The Saint Paul globe., 1897-05-27

the Greek ministry regarding the fail
ure Of the war against the Turks
That from Prime Minister Ralli says:
Greece should not be censured for
the inactivity Of the navy, nor should
the great powers be blamed. They did
not restrain our ships Christianity
did. Had we bombarded the seaports
of Turkey and the Aegean islands, the
Turks would have massacred the Chris
tians as they did the Armenians
Could we have used the navy the re-
suit of the war would have been diff
ferent. The powers know our poverty.
I do not fear an unjust decision"
M. Skouloudis minister Of foreign af-
fairs, writes: "Greece had no national
grievance against Turkey and without
any blundering interference the Gretan
affair could have been settled quietly
by the two Interested parties But
Europe gave the. patriotic society a
chance to agitate and forced unpre-
pared Greece into a disastrous war.
The former ministry weakly opposed
the course, but had not the courage to
resign. expected the result. We have
been beaten by superior Turkish num-
bers and superior foreign strategy and
must now make the best Of it,
NJ Thamadhos, minister of war, after
noting the inferiority of Greece in num-
bers and resources, says: Greece can
not yield Turkey the frontier strategic
points demanded Brigands would use
them to ravage Thessaly and new de-
fences cost much
The minister of education, M. Eutax-
las, writes: 1.-The war has been one Of
the Cross against the Crescent, with
Europe against Christ. The powers
permitted our troops to land to protect
Christians in Crete, then blockaded us.
The very day, the sultan's foreign
policemen landed in Canea Christian
blood flowed. The country has received
a ten years setback. ALI schools of
Thessaly have been destroyed. We
had been making great progress in
common education. If the powers give
Turkey one foot of Greece, enlfghten-
ment will be by so much retarded and
the Christians imperilled."
CoNsTANTINOPLE, May 2e.-The
withdrawal of Germany's objection to
the collective note Of the powers on the
subject of the terms of peace between
Turkey and Greece was due to the rep
resentations which the powers, special
Iy Russia, made to Berlin. Germany,
in addition to objecting to signing the
note until Greece consented to abide by
the terms agreed upon, objected to the
Indemnity clause, being opposed to the
principle of indemnity being settled
forthwith and on the basis of the pres
ent resources of Greece. This attitude
on the part of Germany is attributed to
a desire to rearrange the Greek finances
in manner giving better security to
the German bondholders. The ad-
hesion of Germany to the action of the
powers in this respect has greatly re-
lieved the situation. The collective
note Of the powers presented yesterday
to the Turkish government, besides
proposing conditions for permanent
peace between Turkey and Greece con-
cludes with inviting the Porte to nego-
tiate with the ambassadors with refer
ence thereto.
London, May ga special dispatch
from Athens says that Great Britain
has declared her intention to abandon
the concert Of the powers if 1t be de-
termined that the occupation of Thes-
sally by Turkish troops shall be pro-
longed until Greece shall have paid the
war indemnity demanded by Turkey.