Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-02
TENSION BETWEEN
PORTE AND POWERS
II is Growing Daily and the Gen.
eraI Feeling Of Uneasiness
Is Increasing.
ULTIMATUM is INOPPORTUNE.
So Far a. Bulgaria, Roumanla AMI
Greece are Concerned Turkey
Would be Glad 10 Fight Them.

| Constantinople, Wednesday. Nov. 20.
| -tDelayed in transmission )--speaking
to the Associated Press today. promi-
nent diplomat said
| "The people of the United States, even
the people Of Europe, do not realize the
seriousness of the present situation The
tension between the sultan and the
| powers Is growing daily and the gem
| eral feeling of uneaslness IL increasing,
though there is probably no reason for
anxiety as far as the safety of foreign
ers is concerned especially in the
| capital,
THE powers could not have chosen
| worse time than the present for their
ulltinatum. They might as well send
an ulitmatum 10 the pope during the
holy week az expect the sultan 10 do
anything In the last week of the festival
l'ot Ramazan or during the festival of
Bairam.
THE sultan and his ministers are this
week engaged daily from 8 o'clock in
the afternoon In listening 10 fantical
discourses by the mullahs. or priests,
VINO dwell ON the past greatness Of the
callphs NJ manner which undoubtedly
iinpresses their audience with the I'M
possibility, certainly with the undeslra-
blty Of yielding to the powers
Those performances will soon be
over, however, when matters win prob
ably assume a more sane and normal
course: but there Is no doubt In my
mind that the sultan will need, on this
occasion, much squeezing. He may be
content enough to see certain islands in
the possession OF the powers rather
than see his hold on the last Of his Eu-
ropean possessions weakened
This feeling naturally Is shared TO "A
certain extent by the higher army au-
thorities, who would be very much dis
inclined TO see Turkish territory ceded
or anything equivalent TO such ccsslon
without striking blow.
Should ii be reduced 10 a question
between Turkey and Bulgaria Rou-
mania or Greece, or between Turkey
and all three. Turkey would most as
uredly be found spelling for fight.
She has between 100000 and 400 900 men
IN European Turkey today. and she
could easily and quickly concentrate
100000 there. Although Bulgaria has a
well drilled and we'll equipped army.
Turkeys great numerical superiority
would count for much
Turkey clearly IS eager Ia fight on
this matter with the bordering coun-
tries, and every day that passes with
out witnessing a settlement Of the pres
ent difficulties makes II increasingly
harder for either the sultan or the pow
ors 20 give In"
American interests In Macedonia are
some what inconslderable, With the ex-
ception OF a few scattered missionary
establishments they hardly extended
beyond Salonica and Dede-Agch
AT the great reception Nov. Is, or the
occasion Of festival Of Bairam, the for
eign diplomats were not permitted 10
occupy the usual seats, but were as
signed TO others from which they could
see nothing. As a consequence most OF
the diplomats, includine Mr.. Leishman.
the American minister, left the han oc
audience.
According TO reliable reports there
have been 900 political murders in Ma
cedonla during the last II months.