Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-10
TURCO-GREEK SITUATION.
Aspect of Things Worse Rather
Than Better.

LONDON. June 10.-The latest advices
from Constantinople deny that the
Powers are advocating direct negotiations
between Turkey and Greece. In other
respects, however. the aspect Of affairs
is rather worse than better. 1t appears
that ut Saturdays conference, the am
bassadors declined TO accept either Assim
Bey or Seia Bey as a Turkish peace
commissioner. This. together with
their refusal to discuss the retention of
Thessaly. threw the Sultan into such
rage that he forthwith summoned a meet
ing of the special commission appointed
to consider the terms of peace.
All day Sunday he was in telegraphc
communication with most of the Euro
pean capitals. and i'm the evening he gave
stringent orders to the Grand Vizier,
who Immediately resigned. The special
commission sat until the small hours of
the morning accomplishing nothing but
a split among its members. the majority
of whom expressed themselves emphati-
cally as opposed TO yielding TO the
Powers
The Turks are very angry at the al
legged brusque declaration Of Sir Philip
Currie, the British Ambassador. that
England will never permit Christians to
that the German Ambassador is very
much disconnected to find Count Neldoff.
the Russian Ambassador, supporting Sir
Philip Currie in this respect; and though
it is still alleged that Germany Is ad-
yising Turkey TO put every man under
arms ii is believed she has seen the adj
visibility Of falling into line with the
other Powers.
This view Of the matter appears to be
confirmed in a significant article in the
Cologne Zeitung last evening, which de-
nies that England is encouraging the
Greeks or Germany the Turks, or that
there is any essential difference Of opin-
ion between England and Russia, and
adds: "On the contrary, all the Powers
are seeking to moderate the Turkish de-
mands. and to prevent the reimposition
of the Turkish yoke upon Christian
people"
BULGARIAN RESTLESSNESS
Following upon the reports of Bull
garian restlessness, it is said on high
authority that the Grand Vizier officially
advised the Sultan last Saturday to re-
yoke the frman comforting the governor
ship of Eastern Roumelia on Prince Fer
dinand, and to appoint a Turkish pasha
in his place basing this advice upon
Prince Ferdinands suspicious attitude
and the friendliness Of Russia toward
Bulgaria. If Bulgaria should seriously
demand autonomy for Macedonia the
situation would become extremely grave.
Advices from Athens show that the
gravity of affairs is fully recognized
there. NJ. Scoulouds, the Greek Foreign
Minister, said last evening wednesday,:
II do not hesitate TO say that the present
is a most critical moment for our ex-
istence as a nation"
It is reported that the Turks have
burned all the villages around Domokis.
and have occupied and are strongly forti
flying the villages of TrilSeri and Angistri.
as well as defending the entrance to the
harbor of Volo.
The Odessa branch of the Credit Lyon
nais has consigned f40. COO in gold to the
Turkish Treasury as a loan by Il Franco
belgian grou1 upon Turkish railway
guarantees.
PROTEST FROM GREECE.
ATHENS. June 10-.The government has
protested TO the Powers against the con-
tinued massing Of Turkish troops I'm Thes-
sally. and the hindrances placed by Turkey
to navigation in the Gulf Of Ambracia,
as violations of the armistice.