The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-27
Crete DETERMINED TO
BREAK FROM TURKEY
Porte, ON the Other Hand. Is
Equally Determined That
She Shall Not.
BY EMIL ANDRASSY
Special Cable to The Tribune.

VIENNA, Feb. 26.-There is a feeling
of intense anxiety IN high official circles
In Vienna over the situation in The near
east. have on several occasions called
attention 10 this feeling in these letters
ana while AN effort Is made TO show a
smooth front and TO Ceciarc thcrc Is no
danger OF an outbreak which may en-
hroll all Europe in war. I feel safe in
saying that the feeling of danger. rs
matter OF fact. steadily grows strong
cr. The Creran situation while for rhc
moment is quicscent Is by no means set
tied. Crete l. determined 10 break away
from Turkey ana the porte is inst as de-
termined sE" Slall not The powers may
for Tine I'd Crcio in check but only
so long as they occupy the island. There
il no doubt that The Balkan states. Ser
via. Bulgaria. Roumania and Montenegro
have either reached full understanding
on soon will Turkey is quietly placing
both her army and navy on Il way basis.
rs are the Balkan states. The situation
in European Turkey is such That there
is constant danger that the spark which
VIII set all southeastern Europe 8flanle
may he applied AT any time. While APP
parentlY the dangerous tension in the re-
IN lions between Austria and Russia is
looscncd, il really is we'll up TO the dan
ger point. and only the activ" intervcu-
ton OF the aged emperor keeps the rela-
tionS between tho two empires even on
n rrctsnsN of friendship. Altogether. ar
cording To the best informed opinion in
Vienna. the. situation Is most grave and
vent i most disastrous outbreak
Winter Slaughter Of Game.
Extraordinary sport was obtained by
Count Louis karoNa's shooting party at
Totm"Eyer in Hungary, recently. Dur
ing one day eight guns killed 6l20 Wild
besides 200 head OF partridGes and haros.
During the season Upward of 1000 harcs
have been killed on this estate. and over
500o partridgcs.
Objects to Small Moustachos.
Tho Emperor Francis Joseph is in
ccpsod al the growing inclination of Aus
trian military officers 10 cultivate close
cropped English moustlches. His majes-
" has noted with extreme disgust that
his officers arc affecting the English
appear really clean -shavcn. The cmpe-
rora objections have been given the form
oil a scmi-ofhclal statement.
An Extraordinary Case.
The young wife of the Austrian liou-
tenant. Holrichtcr. who is undergoing
his trial in connection with the army
poison plot has Just given birth TO II
son In Vienna, but so strictly is the ac-
cused officer confined that he has not yet
been allowed 10 hear of the event: II
will be remembered that Lieutenant llof-
richter was arrested shortly after an Of
licer on the general staff had been muir
dcred by means OF n sample on ppls"heo
patent medicine, sent 10 MN thrGusn
by numbers of other officers. and Hot
richter Is accused OF adopting Ihls
method of clearing a path Of promotion
Tic prisoner has Just suffered an IRE
Darablc loss In lh" sudden death of his
brotllcr-in-law Herr Gercrsdorier
staunch friend and aa ardent believer in
his innocence.
Second Tragedy Occurs.
Yet another tragedy has taken place
I'm connection with this extraordinary
case raising: "A storm ot conJeetures. An
officer stationed at Trieste received
summons 10 go to Vienna in order TO give
evidence for the prosecution. lmmedi-
atelv on reading the summons hc shot
himself dead with a revolver One suE-
gostion Is that if he knew facts which
would tell against a fellow officer ne
would consider II his duty as soldier
and a comrade 20 take his own hte-