The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-15

the understanding between the kaiser
and the car though she has had the
active cooperation of Queen Victoria,
! who had strong sympathies with Greece,
anc an ardent detestation of the Turks.
Neither the hand of the ex-cZarina nor
that OF the queen can be made visible in
the game of diplomacy, which is now be-
ing played, but il is known that both
nave been supporting King George, and
I ference much of Lord. Salisbury's hesi-
! tating policy IS due. That the queen
does still exercise an oversight of foreign
affairs is perhaps better known at the
German court than it is in England.
Meanwhile the utter distrust of Eng
land is the dominant feeling at the foreign
sia Is complete But for Russia, the
Balkan peninsula would now be in a
! blaze and Austria and Russia would be
mobilizing their troops for war. There
! is absolutely no reliable information that
/ the three Balkan states-Servia, Bulgaria
! and Montenegro-have concluded an al
/ nance which affects not only Turkey but
the claims OF Greece and the aspirations
/ of Austria. The prince of Montenegro
was recently 1t Belgrade. holding private
! conferences with King Alexander and the
! arrangements for q concerted movement
Of troops and the visit of the king of
! Servia to Sofia with a result of Prince
Nicholas visit to Belgrade. Undoubtedly
the whole of the triple understanding is
perfectly well known to the Russian
government and was connived at, if not
INSPIRED Dy RuSSla. montenegro Is
financed by Russia and gets her arma-
ments supplied or paid for chiefly by the
st. petersburg government Servia, like
Greece, has defauited in her debt, and
since the campaign against Bulgaria,
which terminated with Servian disaster
at Slivnitza has made no such progress
as Bulgaria in reforming her army. The
SerVian gOVeFnmnt clearly thinks it can
get more under the aegis of Russia than
from Austria whose occuDation of Bosnia
the Servians resent. With the reconcil-
| iatlon of Prince Ferdinand to the car,
ana the return of Bulgaria to Panslavism.
the obstacles in the way of alliance of
the Balkan states, under Russia S pro-
/ lection have disappeared and the en-
| tente has been achieved. 1t depends upon
Russia to let the dogs of war slip from
the leash. Up to the present time the
whole policy of the ear is to restrain
them. and if they are let loose the pro-
quent embodiment of the powers will
be largely due to England's policy.
There is not shadow of foundation
Tor the current reports that officers have
left or are leaving Germany to take serv-
ice in the Turkish army. A few general
officers who are still in the Turkish sefv-
ice are those who belonged to Count Won
GoltSs staff There are two German Of
hcerS with Edham PaSha at Monastir or
Eiassona- who were with Won GoltZ and
some Germans who have seen service are
helping on the organization of the regin
bdtallionS in the VillayetS of Saionica and
Monastir. Private letters received from
these quarters state that the mobiliZa-
tics- is only partial and proceeds with
is badly needed. their provisions are
scanty and the commisSariat is dis
organized. There is also a scarcity of
horses for the artillery and things are
generally in confusion; but, fll-train ed
and :i-fed as they are, the troops will
fight. The summary seizure OF the
moneys in the agricultural banks of the
provinces has helped the authorities in
providing for the troops. but these re-
sources win soon be exhausted. The Ger
man officers state the Turkish effective
forces at Elassona, Monastir and Janina,
with detachmentS close to the Greek
frontier at 1900 men. If this estimate
is near the truth, such a force could
sweep over Greece if numbers count for
anything. The spirit of the Greek army
is splendid. but late accounts give a bad
report as to the reserves. who are as
Yet merely mob, undrilled and armed
with out-of-1ate weapons
The Austrian elections are progressing
towards the final results predicted III
recent cable dispatches. The electoral
period terminates on the oath instant. So
fa- as the elections have gone, the re-
suits are favorable to the clerical and
a2t--semtte parties. The Socialists are
not gaining as they expected. not even
in the industrial districts of Bohemia and
Galicia. The German Liberals are faring
81. and il is clearly evident that the
Badeni cabinet will bet their majority in
members drawn from the feuded aristo-
cracy, and representatives of the Clerical
and anti-semite sections. The new
reichsrath viii be what Liberals call a
react!onary body. The Liberals accuse
the government of Talsifying returns and
intimidating voters. but they appear help
less TO prevent official interference.
The kaiser Wilhelm'S centenary celebra-
ton. which will begin on March p. is the
absorbing matter of internal interest
cos-- The preparations for the celebra-
ton have called into existence an amazing
collection of industrial and literary prod
ont frTa ynr-
bracelets, watches. cigar cases, post
cards. medals. stamps. songs. and every
thing that fertile brains can think of as
being likely to strike the public taste.
Greco -Cretan difficulty is not here. They
are wrapped up in the centenary fetes
and the splendors of three days rejoic
ingS. The public decorations certainly
promise to surpass anything Berlin has
ever seen. The government architect
Ho6mann has designed the Via Trump
along which will be placed large bas re-
liefs representing scenes in the old
kaiser's life. together with colossal
groups maze of plaster of parls, depicting
historic events and personages. The his
to~;c costume procession, in which about
20 600 persons will march. will be the out
door feature of the celebration.
The governments of England and
France have not as yet given their assent
to the proposal of the other powers to
make no reply to the answer of Greece to
the identical note of the European gov
ernments but to proceed with cOercive
measures in accordance with the terms
of the powers ultimatum forcing the
withdrawal of Greek troops from Crete
and blockading the ports of Greece. Thus
far, it IS learned, only Germany and
Austria have accepted the Russian pro-
posal TO put the blockade into immediate
effect and it is believed that if the other
powers refuse to act in concert the war
ships of the three powers named will
undertake to enforce compliance with
their demands without reference to the
attitude of the other three. The budget
committee OF the reichstag. despite their
action yesterday in rejecting the gov
ernment's demands for extra credits for
the construction of two additional cruis- !
ers. a torpedo depot ship and number
of torpedo boats, are understood to be !
favorable to granting the sum of 4.0O0,-
900 marks for the purpose of fortifying |
the chief ports of GermanS. DR.. Lieber !
the leader of the Centrist party in the |
reichstag. has said tnat the Centrist will |
vote to grant the credits for cruisers |
which were demanded by Admiral Holl- |
mann. the head of the imperial admiralty, |
# the condition of the treasury for the |
coming fiscal year will justify such an
outlay.
Will Begin Wednesday.