Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-14

corresponding naval advantage to
Turkey, or the Sultan will allow the
ships 10 go to Russia In three or four
ytare when they will be o! no further
use to any power.
IL am intensely Hellenophile and
hate To even think OF the suffering
Greece viii undergo Oy reason o! the
Turks txactous.
1.-THE moral effect on Europe o. the
suhiu alton OF Greece regard as ruin
Gus, especially damaging to British
intereste. Greece IL the only country
In eastern Europe ia com plete Gym
psthy with our western Ideas OF civil.
zstion anu progress, anu the only one
which will be at al! likely to assist
England II eastern complications
arise.
"She has failed disastrously In her
CALAMITY Inspired etruggle and, as
have said, the moral effect OF her
fai ure Ia certain to make itself felt
lDjurlously In future developments OF
the % istern question:"
Sir Charles Dixie expressed these
views with impressive earnestness.
The Wurld commemorative next saw
Mr.. James O'Kelly, NJ. p, close
student OF foreign politics, who ex-
DttrbGh pibCtttA1 Nht NltWr. Ilb
sRit: ut the powers allow Turkey to
deprive Greece OF her fleet it will be q
gtlevous, almost an irreparable loss to
Greece, but the ships wun't be worth
SIX pence in u year Rs they Will be
totally neglected by the sultan's gov
eminent" Several liberal members
with whom the Wotld representative
spoke declined TO believe that the
powers will permit TurGey to inilicl
such graiuitous humiliation on
6 etca. Some thought the Giepk
commsnders would b. justified f.
einking their ships rather than eur.
rendering them.
The telling OF the government
nit listers Ia that Greece can expect no
mercy anu should be profoundly
thankful for any terms the powers
may succeed IN obtaining for hef
rom her conqueror. This spirit 10
r. fl cled in tue conservative presa,
wuIch DOW has nothing but derisioB
Tor Greece and unqualified condem-
nation OF her action frcm fret 10 last
GREEKS AGGRESSIVE IN EPrRUs.
NEW YORK, May IA special to
the Herald from Corfu says:
Twenty Italian volunteers have
arrived here and have proceeded to
Athena.
TIE Greek ships of war are bonn.
harding Ptevtsa and the Hellenic
troope are advancing into EpiTus; aliO
upon Pfevess.
The Greek army in Epirus has again
taken the field. There have been
lanIed at Lonros 5000 soldiers, with
two fleld batteries commanded by Col.
B1tvsris, VINO is advancing toward
Prevess.
The Turkish troops In Prevesa took
to ID ght. Seven bundled Turkish
troops are besieged IN Nicopolis. In
the skirmishee the Greeks lost 10
wounded and Turks about 60.
Col. Bairstaris has left Arta with q
force OF 5000 men and Is marching on
PhilipiaLia. Tho Hellenic warshi ps
protected the lsuding OF the troops by
firlng Friday.
OVATION FOR THE SULTAN.
New YORK, May IA epeoiai to
the Herald from Constautinople says:
The sultan went to the Dolma Bagh-
toheh Tor the ceremony of the kissing
OF the hant. His majesty was iranti.
cally cheered en- route by an immense
crowd. The weather was superb anu
the ceremony lasted longer than usu-
al.
spirits and addressed almost every one
having relations in the army OF opera
tions, and particularly addressed
Osmsn Pasha, the minister OF war,and
the minister OF marine, besides several
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