The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-07


important. Henry Norman of the London
Chronicle, who is at Athens, telegraphs
that certain eastern powers, meaning ap-
parently England, and perhaps France
and Italy, are urging Greece in a friendly,
informal way to negotiate with the powers
for the gradual withdrawal of the Turk
ish and Greek troops from Crete thus saw
ing her dignity and making the ultimate
union of Greece and Crete possible. Ac-
cording to all accounts the unbending OBJ
stinacy of the German emperor would
make even this arrangement impossible.
IL Is known that every effort is being
made to induce King George to refrain
from declaring war against Turkey If
however, he be determined 30 resist the
demand or the powers, as all accounts
agree he will do, a declaration of war
would be his best possible move The DOW
ers would then be deprived of an excuse
for interfering on the ground of any vio-
latlon of the international law, and as
Greece Is an Independent power, there is
no question of her right to declare war
The embarrassment of the powers would
then be immensely increased, and it may
safely be assumed that public opinion in
Eastern Europe and this country would
prevent three, at least, of the powers from
actVeiy supporting Turkey in such a
struggle
The porte has obtained money some
Where, not much, to be sure but, if re-
port speaks truly enough among other
things to pay some outstanding bills Of
certain patriotic firms in Birmingham
and to obtain renewed credit in that quar-
ter. Nobody seems to know whence the
money has come but a good many peo-
pie would like to know. The effect OF
ready cash is already apparent, too, on
the military movement in Macedonia
which are now continuous and orderly
under the direction chiefly of Austrian
wis
most of them, Anotolans, Arabs and Arm
auts of good physique, and as the arms
ana ammunition of the infantry and ar
tillery are in good condition, it may be
taken for granted that these men will
give good account of themselves to anv
enemy they may have to meet in the
field. European officers in the sultan's
service declare confidently that if war is
once commenced by Greece nothing but
the Intervention of the powers will stop
the Turks from entering Athens. That
too, Is the opinion generally held by mill
tary experts here and in France and Ter
many. The Greek soldiers must win at
the outset or they will soon be over
whelmed. Others. however, believe that
Turkeys boasted military power will
prove as unreal as that of China in the
recent war with Japan. Certainly the
forces of disintegration have been dill
gently at work during the past fifteen
and naval forces.
report that Greece has arranged a
common plan of action with Servia and
Bulgaria has been current in many quar-
ters, but it may be dismissed as untrue
| Up to the present the interests of these
three little powers in Macedonia are too
| conflicting to be reconciled at short no.
tice, but there is good reason to believe
that young King Alexander of Servia has
| been in communication with Prince Fer
| dinand of Bulgaria with the object of ar
| ranging Joint action in certain eventual-
| ties and such action is likely to be pleas
ant to Greece. There is another factor in
the situation to which nobody has re-
| Gently given thought, and that is Monte
negro. The doughty Prince Nicholas is
| prepared at short notice from the car
| to go anywhere and do anything. His
army is not much to boast of as regards
| numbers, but in personal material it has
| no equal among the minor states of Eu-
| rope, and if war is to be the game, Mon
tenegro will take hand in 1t beyond a
shadow of doubt.
| Nothing so much impressed those who
| were present at the Mansion house dinner
| to MIR. Bayard as the speech and person
ality of the prime minister. The pressure
| of responsibility under which Lord Sails
| bury is living in these ominous days, is
something almost beyond conception. The
burden is nowhere visible upon him
There was no sign of weariness, care OF
of even abstraction in his appearance OF
manner, as he Joined apparently without
reserve in the festivities of the evening
He had attended a long cabinet council
early in the day, spent several hours al
the foreign office, and had just come from
the House of Lords, where he had an
nounced the governments Cretan policy
in a detailed speech. every word of which
in its effect, for peace or war required
careful Weighing Then he made speech
after the dinner. which was
gem in language, thought and sentiment
Col. John Hay, who is generally believed
to be the coming American ambassador tt
England, has already engaged for the
coming season the fine mansion, No.
Carlton House terrace, which is the towr
residence of the earl of Caledon 1t should
be added in explanation of Col Hays
foresight in securing headquarters In ad
vance of his actual appointment as am
bassador, that IL was a case of genuine
necessity. Had he waited longer 1t woul'
have been impossible for him to find ade
uuate accommoda tions for the cominl
season for love or money.
BRAWLEY'S RESIGN ALTON.