| Show RUSSIAN 16 aari rari IN THE PLAY PLAT if the he statement of the russian paper that when the war la Is declared between greece and It bula ingels intervention by the european powers must conse Is to be considered off official leial in any way burial konsis od position Is 1 clear it is then evI that that eau ou try appear ance to ia becking king george and that abe caira s government considers the be time favorable for reaping the fruit of need leed sown eown in 1895 early that year it will be remembered russian were sent to Trape sunt and Erse roum and shortly afterwards the torm storm broke loose that cost coat the ar so 0 o many lives livee russia stoops were massou on the frontier but nothing farther won wa done xione RUe stass arioni clince that time are interesting reviewed by bergens bergen s Tid endea a STor norwegian exchange that country refused to accede to the proposition of great britain to intervene in armenia tin in order to end the massacres man acree it Suse burlap lays purpose to have continue condone abt I 1 the sultan in the eyes of europe assumed the form of a bloodthirsty assi sesta then aben came the per firmance for mance of me he well weil known farce of reforms rei orme as aa it the experience ol of centuries had bad not dem the impossibility of introducing any radical changes in the in favor of the christian subjects from 1896 1895 to 1897 europe nai has been entertains by this reform talk and the stupid allo allegation gAtion that uie atie integrity of turkey is necessary neo eary tor for the peace oi 01 the world everybody knows know from history that tie a atoman 0 toman empire topeat repeatedly heatedly peat edly has been reduced in size ize also alco lor for the maintenance of peace but a wai needed as a basis fur for the european concert and the phrase selected elected at this athla time was the integrity of turkey the lime IMO however came for the consummation of Rus plans and the tow row hud bad to be started somewhere Bome where bore crete was evidently selected as aa a convenient point greece was provi boualy prepared for the act she ahe bad to take in the play A military camp had bad been formed near ebebe and the fleet was being put in shape tor for service secretly and when the cretan insurrection occurred a squadron equa dron wits wai dispatched there with most moat astonishing expedition for a power that was wai supposed to entertain friendly relations rela tlona with all the oe world while greece was wai quietly rallying her war forces russia concentrated troops near dear odessa and the black sea fleet was put in shape for action the disorders to lo crete anjan in january uary thle year were insignificant w when ben compared comparetto to the events in armenia and elsewhere but they instantly kindled a fire that spread throughout europe the outbreak pro probably batly was premature the season for a campaign in macedonia oot ot being favorable european fleets fleet in cretan waters wate rebut but nothing casdone was done to stop the atrocities perpetrated under the very bows of the ships col vassos embarked with ble followers though the sumi admirals rals easily might nave have prevented him from doing so BO rho rhe greeks greek ignored both bosh proclamations and shells and elrode was defied by a handful of soldiers sol diera a fact that goes far to prove that some of the powers secretly carried on an intrigue against the others ruesta dussias Rus sias s position was perhaps illustrated in the part her boy cruisers took in the bombardment on be 21 it of february the kassian admiral fired two shots one shell hitting a little church at ganea canes and ana the other failing alarmingly near an eng lofb steamer it was not the russians who on that day stained their conscience with the blood of catholic nuns looking at the position busbia all along has bai taken it appears probable that the war now threatening to break out in the lavant really is only a prelude to the me great drama to in which it Is in IB believed russia la Is to play the leading role the lad fact must at last lait have dawned upon the understanding of the sultan for that potentate to Is reported t tu have nave assumed a friendly attitude to wards greece but if this theory is correct the botoman empire an aa far a europe la 18 concerned la in probably doomed if russia advances ibis time toward constantinople she abe la jig not likely to ta retreat |
