| Show ATTITUDE OF THE POWERS I Opposed to the Occupation of Thes saly by the Turks London May S Copyright 1S97 by the Associated PressThe war monopolizes mo-nopolizes attention and there are few other topics of interest The news from Thessaly has added fresh chapters to the story of Greek disaster The pow hostilities ers are now anxious that should end Turkey however does not seem disposed to arrest her army in the midst of its triumphs The war party at the Yildiz Kiosk is very strong and wished to complete the humiliation humilia-tion of Greece Therefore it is urging the sultan not to stop his troops until Edhem Pasha is quartered in Athens The whole of the Yildiz Kiosk entourage entour-age is represented as being at the present moment in an extraordinary state of excitement the various parties with their conflicting interests each trying to reach the greatest advantages from the opportunity The Turkish government after many futile attempts elsewhere has concluded con-cluded a loan with the Lighthouse administration ad-ministration for 500000 2500000 at 9 per cent Part of this money will be devoted to war purposes The impression now prevails however how-ever thatan armistice will soon 5e arranged ar-ranged The first step in intervention will be a renewed appeal to Greece to evacuate evac-uate the island of Crete and then it will depend upon the Greek premier M Ralli whether the powers will or not summon the porte to withdraw the Turkish army from Thessaly The negotiations ne-gotiations will be difficult on account of the question of indemnity All the cabinets cab-inets consider that Greeceasa matter I of course should pay Turkeys war expenses ex-penses but it is doubtful if Greece will be able to pay a cent The sultan wishes to keep Thessaly in pawn until the money is paid or Europe Eu-rope guarantees the payment of indemnity indem-nity The powers are indisposed to consent to this and Great Britain and Italy refuse to entertain the suggestion that the Greeks shall give this pledge to Turkey for payment The powers are exerting their influence influ-ence to maintain King George upon the throne of Greece and it is stated that the Russian minister at Athens M Onou has declared to M Ralli that if Greece remains loyal to her royal family fam-ily the powers will do their best to lessen les-sen the full burden of war but should the Greeks bring a catastrophe upon the royal house the powers will unrelentingly unre-lentingly let things take their course From another quarter it Js declared that at St Petersburg they already reckon upon the probability of the royal family leaving Athens and that Queen Olga is to go to her mother the Grand Duchess Josephona of Russia |
