Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-05

ing cynicism upon everything Hellenic.
Nothing stopped them.
Young Turks Tho Greek Patriarch
= n---.-:. was scoffed at In the
VPPAossso"s' rudest manner. and
when the matter was brought to their at
sention IL was treated witt >5lternptuous
disdain.
The porte refused at first to accept the
menacinE notes from Athens. VI. Cry.
paris, at Constanttnople. announced 10
the ministry OF foreign affairs OF Turkey
cord with Bulgaria Scrvia and Monte
negro. and the porto turned a. dear ear
and refused to believe II.
Tho ministry. after having announced
to the Bulgarian and Serv:an ministers
the rupture Of diplomatic relations.
feigned still TO forget the action of the
Greek representative The 18th Of Oc-
tober his colleague sought him and said:
1T IL finished! We have received our
passports. And your" addressing N.
but expect them at any moment SEQ.
my trunks are packed"
IT detected in the eyes OF my colleagues.
raid M Gryparis. "a sort OF vague Gus
Rest easy l added. with frmness.
Greece never failed with her word: you
know II. We are. and we VIII remain
with you, whatever may happen. In
porte proposed to declare war. Few per-
sons, I have learned since. know that 1t
was Greece who first flung the glove at
Turkey"
These revelations throw light upon the
attitude Of Greece. which was suspected
Foeca use she refused to sign the arm stice
From another quarter dissensions were
sought to be eown after the taking or
Saloniki To the Bulgarians II was in
simulated:
You are going to give up Salonik 10
the Greeks? What folly. You who sus-
tanned the rudest shocks OF war. you VIII
abandon the best part OF the cake The
Greeks will have, later on. exorbitant
they be tempted to fly too high and too
far" And the Bulgarians listened 10 that
song and many believed 1t.
X *
Greece. it is recalled. possesses at Sa-
loniki 3O.0O Greeks against 1000 exarch-
lists. In the province
Greek there are ninety-seven
villages entirely Greek
4ACeIcsts' against forty-one villages
entirely Bulgarian.
Greece has abandoned Thrace. where
there are four to five hundred thousand
Greeks. At Adrianople alone there are
thirty thousand Greeks. Greece abandons
the coast from Orfano, although it Is en-
tirely Greek.
II Saloniki is taken from Greece--it Is III.
Gryparis who speaks-what profit is there
In the alliance with Bulgaria? Greece VIII
have aided Bulgaria to realize--against
Greece--the treaty Of San Stefano. The
ally at Sofa Is acquiring regions that are
far richer The tobacco Of Drama ard
Xanthi brings them each year revenue
OF hundreds Of millions.
II is time land In anticipation OF the
Balkan conference) to fix the division oi
spoils OF war. that Bulgarians and Greeks
address q denial TO those who prophesy
the near end OF the Balkan alliance. Their
union has accomplished miracles. Their
disunion may place them at the mercy OF
the Turks.
On the Greek side II Is certain that they
arc firmly resolved To give to the Bal
kanic confederation the greatest develop
ment and solidity. 1t is within their am
billions that Roumanta should adhere 10
the coalition. Under the leadership OF
such men as Dancf, Guechot and Vencze-
los the Austro-Turkish intrtgues VIII be
parted and the interests OF each membe
Of the entente conciliated.
Apropos to Roumania's role in the con :
fict, dispatch from Bucharest dated
the 31st ultimo announced that the Rou
manian chamber voted that day. and
unanim ously. a military credit OF %So.Oo,-
90. Roumania, IL Is announced, desires
to participate in the spells OF the Turko-
Balkan war Rounania, IL Is claimed, ef-
fectively aided the allies by her neutral
ity, and is therefore entitled to take part
in the partition OF European Turkey by
the allies.
In connection with the above dispatch
there is another from Paris Of the same
date. which may have
Pressure on been. indeed, the immedi-
ate motive OF action Of
0uSs11o' the Roumauian chamber
vote Of tho military credit. The Paris dis
patch declared that Premier Poincare
had been requested to assume a most i'm
portant role in safeguarding the peace of
Europe The Russian ambassador had
called upon NJ. Poincare To request him
10 propose to Austria Hungary in tho cars
name that II Austria Hungary would de
mobilize her reseryists Russia would do
the same Premier Poncare promptly
promised to submit the proposal to the
Austro- Hungarian amba ssador at Paris;
The list Of January. 1913. therefore. tho
government OF his majesty Francis Jo-
seph received a peace proposition which
should put an end finally TO the Austro-
Turkish intrigues. which. notwithstanding
their bluf-like complexion, are. neverthe-
Russia is undoubtedly the ''halance of
power" in the present conflict which men,
aces the peace of Europe. The govern
ment at ST. Petersburg remarked with
special attention the following paragraph
OF King Charles speech on the occasion ~
the opening OF the parliament Al Buch-
Arrest the 10th ultimo:
"Roumania il considered an important
factor In the European concert. and In the
definite settlement Of the Balkanic crisis
her voice will be heard. We are I'm our
tain favorable results in all that concerns
our good relations with the Balkan'c
states in their new organization and that
our interests will be respected.
Russia promptly answered this declara-
ton, which was generally construed as an
act Of defiance, by sending the Grand
Duke Nicholas Michailovitch to Buch-
Arrest with the mission 10 confer upon
King Charles the baton Of field marshal
in the Russian army. The nth of Decem-
ber to fulfillment of his mission to the
king. the grand duke said:
Permit me, august master. TO present
TO you the baton OF field marshal to mark
the Observation-Disclosures anniversary or
the capture Of Pievna. where our troops
marched arm in arm to victory"
The same day at a grand banquet at
the royal palace In honor OF the grand
duke King Charles said:
I'm choosing the thirty-fifth anniver-
sary Of the capture or Plevna TO give me
the mark OF his precious friendship his
majesty the emperor invokes a glorious
souvenirs OF our common
for Bulgaria"
The gift OF the baton to the King OF
7oumania and the proposal to the EN-