The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-05-14
WAR AT AN END.
Peace Between Greece and Turkey to
Be Arranged by ire Powers.
Greece Finally Submits and VIII Pay the
Expenses of the War, Some $25, OOO,-
900, as Indemnity, in Annual In
Observation-Disclosures Stopped. ss

LONDON, May 12.-In the house of
commons Tuesday Rt. Hon. Arthur j.
Balfour, first lord of the treasury,
said, in reply to question by Ri
Hon. John Morley, that the represen-
tatives of the powers at Athens had
offered to undertake mediation be-
tween Greece and Turkey and that the
offer had been accepted by the Greek
government
| CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 12-The ex-
penses of the war with Greece are esti-
mated at e5, 1000, 900 (S25, 600, OOO), which
Greece will pay as an indemnity, in
annual installments, guaranteed by
the Thessalian revenues.
ATHENS, May 12.-The German min.
lister here received instructions from
Berlin at midnight Monday night to
cooperate with the other representa-
tives of the powers to the end of con.
Guiding peace.
Upon the strength of this the for
eign ministers Immediately called on
M. Skouloudis, minister of foreign af-
fairs, and presented to him a collect
i've note offering to arrange an armis-
tice and conclude peace.
The Greek government, through M.
Skouloudis, at once accepted these
terms and confided it's interests to the
powers. The latter will take meas
ures at Constantinople Tuesday to
check the advance of the Turkish army
under Edhem Pasha.
So far as the powers are concerned
the settlement is fraught with much
more serious consequences than the
war itself. Under ordinary circum.
stances Turkey will be entitled to con-
quests and concessions. But the pow
ers see danger in making the Turk
too strong. The sultan might acquire
habit of chucking their ultimatums
into his waste basket and decide to set
up in business as power himself
The following is the text of the note
of the powers:
''The representatives of France,
Italy, Great Britain, Germany and
Austria charge M. Onou, the repre-
sentative of Russia and the dean of
the diplomatic corps, to declare in the
name Of their respective governments
that the powers are ready to offer me-
diation with the view to obtain an
armistice and smooth the difficulties
actually existing between Greece and
Turkey, on condition that the Hell
lenic government declares that it will
proceed to recall it's troops from Crete,
adhere formally to autonomy for Crete
and accept unreservedly the counsels
which the powers may give in the in
terests of peace.
The reply of the Greek government
was as follows:
1.-The royal government, in taking
the note and declaration of the Rus
sian representative. acting in the name
Of the ministers of the powers, de-
clares that it will proceed to recall the
royal troops from Crete, adheres form
ally to autonomy for Crete and copfde
the interests of Greece to the hands of
the powers.
ATHENS, May 12.-The Greek west
ern squadron has bombarded the vii
lage of Sykia, on the coast of Spirus,
between Nicopolis and Ella, where the
Turkish provision depots are located.
LONDON, May 12.-The correspond
ent of the Daily News at Rome says:
sit is reported here that Russia and
Austria, have concluded an agreement
to maintain the status quo in the Lee
want and to divide influence in the
Balkans, giving Russia a free hand in
The eastern portion and Austria in the
western.