The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-08

high a tribute to the services of Won
| Der Goltz that he has recently be-
sought him to resume his position, as
| surfing him that he would be the vir-
tual commander-in-ch of the Otto
man army. The German oasha de-
! cliued to return, but in reply to the
/ sultan's invitation, he has sent a plan
of operations to be put into force upon
the Greek frontier, based upon his
profound knowledge of the conditions
under which campaign against
Greece must DE conducted. AS Won
Der Goltz Pasha. when he severed his
connection with the Turkish military
administration. occupied the position
of second chief of the general staff Of
the Turkish army. and was also a
member of the Turkish ministry of war,
it viii be seen that his advice has
had no small influence in the military
operations which the porte has Under
taken within the last month or two.
Moreover, the German officers who
are still serving in the Turkish army
are known to be fully capable of car
rying Won Der Goltz' plans into effect,
and the fact that many of the i'm
portant commands of the Thessalian
frontier are now in the hands of Ger
man officers NAV thus be accounted
for
Advices from Constantinople based
on reliable authority, show that the
Ottoman troops on the frontier of Thes-
sally, as well as upon the other Turkish
borders, are almost in readiness to act
upon the offensive, and it is asserted
that if the COMMUNICATIVE chief of the
force, Edhem Pasha, should receive
orders to move he could, within
week, throw $4,000 well armed men
over the Greek frontier including q
batteries of artillery and ten squadrons
of cavalry.
The quarters of the Turkish army of
''precaution," or defense, are now at
Monastir, in Macedonia, 400 miles west
of Constantinople. and a large force
of troops under the command of Omar
and Nuchad Pasha is much nearer the
frontier. In addition to the mobiliza
ton of the regular forces, the mus
tafuz, corresponding to the German
landsturm, or second draft of those
liable to militar- duty. have been
called to arms in several districts near
the Greek borders. The ostensible
reason for summoning this contingent
is that the ordinary rediffs, or reserves,
which were lately called out, have
been deficient in numbers, but the
summoning of any part of the musta-
fuz is regarded as ominous of the sui
tan's expectation that something of
very serious nature is imminent.
The attitude of Servia and Bulgaria
occupies the serious attention of Euro
pean diplomacy, and it Is the opinion
IN official circles here that the con-
ferences which have taken place be-
tween King Alexander of Servia and
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria have re-
suited in an agreement to make
attack upon Turkey when
the time for such action shall seem
opportune. Roumania is looked upon
as having the intention to take an
active part in any scheme of rearrang-
ing the Balkan boundaries that may be
put into operation. King Charles of
Roumania, as a member of the Prus-
sian family of Hohenzollern, may be
relied uDon to have the support of
GERMANY.
In view of eventualities the Rouman-
ian fort works at Kustendjie, on the
Black sea, and the defenses at Galatz
and Braila on the Danube. are being |
and extended.