Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-14
lELEGRAPHIC.
TURKEY ARROGANT.
VIII Not Grant an ATmiSIlCe Untll
DomOkOS is TakGu, Soul
MILITARY ACTIVITY UNABATED.
Europe in No Mood 10 Yield Too Much
TO The Demands of Abdul
Hamid.

,'oNsTANTINoPLE May Is. - The
,ore u ambassadors held another con-
fer cs uday, after which Baron
o.. the Austro.Hunparian am
ba,sador, called upon Tewfik Pasna,
,hs Turkish minister Of foreign sffairs,
and renewed the proposal OF an armis-
lice which was presented yesterday.
The opinion is general in Turkish oii-
Giles that until the occupation OF DOM
okos. which is momentarily expected,
the Porte will not grant an armiS''ce'
GREEKS WILL RETREAT.
LONDON, May 13.-The situation at
the scene Of hostilities appear to be
that Turkey Is determined to occupy
Upmokos b, FIRE consentiDg to an arm.
iat,cp. and that Greece Ia convinced oil
the i'm possibiIity OF holding out
against the serious attack which Ed
hem Pashs Ia preparing to deliver.
II has been decided to evaculte DO.
mokos and to iall back upon the old
irontier. The plan will probably be
carried out tomorrow, II 1t has not al
ready been carried out, and thus the
way will be opened Tor peace negotla-
tionB.
The mowers are in no mood to yield
overmuch to the demands oil turkey.
The war has had quite an unexpected
effect In revealing an amaz ng mill
tary vitality in the sultan's dominlonf,
which Ia IN no way to the humor OF
Russia or the other powers. Hence
the sultan will be reminded thar IL
was his original misgovernment whlch
led to the war; that only the influence
OF Europe has prevehtou general
blaze in the Balkans, ana that 1t lie
therefore advisable for him 10 accept
reasonable terms.
The activity Of Turkieh military
preparations, which Ia In no way
abaled by the diplomatic negotiations,
may possibly be explained by the tol-
lowing statement ota high turkish
official: "rhe Russians are putting
high price upon the moral support they
extended to us during the Armenian
trouble, but the demand now made
upon us are 60 exorbitant that their &C.
ceptau &C would Do tantamount to re-
signing our title as free nation"
The Athens correspondent OF the
Daily Mail says that the government
continues to send men to the front
and Ia purchasing large quantities OF
war material.
THE TURKS CELEBRATING.
LONDON, May ls.-The Daily Mail
correspondent telegraphs, under YES.
terJay's date, from Lsrissa:
The feast OF Bairani has commenced
anu there will be no military opera
tions except when necessary. Edhem
Pnsna has caused sheep TO be killed
a,oording to Turkish custom, anu has
visited tue generals In the vicinity.
The Mussulmans and their families
are celebrating the feast with enthu-
siasm ana marking their release from
foreign dominion, each head OF q
family killing sheep with his own
hand. the rich are keeping open
house and the Mussulmaus are prom.
enRding the streets in gala dress.
EXCUSES FOR DELAY.
LONDON, Mpy 13-The Grecs-Turk.
ish news received today does not
change the situation. Everything is
faciag on the Porte's action. There Ia
no combination OF the report printed
by the Journal of Paris that an ar.
mistice has been artaugeJ, but the
silence from the seat OF war seems to
Indicate that Edhsm Pasha's advance
on Domokos may have been counter
msndeu.
The sultan's position is but little
stronger than King GeOrge's, and
therefore II 10 not surprising that while
the war feeling Ia 80 strong he hest.
tates at taking a step which could be
construed at Conetantinople as a sur.
render OF Ottoman interests. In aduI-
ton to this tho fact that the Bniram
begins today, lasting until Sunday,
effers another excuse Tor delay.
BAD LOT.
NEW York, May l4.-A dispatch to
the World from Domokos sayt: 1t IL
not probable that there will be further