Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-04-04
RUSSIA AND GERMANY HOPE FOR A
TURKO-GRECIAN CONFLICT.
OPEN A WAY FOR A GRAB
GERMANY's ATTITUDE BEING UyI.
VERSALLY CONDEMNED.
RUSSIA Ready for Anything That Will
Provoke Hostilities on the Mace
doninn Frontier-GIadstone
Writes Another Letter
on Cretan Affairs.

I.cnGon. April at Is just month since
the so-called concert of the powers threat
ened the blockade of Crete. which has
proved quite Intellectual, being continually
evaded. and to-day tine anarchy in Crete
and the confusion in European councils
are worse than before. The replies of the
parliamentary secretary for the foreign Of
flee, Mr.. Curzon. to inquiries on the subject
show it to be by no means certain that all
the powers have actually agreed to block
ade the Greek ports. The latest news in
dicates that France and Italy are still adj
verse to this course. The fact is that the
powers distrust of each other reduces them
to impotence. None of them wants a gen.
eral war. nobody being able to foresee what
its eventual result would be. 1t is believed
tha. Russia and Germany, and perhaps
Austria, want a localized war. hoping that
Turkey. being victorious, will lay Greece at
the mercy of European dictation. In the
meantime the two combatants. as well as
the powers. hesitate to incur the odium of
commencing the conflict.
Germanys attitude in setting on the other
powers while herself abstaining from any
active share in the struggle is universally
condemned as being diSgraceful diplomatic
betrayal. Russia is evidently playing her
own game. and while willing to send TO
Crete whatever troops the other powers
suggest. hopes that the blockade of Greece
the frontier, something that seems to be
extremely probable, as the king of Greece
stoUtly maintains his original determina-
tion and the premier. N. Delyannis. de-
clares that nothing will prevent war if the
powers persist in refusing their consent to
the uEion of Crete and Greece. Russia is
confident that Greece will lose the first bat
tie, and that Bulgaria and Scrvia will not
move except at Russia's orders.
hn I'D pf tha in
tan waters continue daily asking for defin-
ite instructions from their respective gov
ernments. They have urgently advised the
appointment of a European governor, as
they are incapable of ruling the island.
1t is remarkable fact that Colonel Vas
SOS and the Greeks inspire the greatest
sympathy among all the foreign corre-
spondents, the futile measures of the pow
ers being daily denounced
Mr.. Gladstone has written another letter
on Cretan affairs and with reference to
the concert of Europe. He says the atti-
tude of the powers recalls the days of Cas-
tlereagh and Metternics. when Greece
was unable to buy armaments III Europe
on credit, while Turkey had no difficulty
whatever in doing SO.
1t is stated that Greece will try to raise
an internal loan of s1.0oo,e00.
The reports that Greek insurgents have
already crossed the Macedonian frontier
turn out TO be incorrect.
A we'll informed diplomat at Vienna de-
clares that some of the powers are deter
mined TO maintain the blockade of Greece
if that nation declares war, and thus de-
prive her of one of her most formidable
means of attack, t--- So,
A report from gAthenS says that son Of
Admiral Harris, the British commander in
Cretan waters, has arrived there as a vol
unteer.
1t is understood that Russia has stopped
Turkeys negotiations to sell the island of
Crete to Greece by a threat to occupy Ana
tolia if the negotiations are persisted in.
In connection with the war-like aspect of
affairs in Europe and South Africa, it is
significantly announced that Lord Wolsley
the British commander-in-chief, accompa-
MED by his aide-de-camp. will soon start
for Gibraltar. in order to inspect that for