The San Francisco call., 1897-07-08
DEFIANCE OF
THE POWERS.
A Crisis Reached Where
Decisive Action Is
Imperative.
NO MORE NONSENSE TO
BE TOLERATED.
Abdul Hamid Says He Will
Hold TheSsaIy at All
HsZ fdS.
IS PREPARED TO RESIST ALL
EUROPE.
Salisbury FaVorS Quick, Sharp
Work-Peril OF Ch istians
Throughout Turkey.
rs PREPARED TO RESIST ALL
EUROPE.
Salisbury FaVorS Quick, Sharp
Work-Peril OF Ch iStians
Throughout Turkey.

LONDON. ENG, July THE situation
crisis where decisive action by the powers
is imperative. The Sultan has trifed
with, insulted and hou.ed their Embassa-
dors until even Russia has invited the
other powers to adopt drastic measures.
1t now remains to be seen whether
Turkey will accept the terms unanimously
insisted upon by the mediators or persist
in defying Europe. In the latter case
more time will be consumed in defining
the form of coercion to which the powers
will resort.
Salisbury favors quick. sharp action,
which would pre- pitate crisis and force
the Sultan to decide i'm mediately whether
he will surrender 10 the dictation of the
powers or fight com bined Europe.
The situation IS made serious by the
fact that large parry in Turkey favors
the latter desperate policy. The most
favorable feature is the TACT that the pow
ers seem 10 be genuinely agreed TO submit
to no more nonsense.
In the meantime every Christian in
ConstantinopIe is in real peril.
A wholesale, systematic massacre is pos
in the har Dor are almost powerless to pro-
tect the many thousands of Greeks. Ar
menians, Engli.hmen and other Euro
peans in that City.
A New York correspondent in Constan-
tinople writes that there is much anxiety
among all classes of foreigners, and that
urgent representations are being made 10
the various governments to take full pre-
cautions and bring the deadlock to q
prompt termination.
The Standard Constantinopls dis
patch says: The council of Ministers at
the close of Mondays sitting formulated
a report declaring that it is impossible to
come to terms with the powers as repre-
senting Greece, and that, therefore, it
would be better after weeks delay to
resume hostilities. Several tele rams were
sent TO Edhem Pasha, com mmander of the
Turkish army in Thessaly, during the sit
ting of the council.
The Standards correspondent relates
utterances recently made by the Sultan to
a court official. The Sultan declared that
he had nothing to fear from the powers.
None of them, he said, would undertake
to coerce him in ThessaIy, where ne meant
a fool for not having surrounded the
Greeks and that he ought to have been in
Athens long ago.
But" the Sultan added, ''he may be
there. l am resolved to wait for a few
days and then if concessions are not
MADE l shall give the order to advance
and dictate my own terms. Everything
is ready for immediate action.'
CONSTANTlNOPLE, TURKEY, July T.
Russia has sent a circular note to the
powers suggesting that steps be taken to
expedite the conclusion of peace between
Greece and Turkey.
This action is regarded here as of the |
greatest i'm portance. indicating that Rus |
sia desires to forestali a similar proposal |
upon the part OF the powers. Both the
palace and the Turkish Ministers were
m mediately informed OF Russla's action.
The German En- bassador, Baron Su.
arma Won Jeltscn. has received fresh
and precise instructions to insist upon
Turkeys acceptance of the strategic
frontier proposed by the powers.
In compliance with the rade issued last
night circular was dispatched to the
Turkish em bassies to-day declaring that
the Porte cannot consider the frontier
by the powers nor any other
north of the Peneus River.
NEW YORK. N. Y, July IA special
to the Herald from Corfu says: The Turks
have occupied Kalabaka after strong re.
'istance on the part of the inha bitants.
The Greek warships Georgius and Eurota.
sailed suddenly for Santa Maria