The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-04-20

copyrighted 10y The Associated PressD
London. April l7.-Eastcr being the
great festival Of the Greek church. IL
was hoped that actual hostil!tics, since
the reported failure Of the raid Of tho.
insurgents into Macedonia. wculd Toe
postponed until next week. especially
as the concert OF the powers. having
failed in everything else, succeeded be
yond all hopes in holding back Turkey
from plunging into war, while proving
to Greece that Turkey Is still able To
mobilize an enormous and efficient
army. Whether this is a good omen
for Europe and for civilization. IL has
certainly had the effect OF making
Greece hesitate. but trade IL at n
standstill in both countries and the
people are already suffering. Greece
is spending about 100000 daily in the
support OF her armies and Turkey IL
probably spending three times that
amount. 1t is impossible for this state
Of things 10 contine much longer and
the news received today from NcZores.
of nghting apparently between the reg
ular troops of Greece and Turkey, APP
pars to indicate that n crisis has finally
been reached.
a OlSpatcn from SeDaStDrol says tllHt
four large steamers the.e have been
converted into armed cruisers and they
will be sent to join the fleet in the Oar
danelles. Large quantities OF French
shells and cartridges arrive by every
steamer reaching the Bosphorus from
| Marseilles. Among the Greek volun-
toors arriving from all part of the
world, eight yesterday arrived at Kali
labaka, from New York. Rochester and
+, Chicago. They Joined force OF irreg-
ulars.
The Roman Catholics OF Greece and
! Crete are trying, through their priests.
to induce the pope TO Intervene between
! Turkey and Greece, seeing that the
powers have failed, in order to prevent
| war But ii is said his holiness is not
| inclined to interfere.
! The Princess OF Wales, from COpcn-
! hagen, is making arrangements 10 have
nurses sent from London TO the frontier
| OF Greece.
A column article in The Times points
| to the perls in prospect for the British
iron and steel industries. The article.
which is based on the duke of Devon
shire's address at the annual meeting
OF steel companies at Barrow-in-
Furnes. dilates on the fact that for the
first time in the history OF her iron
trade, Great Britain has felt "A scarcity
OF ores and the demoraliZing effect OF
the imports OF American pig iron i'm
1896 was only counteracted by importing
1.0O0,0 900 tons Of hematite ore from Spain
and other countries"
M. Leroy Beaulieu, writing to The
Journal des Debat. SAYS ne considers
Japan's adoption OF gold standard to be
the most complete refutation OF the BIZ
metallic theory that deprecated mon
etary standard gives a country an ad-
vantage In international trade. He
adds: "A country adopting silver would
shut itself out from the movement OF
general civilization"
The Spanish government has decided!
] to avail itself OF the authority granted
at the last session Of the cOrtcs TO OBJ
tain advances Of $50, 900 900 at per
| cent. from the bank OF Spain for the
Cuban war expenses, guaranteed by the
Cuban per cent. bonds Of 1880. and
; $50 600 from the Hispano- Colonial
and other Madrid and Barcelona banks
. | for the expenses Of the war in the Phil
| ippine islands, guaranteed by lien on
the customs OF the Philippine islands
Both advances are also guaranteed by
the Spanish treasury.