The record-union., 1897-03-08

LONDON, March 7.-(Copyrighted
1897 by the Associated Press)-Little
else is talked about in London, in Great
Britain or on the continent than the
Eastern cities and the possibility of a
war between Greece and Turkey which
may involve the great Powers of Eu
rope. The officials of the foreign office
here We're busy throughout Saturday
night and all day Sunday in exchanging
kilograms with ConStantinople and
other Capitals.
The French newspapers this morning
are almost unanimous in anticipating
that the Greekreply 10 the Identical notes
from the Powers will not be a formal
refusal to abide by their decision, as
since yesterday morning, the tone of the
communications received from Greece
by NJ. Hanotaux, the French Minister
for Foreign Affairs, have been more
distinctly pacific, a solution being hinted
at on the basis of mutual concessions.
The semi-Official of the 'Fremden-
blatt" of Vienna points out this morn
ing that it is by no means certain that
if Greece provokes war with Turkey
that Servia and Bulgaria will assist her,
as they might find means and conces-
sions from the Sultan to make peace
full conquest by wrestling from Greece
the ecclesiastical provinces.
The "F'remdenblatt' reiterates that
the Powers viii not capitulate to Greece,
no matter what pressure is brought to
bear upon them and that no one of them
will withdraw from the threatened CO.
of nf 10 n
tegrity of the concert of the Powers is
supported in Constantinople, a dispatch
from which announces that persistent
pressure is being exercised by the EN-
bassadors ef the Powers on the Turkish
Government. The Communique adj
dressed by the ambassadors to the
Porte on Friday was in the form Of a
memorandum supplementing the collec
tive note of Tuesday last and pointing
out that as the principle of the proposed
autonomy for Crete implied a progress
sive reduction of the Turkish forces in
land the Turkish troops in the interior
should therefore be concentrated in the
town.
The reply of the Turkish Government
is expected to be delivered to-day and
the representative Of the Associated
Press at Constantinople learns that 1t
will state in substance that the Porte,
in taking cognizance of it, declares to
the Powers it's resolve to maintain the
integrity of the Ottoman Empire and
accepts in principle the establishment Of
an autonomous administration for the
Island of Crete, but the Porte reserves
the right to discuss the precise definition
of autonomy"
The agitation of the lovers of liberty
in favor of Greece is spreading every
where in Great Britain, according to re-
ports received from many places this
morning. In every dissenting chapel
and in many pulpits of all churches IN
London, a notice was read urging the
congregations to attend the demonstra
ton in Hyde Park at > o'clock this after
noon. Although the weather was threat
ening, about 1900 people We're present.
They consisted of all classes, although
workingmen predominated.
Six platforms had been erected for
the accommodation of the speakers and
the structure in all cases displayed
Greek flags. Among those who adj
dressed the gatherings was Lord Cole
ridge. Harold James Reckitt. Lib
eral member of Parliament for the
Briggs division of Lincolnshire; Mr.
Richard McGhee. antiP Parnellite and
labor representative in Parliament for
the South Division of Louth: Mr.. John
Herbert Lewis, advanced Liberal mem
ber of Parliament for the Flint district;
Mr.. Francis A. Charming, advanced
Liberal member of Parliament for the
I l., Il;
Mr.. David Lloyd George, Welsh Ma
tionalist member of Parliament for the
Carnarvon district; Sir Henry Marsh
man Havelock-Allen, bart, Liberal
Unionist member Of Parliament for the
Southeast Division of Durham; Mr.. Ed
ward John Challers- Morton. Liberal
member of Parliament for Davenport;
Rev. DR.. John Clifford, several clergy
men and London County Councillors
and others
A resolution was adopted at all the
platforms, with cheers for King George
OF Greece, expressing the strongest
sympathy with the Cretans in their
heroic struggle against the intolerable
tyrant of Turkey and congratulating
Greece upon having by her gallant con-
duct effected a delverance which the
united Powers were unable to achieve.
The resolution further protested
against any attempt to coerce Greece
and demanding that the Marquis of
Salisbury refuse to put the guns of the
British feet to use which would be
disgrace and humiliation to Great Brit
ain.
While the Hyde Park meeting was in
progress, a similar programme was be-
ing carried out at mass meeting held
in st. James Hall and another took
place this evening in Westminster
Chapel. Every one at all the meet
ings was urged to shower postal cards
on the Marquis of Salisbury on which
Will be written: mo war with Greece"
A dispatch received here from Bar
celona, Spain. says that fifty delegates
of the Catalan Home Rule Associa-