The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-15
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NJ. n. MURDOCH Editor
THE CRISIS HAS COME

That there has come a crisis IN Euro-
bean affairs, there seems no farther
uuestion. A number of Britishers were
shot down by Bashi-Bazouks. DIS
matches arriving at a late hour yester-
day morning tell the rest. Turkey mas
sawed wood while the concert OF Eu-
rome has been employing its time liking
DID terms for the Sultan Finally COL
Abdul Hamid embarks in the ultlmat-
i'm business himself, and is giving
Europe a dose of the stuff they nave
been pouring down his unwilling throat
at regular intervals since the memory
re man rylnneth not to the contrary
The Unspeakable Turk is at last DONG
some talking on his own account be-
roming tired of the music played Tor
his cspecial benefit by the concert, he
nronoses 10 add new life to the enter
tainment by venturing a solo OF us
nwn. He is tired, this turbaned TURK
of being bluffed, of being told wnai' as
victor. he must submit to in the inter-
Ger of Furonean peace, in which inter-
est he has 10 interest Had MS armies
been whipped, he argues, dictated terms
would have been proper; but having
rome out on top and in possession OF
Thessaly, why should he forego me
fruits of his victory, seems to be the
hrcblem and question of a ruler VINO
has a half million of trained soldiers at
his heels. Abdul believes he sees weak
Epots in the European situation, ana
proposes to poke them somewhat
row in the big concert would prove Inc
nnportlnity for the sick man Of Europe
to become strong. He has had nothing
but threats from the combined powers
all his life. and should the combination
fail to hold, in the succeeding turmoil
he NAV become a factor in human
events, and dictate few notes" him.
Self.
At this distance 1t looks as if the Sui
tan of Turkey held the long end of the
lever. He declares that Turkey will
consider no frontier line in Thessaly
north OF the Salamyria river. This
means the ultimate humiliation and
subjugation Of the Greeks. The answer
to this must now be made, and quickly.
If it is not a unanimous one upon the
part of Europe, backed up by the COM
bined fleets of the powers in the Oar
danelles, the Ottoman Empire will be at
the 'front.' and, with an alliance or two.
can snap its fingers hereafter at Euro
pean ultimatums. That all Europe Is
anxious today goes without saying.
Emperor William has hoped and in
trigued for the humiliation of Greece,
while the Car has been DESTROYS of saw
ing his uncle, King George. Both Rus
sia and Great Britain are now, must be,
against Williams plans. A single mis-
step now, a misunderstanding or wano
of concert of action would involve all
Europe. A single battle would be the
signal for an uprising of England's
Mussulman subjects in India If the
Sultan can force a European war his
empire will become European rather
than an Asiatic power, and a great one.
From our dispatches of yesterday post
ponement and diplomacy seems TO have
reached the limit. If the so-called con-
cert is only a sham and not a real unity, J
there viii either be a war or otherwise
own terms and have his way by enforc-
ing the claims Of his victory over the
Greeks