The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-07
lHE POWERS OF EUROPE .III I
ARE TREMBLING IN FEAR
OF A CONTINENTAL WAR.
Greece Will Not Recede From Her Pt;,1,y Posit;;e1p
by Accepting Nations Ultimatu1a.
WILL DECLARE WAR ON TURKEY.
IL IS hought hat in Order to Strengthen Herself tI1e
| Great Masses Of Europeans She VIII Measure 8IsaSS
| Swords With the Ottoman Empire $SSs

Ottoman Empire. IS5
ultimhtum by the refusal OF En Ebarnp Esrr,,i, 3
cert. Isl i So IL H1 EtsS
This spectacle of Lord Salisbury = ana:
other rulers being led by the nose hv !,
the German Emperor Is Intensely sexas.s
pefating to the British people. \, ,To2dnyg
comes the news Of the Emperor's S !startl-9S
ing demand for fifty millions dollars
with which to build new warship This:
" " course, is directed solely al againBtB
Great i3ritafn and Is already regardedS
IN this country US a counter move Gt to !,
ENG lands equipment Of the #5 flyinr3
squadron year ago. There seems to-
pc nttle expectation that the ReichstaE
VIII honor the Emperor's demand 81 orS$
that qle country will honor it In 4 the 4
election which will probably follow theS
Reichstag' refusal III $f }ssz55ggS "a IIs IIs
EngliShnen. therefore, are all 1.-The 4
more Inclined to take the Enperor's pro.S
posal as direct affront. Public opinion
in this country would not tolerate ianSi:
further concessions from Lord Salisbury
TO the German llmperol's fobduracy I'M
order to maintain the concert of s the
lowers. NOR, indeed would that gofa
france. Greek sympathy In the latter
country co Is being greatly strengthened;,
DyIthe sharsliness of Emperor Wiiliain'aS
ATTITUDE. There Is. indeed, some pro oba.Sl3 4
bility that Important II political effectB
may arise from the anti Term an feeI-
Ing, Wh icll is shared by the French m al
iInglish peoples A common ha tired some
Times makes strong friendship. ~ o tfl-4S
Inc would be more natural than that 3theS
growing Intimacy tE between Emperorsf
William and the Gear should \; driYet
france INTO cooperation with England ~
me suspicion and sreactio on ag Inst theE
russian Alliance Is increasing daily I'M
France, and in these days OF I: rap ldlys
moving events poitical friendships Sins
europe may be suddenly altered. AssiS'
PERsUADINGI IGEoRGIos
All these considerations have an inl-
Portant bearing on the situation In the !;
East, which within q few hours now Will
reshape Itself. To-day's actual news Sissl
not important. Henry Norman! OF \ #thaS I
London Chronicle, who Is at Athens
telegraphs that certain European pow
ers, meaning apparently England and
perhaps France and Italy, are urging
Greece In friendly, Informal way ttot
negotiate with the Powers for 81 tina
gradu al withdrawal Of the Turkish and
Greece troops from Crete thus saving
her dignity and making the ultimate
union of Greece and Crete possible; AG-$
cording to all accounts the unbandinge
obstinacy Of the Germany II Emperors
would make even this angement Inn s.
possible. @ b an asEifEIE5 Il Ss3 sS$
It's known that every effort Is being
made TO induce King George tore
fran from declaring war ag1inStaT Tufss
key. II, however, he be determined$affos
|Iresist the demand Of the powers, as sElIs
accounts agree he will do q declarations
ofiwar would beahis3 best possih move
The powers would then be 5depriVedsoFs
an excuse for interference on thg;grolinn.
Of any viola tion Of the interna Il iohalI lew,
and as Greece is an independ en- tSp6W afss.
there is no question Of her. righta afOSdass,
clare war. The embarraE Esnlent t cot the
powers would then be, irpm menselysinsi
that public opinion in Gas tern 8Iluros5
pean countries and this country would
prevent three, al least, Of tha6poWer8s
from actively supporting Turkey In
such struggle. NJ Is
WHERE DID HE GET n? IN s:S:
The Porte has obtained money some
where, not much TO be surs,I# Sbu {, f5reSS
port speaks truly, enough among sothar
things, 10 pay some outstanding b!lIssp4s
certain patriotic firms ms Blirni1gh SINS
and to obtain renewed credit lnssS3t haks
quarter. Nobody seems to know SsShe enEss
the money has come, hut a5good srnAHyS
people would like to know Tha e fraeI
of ready cash Is already appa relit ts&f fHsSsa
on the military SIM mi anaf fhsas
MIA, which are now continuous and pnHg
de!ly under the direction chiefly Of Assgss
trian and Swiss officers. These sEsurna
pean officers are firm In the conYiet nss
that with war once istarted d Eby Gree .s
nothing less than the h iIterYer Il ionssipsa
the powers could proven ts$s Il net Eurks
from entering Athens. sS ss9ss
COUNT FOR soMET HIN NJ:
!. But this View Of |. the cas- eg does nnf nf
consider Serv!a and Rnig III
b There is another E ctors!n til aisItta ffSlSS
to. which nobody has recent yass glvinsi7iSs y
thought, and thatfts Mon teneg Siitss3
doughty Prince icho1a d Is iprs Spa fsd Ssss
short notice (. rom tn eN Car St Siif
where and do any ything 81 rYrs zsss, So
not much TO boa st d O saass His
:bers. 'bu in persona i ma teria Gssa
equal among the $l1, ITor S I'll 4es anfs ssE ElfIsS
rope, and ifwar5ls to- hs IGSn s
tenegro will ia ke 5ass An d;in 81
a sha dow OF q il
!, Nothing soSmuc1 Imp tUsevs fsHssl
wes present "a M
ner$ to Mr. 3 yagd fsS&
personal OF
press sass