Show powers have chosen wrong time ask his submission constantinople nov sa delayed in transmission speaking to the associated socia ted press today a prominent diplomat said the people of the united states even the people of europe do not realize the seriousness of the present situation the tension between the sultan and Is growing dally and the general feeling of uneasiness is increasing though there is baly no reason for anxiety as far as the safety of foreigners is concerned and especially in the capital the not hare chosen a time than the present for their ultimatum they as well send an ultimatum to the pope during holy week as expect the sultan to do anything in the last week of the festival of ramazan or during tho festival of bairam the sultan and hi ministers are this week engaged daily from 3 in the afternoon listening to fanatical discourses by the mullans mullahs or priests who dwell on the past greatness of the caliphs in a manner undoubtedly impresses their with the impossibility certainly with the unde of yielding to tho these performances will scon bo over however when matters will probably assume a more sane and normal couse but there is no doubt in my mind that the sultan will need on this occasion much squeezing he may ba content enough to see certain islands in the possession af pf tha powers rather than see his hold on the lost of his european possessions weakened this feeling naturally Is shared to a certain extent by the higher army authorities who woud se vay much disinclined inclined dis 40 see turkish territory ceded or anything equivalent to such cession without striking a blow should it be reduced to a question between turkey and bulgaria roumania or greece or between turkey and all three turkey would most assuredly be found spoiling for a fight she has between and men in european turkey today and she could easily and quickly concentrate tharo although bulgaria has a well drilled and weh quipped army turkeys great numerical superiority perio rity would count for much turkey clearly is eager to fight on this matter with the bordering countries and every day bat parses without witnessing a settlement of the present difficulties make it increasingly harder for the sultan or the powers to give in american interests in macedonia are somewhat inconsiderable with the exception of a few scattered missions aries and they hardly extend beyond salonica atthe great reception nov as on the occasion of the festival of balram the foreign diplomats were not permitted to occue the usual seats but were assigned to others from where they could see nothing As a consequence most of the diplomats including mr leishman ahe american minister left the hall according to reliable reports there have been political murders in macedonia during the last eleven months |