| Show T tunkey TURKEY U P H E T AND areece GREECE OUR oun telegrams for the last few days have brought rather exciting news from europe the peace of that continent seems to be again jeopardized notwithstanding the oft repeated assurances given of late by napoleon icing king william of prussia and the leading statesmen of europe that all was peace peace the eastern question I 1 as it is called again looms up and the war feeling in greece and turkey seems to be so strong that hostilities between the two nations are very probable the turks and greeks are the prominent actors in the scene but there is doubtless a greater re ater aten power than father lather ther wor working kin gallent silently fy and doing its best to foment discord between them that power is russia the present rupture is owing to the violation of the law of nations on the part of greece in extending aid and encourage ment to the rebellious subjects of the porte the cretans caetans Cre tans who like their grecian brethren are art professing christians since the present struggle for cretan independence commenced frequent re mons trances have been made by the sultan against the course pursued by tho the greeks but these have been so little regarded that the porte recently issued an ultimatum imperatively demanding of the greeks respect to international law latr which demands were as imperatively rejected by the greek government and already the first boom of war has been sounded in the firing upon a turkish manof man of war by the greek steamer derosis jE rosis the greeks seem bent upon a war with the turks and according to some reports the war fever in athens has reached such a pitch that their forces were being marshaled and legions formed while others say the greek government has taken no steps of a defensive character in constantinople the feeling for war is said to be about as strong the french flag having been outraged and burned because of the french admirals eagerness to preserve the peace the great powers of europe with the exception of russia have remonstrated with the grecian government on the folly of its course but seemingly with little effect the father and bro ther in law of king george of greece the king of denmark and the prince of wales have written to him urging upon him the necessity of respecting the law of nations and the london press recommends the great powers to make one effort more to induce greece to abandon her present course and if she is still deaf to their tol toj leave her to her fate our telegrams today to day are more warlike than ever the turkish minister has left athens the grecian government is making active preparations for war the turkish fleet is blockading the port of syra and the emperor of russia has authorized grecian men of war to hoist the russian flag this last statement if true ia is little less than thau a declaration of war on the part of russia and here most likely lies the deause cause cluse of the failure of the western j powers rowers to amicably settle the difficulties between turkey and greece tha the great rowers powers of europe regard greece as the aggressor and as altogether to blame in the present rupture greece in and of herself is an insignificant power much inferior even to turkey and unaided unable to cope with her it has langbeen long iong been the tho ambition of the azars czars to annex the tho domains of the sultan and they have made repeated repeated attempts to accomplish this pet scheme dussias Rus sias growth in power and extent of territory is looked upon by the other powers of europe with jealousy and sus and especially is this the case cabb with great britain the designs of the czars azars with re regard ard to turkey once accomplished complis hed and ad their march to power in the east would be greatly facilitated and the death blow probably given to british supremacy in the east indies to prevent this and to preserve what is called the balance of power in europe has heretofore led to ta coalitions between britain and some one or more of the continental powers the crimean war livas levas vas the last instance lna ina tance of the kind but russia though thwarted heretofore in her hen design on turkey tunkey has never relinquished it and niler nein will its accomplishment ment is but I 1 water nater of time As a nation she is youthful she is the rising imel roel ussr r of europe and backed by buch such power even little greece might hope to successfully cope with turkey if the latter were unaided by her former allies Thep the present reseat aspect of affairs in europe is to say the least very ominous of russia can succeed in and maintaining an alliance with france or austria rumors of which have been circulated of late and thus succeed in dividing what are called the great powers she may be able to carry out her designs OB on turkey and in her attempt so to do tho the present rupture between greece and turkey may lead to a general burodean nur Bur war |
