| Show KING GEORGE THE BALANCE WHEEL Professor Manatt of Brown University Uni-versity Talks A TRIBUTE TO THE KING GEORGE IS ON OF TH BOLDEST BOLD-EST OF MEN He Has Undoubtedly Staked His Throne on the Issue of the Question Ques-tion Raised by the Greek Occupation Occu-pation of Crete If Compelled to Back Down He Will Abdicate German Emperors Reasons for the Course He I Pursuing Crete Will Be Given Autonomy New York March 13J Irving Man att professor of Greek in Brown university versity is in the city Professor Man attwas United States consul at Athens for four years under the Harrison administration ad-ministration and is known as the writer of Greek history In speaking of the present crisis in the affairs of Greece Professor Manatt paid a high tribute to the character of the men who are giving an object lesson to the I halting powers King George he continued has been the balance wheel of the Greeks for 30 years He Is one of the boldest men He has tempered the impulsive people and guided his subjects carefully care-fully and ably through the difficulties that have beset them When we consider con-sider his remarkable conservatism this present stand with regard to the Turkish control of Crete is significant his staked He has in my opinion throne on the issue of the question raised by the Greek occupation of the island Should Greece be compelled to make a complete back down the king would probably abdicate A partial par-tial defeat of the Greek movement might also cause him to withdraw in favor of the crown prince Constantin The talk of the accession of Prince Constantin to the throne recalls a tradition tra-dition that has been feebly cherished in Greece for generations The Greeks to this day have their oracles and lay more or less stress on the predictions of the wise men Years ago one of the oracles forecasted the destiny of Greece and said the day would come when a Constantin and Sopia would rule over the nation and that in that day the Greeks would possess Constantinople Constan-tinople That has been a fond dream tnople Greeks In October 1SS9 when the crown prince married Sopia sister of the emperor of Germany that tradition tra-dition was brought forcibly to mind I and it has not been forgotten since The German emperor has two reasons rea-sons for his present course with regard I to Greece The principal one is entirely I en-tirely personal I is his anger at the I action pe1onal sister in embracing the religion of her husband The emperor is a fanatic on this subject The other fanatc he firm reason is a financial one frm of German bankers that is the mainstay main-stay of the German throne holJs a vast amount of the bonds of Gresse amoun Naturally the bankers and the emperor em-peror Xaturaly noj want to see the value of the securities placed in further jeopardy I jeop-ardy The outcome Tel I think Crete will be given autonomy There will of the not I think be an evacuation island by the Greek troops Pos bly a I compromise may be effected whereby a i I governor to be named by the powers I will be placed in command KAISER IS WARM What He Would Like to do to Greece if He Could Berlin March 13Behind the circular which Russia has sent to the power proposing that each of them send 2000 troops to Crete to occupy the island and compel the withdrawal of the Greeks is a proposal which has been communicated here from Vienna and probably sent to other governments that Boo Petrovitch an uncle of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro be appointed ap-pointed governor of Crete with 3 guard composed of Montenegrian troops sufficiently suf-ficiently strong to maintain order in the island The understanding here is that Russia wants the powers to present pre-sent an ultimatum to Greece within a week demanding a general disarma mnnf 4 tVio niooVc nnrl thf withdrawal HtU v U n n I of the Greek troops now in Crete within with-in seven days and notifying the Greek government that if the demands are not complied with within the period specified speci-fied the Dower will resort to coercive measures to compel compliance without with-out further notice and the suggested mixed occupation of the island will become be-come an accomplished fact KAISER IS WARM The kaiser is understood to be favorable favor-able to extreme measures provided that and formulating Russia will join in forulatn presenting a ultimatum of the character char-acter mentioned and ha refused to take tar in the English negotiations upon the subject of presenting a collective col-lective note in reply to Greeces reply to the Dowers The attitude of the Berlin sovornment is that Germanys share in diplomatic action in regard to I Crete is ended and if there is to be no coercion the German government will not discuss the Greek notes at all Austria Aus-tria concurs with Germany in this view of the matter but Italy and France are hesitating though the belief in German official quarters is that they will both join the GermanRussian Austrian combination even if England I declines to do so I the debates on the Greek situation which will take I I place in the French senate and chamber cham-ber of deputies on Monday should prevent pre-vent France from taking part in the concert Italy may hold aloof from that I time on In such a case the three imperial im-perial powers Russia Germany and Austria will proceed against Greece by themselves I is the belief that the breaking up of the concert of the powers pow-ers is imminent that Russia has brought forth Boso Petrovitch as a candidate for the governorship of Crete and the St Petersburg government I must certainlv know that Greece will never consent to his appointment to the office as it would forever blast her hopes of acquiring Crete So far as the ultimate fate of the island is concerned there has not been a single word given out by the diplomats conducting the negotiations that furnish the slightest indication of what the end will be In any event it is well known that neither the czar nor the kaiser will permit a plebescite nor any other reference of the question to a popular vote of the inhabitants of the island Will Make No Reply Rome March 13I is positively stated in semiofficial quarters that the I powers have virtually decided to maker make-r L > k 6 I no reply Greeces answer to the note demanding the withdrawal of the Greek fleet and troops from Crete but to proceed pro-ceed at once to take such steps as will compel Greece to accede to the demands de-mands made upon her It is said that the first step to betaken taken in this direction will be the establishment es-tablishment of a pacific blockade of Crete which means that vessels captured cap-tured while attempting to run the blockade will not be condemned and sold but will be held until the Cretan question shall be settled when they will be returned to their owners To Blockade Crete and Greece Vienna March 13The Fremdenblatt and other papers of this city state that Russia Germany and Austria have instructed in-structed their respective admirals to take steps conjointly with their colleagues col-leagues to blockade Crete and Greece Great Britain and Italy it Is said are prepared to cooperate In the blockade but the decision of France is yet awaited The Smyrna Went Back Athens March 13The Greek steamer steam-er Smyrna arrived at Canea this morning morn-ing Immediately after she had come to an anchorage her captain received an order from one of the foreign admirals ad-mirals presumably Admiral Canevaro of the Italian navy who is by reason nf spninritv in pnmmrinri nf thf Com bined fleets dirt ghh to leave at once The captain of the Smyrna refused re-fused to do so whereupon the admiral who issued the order sent him notice that he would be given five minutes in I which to obey the order I at the ex piration of that time the steamer still remained in port an armed boat would be sent to cut her cables In view of this peremptory notice the Smyrna weighed anchor and left Canea SALISBURYS POLICY General Opinion Said to Be in His Favor London March 14 Gleaning opinions j I upon Lord Salisburys GraecoCretan I policy from l possible quarters it is discovered that the balance of opinion in the lobbies of the house of commons I in the leading London and provincial Londo provinca emus ana in wnat diplomatic circles are accessible is decisively in his favor fa-vor Even among the Radicals who naturally contend that the English government might have taken a better way to satisfy the prevalent feeling of the Greeks i is admitted that Lord Salisbury is acting with infinite tact and prudence His own sentiments are known to be more with Greece than Turkey and if all the difficulties he has had to meet and continues to encounter en-counter were publicly known he would get more credit for statesmanship which Is at once Christian and politic I tic His own and Mr Curzons declarations dec-larations in parliament are necessarily necessar-ily lacking in respect of some of the most important diplomatic developments develop-ments arising since the Gra coCretan situation became acute The Cretan blue book disclosed negotiations only i up to the end of September and on I many of the most vital matters on I which Lord Salisbury and the chiefs i have been at of the European powers I Issue since then there is still no offi cial declaration The foreign office has I however permitted some part of the past and pending negotiations to transpire II trans-pire which lights some hidden corners of the European concert policy and i if the British government could publish I pub-lish a blue book up to date i would be I shown that Lord Salisbury has been endeavoring to get the best terms for Greece compatible with any possible maintenance of the socalled concert I and that his main and most uncompromising uncompro-mising opponent has been the German emperor Lord Salisbury desired that the Greek I troops should not be withdrawn from Crete till the scheme of autonomy was i promulgated and partly acted upon and that the withdrawal of the Turkish I Turk-ish troops should be simultaneous The kaiser took the initiative in insisting upon the Greek troops withdrawing upon no pledge as to the abolition of the Turkish regime or the retirement soldiers Lord Salisbury I of the sultans soldier Sals bury suggested that the scheme of autonomy au-tonomy should include the appointment of a Greek prince Prince George or otheras governor of Crete with power to appoint his own council to conduct I the administration and again on the Initiative of Germany the proposal has been practically rejected It is no longer a secret that the German Ger-man emperor whether out of personal sympathy with a despot or contempt for a constitutional regime or actuated Continued a page 6 i 1 i I KING GEORGE THE I BALANCE WHEEL i Continued from Page 1 only by a wrongheaded policy is with the sultan He has dropped from the straight line of diplomatic observance and violated diplomatic confidence by personally communicating to the sultan the various phases of the negotiations between the powers and his own effective ef-fective Intervention on behalf of the sultan In official quarters here it is believed that if the European powers can be got to leave Greece to the tender mercies of the Turk the powers will form a ring around Greece and let King Georges small army fight it out with the overwhelming forces which the porte can bring into the field The Liberal Lib-eral leaders in parliament are not ignorant i ig-norant of these facts and know that they are paralyzed in attacking Lord Salisbury on the ground that he lacks Sr sympathy with Greece If they ven tured unon challenging his policy a tentative and prudent one by a vote of censure they would fail to get the support of many Liberal members and would stultify themselves before the country A distinctive policy of their own Is not even within sight of the Liberal leaders If the Liberals were in power and threw Great Britain en the side of Greece a European wan would follow in which England would 1 < have no allies Even as it is Lord Salisbury Sal-isbury may soon be compelled to openly denounce the powers coercion of Greece According to the St James Gazette many Conservatives would approve a war with Russia as a final arbitrament of the eastern question Including Greece Resolved Not to Recede New York March 13A special cable y fY i to the Journal from Athens says A roval decree just issued declares the army in a state of mobilization excepting ex-cepting those exempt from service I amounting to 60000 This measure authorizes requisitions and the formation battalions of unlimited un-limited numbers as in time of war This order issued at a time when all advices from Europe indicate that theo the-o i > powers have agreed to maintain their decision with regard to Crete and are on the point of issuing their ultimatum to Greece is proof that the government has resolved not to recede from its position po-sition The government will introduce at the next meeting of the boule a measure providing for the enlistment of volunteers volun-teers and foreign officers who are to retain their rank |
