The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-30
A Single Greek Ship Could Force the
Dardanelles and Settle the Greek
Question, He SayS-Torpedoes of
No Avail Possibilities of Ger
eral European War.

believe her to be. She can end the war IL
her faYori II a week badly as sheis presse,
at this very hour
Gen. Wallace was reading the dispatche
in the Indianapolis papers. How cal
Greece yet save herself ~ he was asked
Her fleet can perpetuate her destiny,'
| exclaimed Gen. Wallace. Turkey hasn't
a man-of-war worthy Of thenaIne Greece
has some modern ships, Her sailors art
as good as any in the world. Why, then
does She hesitate? a single man-Of-waI
| off Zeraglio Point, with her decks clea red
| for action, could dictate peace in an hour.
| Why do they threaten Salonicd? e? Why
| waste good powder in the Gulf Of Arta ?
Are they mad, or 90 they still trust in
| the gOds OF Mount Olympus ~
How about the torpedoes in the Darda-
nelles?''
| They can be removed retorted Gen
! Wallace. lone hero, like Commander
| Cushing, can do it in one or two darknights,
| or in daylight, for that matter, under cover
OF the guns of the Greek fleet that can en-
gage the forts. OF course, 1 know every
foot Of the Hellespont. but my information
is that which any man who has been over
the country would be entitled TO.
Every torpedo can be picked up. Ye
gods! Let the Greek commander exclaim
with Farragut: To hell with the torpe-
does!" II one ironclad can get through
Zeraglio Point, say the war is at an end,
andGreece has madethe great move toward
solving forever the so-caUed Eastern ques-
tion.
TO show that l am not prejudiced,
want to express my unqualified respect
and admiration for the Sultan, whom l
personally know and esteem He is in
every way the equal OF any ruler in Eu-
rope today. If argument were in place, /
could adduce overwhelming proof. Take
the single uncontrovertible truth that since
the treaty Of Berlin this clever man has
been having the powers of Europe do mis-
WORK for him; has kept such close watch
upon them that he knows all their ambi-
tons and their most secret jeaIousies. In
their antagOnisms lie his strength and
perpet uity
What could have shown the greatness
OF his craftsmanship more clearly than
the announcement TO the world upon the
declaration Of war ordering his troops
across the mountains into Thessaly that
Turkey did not desire to extend her ter
ritory, but merely Co protect what she
had; that on the Turkish part this was not
war Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. He well knew
the temper Of Europe, and that IL left TO
himself he could soon finish Greece Yes,
l think he can. Unless Greece can hold
out for three or four months, l see no hope
for her on land. l have said what think
she can do on sea. The Greeks are born
sailors, the blood OF the old PhOenicians
runs in their veins. There is their hope
and there alone
DO you think the Greeks were prepared
for this ware
apparently not answered Gen. Wal
lace. Present indications are that King
George has plunged into this desperate cum
fict without having any understanding |
with a single friendly power. In this / |
hope l am wrong, but appear |
RnCeS justify the assumption. |
THE ar was forced upon the King by |
secret influences. These probably sent |
the narauGeFs across the frontier Prince |
was quite reuiss in not thor |
oughly fortifying the three passes that lead |
from Macedonia into Thessaly. He should |
have done this, and had his best troops on |
guard there Lcfore the Turkish declara-
tion OF war reached him. That oversight
l cannot understand. The course Of Prince
in abandoning Larissa is W Use.
1t was unteuable. 1t is a position that
can easily be turned. Every man OF any
garrison left therein would certainly be
captured.
The fighting on both sides has been of
ba nd hot |
Greeks gave to Edhem Pasha was electrical.
doubt if we know or realize is gravity
rom the meager accounts that the cable
has brought US. The fact that it was re
sarded as alarming was evidenced in the |
prompt removal OF Edhem Pasha and the |
sending of Osman to replace him.
What about the massacres in A Armenia?''
asked, as a diversion.
They were beyond the power Of A bdul |
Ianid to CONTROL replied the former |
minister to Turkey. Pointing to the SuItan's
picture on his wall, he continued: Look
It his kindly face. He has never signed |
he death warrant of a single condemned |
and will not do So. The Kurd is |
he Apache of the Turkish empire. We ]
know how hard 1t is to control these ter
ible savages of ours, and we would object |
o having this country held responsible
n the eyes of the world for their out
rea5s"
''Will the powers intervene and stop the !
var, and if so, how do you regard such |
was asked
when the powers do intervene was
he reply, 1.-THE gravest situation will arise
The powers are far from being in accord |
( Greece were victorious, Austria would |
Iever consent to the cession of Macedonia to
ireece, and the Sultan has acknowledged
hat not foot of GreCian territory will be | .
sked by him. A dispute over the slight
st change in the map of Europe is inevi-
able ;
"A general European war is quite within
he possibilities. If that should come, and
We have few men of sense still left at
who will abolish our absurd
nd ridiculous navigation laws, so as TO
ermit citizens OF this country to purchase
alps abroad, where alone they can he had,
nd sail them under the American flag,
re can regain the carrying trade OF the
cean and make ourselves what we ought
} be--the commercial people of the world
he party that fails to see and seize upon
ais splendid opportunity, should 1t arise,
care not whatits previous history may be,
Ight to go downin dishonor and disgrace.
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