The herald., 1897-05-16

The resumption OF fighting by tht
Greelrs In Epirus IL regarded - a foolish
move and only furnishes Turkey with
plausible motive for refusing an armis-
tIce. 1t also hurts the progress OF the
. peace negotiations.
The chancelleries are also occupied
with the difficult problem of how Greece
will pay the war indemnity which Tur-
key seems certain to demand. M. Del
yannis, the former Gf eek premier, in his
newspaper, sanguinely argues that
Greece cannot be expected to pay an in
demnfty because thu, Turks declared
the war officially wit hout provocation." "
This view of the question ie not shared
elsewhere and an int irrational commits
sion to administer the finances of Greece
on the lines of the siInilar Turkish COM
mission is mooted. The Greek COM
miseion would, it is proposed. sit at
= Athens and take ov er the Greek GUS
toms for the purpose of the Greek debt,
and possibly for the war indemnity.
IRISH AFFAIRS
There is a chorus q denunciation from
the liberal and Nationalist press at the
announcement mad last evening by
the chief secretary for Ireland. Gerald
Balfour, that roya. commission would
be appointed to inquire into the workings
of the Irish land COM mission. The men,
bers of the oppositio II accuse the govern
ment of making an attempt to intimidate
the sub-commission RS against reducing
rates and declare tn a the new commis-
sion is appointed solely in the land
lords interest, due to the government
being alarmed at thn landlords joining
the nationalists on the question of the
financial relations between Great Brit
ain and Ireland.
THE QUEENS JUBILEE
The Queen seems remarkably well.
and takes the greatest interest in the
preparations being ialade to celebrate
her diamond jubilee. Her Majesty's
outings were not confined to drives in
the parks, but in an open landau, with
positions and an eqli erry on either side
of her carriage. she drove down the
Thames embankment almost to the city
and through Trafalgar Square, the Hay
market and other streets not often
frequented by the SOW ereign. During
the drives Her Majesty wore dark spec
tacles.
The drawing room or Wednesday Last
at Buckingham Palace was the most
largely attended and the most brilliant
which the Queen has held since 1887.
Contrary to her custom for years past
Queen Victoria not only received the |
members of the Diplomatic Corps, but
Remained for over an hour receiving
the general crowd. All the Americans
presented, much to their delight, were |
personally received by the Queen, and |
Her Majesty was especially gracious to I
Mrs. Hay, wife of the United States Am |
bassador, Col. John Hay, and to Miss |
Hay.
The festivities mapped out for the |
Jubilee have now receive the Queens |
sanction. They will begin on June 20. |
the date of Her Majesty's accessi0 to |
the throne sixty years ago. with a re-
ligious service at Frogm'ore, Windsor, |
the site of the mausoleum erected to the
memory of the Prince Consort and the
Queens mother, the late Duchess of ,
Kent. The Queen and the royal family
will be present.
On the Monday following, June 81, the |
court will move in semi i-state to Lon
don, and that evening there will be
banquet at Buckingham Palace in |
honor of the royal guests. 1t will be fol- |
lowed by a reception for the members |
of the Diplomatic Corps and the special !
envoys.
On Tuesday, June %, the royal pro-
cession through the streets of London
will be the great feature of the day, and
It will be followed by illuminations at
night.
On Wednesday there will be garden
party at Buckingham Palace, to which
thousands have been invited.
The court on Thursday, June "a, will
move in sem-state to Windsor. Troops
will line the route to Paddington station.
Her Majesty will leave the train al
Slough and will drive with an escort of
the Life Guards, by way of Eton, to
taking this route in order to
enable the boys of the Elton public school
to receive her Majesty.
On Friday there will be another ban
quet at Windsor, and on Saturday will
take place the naval review at Spithead,
which the Queen will not attend.
The Sultan of Turkey is now rivaling
Emperor William Of Germany as a
sender of kilograms and as patron OF
the arts. Abdul Hamid sent dispatch
to President Faure, expressing sympa-
thy with the families of the victims of
the Charity Bazaar fire, and the Sultan
has now instructed Edhem Pasha, the
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special care of the works of antiquity in
Greece and to prevent his soldiers from
doing any damage to them. The Turk
ish General was further instructed to
dispatch all movable articles of value
Immediately to the Ottoman Museum at
Constantinople.
The Sultan of Turkey proposed to send {
his son, Mohammed Selim Effendi, to {
reDresent him at the Cueen'S jubiIea IF
his Majesty carries out his intention, it !
is more than likely that there will be {
some exciting scenes during the process
sion through the streets of London The
Liberal newspapers are furious at the
suggestion, and the Daily Chronicle pro- J
tests against the "desecration of the
queens peaceful festival by the pres
,nce of the representative of murder"
SMALLER MATTERS !
The Star is flooding London with start s
ing placards announcing coming articles !
IN 'The Standard Oil Trust" and says ,
The Paris horrors are surpassed Men, !
and children here are roasted
alive in order to put money in the pock- +
cts of the American trust. Rockefeller =,
mas obtained absolute control of the oil n
trade of Great Britain by forcing retail 6
srs to sell the refuse oils prohibited in +
Am erica, and is responsible for the ter r
rible series of lamp explosions"