The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-04-25
MUST PUSH THE WAR.
Turkey Is In no Position For (
Lengthy Fight
HER FINANCES VERY LOW
The situatisn l. Deemed Critical UpoI
the Part of Turkey Asd the War
WIN Ne Against Her If Pro-
longed. .-0resks sueeessfui.

New York. April 2i.--A dispatch &c
the World from London says unless
Turkey can bring the war 10 a rapid
tnrminatien the triumph Of Greece
cannot be prevented. Il Is asserted IN
quarters here In which the real situ.
alton Ia thoroughly understood espe.
clally the desperate condition Of the
sultan's finances.
Therefore Osman Pasha. the hero Of
Pleyna. has been sent to the front with
orders 10 stiko a daring decisive blow
without loss Of time.
That a panic II prevailing at the vi.
diz Kiosk Is plainly shown. too. By the
sudden dispatch Of the Russian envoy
from Constantinople 10 Sofa 10 stay
the menacing demands OF Prince Fer.
elnand Of Bulgaria. which the porte lf
equally afraid 20 refuse or ooncode.
The situation is deemed TO BE- 80.
premely critical, and unless osman
Paaha can gain a conspicuous triumph
the cateclysm Of Constantinoplo. which
the powers have disgracefully oompr
missed themselves In trying TO prevent
may come AZ any moment
In ministerial circles here. where Q
quick defeat Of Greece was regarded
as the surest and least unsafe solution
OF a highly dangerous complication
the new Developments are causing con.
sternatlon.
The increase Of popular sympathy
Tor Greece caused By the gallant con.
duct OF her troops following the arsi
defeats has amounted 10 a reyulslon
The incapacity Of the European con.
cert IL al last universally admitted
and iis conclusions can nov be safely
ignored.
King George after great efforts. has
saved his people and can now AFFORD to
b. moderate.
Speedy peace may be expected both
on the frontier and IN Crete
The prevalent feeling here undoub,.
edly was that, az Greece had followed
a provocative policy. she should be
prepared to pay the penalty. In min.
isterial circles and the ministerial
press little oonooAlment was made Of
the hope that the campaign would B,
short sharp and decisive. but the
events OF this week have produced
marked change In those sentlmen,s
aided probably BY a growing suspicion
that Russian diplomacy Is eggins
Turkey on with an eye TO some bis
eventual coup psrilous 10 British in.
teroEta.
The confident anticipation that the
Turkish army would make short work
Of the Greeks has been slgnally falsi.
hed, and nov the recall and disgrace
Of Edhem PAshA fortified the belief
that such success as he had gained
was far less substantial than had been
represented. and at a cost OF life and
morale 10 the Turkish forces lpus
short Of disastrous.
Il happens that a bye-election Tor
parliament has been Unexpectedly
sprung In the Grove division OF Che.
shire by the resignation Of The Tory
membor. and the Liberal candidate. o.
nephew Of ohm Bright. has boldly De.
clared that he viii make his campaign
on the Greek question.
The constituency consists mainly Of
railway operatives. hitherto wholly
pre-oocupied With their own special In.
terosts
II tho Liberals can carry the seat by
good majority Il will compel the
government TO modify lu eastern
policy In favor Of Greece A Tory VIC
tory on the other hand. will strength
en- the hands Of ministers In maintain
ing that there is no mandate from the
English people that EAsland should do
anything beyond conserving her own
interests
Therefore the sltuation has suddenly
become one Of momentous Importance
not only TO Greece and Turkey but to
the British government