The sun., 1897-02-14


| or tb. Great Powers h wiiiine-Ness or
| Them wishes to Introduce This Fresh
| Compi,e.tie. - The willy suitaa. or
| Coarse, Is Eager 60 Set His Mentor. by
the Esrs-These Trosbies Prove Aaew
That = Radical soIutio. OF the T.rki.h
| Prosien Is Necessary-An Esrope Ad-
mires the Defiant Attitude OF Greece.
Special Cable Despoich TO TnE Sun.
LONDON. Feb. 13.-It would DO easy to present
| an array OF authentic information from Athens
Creto and Constantinople In such way as to
indicate that war 10 inevitable and close at hand
| There are some observers In all tho European
| capitals, especially In Berlin, who take that
Wow Of tho situation aud are alarmed Accord
inRlr. Even the stock markets, which are
after all. the best political baromsters in EUROPE
| indicated for q day or two that . storm might
| be impending. There Is no doubt that N future
| Developments depend solely upon those directly
| concerned. namely. the Turks. Greeks and
| Cretsns, there would be lighting within week
| on both sea and land. Everybody knows. how
ever. that the progress Of the quarrel Is not
within the control OF those actually involved,
and that there will be no blows exchanged
unless at least one of the great powers Is willing
that war should come.
The solution Of tho problem really lies In the
hnsWot 70 tue QuohtlOU. nhS n ATcpretenthtlvo OF
ono of tho six powers whispered In tho car of
the King of Greece: "Now 10 your opportunity; (;
| go ahead. take Crete, land we will keen hands
or"
Some loud voices In Franco and many more In
Germany are accusing England of having done
Just that thing. Not ono OF them, however, has
| suggested even plausible motive which would
lead England TO adopt such . course. On tho
| other hand. there are overwhelming reasons
why Great Britain should be most strenuous Of
all In suppressinR disturbance until the DOW.
ers had an opportunity of enforcing on tho Sui
tan the scheme OF reforms which has Just
been formulated. One would more naturally
suspect Germany herself or France Of melting
mischief for the purpose OF discomfiting Lord
| Salisbury. who from the hrst has been q leader
in urging harmonious action In dealing with
the Sultan. There Ia. As q matter OF fact no
adequate motive visible which would lead any
great power to create this fresh and dangerous
complication at n moment when q virtual set
tlement Of the Turkish question seems within
reach. There do exist however. ample and OBJ
vious incentives to induce the crafty aud still
potent Sultan to seek once more to set his
mentors by the ears by means of n fresh crisis
In Crete. IL seemed, 4 week ago. that he was
not directly responsible for the recurrence Of
troubles there. but there have been many lndi-
cations since that his subtle cunning instigated
the whole affair.
The ono luminous and hopeful feature of the
situation is the fact that thus far tho powers
| have maintained their unity of attitude. Tho
| pugnacious Greeks sent OF their fleet with in
structions to prevent by force any fresh Turk
ish troops from landing in Crete. The powers
had mn opportunity to prevent this step, but
they promptly and unitedly notified Greece
that sho would not be permitted to Interfere oil
tie ialAnd itself ana at the time Offset tho
chance OF collision BY preventing tho Porte
from sending any moro troops. The Sultan's
| scheme, therefore. has been failure up to date
and II remains TO be seen what his next move
| will be.
The situation. on tho whole. has not reached
an ominous or threatening stage In the view OF
those persons In whose judgment | have tho
! greatest confidence. and although Il contains
elements OF serious danger. as II has for more
than eighteen months, 1t does not Justify any
| grave forsbodings with regard to the peace of
Europe.
There 10 another view OF the crisis In Crete,
Greece. and Turkey which should not be lost
sight OF. Tneso freSh troubles prove anew that
| q radical solution OF the Turkish problem is alb
| solutely imperative, aLd that all hope OF allow
ing the Ottoman empire to exist in peace under
the full sovereignty Of the present Sultan is
vain. The Spectator to-day. In a gloomy article
on the situation. emphasizes the necessity OF
drastic measures. and says;
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