Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-13

he is by the great powers OF EUROPE,
who are ready TO take advantage Vi
Did you hear anything of the
brother whom he succeeded during
your stay in ConstantinopleY
only gossip" replied General Miles
THE sultan's brother, you know Wus
deposed ON the ground of insanity.
He was taken from the throne ana
imprisoned, lie IL now believed 10 ne
in one of the palaces on the Bosphorus'
and there is a military guard of about
four thousand soldiers about this |
palace. 1t is supposed to contain the eN-
sultan. but the world does not know |
whether he is there or not, whether |
he is alive or dead whether he Is IN
sane or sane"
ent sultan is afraid of his life ana that
| he is IA nervous wreck ON this account.
J Did you see anything that might con-
| firm this opinion
no" replied General Miles. AS to
| his being afraid of his life, l doubt
whether there is a monarch in Europe
| who has not a greater or less fear Oh
| assassination. You remember there
| have been recent attempts to XIII the
| king of Italy. the emperor of Austria
and the president of France. doh I
| believe the sultan is more afraid OF
| his life than any of the other monarchs
| are of losing theirs
Does the sultan really understand
military matters" said J. ~
| Yves, indeed" said General Miles.
| "He knows all about his troops and
their equipment He spoke of his army
| having some American guns, ana APP
parently hhd good knowledge of the
! different kinds of firearms. lie Is very
proud of his army. and when re
, marked that he must have had good
generals in order to be able to mo-
Billie 100000 men in forty-flve days,
he replied that he knew he had good
generals, and that he had made them
meaning, | suppose, that ne hau CHOSEN
the generals himself
Did he say anything about the
war;"
save when / referred to the success
of the Turks, he replied. that Cod was
on the side of the right; that the
Creeks had made war upon him with
out cause, and that through Gods dis
pleasure they had been unsuccess-
full"
BETWEEN THE BATTLE LINES
Where did .yon go after leaving
Turkey generalV
81 went to see the Greek and Turk
ish armies In the field. | sailed down
through the Dardanelles and saw the
! Qualifications there, and thence / sailed
to Athens and went to the held. me
advance lines Of the two armies were
| within 400 yards of each other. | went
/ ! along the picket line OF lhe breeh az ny
! | under a flag of truce. AS l dld SO
: | | could see the Turks and could hear
, their bugles. The Turks were then Nv
: ing in the tents which they had cap
turned from the Greeks, and the Greeks
A., were without shelter in the rain
/. Were the Greeks ut all ready LOT
!, war general?"
q NO. they were not" was the reply
"They were carried away by popular
enthusiasm, and they were outnum'
bered, outmaneuvered and outgener
aled by the Turks"
+ "Do you think there is any good mil
r. itary material in the Greek nation|'
II yes, they might make good sol
70 diers If they were properly handled
c and under skilled generals"
g THE ARMY OF RUSSIA.
IS How are you impressed with tn
l. Russian soldiers general?'
e, Very favorably indeed" replie'
r General Miles. THE Russians haV
~ one of the bestsarmies of Europe, an
lc their population is so great that tn
,c other nations fear them Napoleon
e. YOU know, once said that Europ
would at Some time be all Cossac
ps or all republican. The Russian EN-
n pire has now a population OF NOR
as one soldier to every five inhabltant
o. Russia has a possible army of $4,000
e, 600 The Russians are military ma
ry ton. The czar expects every man I
ul be q soldier. His people have lon
he been accustomed to war, and his arm!
tie as far as | could see is well armet
! well Differed, and well equipped.
nd have never seen finer horses anywheI
IL than those used by the Russian cay
gS airy"
ch GEN. MILES AUDIENCE WIT,
he THE CZAR.
|
os. with the car, general
nut 81 met him at the summer pala'
ri. Mt Peterhof, not far from st, Peter
ks | burg, and had very pleasant Int
ps view with him. our conversation w
u.s. in English. and we We're alone at Il
ne time. The talk was largely devote
of to military matters. His majesty WI
in very enthusiastic over the prospects
he the road which will be of great politics
ses commercial and military important
ell to his empire, The car is, you kno'
an president of the road He has, thin
been over the line himself and he sa
It Will develop wonderful countr
81 1t goes through some of the richie
soil on the globe, and the climate
mo the lands through which 1t passes
n much like that of Minnesota. Fro
M what he said, Judge that It Is his IN
ort | jesty's idea to develop siberia
n rapidly US possible
red Where did you go from ST. Peter
nd burg"
eat II did some travelling before ! le
his Russia" replied Gen. Miles. Il
an the guest of the government and W
given a special car To go to Mosco
me where | was entertained in the paln
AN near the Kremlin. Near the pala
grounds where | saw a long row
NV cannon lying against the wall and W
'he told that those guns We're all that
md manned of Napoleon's famous arr
i'm that invaded Russia. According TO
rhe Russians Napoleon came into
lgh country with 100000 men. and when
went out his army was reduced to
~" 900. The Russians burned the mag
or flcent city Of Moscow to defeat hi
He They destroyed all the provisions alo
he his line of march and conquered h
ISL more by starvation and cold than
rid firearms
OF GERMANY VS.. FRANCE.
III The conversation next turned to G.
rod many, and Gen. Miles described for
ybo the discipline Of the German army.
ad saws that Germany IL one great m
~ tary camp. and that the soldiers SCI
me to be more Importance there than