Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-19


heit undoubted wish IL TO be AL exed
to Greece an 1t is imlossible fOi
Greece to understand why she
mas no, rs much right to Gre
as Austria has 10 Bosnia and Her.
zeguv MIA. Tue Cfetaus cannot
uncertain way Russia, which by
force OF arms ensuclpAted their fellow
rfligionists in Servls snu Bulgoris auu
eewheTe, should oppose Cretsn ema
cips lon now. rhe VIII lie question In
vhlve. the deliverance OF southeastern
Europe from III. NJ alien ke.
"In Roumsnin, Macedonia anu
other small ,tates n tins section oil
Europe, there are many Gteeks. Tnt
pIicy VI Greece is to stir Them into
nsurtecio against Turkey.
"Here is one o. the great elements
OF tue ia ger Ia the .i.uaiiou. That
whole region Is highly ID mmsoie.
Inere may be u Jrisings an ny the
Christian IA iutalaoer. in all parts o.
European Tu ky. The pow fBw VIII
nave u teat tssk On their hands, n
..surrt stibus break out In these
g ccian oJmmu ilties. All the Greeks
u tuia reg ion have IN them more or
ess OF the traits OF Tho Old Greek
democracy OF 8 900 years ago.
"Tnere eau b. no permanent peace,
no ait quste settlement OF these vsxiug
qutBliuus,D cDDcluued Mr.. X lseon,
"till the Iurs is either driven alto
getber Tut OF Europe or confined terri
tJrially to the vicinity OF COuslanti-
aople. The IRE OF rebellion through.
gu. these provinces Ia never extiu-
suisheo, and never can br, as long ne
the 1utg is In power. II these prov.
lnces burst into rev1lutio Europe
may hnu 1t necessary TO parcel out
EuropsaD Turkey.
81 10 not think there is to be gen.
ersi Enropesn wsr growning out OF
this difficulty, though, OF curse, the
eituntiou Is haz IrdOus, and must re.
maiu hazardous till peace be restored.
II war comes 1t will, in my opinion,
be on some ether pretext than that
| presented in the Creten question.
"If hoatilitles had been postponed
| two weeks longer believe the powers
would have been able to reacn au
| agreement as to the future OF Crete,
aud that Turkey, fearing Ghis, precip..
| lated the conf OF. Ii may emu in her
own un1Oiug."
NOT FXPLoIED IN LONDON.
NEW YoRIl, April ia dispatch
| to the Tr0uLo from London says:
The sudden change In the situa.lon
in the east has CINE when the foreign
ufilGe is without Its chief and un ier
secretary anu when every political
| Lender OF emine CO 10 away from Lon.
Jon. A Turkish declaration OF war
would have caused no surprise week
sgo, when the Greek irregulsrs crossed
the frontier, but when Jay after
| day passed and the sultan seemed to
| lack courage and nesitate to give the
| signal for which Il Them Pasha was
waiting, the opinion was generally en-.
tertained that the concert had proved
useful for once, and that the powers
| were preventing an outbreak OF war.
| rhia opiniIn, which was expressed in
nearly every daily and weekly journal
| yesterday, was shattered after mid.
night by the news from C1nsta a tinoplo
that q stale Of war had been declared
ana that the Turkish army was I'D
vancing toward Lafissa.
| Easter being one OF the quietest
Sundays OF the year and West end
being now empty and the principal
| clubs deserted, tue outbreak OF war has
not caused any excitement here. The
| foreign Office stah admit that the
action OF Turkey ia decisive, and that
s-rious fighting on the frontier has
| already begun.
1t 10 now evident TO every one that
| the concert. instead OF triumphing anu
viniicaling It's utility, as wac supposed
! tweuty-iOur hours ago, has utterly
failed to prevent an outbreak OF hostil-
| tiles and 10 now In danger OF breaking
| down altogether.
Sir William Harcourt, who speaks
this week in Wales, viii have fine
| opportunity for emphasizing his recent
criticisms OF "Unionisl Diplo Macy"
and for harassing the government In
the most aggressive way.
THE TURKS GOOD FIGHTERS,
NEW YORK, April l9.-Coi. Fran.
| els V. Greene, U. 3. A. retired, who
was sent By this government to Rus
| sia during the last Turkish war to
represent the war department, at
| Washington last night told OF his
| observations OF the Turkish army
| W lille ia battle.
"rhe Turks are Individually good
lighters" said Col. Greene. "They
are fius SOLDIERS, very 0bedient, fanatic
| In Their religion, anu iatalists. The
Turks fight up to o certain point and
| when Le thinks matters are going
against him he will run. Not for any
lack OF courage but because ne thinks
late is against him.
"Ths Turkish soldiers are well
armed. During the Russo Turk sh
war, the Turks were better armsd
than the Russians. They are well
clothed, but The commi, sary and
transportation systems were fatally
defective. In numbers the peace
strength 10 l25, 900 Gresks and l5O. 900
Turks and these eau probably be III.
creased TO three timed as many on
each Side. In 1877 the Turks put
| 100000 In the field In Europe and
| loo, 900 in Asia anu they made very
much stronger resistance than the
Russians anticipated. L think Russia
| put nearly hall u million men In the
| Held beiOIe the war was over.
| "ruiksy Is bankrupt, but 80 was she
| In 1877, and that won't sop her from
fighting. They will probably manage
to borrow enough money - buy guns
and ammunition, and they will get
| food out OF their own country. The
| Turks twenty years ago fought an en-
tireIy defensive campaign. There 10
no ress IN why they should do 50 now.
| Their plan was " sezs SONS import-
1t point anu throw up Qualifications
| which they constructed with remark.
aole skill, anu then walt to be- at
tucked behind their breast works.
| Iney collected large amounts OF am