The record-union., 1897-04-25

While Liberals Express Hopes That
the Greeks Will Win.
Letters From Gladstone Lend Fury to
the Fire, He Remarking That In
credible Shame Rests on the Gov
ernments in Sacrificing Honor, De-
cency and Humanity, in Order to
Preserve Peace, Has Resulted in
War.

|. Preserve Peace, Has Resulted in
War.
LONDON, April n copyrighted,
1897, by the Associated PresS).-The
weather here and on the Continent has
been cold cherries and biting during
the week. Easter winds prevailed and
the spread of influenza continues. Paris
has been duller than for years past at
Eastern time.
The Queens Diamond Jubilee, after
being the object of all sorts of pecula-
tons, has now been the basis for
confidence trick. Swindlers have been
taking Photographs of prominent
houses along the route to be followed
by the procession and have been for
Warding them to American strangers
in London, asking a low price for Win
dows, and demanding good deposit
in advance. Several people have been
victimized to the tune of about $3.50
each.
The precipitated slump in the win
dow market has already begun and
a large number of windows and houses
were offered at auction on Thursday.
With the exception of a small window
witch sold at S165, all the lots were
Withdrawn, no one bidding above one
fifth of the reserve price.
The dominant note of everything in
London is war. 1t is discussed eagerly
by all classes, from Cabinet Ministers
down to the riffraff of the East End, al
though the specialists are muddled as
to the whereabouts of most of the
places named. In consequence there
is such a demand for war maps that
dealers have been unable to supply it.
The comments heard show a curious
state of affairs. The sympathieS with
the combatantS run on party lines, the
Conservatives lauding the Turks and
the Liberals hoping for Greek sue
cess, While in Ireland, where one would
expect universal sympathy for Greece,
there is an amazing amount of plaud
its for Turkey, on the ground that the
Turks are such good fighters.
The comments on war are becoming
more or less heated. Letters from Mr.
Gladstone lately have added fuel to the
fire. He says that the six Powers,
with the Incompatible indebtedness
which has distinguished them through
out, have said, in acts, to the Greeks:
You sha'n't carry on your work in
Crete. Well do the war work of the
Turks there"
1t is thus they have driven the Greeks
into Macedonia, remarks Mr. Glad
stone, and it is an incredible shame
that the incompatible bungling of the
Powers and the sacrifices of honor, de-
cency and humanity, in order to pre-
serve peace have caused war.
The war has opened wide the purses
of the Greeks abroad and quantities of
drafts for from $40 to 500 are coming
from the United States and Canada
for the Greek defense fund
Probably close upon $500, 900 have
passed through London for Greece dur
ing the past three weeks. A promi-
nent London banker said: I'VE only
represent four banks in the United
States and Canada, from which these
small drafts come. but if these repre-
sent anything like a fair proportion of
the sums forwarded by other American
banks which, we think is undoubtedly
the case, the total amount of money
sent to Greece from America is already
very close to IL 100000 Besides these
American contributions, the Greek
merchants of London are forwarding
large subscriptions and material"
The Daily Chronicle" and the Star"
have opered funds for the wounded
and the amounts subscribed will be
sent to the Crown Princess of Greece
Regarding the course of the war. the
Associated Press learns that the En-
bassadors of three of the Powers in
London believe the war will be over
in three weeks and that when the
Turks capture Larissa the Sultan will
appeal to the Powers to intervene in
the interests of peace.
Meanwhile, it is said that Great Rri-
tain has declined to agree to the prom
ostion of Count Muravieff to abstain
from Intervention until one of the bel
igerents appeals for help, the MARQUIS
of Salisbury being of the opinion that
such an appeal will never be made and
that in the meantime circumstances
may arise necessitating action upon the
part of the Powers.
The appearance of Louis Stuvyesan Mt
Chandler at Dublin on Tuesday as an
ardent Redmondite in a speech breath
ing no emu OF threats against Great
Britain has caused annoyance in the
Aston circles. Mr.. Chandler is spoken
of in Dublin as one of the Astor fam
lily and his speech was accepted by his
audience at the rotunda as a sort of
prophecy Of the immediate return to
the policy of physical force, which it is
also openly asserted by members of the
other sections of the Irish Nationalist
is the real reason why the convention
was called
Mr.. Chandler a few years ago. rented
house from the Duke of Leeds near
Newmarket and then went to Cam
bridge for a course of study. He be-
came prominent member of a. debat-
ing society and finally took the stump
for the Liberals during the last cam
paign.
A small torpedo boat the Turbinia.
in her speed trials at Newcastle. has
developed 321a knots She is 100 feet
long, has nine feet beam at her broad
est part. registers forty-two tons.
draws three feet of water and has three
shafts, each with three propellers.
In an interview with N NJ Little.
Manager of the Metropolitan Railroad
of New York, the American railroad
man is quoted as irving TO oonvert the