Birmingham state herald., 1897-05-09
GREECE WILL HAVE ID YIELD The Powers of Europe Say the
 War Must End. T TURKEY WANTS INDEMNITY But Greece, Without Cent in Her Treasury
 Cannot Produce.
 RUSSIA WILL HELP GREECE TO PAY IT If George Is Allowed To Remain on tho Throne-Germany Extends the Olive
 Branch To France-Mark Twain
 Is Very Much Alive.
UssIA WILL HELP GREECE TO PAY IT

London May S.-(Copyrighted. 1897. by the Associated Press. .)-The war monop-
 olizes attention, and there are few other topics of interest. The news from Thes- sally has added fresh chapters to the story of the Greek debacle. The powers are now anxious that hostilities should cease. Turkey, however does not seem disposed to arerst It's army in the midst of is triumph. The war party at the Yildiz Kiosk is very strong, and wishes the compelte humiliation of Greece. It is urging the sultan not ito stop his troops
 until Edhem Pasha is quartered in Attn ens
 The Turkish government has concluded a loan wi.h the lighthouse administra- tion for e400,0 ($2, 2,500.00O at per cent. Part of this money will be devoted to war purposes The impression now pre- vails that an armistice will soon be ar ranged. King George has asked the pow CTS through the czar to mediate, and lt is expected the Greek government will follow immediately with an official re- quest for mediation. Greece will have to yield in regard to the evacua ton of Crete. Germany strongly insists on this
 point, claiming intervention to be utter- ly useless while Greek troops remain in
 Crete. France, Great Britain and Italy are disposed to ba more 1enient but deTTndUy WIFI carry luc pOius- ihS iic- gotiations will be extremely difficult on account of the question of indemnity. Greece, as a matter of course, will pay Turkeys war expenses, but 1t Is doupful whether Greece will be able to pay a cen,s. The sultan wishes to keep Thessaly in pawn until the money is paid, or Europe guarantees thsl payment of the indemn- ity. The powers are exerting their in- fluence to maintain King George upon the throne of Greece, and it is stated that the Russian minister at Athens, M. Onou. has declared to M. Ralli that If
 Greece remains loyal to her royal family the powers will do their best to lessen the full burdens. of war; but should the Greeks bring catastrophs upon the royal house the powers will unreen ting
 ly let things ,;ake their course. From an,
 other quarter it is declared that at Sr.,
 Peters burg they already reckon upon ebs
 probability of the royal family leaving
 Athens and Nhat Queen Olga is to go to her mother, the Grand Duchess Jo-
 sephoynia, of5Russfa.y The rejection of the arbitration treaty
 by the United States senate has been re-
 ceived with much disappointment here
 and many hard things are being said
 about American politicians
 The disastrous fire on Tuesday last at
 the Paris charity bazaar gave Emperor
 William of Germany another opportunity
 to offer the olive branch to France in the
 shape of warm expressions of sym
 pa;hy, which he wound up by sending
 "a handsome tf1ct al wreath in behalf of
 himself and of the empress to be placid
 in the cathedral of No:re Dame upon the
 occasion of the requiem mass today for
 the repose of the souls of the victims.
 The canard circulated in the United
 States that Samuel L. Clemens (Mark
 Twain) was dead has no. the slightest
 foundation. MT. Clemens is in better
 health and spirits than for long time
 past. He is still working hard on his
 new book. 5fl5es sgslr..
 The first consignment, 2,OO0 cases, of .Ams rcan frozen poultry arrived at
 Leadenhall market this ely, during the
 week. The condition of the fowls and
 their exeelleris appearance gave great
 satisfaction. and the consignment found
 a ready market.