The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
T~URKSARRAYING FOR WAR
THE PORTE rs HURRTIy9 TROOPS
AND ARMS TO TIE CAPITAL.

pay-Anbas.adSrs Astoundea asa the rep
uiaoe A~iarnsa-KInE GssFEs'u Csoi Att
tude Has Avertsa Rsvsiut,Ou ut Athens.
Srseiai Cable Despafchss 10 TEE sUS.
CcYsrAST1NoPLE, June Sat = late hour last
uisht tnS Council OF Ministers issusd orders to
ire Governors OF the various provinces to form
with tue quickest despatch commissions for
drafting and forwarding troops OF all classes.
and 70 hurry all the reserves of war material TO
Cohstantlnople.
Tue lands employed In the imperial ammunt
ton factory here are being rushed night and
day in manufacturing cartridges for the small
calihre Mauser riaes. Transport cruisers ar
rived this morning at Ismid, hfty ak miles
southeast Of here. and are embarkins troops.
This action of the Porte in the face OF It's sp-
parent sincerity in entering upon the peace
negotiations has disconnected the Ambassadors
and CHARMED the populace, The gravest appre-
tensions are everywhere felt regarding the in
tentinus OF the Porte.
LONDON, June .5.-The Greco Turkish stu
alton may be- dismissed in . few words until
definite progress is made with the peace negoti-
atoms at Constantinople. II ia impossible to
estimate how much time these negotiations will
occupy. The Constanttnople correspondent Of
The Sun telegraphs to-day that the sultan has
cleverly arranged to make Tewhk PSsha 4 scape-
goat by throwing upon him the entire response
biity for the negotiations. Then, II it becomes
necessary to yield to the demands of the powers,
Tswhk Pasha will be sacrihed to the anger Of
the military party.
The correspondent adds that he has positive
assurance that the powers are unanimous not to
YIELD to the Turkish demands for the territory Of
Thessaly. Some OF tho powers favor the partial
control Of Greek finances until the indemnity Is
paid.
4 hnrtn;uht Ann auorvhodv aUAitad Nth cond.
dence news of the revolution in Athens and the
Digit OF the royal family. Now confidence Is
equally strong the other way. The fact is that
King Georges philosophic attitude has COM
pleteiy upset the schemes Of the revolutionists
aai iisarmed opposition.
Here I am" he has been saying in effect.
"and here I shall remain IL you want me. IL
you don't I am quite willing to clear out. bag
and baggage. Only say the word and l will go
aboard a foreign warship. and you can 60 to the
devil or wherever your childish folly may lead
you"
This kind Of attitude simply nonplussed the
Greeks. who expected the King to Lee in do,
spsir or appeal to them, cap In hand, to spare
the royal feelings.
The Crown Prince and his brother Nicholas
have taken a similar line. The former takes no
pains to placate either the officers or soldiers.
He quarrels with the former with much ap-
piEcuL eulOyHtuL Auu DULLES the mIItE. ne
openly expresses the ardent hope that the
negotiations will quickly terminate in q treaty
of peace, and announces his intention to follow
his usual course Of spending the summer on hh
country estate. as though he had been taking
part in military maneuvres instead of war.
Prilce Nicholas. when seen by q correspondent
at ThermopylR the other day, was going aboul
moodily in Q dirty tunic and torn trousers. Hi:
chief desire was to ascertain why destiny had
Nb.- LIZ - =. 49, IL
Colonel ef artillery.
The only man of action in the family. tn,
sailor, Prince George. has disappeared from
view, but bis friends say that he DOES nothint
but fuuie and rage at the hidden forces which
tied his hands at the critical period and reduces
the Greek heeS to ignobie ~inaction- Rumor say
that he has quarrelled with his father. ant
would have no conjunction in taking over tn
throne.
The last Garibaldians left Athens, and the al
Of the capital no longer throbs with thei
SailinsA- On their way from the front they di'
little but shout about their shameful betraya
by the Greek commanders When they reachs'
Athens they screamed that they had beel
Enbbed- Many of them are young fellows O
good families. whose fond parents loaded then
with fine raiment and iewelry. They had Z
exchange their hnery for uniforms before pre-
eeeding TO the front What was their indigna
ton upon returning to and their nnery gont
The completeness OF the loot would have just
ned the belief that the Turks had been In charg
OF the warehouses.
The military authorities at Athens ~proteste
that there was some hidsous mistake. Tn
things must have been mistaken for war store
and sent to the front, or served out to r~eservist
when the stock OF uniforms was exhAusteC
Anyhow, they were not where they ought to b
Letters with remittances also WeFo gone.