The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-06-01
Renewal of the Report that the Car
Is Scheming for u Port ON
the Mediterranean.
Trade ISSUED BY THE PORTE
SULTAN AGREES TO AN ARMISTICE
FOR FOURTEEN DAYS.
Latest Phase of the Dispute Between
Hawaii and Japan-TestimOny at
the Trial of Won Tausch.

LONDON, June 1.-The correspondent of
the Standard at Constantinople, telegraph
ing yesterday, says that the prevalent opin-
ion there is that Germany is playing bold
game in order to force Russia to declare
openly either for or against Turkey.
According to a dispatch to the Daily News
from Odessa there is "a revival of the re-
port that Russia is negotiating with Tur-
key to get port in the Mediterranean. 1t
is also rumored that when peace between
Greece and Turkey is concluded Russia will
demand the exclusive privilege of free pass
age for her fleet through the Bosphorus and
the Dardanelles.
The correspondent of the Standard at
Athens says: 1.-The Greeks are greatly en-
couraged by the rumor that navy con-
tractor named Kolla has received an order
to provision the British fleet of forty men
of-war to be concentrated at Phalerum."
The Athens correspondent of the Times
in q dispatch dated yesterday, urges the
powers to make a speedy and firm state
ment to the Cretan difficulty and to in
sist upon Turkish evacuation, after which,
he says, the Cretan chiefs would be willing
to accept autonomy. If, on the contrary,
Turkey is allowed to send more troops to
Crete there will be a renewal of the horrors
of 1SG6-6S
The Athens Epherems demands the imme-
diate prosecution of the leaders of the Eth
nike Hetairia for recent illegal acts. 1t
states that NJ. Mellas, a former mayor of
Athens, is president of the governing body
Of the brotherhood, which includes also the
legal adviser of the Ministry or Finance,
two professors of the University of Ath-
ems and seven officers of the Greek army
The Turkish government has replied to
the collective note presented by the embas-
sadors to the Porte on Saturday last. The
ambassadors then announced that they did
not object to the conclusion of a military
armstice which the Turkish government
insisted must be signed between the mill
tary commanders in the field after which
the Porte will negotiate the peace condi-
tions with the ambassadors, the treaty to
be signed by the Turkish and Greek pleni-
potentiaries in Thessaly In this latest
note the Porte insists on an armistice of a
fortnight which can be renewed in the event
the peace negotiations are not finished
The Porte, however, desires that peace be
| concluded so soon as possible.
! An trade has just been issued by the Porte
and communicated to the representatives
of the powers, by which the Sultan agrees
to an armistice Of a fortnight, beginning
May 80. Fresh instructions, consequently
will be sent to Edhem Pasha, the Turkish
| commander in Thessaly. The ambassadors
are urging the Turkish government to en-
gage to prolong the armistice in the event
of the peace negotiations not being ended
when the armistice expires. The Greek
government has issued a denial of the re-
port that an anti-dynastic movement is on
! foot and it also denies the existence of dis
sensions between King George and the gov
! ernment of Greece.