranged.
Then the ambassadors at COnstantinople,
with the delegates of Turkey and Greece,
may meet to settle upon the treaty of
peace.
There Is a strong feeling in favor of in
ternational control of the Greek finances,
without which the payment of the in
demnity 10 Turkey and the interest on the
Greek debt is declared to be impossible.
The Greeks insist that If an indemnity is
imposed upon them there will be general
occur. They estimate the damage done at
Thessaly at 25. OOO, 600 drachmas, and they
say another 100000 drachmas will be need
ed to supply the peasants with food and
tools. Moreover, they add the revenue
will be greatly reduced, owing to the i'm
mense damage to cultivation throughout
the country, due to the absence of thou
sands of workers. This years budget will
probably leave a deficit of $1,000, 900
Ia Ctg Ig,xnr
ever, are now received with certain skep-
ticism.
1t is pointed out that, by the admissions
of the Greeks themselves, 20 per cent
of the interest of the debt, which they have
not paid, has been set aside in order to have
money for the war, and that consequently
Greece is certainly in a position TO con-
tinue paying 30 per cent of her interest and
probably considerably more, If her finances
are placed under international control.
The popular feeling at Athens against
the royal family of Greece does not dimin-
ism. The stories of the excessive prudence"
of Crown Prince Constantine at the front
have done much to weaken the dynasty.
The correspondent OF the Eclair, of Paris,
at Athens. says:
THE people are intensely violent. utter
ances are heard against the royalties and
groups loudly discuss them in the streets.
Upon the boat from 81. Aida to Athens !
heard popular poet disclaim insulting
verses against the king and not one of the
300 passengers, including officers, lifted a
voice in defense OF him."
The correspondent of the Eclair adds that
an eK-minister said to him:
I'VE are all republicans; but We have not
the men TO found a republic. and the dy-
nasty is profiting by the quarrels Of the
parties which are struggling against each
other, not on the programmes, but on
questions of personality. The king, queen
and princesses are passing bad time.
When visiting the hospitals the princesses
have been requested not to enter some of
the wards owing to the intense excitement
of the wounded. and in other wards the
king was greeted with murmurs and often
with insulting and sarcastic retorts to his
questions. The crown prince is the most
execrated. Even his friends admit he dare
not enter Athens for many months"