The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-23
7 HEY NOW
= RESEMBLE
GOBBLERS
Turks Are Pulled Out
by Successes IN
the Field.
MAY DEMAND MORE
CHRISTIAN BLOOD.
An Enormous Army Modified
Apparently for Larger Game
Than Greece.
JULIAN RALPH MAKES LITTLE
OF THE WAR.
If Not an Opera Bouffe Affair the
Greeks Have Made 1t Largely
Theatrical.
An Enormous Army Modified
Apparently for Larger Game
Than Greece.
JULIAN RALPH MAKES LITTLE
OF THE WAR.
If Not an Opera Bouffe Affair the
Greeks Have Made 1t Largely
Theatrical.
copyrighted 1897 by the New York SUM-

LONDON, ENG, May 22.-There has
general Eastern situation during the past
twenty-four hours and none is expected
until further opportunity to exchange
views between the ambassadors and the
Porte. The eventual terms of peace will
be such as Russia and Germany see fit 10
impose upon the Sultan. The influence
of France can be exerted, if at all, only
through Russia. and that of England will
be ignored both at Stamboul and other
capitals.
a doubtful feature of the situation con-
tinues to be the attitude OF the Sultan and
rejuvenated Turkey. There will be a
grave difficulty in disbanding the i'm
mense Ottoman army now modified with
out treating it even to 4 taste of Christian
blood. 1t is a problem to face which the
Sultan Is said to be At his wits end. 1t is
still urged in his behalf that he is willing
to do the bidding OF the powers. that is.
the Gar, but the doubt of his ability. as
well as his disposition, to comply con-
tinues to increase. Il is no longer posi-
BILE to ignore the fact that Turkey went on
modelling an immense force long after
the defeat OF Greece was an assured, If not
accomplished, fact, and no legitimate ex-
PLANTATION of this action is yet forthcom-
ing.
The first war correspondent who has
returned to London is Julian Ralph, who
recently severed has American newspaper
connection. He was on the Turkish side.
Although he enjoyed the eccentricity of
going to war in landau, the vehicle was
seized by the Government for an ambu-
lance. He says the truth concerning the
Turkish part in the war will not be known
until the correspondents leave the coun-
Try. Ralph adds:
The war was small affair. If not an
opera bouffe war the Greeks have at least
made it largely theatrical. The battles
resulted in a few prisoners, fewer
wounded and still fewer killed. If the
Turks had permitted the correspondents
to send the figures the trivial character
OF the war would long ago have been APP
parent. The Greeks early lost all spirit
if they ever possessed any. They held a
magnificent defense al Milouna Pass and
Velestino. and at the latter place actually
repulsed the Turks yet they abandoned
their stronghold and also ran like abbits
from Pharsala. The whole war has been
used by Turkey as a medium to assert a
new position among the European ma
tons. Long after it was apparent the
Greeks had no sand Turkey continued to
pour men into Macedonia and Thessaly.
She added so 900 troops after it was evil
dent the army could whip the Greeks
hands down.
To-day the whole route from SaIonica
TO Dhomoko is blue with an enormous
procession of re-enforcements that will
number 100000 men when all reach the
field. Two hundred thousand rese rves
are in readiness to proceed to the front
This mobilization completely throws the
war into the shade. 1t means Turkey s
readiness for greater war. 1t means her
determination to show the Christian
powers that Turkey is no longer willing to
play the part of Ounce in the European
schools. Turkey seems, like Greece to be
able to successfully defy the concert and
wage war without permission, and means
to profit by the example. This is the
most serious situation Europe has seen in
nearly thirty years. 1t may pass off
harmlessly if The timid Sultan dfsmisses
his present advisers. but it seemed TO me
the temper of most men of the ruling
class was altogether in sympathy with
this newly developed spirit of indie
pendence and pugnacity. On every side l
heard Turkish officers boast that Turkey
meant to keep the land bought with Turk
ish blood, and those Europeans who hold
relations with the Turkish Government
told ME that Turkey had been crazed by
the new power she feels and means to as
sert a new relation toward the rest OF
Europe"
TO PROTECT ROYALTY,