The Globe-republican., 1897-04-22
MEANS A GENERAL WAR.

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WASHINGTON, April ea-Wr BE-
tween Greece sud Turkey means. in
the end. . general war in Europe.
This is the opinion Of members Of
the diplomatic corps, and also Of OH
Gals of our own government Al
though chary Of public expressions Of
these opinions. for diplomatic reasons.
. coneensus of the views on the crisis
in Europe held among well-informed
men in this city is that tho breaking
ont Of the long expected war between
the great powers cannot be- long de-
layed.
The news that war he'd broke out in
Europe was received at the American
capital with many expressions of adj
miration for plucky Greece. and also
of congratulations to the farmers Of
the United States. That the sympa-
thies of American public men are with
Greece is obvious from the expressions
heard wherever the news was cried
Il have not the slightest doubt tina.
there will be not only war between
Greece and Turkey" said an official
whose name and fame would carry
great weight, could his identity be
disclosed, but 1 believe the great
powers will within few months find
themselves engaged in cutti' & one an
others threats. In the first place, the
Turks will sweep the land. Their
armies are greatly superior to those of
Greece. They are larger and better
equipped. 1t may seem heresy to say
SO in this country, where all the SYM
pathies are with the Greeks, but the
Turks are the better fighters. The
days of Leonidas are over. Victory
now goes to the heaviest battalions
and biggest guns. Turkey is weak on
the wctar, but this is going to be a
land wal. In my opinion the Turks
will be in Athens within sixty days.
If Turkeys armies force their way
into Greece. take Athens or threaten
the capital. Europe will be in con-
vulsion. This is the danger. Let
Christian Greece be menaced by the
odious Turk, or let the heel of the sui
tan be placed upon the neck of the E,,-
ropean Christian. and the English pub
lie will lose its head. 1t will demand
that the navies and the armies of the
kingdom go to the rescue. Salisbury
and the administration will in vain en-
deavOr to stand against this pressure
of public opinion. Once the British
public is aroused there will be no stop
ping it. The government will fall if it
stands in the way. Turkey will not
be permitted to override Greece if
English ships and English troops can
stop them. When the terrific pressure
of English public opinion forces the
ministry to take sides with Greece
there will be an end to the European
oncert- Then will appear the rea
crisis, the imminence of a war which
will end only after navies have been
ruined and vast armies have been
hurled one at another through many
bloody battles.
when England takes the side of
forced to espOuse the cause Of Turkey.
The two emperors Of the North have
apparently determined to humble
Greece. was informed by an ambas-
sador from one of the European ma
tons that the trouble with Emperor
William is that he sees IN Greece the
seeds of republication in Europe. He
wants to crush it out before it spreads.
1t may not be generally known that in
Greece the republican faction has for
years been very strong.
THE secret of the apparently reck
less course of the Greek king and his
cabinet in rushing on toward war
which in the end must mean defeat
and perhaps destruction is that there
must he a war against the Turk or re-
publicauism will ovcrwhelm his mon
archy."