The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-28

The outcome of the war between Greece
and Turkey is of peculiar personal inter-
est to the rulers of those countries For
there are reasons TO believe that the
ruler who shall be defeated will speedily
become a king out of a job. unless the
powers should hereafter patch up a mo-
dus vivend under which both Abdul Ha-
mid and George l could retain their
thrones. And the powers might find diff
hculty in perfecting any such arrange
ment Particularly is this true in the case
of George of Greece.
1t is generally conceded that the defeat
of the Ottoman forces would mark the
beginning of the disintegration of the Of
toman empire, and the reduction of Abdul
Hamid from the position of a powerful
ruler to that of the vassal figureEead OF
what would be a principally in comparl-
son with his present domain. He now
leads a life of ease and luxury. in so far
as it is possible for him to do so in the
face of his inordinate fear of assassiua
ton The whole empire is his, personally;
it is his private property He has the
first call upon everything. The public
treasury is at his disposal, even to the
last coin. no matter what may be the ne
cessities of the state; and he has never
shown any hesitancy i'll drawing upon
the public funds for his personal uses.
1t is probable that the sultan, even with
out his throne and in the position of a
vassal prince, would never come to want.
He has, no doubt, a great fortune "salted
away" Still, he would prefer to be sui
tan. AS things have been going, he knows
full well that the failure of his armies
would mark his own doom as a king,
while on the other hand if they were to
win a brilliant victory, thus proving to
Europe that the flag of star and crescent
represents still a mighty power in the
east, his lease upon the throne might be
extended for a quarter of a century. or in
definitely. He has much to fight for, and
the other day expressed the determine
ton to take the field personally, if King
George set the example by taking per-
sonal charge of the campaign of his
troops.
The movement started in Athens by ex-
Minister Rail- Is ominous for the Greek
royal house. A popular uprising in Athens
against the government would quickly
spread to all Greece. and, in the event OF
the army's defeat, would mean the depo-
sition OF the king. lie was, and is, I'M
questionably at the head of the popular
uprising against the Turks. But a de-
feated people must have somebody to
blame. II the Greeks should be defeated.
the blame would fall upon the king and
Prince Constantine, and they would have
to go. There are no ties of nationality
between King George and his subjects
He is a Dane, his wife is Russian, and the
crown princess is German. The Greeks
have had no especial fault to find with
him. though they have never loved him.
and he has never taken any leading part
in any of their movements until the pres
ent time. In contrast Abdul Hamid Is a
Turk of the Turks. notwithstanding an
effort has been made to prove that he is
an Armenian His ambition is the ambi-
tion OF his people, and they would stand
or fan with him. The danger TO King
George Is from within, and to Abdul Ha-
mid from without
A"+AA "a Aii'''ANt0i PNAAA VI NitNf II might
be a good thing for the King of Greece il
his people were to drive him out OF the
country. Indeed. he has for years been
looking for them to send him away and
has built a splendid castle Ia Denmark IN
anticipation Of just such an event The
fact IS that thirty odd years ago, when
Prince George OF Denmark was placed
upon the throne OF Greece the powers
gave him a guarantee OF an annuity Of
100000 in the event that the Greek PEG.
pie drove him out; but he was not TO have
a penny " he abdicatod. Should the RAIN
movement, therefore. upset tho dynasty
and send the king out OF the country,
George I would be- shorn Of his power ana
station, but would be amply provided for
otherwise.