The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-03-30
Movements Of Greeks and
Turks Closely Watched.
Immense Armies Facing Each
Other Awaiting the Word.
Even II Powers Effect Settlement Anarchy is
Sure to Follow Conflict Is Certain.


the Greco-Turkish question are looked
Tor soon. The basis OF operations has
changed to the Macedonian frontier.
Where the armies of the two countries are
massed. That a conflict cannot be avoided
Is ie't on aii sides.
The Times correspondent reviews the
situation as follows:
LIE oreek army is now so large that
II Is absolute arbiter of the situation. 4
ara very much struck by the indepen-
dence and impatient temper of the
troops. They seem only prepared to ac-
cept orders to execute the extreme
Hellenic program. The peAsantry also
Is armed as irregulars. Even the school
boys there are being armed with rifles.
bayonets and ammunition. IL is no un-
common sight to see lads OF I3 or IA fully
equipped.
IF the island of Crete were now con-
cedcd to Greece II is evident that the
soldiery will demand Immediately an
extension of the continental boundaries
over Greece. No permanent peace is
otherwise possible in this region.
III Europe forces Greece to recall her
army from Thessaly a. large part of Il
will become insurgents. II will con-
tinue an Independent guerrilla warfare
In the mountains OF Macedonia and
practice brigandage on the frontiers.
External peace will be paid for by in
ternal anarchy. ana the state OF Thes
sally may relapse into conditions like
those of 1878. or worse.
Ten thousand Greeks have been sta
toned at the east end OF the frontier.
with their base at Rapsani. on the hill
sides north of the vale OF Tempe. From
this point they are watching the Turk
ish positions from Platamona TO Elias
soma. The vale Of Tempe itself is not
fortified. as the Greek line is drawn from
10 10 20 miles further north.
Indeed. the Greek forces have no forti
fled lines in Thessaly. The Greeks seem
TO consider themselves only in the light
of an invading force, and not as a force
occupying territory likely to be in
vaded. As the result Of this they could
not stop very numerous army any-
where north of Thermopylae. They are
relying far too little upon material de-
fences
The Turks hold the coast road with a
strong force from their base at Kater-
ina. The Greek commissariat CORPS ia
slender, though the Greek officers have
all along insisted that the Turks them.
selves are miserably supplied in this par
ticular. and that there ia much insubord
fnation In the Turkish ranks. But il is
very rare indeed to find any one ia king
reasonable view OF the real strength
of the Turks or of the character of the
coming struggle
The Times correspondent at Rome
says that the view entertained i'm italian
official circles as to the outcome of the
Greco-Cretan affair is pessimistic in the
extreme. Little. IL any, hope IL expressed
that conflict between the Greeks and
Turks can be averted by the powers.
Another dispatch from Athens saws:
All the best judges Of popular feeling
here agree that the determination of the
Greek people to accept no solution of the
Cretan difficulty but the annexation OF
Crete IL increasing steadily. The cry
IN Tor no surrender. The opposition
newspapers denounce the government
TOT showing disposition 20 abate the
natiehai pretensions, and they charac-
terzc any tendency to compromise as
nlgh treason. All feeling of despondency
has vanished. and the multitude Is ea1er
for hostilities TO begin
The Daily Chronicles athen. oor-
'NSpSsNNhs' i'tiHy INOFnlan. saws that
he has 1t from reliable source that En-
peror William has offered the sultan the
services of General Won GoltZ and Of
other German officers n the Turkish gov
ernment desires to avail itself of them
In the difficulty with Greece.
The special correspondent NJ Tho
Times at Salonika says that everything
there indicates that the situation is be-
coming more and more critical FIFTY
thousand men are now encamped around
E'aseona. and there are 200 Krupp guns
between Elassona and Arta.
i" Protect Canea's water supply.
Canea. March S0-Austrian troops
landed In Suda bay yesterday, and some
Of them came to Canea.
Two hundred and twenty-five French.
Italian, Russian and English soldiers
with three mountain guns. took possess
sion or Fort Subachi yesterday morning.
This was done in order to protect the
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