The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-03

Grere has very promptly. responded
TO the speculation as to her course In the
event Of the powers concluding TO extend
bold and Is. blunt intimation that war
will Do declared against Turkey. The
king Is the mere puppet OK popular feel
ing. however. and the situation IL UP 10
the present the meeting OF a threat by q
counter threat The blockade has not
taken place yet. II Is the people. and not
the king. VINO viii determine the matter.
and they may feel differently when three
or four battlsships line up within gunsnot
Of the capital.
The situation Ia becoming daily more
interesting. and II Will become stu mere
80 when the powers begin to untaIgis
themselves from the snari into which
they have been gradually drawn II Is
stated that II the powers blockade the
gulf OF Athens. Greece will make war on
Turkey. II would be manitestly unfair to
permit Turkish war vessels to lombard
Greek towns and refuse to permit the
Greek navy 20 make reprlsals or defend
the Turkish vessels should be kept out of
the gulf. 80 that It might be wise for Greece
TO get her warsAiES out before the block
abe commences. II seems scarcely credible
that the great nations would tie Greeee's
hands and then allow Turkey 10 attack
her. a viunna dispatch says there Is no
voIsot that IN the event OF war The inter
veation Of the powers would De suspended;
and this Is the course most likely to be
followed.
The LONDON Tines correspondent az
Athens seems 20 consider the Greek navy
stronger than Gsat OF Turkey. and predicts
victory at SEA for the Christians. The
strength Of the Turkish navy mszs nave
been greatly exaggerated hy Ottoman sn-
,Aoritie@, cue probably to the fact that
many 81 tho vessels are out OF data. al
though reported as being .tlli OF what was
their class when they were buil,.
sslonska and Smyrna both ofrer coed ma
teriai For naval guns salonika would De
the frsf point OF attack probably. II is on
TIE Greek side OF re Aegean. and Is but
shcrt distance north Of the frontier
line. TIE object Of sending a wsrShip
across tae saa 20 attack smyrna would be
70 DIVERT attention and divide tae forces,
IS much OF the entire coast would have 70
be patronsa. TIE islands wcuIa sncc. re-
eruI.iug grounds and provisioning reserves.
for the sympathy of the ISLANDERS IS vita
TIE mother country. These would have 20
se WATCHED ~ the T>arEish vea@eiS
There are 40 cities Of any Consequence
across tie bOyGer which viii Re TIE scene
o. tae military movements TIE khaSsia
mountains form a natural separation % TIE
Greek provincs % Tsr~saiy ard TIE Turk
- province q Macedonia There are 30
places 20 defend except re mountain
passxA and these sre held by TIE Turks
Thess wOul8 probably ee 20 pitched bat
Ties. TIE strtsgs1e wfl resolve n=elf into
efo-ts by tAs Greeks 20 3tEl9dge lie enemy.
whlch VII e unsuccessful sns when
thcre seezzs 20 - a gcos opportunity sA>
T>srsss vii sweep down gPaa rne Greeks
ard after a ssort aghs return to their
serong Aola. as ''tae AsyrlAns cane eoNn
Ike \ wolf o. &c field -
Meantime TIE eeeeS - tss European
powezs vii Aover Araans tss casst watch
iag each o,her an9 wAltinx tor something
70 -'tasn up TIE areeeai sititade eanno,
- prolonged sn.rcni,ety. sozBs sacsdsat
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tween to powers o. lsaa % a genera an
aerssanalng ard a FssGgs - ao~maI eoa.
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