The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-16
WILLIAM OF GERMANY BACKING HIN
fortc's Reply Made on the Advice OF
the Young War Lord.
NEW PROBLEMS PRESENTED
SuItau's Great Mobilization Of rroop.
Intended as "a Lesson to Europe
ana tn His own Subjects.

PARIS MAY LIT is STATED THAT
THE DELAY OF THE SULTAN or TuR-
KEY IN ARRANGING FOR A CESSATION
! or HosTlLlr1Es is DUE TO THE nj
RECT ADVICE on EMPEROR WILLIAM
or GERMANY NOT no GRANT AN An
M1srlCE UNTIL THE GREEKS HAvE
AGAIN REITERATED,
London, May -(conyrighted. 1897. by
| tho Associated pross,) Tho sultan's reply
| to the note of tho ambassadors at Con-
stantinople. Offering mediation. saying no
would be ready to discuss the matter after
| the greater nairam festival, witch ends on
Sunday night, Justified the fear that tho
powers have drawn a gent out OF the war
that will not be easy TO get back. Abdul
Hamids answer 10 cool. almost to thcpoint
Of insolence. IT Is that Of n sovereign with
Il powerful army behind him and he is dis
posed to ,rea, the powers cayaliorly.
Articles published In the semi-otloial
press of tho country show that tho increase
in the prestige OF the sultan IS tho chief
concern of the European cabinets aud the
prospects of all effective enforcement OF
general reforms for tho Turkish empire ara
thereby relcsated to tho very distaut future.
The journal dcs Debate declares that
the result Of tho war has been to placs
Turky IN position she has not held for thu
past half eoGtury, adding, Her tremeu-
doup military effort Ia largely in oxcess OF
what the struggle against Greece requires.
II wns done to refuto the allegation of de-
cropltudo and 20 demonstrate to the sui
tan's' own subjects and TO those of tho
cmallcr states aud to the great powers that
Turkey is able 10 hold her own ngaiust
other dangers than war with Greece
| Tho British. Russian and Austrian news
| papers echo thcsc remarks. and It is gem
erally folt that this fact viii have TO be
IhNkuHou WIN III lNe nNEotlNtlpnS upon lHo
conditions Of pcacc.
In tho meantime the postponcmcnt OF the
pultan'n reply Is Interpreted as meaning
that his majesty Intends that his army
shall continue IT'S victorious advance until
every strategic point OF tho Oitha mountain
range is In the hands of the Turks. and
that only then Edhcm pashn reccyn orders
TO stop fighting.
Tho resumption OF fighting by tho Greeks
on Epirus is regarded as foolish move
and only furnishes Turkey with a plausible
move for refusing an armisiIoo. 1t also
binders the progress OF peace negotiations.
Tho chancelloricH nre also occupied with
tho difficult problem Of how Greece VIII
pny tho war Indemnity which Turkey
seems certain to demand.
NJ Dalyannia tho former Greek premier.
In his newspaper. sanguinely argues that
Greece can not be expected TO pay mn in
demnity because tho Turks declared war
officially without provocaiOn.'
This view of tho question is not shared
elsewhere ard an International commission
To administer the finances Of Greece on tho
lines Of the similar Turkish commission
~ mooted. The Greek commission would,
IL is proposed. sit at Athens and take over
the Greek customs for the purpose Of the
Greek debt and possibly for the war In
dempity.
Insurgents Have Little Clothing.