The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-03-28

what is Going On BY Way OF Preparation FOR
War.

What IL Going On by Way or Preparation FOR
War.
PARIS. March 12.-Letters from Salcnica.
Caued March 8. bring the latest trustworthy
news Of what 10 passing In Macedonia and on
the Greek frontier. Edhem Pasha has under
his command some $4,000 men of whom $4,000
infantry. 5000 cavalry. and IS batteries of ar
tillsry of only from three to four guns each, To-
stead of eight. are on tho Greek frontier. The
rest are at Monastir, Uskub. and In the Vilayet
of Kossovo. watching the Austrians and Ser
vians. Ehorts are being made to form CORPS
Of Albanian bashi.bazouks. but the Albanisns
have not 50 much relish for fighting as for
pldtchkd. which means loot. At the most. 1t
IL not expected that moro than Is. 600 or go. 900
ian be got together. as the CHIEFS OF sey eral dis
tricts in central Albania are reported to have
refused 10 coil their men out. among them the
chiefs, or bairdktars Of Kavaia. Struga, Dibra.
and soma other districts. They are reported
TO have Greek sympathles. which 10 probably
true. as nuiIbers Of men from that part Of AL
bania 90 down to Thessaly every spring to work
during the summer season in the towns and
fields for Greek employers, with whom
they are on good terms. There II said to bo
another reason why they do not respond to the
call to arms. 1t ia that there is q good deal 81
reese atment among those who have been to
Constantinople about the palace at the osten-
tatious favoritism shown the Kurds OF late
years by the sultan. They are also unwilling
to be taken far from their homes whom large
bodies of Asiatic Turks are about. as they fear
advantage may be taken of their absence to
establish permanent Rarrisons among them Of
:hese troops. whom they detest.
attack from the sea or the land side. and bat
teries have already been established TO cover
hssd ssa .sTsi for %i .a a1s siis: the Ssi troe Ip % %t Ell Ise
soma. Monastir. Uekub:. and Prisrend with
proyIs'oGs and s.1na II. Tn ; anr srs troops ps.
to have 2oo.o 900 men under arms by the middle
For some time the salonIca- Dedeaeatch Rail
way to Constantinople and the line TO Mon.
trains. ali the stock being taken up with the
rams port OF troops and stores. There is report
ed to be q complete understanding between
Servia and Bulgaria. but the exact terms of IL
Ire not known. IL ia not, however. unfriendly
to GREECE. though the Porto has tried to raise
The old question OF the jurisdiction Of the Greek
Patriarch In the affairs of the Macedonian
e ssoriss is no. Is sa riat tns, . theq sarvi Gn s MsHf s sa-
tarian Governments proposed to Athens q Joint
note 10 the Porte about reforms in Macedonia.
but that Greece declined on the ground that no
confidence was to he placed In anything prom
Used by the Turks.
tempt any fresh annexation of Albanian terri:
tory. but rather TO work for the accession OF
HERZEGOVINA unuer the irirco or montenegro
with the eventual entry OF Bosnia into The
unto In this may be discerned ono of tho re-
suits OF the marriage OF the Montsnegrin Prtn-
cess with the Crown Prince OF Italy. The iaaa
Is entirely opposed To the Austrian policy, and.
II 70 said. has been the cause Of cooinsss in the
relations be. ween Rome and Berlin.
The political sturbance In the East 10 now
threading to c, Numerical affairs. Owing TO the
absence OF travel and business, steamship lines
that trade with tho LoyanL and the Black Sea-
nre laying up, some of their ships. Popular
symnathy with Greece shows no symptoms OF
dipiinution. but rather increases as the German
Emperor shows himself more hostile to the
Hellenic cauLe. No question OF foreign inter-
est has ever excited more attention In this
country than has the Cretan. and LIS import
ance 10 France Is fully understood. There is .
strong DISPOSITION 10 repose complete conh.
denco IL the government. which, without any
noise, Is doing all II can TO put the. ornaments
81 the country In a complete state OF efficiency,
both ON sea aud land, An Italian disguised as .
french naval officer has been arrested at Tou-
lon. and his examination is proceeding private
", and an English yacht. some OF whose poo
Ie were observed acting Suspiciously, wac re-
Luested to leave the port. The iransforma-
ion ~ the naval gums of small calibre into
quick Airing NJ the rate of 90, an shots q min
re Is D.oceeding rapidly; and, some OF the
larger guns are being changed In the same
way 70 DIRE four shots to the minute