Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-05-20
THE WAR NEWS.
Turkey Desires to Negotiate Direct
ly with Greece.
SITUATION At TIE GREEK CAPITAL.
The Ambassadors Of the Powers Present .
Collective Memorandum to the Turkish
Government Proposing IN Armlstics
Between Turkey and Greece.

LONDON, May 1S.-The correspondent
OF the Daily Telegraph at Constanti-
nople says the sultan resents the medi-
alton Of the powers and desires to ne.
gotiate with Greece directly. II this
is refused the Turkish demands will be
more exacting. The Berlin CORE
spondent Of the Daily News says the
Turkish government demanded a war
indemnity Of 5000, 900, and the right
to occupy Thessaly until it is paid.
The Rome correspondent Of the Daily
Mail says: Il ascertained at the ltal-
ian foreign office that Turkey will GER
tainly accede to the request for an ar
mistice, and will place herself in the
hands of the powers. The general
conditions of indemnity and stra-
tegic rectification Of frontier upon
which Turkey insists have been al
ready acquiesced in by the powers.
1t is probable that the powers will
land additional troops in Crete"
The Athens correspondent Of the
Daily Chronicle says: "The govern
ment is becoming seriously discon-
tented with the diplomatic situation
and the opinion is growing that it
would be better to continue the strug-
gle than to submit to terms wounding
the national honor. Some of the pow
ers favor small indemnity, moditi-
cation Of the frontier and a limitation
of the Greek fleet. But this would
never be accepted by Greece, She
possesses the right to veto the de-
cisions of the powers" The Times
correspondent at Gambia says: "It is
feared thatautonomy will fail to pacify
Crete, owing to the opposition Of the
10000 Cretan Mohammedans on the
island, who fear that autonomy will
end in union with Greece; while the
insurgents are still defiant and actually
talk of resisting the departure Of the
Greek troops"
THE SITUATION AT ATHENS.
ATHENS, May 13.--The fact that there
is no news Of renewed fighting must be
regarded as good news, but an uneasy
feeling exists here. The Turks are
trying to outfank the Greek position
at Domokos, and the delay in the
porte's reply is also interpreted to
mean that Turkey does not intend to
cease hostilities. kilograms from the
front report that both parties are con-
centrating in anticipation Of an en-
The city continues quiet though it
is believed that the numerous Italian
volunteers and socialists now here will
endeavor to foment revolution lead
ing up to a republic. But the Greeks
are devoted to the monarchical idea,
and the worst that is likely TO happen
will be change Of sovereigns, Owing
to the delay in arranging the armis-
tice, the government has addressed a
strong protest to the powers, declin-
ing to bear the responsibility should
further bloodshed occur and lead to
serious complications.
A MEMORANDUM PRESENTED TO TURKEY.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May lS.-The am
bassadors Of the powers held a pro-
longed conference yesterday, at the
close of which they presented to the
Turkish government collective MEM
orandum proposing an armistice be-
tween Turkey and Greece on the basis
If the negotiations for peace now in
progress through the powers The
memorandum, which was presented to
Ahmead Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish
to foreign affairs, by the dean
If the diplomatic corps. Baron De-
1alice, the Austro-lIungarian ambas-
,ador, enumerates the conditions which
lave been accepted by Greece, and
pegs the porte to issue the necessary
'rders to arrest the progress of the
Turkish troops.
----------