Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-04-29

London, April 25.-The last few Days
have developed a dramatic situation.
| The sudden removal Of Edhem Pasha,
the Turkish commander-in-chief, and
the fact that he has been replaced by
Osman Pasha, the hero of Pley0na,
caused great surprise in view Of the
glowing accounts which correspondents
in the field sent of Edhem Pasha's bril-
liantly conceived plan of campaign,
which ives REPRESENTED as working like
a machine, gave the world the impress
sion that Turkey found in him sec
end Won Moltke. 1t is stated now that
Edhem Pasha is in disgrace; that he
had little previous experience in war
fare; that he is a creature of IZZot Bey;
and that he fell when that favOrite OF
the sultan went down. 1t is also stat
cd that the sultan has hitherto been
afraid to send his best generals, such
as Achmet, Faud, Reschid Pasha, to
the front, they being instead kept IN
the most remote provinces. No re-
markable development is expected from
the appointment of Osnan Pasha to the
command of the Turkish forces Operat-
ing against the Greeks in Thessaly, as
apart from the dangers of swapping
b1rses at the present critical junction.
Osman Pasha will be hampered By the
suItan's Jealous determination to direct
military operations from 4lldlzkloSK.
The great value Of Osnan Pasha's pres
ence at the front is his popularity with
The army. Osman Pasha has Virtually
been a prisoner in Yildizkiosk. Ihe
sultan dreaded his popularity, al
though he used it as a protection py
ALWAYS having Osman Pasha accom-
nanv him on weekly drives upon Uhe
occasion of the Selamlik when the
sultan. himself a sallow, scared, mis-
cradle looking figure, sat facing CAe
horses with his grizZler, resolute look
ing old marshal opposite. In his posi-
ton of palace marshal, Osman Pasha
had the seal to every dish served TO
the sultan and never left the grounds
of the palace without imperial per-
mission. Saad Eddin Pasha, who is to
succeed Ahmed ITiiz PaSha in COM
mard of the Turkish army at Janin8,
| is the general sultan sent to Crete IN
| December last to carry out the reforms
there in accordance with the sultan's
| ideas. The ambassadors, however.
| demand Saad Eddin's recall which
| the sultan yielded to. Advices from
Constantinople say that war news in
Turkish newspapers is very me1gre,
and altogether fails to give an
! idea of the Greeks stubborn re-
sistance or of the Turkish loss,
which must be considerable. The
| Turkish authorities are equally ret
| icent, and the foreign embassies
are destitute of impartial news and will
be so until military attaches arrive at
the seat of operations. The cabinet
council at Yildizkiosk has decided that
inasmuch as the treaty of Berlin for
bids the use of irregulars, that all vol
unteers must wear Turkish uniforms
and serve under regular officers ap-
pointed by the government. Out OF
! 20 900 Albanian volunteers, half adopt
! ed these conditions and the others, who
refused, have been sent home.
| From Athens it is stated that discon-
/ tent exists there at the fact that King
| George has not yet started for the front.
! His reserve is considered excessive.
! The feeling at Athens against Russia
still runs high. The Greek govern
ment has rejected Russia's offer to
protect the orthodox Greeks in Turkey,
Russi,l's eagerness to do so having
caused doubt as to her motives. The
government Of Greece is now begging
! Great Britain to protect the orthOdoXes.
It s understood that in a message
which the king is preparing he will in
vite ali the Greeks throughout the
world to make sacrifices Of money as
we'll as of blood. 1t is rumored in
Athens that the Greek warships are
preparing to make dash through
the Dardanelles. It is pointed out
that the bombardment Of the small
Ports on the Albanian and Macedonian
coasts does not require the powerful
iron-clads such as Pisa Ra, Hydra and
Spel2ai. These may later run the
gauntlet OF Turkish ships at the ports
in the straits. If only two succeed in
getting through the effect of their ap-
pearance n the Bosphorous will be in
ealcuIaDle. l; is quite certain thai with
theil present armament the Turkish
warships will be powerless against
them.
The reception accorded to Col. John
HAY. the United States ambassador,
has been most cordial. There have
been many illusions to Col. Hays
dignified reticence, compared with the
volubility of his predecessor, Mr..
Bayard.