Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-04-30
ARMISTICE ASKED.
Greece Requests a let.Up in the
War with Turkey. -.
MAKES HER APPEAL TO EUROPE.

VoS WIFI O1kovs ->8
NAKES HER APPEAL TO EUROPE.
Powers Lay the Matter Before the Sultan
and Urge q Favorable Reply-Greek
Cabinet Crisis Ends with the Fall of Del
yannis and the Assumption of Power by
. Ministry Which Is Headed by De-
metrius Ralli-Hot Talk in the British
Commons.
Berlin, April 3o.-The Frankfort Eel
lungs Constantinople dispatch says that
the Greeks have asked for an armistice,
end that the ambassadors Of the powers
there have laid the matter before the
porte and urged that the armistice be
granted.
New Ministry for Greece.
Athens, April 30-King George yes
ter took decisive action regarding the
cabinet crisis. He summoned Delyannis
and asked for his resignation, which was
Immediately rendered and accepted. The
king then put the formation of a new
ministry In the hands Of NJ. Ralli, who
is largely responsible for the downfall of
the Delyannis ministry, who has named
the following: Premier and minister of
marine. M. Ralii; minister Of war, NJ.
Tsamavos; minister Of finance. NJ. ST.
mopooulo; minister of education, NJ.
Carapanos: minister Of the interior, NJ.
Teotaoki. Demetrius Ralli. the new pre-
mier and minister of marine, was the
leader of the opposition. He has been
minister of justice and minister of inter-
Tor and is well-known throughout the
country as an able lawer and orator He
is so years old and studied at the Uni
versity of Athens and at Paris.
Delyannis Makes q Statement.
NJ. Delyannis made the following
Statement yesterday afternoon: "Yester-
day King Gorge sunSloned me to the
palace and declared thSt exceptional cir
sumstances compelled him to replace the
cabinet and to form a new ministry from
the ranks of the opposition. He begged
me to second his efforts. I refused to
tender my resignation, not because of
my love for power but in order that
such step might not be misinterpreted
I urged the king to use the privilege of
the crown. declaring that I was ready
to sign the royal decree provided the
that there was no reason TO fear that
such measure would be considered by
Europe as a censure upon the govern
ment's policy. Judgment would be
termed as to that after the new cabinet
had been tried"
Outline of Delyannis' Policy.
NJ. Delyannis added: II cannot d.
vulge the policy which considered nee
essary. can only say that the country
would have emerged from its trial with
out loss Of territory and could have OBJ
tanned rectification Of the northern
frontier by abandoning Crete according
to the demands Of the powers. The lat
ter measure would have facilitated the
task, inasmuch as the principle of Otto
man integrity would not have been i'm
paired, while the peace of Europe would
have been assured because Of the recti-
fication of the frontier line adjudged in
the Berlin treaty."
Terms Of Peace offered by Turkey.
London, April 30.-All the talk now,
says the Daily Mails Berlin correspond
ent, Is of the Intervention of the powers.
Even Germany wishes to save Greece
from the consequence of defeat, and It
Is stated in Berlin official circles that
the powers will intervene of their own
Initiative il Greece does not invite
them. According to a dispatch from
Ccnstantinople to the Lokal Anzeiger,
the sultan will accept the following con-
ditions as the basis for peace: The with
drawal Of the Greek troops from Crete
and the re-establishment Of the from
tier OF 1881. Greece to be excluded from
all the advantages Of capitulations and
to pay indemnity.
Policy Raln Will Pursue.
London, April 30.-The Daily Tele-
graphs correspondent at Athens had an
interview with M. Rail-, during which
the Greek statesman outlined his policy.
NJ. Ralli said: MY policy will consist
In the reorganization of the army,
whose recuperative forces are PRACTICAL
~ inexhaustible, and the re-establish-
ment Of order. together with a salts
factory solution Of our foreign relations.
We refuse to accept a mandate from the
king or from the chamber We must
have an absolutely free hand"
HARCOURT ATTACKS CHAMBERLAIN
Accuses Him Of Trying to Arouse . war
Feeling in South Africa.
London. April 3O.-The chancellor Of
the exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach.
read the the budget statement in the
house of commons yesterday. He said
that the national debt had been re.
duced s7,5s4,0 900 1887 .420. 000) during the
year and that the total value of
British trade during the last financial
year was 73S. 00o, 900 ($3 $50. 600 0O0) an in
crease Of per cent. He dwelt upon the
increased prosperity shown by this.
more than by the beer drunk and the
tobacco consumed. The increase in the
income tax revenue exceeded the esti-
mate by nearly 43.5O0.0O0 ($17, 500, 0O0).
He said that a careful estimate was
made in 1896 and that they were bound
to make an equally careful one in 1897
Especially because . war-cloud has
Just broken out and no one Is able to
say how long It viii last or how far it
will extend
Sir Michael proceeded as follows: "Our
monarchy was never so valuable to the
country as now. We were the best and
cheapest monarchy In the world in