The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-01
rFRMANY'S STAND IN GREECE.
up.cE THE ONLY OBJECT OF THE
KAIsER's POLICY.

Annarent of the Greek Throne'
s,.,Ie handed Greece Would Have
xo chance of Winning in War
N-i,b the Turks - The kaiscr
therefore May Be Looked Upon as
Friend Rather Than as a Foe to
Greece.
porin Feb. 2S.-Whatever may be
.houeht and said outside of Germany, as
"a tbe kaiser's line Of action on the Gre
,o.cretan imbroglio. the dominant if not
tbe unanimous, opinion in Germany Is
.hot if has been consistent with his whole
EASTERN policy, and inspired by a desire
n maintain the European peace. The
bome papers which insinuate, and the
toraign PAPERS which openly affirm, that
t,miIv affairs have been an element in
influencing the kaiser, choose to ignore
facts. which ought by this time to be
anon TO the world. There is no feud or
o.will now existing between the kaiser
and his sister, the Duchess of Sparta,
wife of the Greek heir apparent. The un-
mncealed disfavor with which he treated
her conversion from the Lutheran to the
Creek church is matter of past history.
Il The empress mother was the medium of
e,rlv reconciliation, and the harmony of
tbe affection between the kaiser and his
fsyorite sister, has long since
been restored. That the kaiser
sought. first of all, the support
Of Russia for his proposal to blockade the
Praeus should dispose of the report that
family considerations weighed largely
with the car. The kaiser can be expect
ed to know how far the fact that King
George is brother of the dowager czarina
would affect Russian policy. The history
of our own time affords an illustration
When Prussia in 1856 de5poiled the Grand
Duke of Hesse-D -Darmstadt, a brother of
the then czarina, the Car Alexander de-
cmed to interfere privately or through
diplomacy. and when Prussia annexed Hol-
stein Gottorp, long associated with the
Russian dynasty, nothing was said from
st. Petersburg. That the dowager car
ina has personally interfered on behalf
Of King George is beyond all probability.
The telegram of encouragement and SYM
pahy from her to the king which has
gone the rounds of the European press
was fabrication, and events since have
proved that the czar and kaiser alike are
guided by motives in which family rela-
lions play no important part. The actual
truth is that so far as the kaiser. has
taken any lead upon the Cretan tifiiculty,
his aim has been to prevent, or at all
events. to postpone the breakup Of Tur-
Key and to stop Greece from entering
upon a war which. unless accompanied
by general conhagration in the Balkan
peninsula, might involve the devastation
OF Greece and the overthrow of King
George.
kaiser q f.,o rk-.4s
German officers who have served in the
reorganization Of the Turkish army, and
mas obtained during the present crisis re-
ports from the German staff still connected
with the sultans forces Their reports
concur in stating that the position of
Greece' II assaied by land is absolutely
nopeless. The Turks are immeasurably
petter prepared for an immediate cam
paigh on the Thessalian frontier. The
porte seems to have anticipated a possible
outpreaK OF war with Greece and got ready
tOr II. Early in the current month, they
Hdu EUWV troops around the base of Olym-
puS' and We're prepared to direct that
aoiGG IN Two columns from the Olympus
anu Elassona districts upon Larissa. This
thny V,any mas been reinforced to $1,000. Against
ieIh the Greeks have but a feeble force
between Larissa and Pharrsalia and only
oesdh' when the war storm seemed gath
e!lHs' TO throw up some works around La
.'Sea' "hich had long been projected but
Perslstently neglected. These Turkish
tUuller ,i1uer troops are well supplied with ar
paiy' Che infantry are armed with the
iod 'oo1S Martini rife, and they are well
~. .eu anu altogether i'm good trim Accord
hlg TO the opinion of the German officers
able to calculate the course
IT, ~ tne campaign, the Turkish force Inv
80 9vil WOULD suffice to overrun the Greek
,'i..,anu' 81, l.' or course, a prolonged war
ana a. "nicm the powers would stand aloof
is rat e' urKey once more conquer Greece
ST., ~ be thought of. The total war
,tteus'H s'H OF Greece would count for son1e-
.nlns only If Turkey had simultaneously
s suppress insurrection in Macedonia
S S,u 10 meet in the field the combined
,oieeS OF Servia, Bulgaria and Montene-
sso, Even then, if none of the great
bbomeIs interviewed, the military opinion
MIA quotea believes that the Turks would
tion 90 tci own. The defenseless condi-
os ~O' vi Hreece and the awful conseouences
~ uHchaining the tremendous force Of
nr ai ana Iaplne in European Turkey were
1 h4V5uo'ediy h the weightiest condition with
halsef' King George may vet nave
os 'nahk German policy for the safety
Gs u, ull'iseH and his kingdom. During the
So ian negotiations proceeding at
JeItsaLo oul last week, Baron Saurma Won
itscu mas taken no obtrusive Dart. The
sultan has some times been in direct
o,.I i''i. .uhication by wire with the kaiser.
,s nSs consulted Baron Won saurma. IL
raia'u' on every important dcvelopmcnt.
s,,i,ue entente between the kaiser and the
sIo,san' however far it extends has no
In oa oil hostility to Greece. The Ber-
an, eoyerhment supports the powers in
Tbo ullon that win avert general war
dor creation Of an autonomous Crete un-
su,.s,tI IIeek prince, with the sultan as
aa,v,alh or with Prince Mavrocordatos az
din,o,nor has had backing from. German
frsrIiaey. II ought, however. to he
isierNy stated that the union of the
provst W Greece has not the entire an
/ ileve5 -. vi Germany. 1t is feared and be-
/ ccntia,,,uuat ,uat Crete, under Greek rule. would
SURF 70 be the seat of chronic in
An loh aud disorder
i for u''erhauonal congress on legislation
sentory working classes meets here In
cussion sa next The programme for dis
erencn as now prepared, has specific ref
also nv W German legislation, but Includes
Other Hoesuons relating to the workers az
slider suhtries. se The congress will con-
la,ior ms1 what useful changes In iegis-
CURED LOT the workers have oc-
conrras. IN each country since the
Il 1890 on convened In Berlin ~
II follows me initiative OF the kaiser Then
II workro we general questions. ought
n repi,n1 zen 70 be submitted 10 n nro,octi,,e
hnt