The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-03-15
cprAr BRITAIN'S DEEP GAME.
IN INTENTIONS TOWARD GREECE
"D STILL HIDDEN.


.,,,, Re Responsible If General
rnropean War Results-The In
ouoDce of the Danish Royal Fanli-
believed to Have Made Itself
81. Roth in England and Russia.
ns.ia,s Attitude All That Has Pre-
onted an Outbreak of War in the
na,,,ous-Germany in Complete Ac-
cord with Russia.
,orlin March 14-Should the coerclve
..,res aiken by the powers against
-,.ooe result in a general European war;
~. initial blame, according to public and
.4a.tal opinion here, will fall upon Eng
,.,5 Every step in the critical nego-
,,,+i,ns which have been and are still pro-
ding has been rendered uncertain by
y. vasclllating, if not opposing, action
AIKEN BY Lord Salisbury. If the pro-
..s.,s Of the Russian and German gov
..rments. made three weeks ago, TO
,,o.tade the coast of Greece, had been
.,csded to by the English premier, the
dangerous developments of the present
,me could never have occurred. So the
oAffi3l papers in Berlin reason, and lib
.,,l politicians in full sympathy with
Greece think likewise. The simultaneous
nrqsence of the allied squadrons in the
piraeus. their control of the movements
of Greek warships in the Aegean sea, and
IN tbe coast of Crete, should have re-
strained the popular demonstrations at
Athens and elsewhere, which have done
60 much to force the hands Of King
Georges government.
There are those behind the scenes who
say that from the outset of the Graeco-
Roman crisis the pretended participation
of the Salisbury government has been
blind and that King George, up to late
point in the diplomatic contest, was led to
believe that eventually the influence of
Great Britain would square the situation
in favor of Greece. This is the plain Ian
euage of well-informed papers like the
Post and Kreuz Zeitung.
In a recent cable dispatch 1t was shown
that family considerations had never any
weight with either the czar or the kaiser,
whose main aim was the maintenance Of
the peace of Europe. But the influence
shoots in England and Russia, is known
to have been at work and is believed to
have operated with success where least
suspected.
The dowager czarina, who got credit for
almost supreme power in the cZars coun-
ellis has failed to alter the unders tanding
between the kaiser and the cZar, though
she has had the active cooperation of
Queen Victoria, who has strong sympa-
,.-s.f aT.-w,e
ton OF the Turks. Neither the hand of
the exsczarina, nor that of the queen can
be made visible in the game of diplomacy
which is now being played, but 1t is known
that both have been supporting King
George and it Is believed that to the
queens interference, much of Lord Sails
burys hesitating policy is due. That the
queen does still exercise an oversight of
foreign affairs is perhaps better known at
the German court than it Is in England.
Meanwhile, utter distrust of England is
the dominant feeling at the foreign office
here, while the entente with Russia is COM
pete. But for Russia the Balkan penin-
sula would now be in a blaze and Austria
and Russia would be mobilizing their
troops for war. There is absolutely relia-
bic information that the Three Balkan
states-Servia, Bulgaria and Montenegro,
nave concluded an alliance which affects
not only Turkey, but the claims of Greece,
and the aspirations of Austria. The Prince
Of Montenegro was recently at Belgrade
holding private conferences with King AL
exander, and the Servian minister of war,
and making arrangements for a concerted
movement of troops, and the visit OF the
AlAS or SerVia to Sofia was
result of Prince Nichols Wis
1t to Belgrade. Undoubtedly the whole Of
me triple understanding is perfectly well
known to the Russian government, and
was connived at, if not inspired, by Rus
Sa: Montenegro is financed by Russia,
and gets her armaments supplied and paid
llr chiefly by the St. Petersburg govern
ment Servia, like Greece, has defaulted
IN her debt and since the campaign
sgainst Bulgaria, which terminated with
he Servian disaster at Slivnitza, has
made no such progress as Bulgaria in re-
storing her army. The Servian govern
ment clearly thinks it can get more un-
ueF the aeSis Of Russia than from Austria
whose occupation of Bosnia the Servians
resent. With the reconciliation of Prince
berdinand 70 the czar and the return OF
bulgaria 10 Pan-Slavism, the obstacles in
me way of an alliance of the Balkan
states, under Russian protection, have
disappeared, and the en- tente has been
schleved. It depends upon Russia to lei
we uogs of war slip from the leash. III
V the present time the whole policy OF
ue car is to restrain them, and II they
are let loose, the profound conviction here
mat the consequent general embroil.
meht OF the powers will be largely due &c
EAglands policy.
Ihere Is not shadow or foundation for
We current reports that officers have left
" are leaving Germany to take service
" lhe turkish army. The few German
oHcers who are sull in the Turkish ser.
ce cVe are those who belonged to Count vor
eOltz stan. There are two German of.
T1els nj, with Edhem Pasha at Monastlr OF
cassoha, who were with Count vor
uoltz ard some Germans who have seer
iFlce are helping Ia the organization OF
Ie reult battalions in the vilayets of sa.
"nlee ana Monastir. Private letters re.
wlve1 from these quarters state that ,he
mopliizatl tlon Is only partial. and procee is
WIN great difficulty. Clothing for thf
uoops Is badly needed, their provision,
ganiEed 10 uiSoI'
Inere Is also a scarcity OF horses for IN,
Cttneiy ana things are generally In con.
iue summary seizure of the monevs I,
w dsrcultural banks Of the provinces ha,
~,pVu ,rapu lhe authorities In providing for IN,
sbre' put these resources will soon n,
tba ,ea' The German officers ostimat,
Fla turkish forces effective n
witS ha, Monasur and Jamna
Cro1,. uetachments close 10 IN,