The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11
TOYS WITH
ALL EUROPE
Turkeys Sultan Laughs
at Threats of the
Concert.
KNOWS THEY WILL NOT
BE EXECUTED.
Confident of His Ability to
Defy the Powers and Go
Unpunished.
GREECE POWERLESS SHOULD
WAR BE RESUMED.
Its Half Starved Army Has Lost
All of Is Discipline and
Patriotism.
GREECE POWERLESS SHOULD
WAR BE RESUMED.
Its Half Starved Army Has Lost
All of Is Discipline and
Patriotism.
Copyrighted 1897 by the New York SUM-

LONDON, ENG. July 10. - A week
ago ill-iniormed persons were talking
as though treaty peace between
Turkey and Greece was as good as signed,
sealed and delivered. Some newspapers
depicted the Sultan with pair of wings
and halo round his head sailing heaven
ward to his well-earne6 reward.
But events have more Than justified
the Suns pessimism. Europe realizes
that the job Of tuning or pe-suading The
Turks out of Thessaly, which was to have
been accom- plished with neatness and dis
patch. has ba"e'y commenced, even
theoretically. At least a month ago in
this correspondence the case for Turkey
was set forth argumentively and in de-
tail, and this week by remarkable coinci-
dence the Constahtinople corresponds
of the Standard, who is in closest touch
with the British EN- bassy there, has made
public a recent conversation with the
Sultan in which his Majcs y took almost
exactly the sIme attitude.
If the situation has altered in the past
week it has not been for The better.
Turkish diplomacy has been for moment
as conspicuously successful in CONSTANT
nople as Turkish arms have in Thessaly.
The ambassadors have been beaten all
along the line, because they used threat
which they knew they were not in posi-
tlon to promptly carry out, and they knew
the Sultan knew it. United Europe has
the weight and might OF a colossal stea nj
hammer, and the Sultan is as we'll aware
OF the fact as the ambassadors are. But
lie also knows it is part cularly ponder
Gus bit OF machinery. He has had his
hand between the hammer and the anvil
more than once, and has seen it descend
as though 10 crush him, yet it has stopped
short within an inch of his fingers. If
the hammer should ultimately mean busi-
ness the Sultan is confident his eye and
hand are quick enough to get out of dam
ger at the last moment; and that is the
situation.
Other delusions appear to be cherished
in certain quarters.
Il cannot understand" said Conduri-
otis. the Greek Minister at Rome yes ter
day, how Europe has forgotten 81 easily
Turkish methods and habits. If Turkey
is able 10 put her ting er to her nose and
defy Europe in the matter of reforms
without being bit the worse for her con-
tumacy and i'm pudeEce, do you suppose
she will now clear out OF Thessaly unles
a strong foot kicks her out? The powers
have so far done nothing, and l do not be-
lieve they will do more in the future.
Tne so-calle perfect accord of the powers
does not ex st. If it had there would have
been no war"
So far Conduriotis showed him self to be
we'll informed, but it became apparent
that even so shrewd a man and 4 Dip
lomatist cherished the delusions referred
to. He spoke, for instance, of the Greek
army as though it exists as a competent
fighting force.
Our army" he proudly declared, ''was
never thoroughly beaten, pite all said