| Show ALL ARE interested 0 washington studying the war in europe SPECIAL MAPS TO BE MADE officers of the army watching tho the progress of hostilities with reen keen interest unanimous that greece will bo be overborne by numbers and crushed if 11 ill the 0 powers do riot not intervene president mckinley looking out for the interests ot 0 americans in turkey and greece washington april 39 19 Another belated dispatch front from mr ir terrell vas out at tile the state department it brant bearta date of saturday from porn pera the diplomatic suburb of constantinople and in it mr 11 orrell simply confirm the press reports of the initial loell il menta of tho the br breakie eakin out of hostilities admiral tile the commander of 0 the european squadron equa dron consisting at present or r four ships oil in the eastern e an has haa expected an outbreak of hostilities and from time to t time has ha advised the navy repart department ment of tile the outlook the movement of tile the vessels or of the squadron will bo be loft left entirely to ills hla tile the C that as ao he Is at the neat of viar nar ho he lit Is hotter better prepared than any one hero here to act to tho the best advantage the first clr t feln that the admiral amiral has begun tho the di disposition ot of hit 1111 1 little llulu to meet tho the war epoch maa ass the receipt of a cablegram cable pram at tho the navy department today announcing the iho arrival of tho the united states stages cruiser at syi la ia the officials of both navy and state departments have little apprehension if ill treatment to amei leans in either greece or turkey v which hiell la is i as about the only possible cause causa for friction now possibly BL at 0 later stage in the war lit in tha event thit tile the aulks are arc defeated there may be rioting ut at C constantinople 0 or some of 0 tho the larger turkish cities but that Is not feared eared at present it J ha has been suggested that the prest president probably will mill be called upon to ul a proclamation of neutrality now that war has begun between turkey and greece the officials orri clula have looked into the precedents in such cases and have concluded that the conditions at ent do not require the issuance or of a notice the purpose or of it a neutrality proclamation la is 10 lo guard cuard american citizens against the consequences of infraction of the neutrality imposed upon rations nations not party to a war it does not directly concern either cither of the bellig erent emits but is intended to wain ameil can citizens that it they espouse tile the cause of either cither combatant they it hlll III all ah solve their own country front from extending protection to them INTEREST IN TUG TIIE ARMY the progress pro eresa of hostilities Js is beinar watched with the keenest interest in in military arcles here alicade there has been a gleat demand for fat accuro accurate te maps of the scene of the first outbreak k and tahe has been responded to by I 1 the ile military information bureau by giving orders for the preparation of such a map aa was waa issued dul ing ill the war between tl n china a and it japan a publication of great value ento to tile the student of war it may be said that while tile the sympathies of the army officers jle ile largely with tile the crooks creeks they fulia expect that the turks ulli mill prevail in tile the end it if al to wage avage war near un trammelled by the interference of other diller powers and there tile oie signs flens to indicate that such till an arrangement has bern been reached ly by tile tho principal military and naval powers power of D f 1 siope as will make I 1 this his possible al the ie aar ar department C experts say bay that luikey on paper fit at least cast has on one e of the most formidable armies in the world ind although it 1 1 generally admitted that its strength may riot not bo be anyn here near nar as large ns thus set act out still there actually exits exists a a military force beside which aich that of greece Is absolutely sol in numbers in addition to this numerical y the war department expel is say that the turkish forces for ome tome t timo time have had the benefit of thorough by it a number of german army office oni cers I 1 the best beat drill masters in the it A at the turkish commander ln in chief edhem pasha lias has at hta hin b back ac k one of the ablest strategists in all L cu u rope ili the person of cen baron comar or der a alerman lr man ollie r loa loaned tied to turkey by Impei or wiliam wilam am this officer P Is sold gold to unite in himself all the qualities of it most fitted scholar anti and an experienced soldier lie ile participated in the war kith th Deri denmark mark in the franco prussian war and in the austro ivar slid aud lit in addition he la the author of three military books that are abc regarded almost a as textbooks text books in tile the comice sen ice it la Is reported here that paron von der golta la is really the author of the plan of under if aich the turkish army Is is now lighting the war V nr department is preparing to collect all bt tho the technical information that may be derived front from the war capt scriven the military mil italy al at of the united states at rome home has already telegraphed the department for permission to RO go to turkey to watch ohp progress proff of the it e war an and tho the neiva tary permission will vill be h gk eh on en him hill it if lie in finds it that some borne we one should net act in it 11 like ke capacity with tile the greek army the department probably bly will and mal maj dora dolbt our military at vionna vienna to tho the scene PRESIDENT interested the president lit la taking art an active interest in the bt ruggle secretary sherman rume come over to tile the white whit this afternoon and tile iho Pre sidni immediately in med lately suspended all other business to confor confer mith his premier on the subject secretary sherman previously kind a long lone talk with mr angell who mho boang about to start for turkey the latter part of may Is naturally deeply concerned in the developments in ii that turbulent quarter none of mr ls telegrams so far received verify the ass assumption u alion that he has undertaken the p protection of the grek greek residents in turkey on the ho I 1 whole hole the authorities are triad glad abr that athe the report N pot not supported for although such a request could not ell bo 60 declined it id IA remembered that our ministers tillis I 1 in an china and japan and the stat state department an a well became involved in a mesa when they undertook the protection of the chinese and japanese through the killing of several japanese Jap ancee stu denit and there Is al mays risk rl ik that trouble may follow the assumption of puch responsibility admiral self me has cabled the iho secretary of the navy a request to have the cruiser cincinnati now at mer sine under ordena to como come home ic c maln main on an tho the mediterranean for a time she wait ana to be roll relieved ered by the raleigh but secretary long has given that both shall ahill remain there |
