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Show OUTUaEAK IN TIIC BALKANS DRLADED II Y TIIC POWERS ''"Muhip ,,f press telecrams eon-1 lnlnlll iiea. I,.,,, 1, t,e icnteis In the l'!ki p.iili .,,1,1 eould not I... more t i If war a. tually prevailed. Two ronstru, u.ii.h may he placed on this roct-every government vlsliet to eon-f"l eon-f"l Hs pmposea from every other and 111 n, rioernmeuts are beni on BUPIWsstiig reports likely to add to the I'Beial :i 1 11 1 tn. I'rolinldy thn only porwBf realty desiring trouble ar.i Iho pene-m, , i hi lstlans and their pie lilhsl champion, tile Macedonian com-mines, com-mines, whii b Is evhauuliiK all Its ro-sources ro-sources to poooke a con 11 let . In or iei to keep the revolui lonary spirit Due (lie committee ban done everything lu Its power to prevent tho clr !(!,, n ,i Muiedonln of tho lliil-gailu lliil-gailu subjects to preserve Iho peine and to trust to the powers to right their wrong. Without exception tho great powers mo understood to be International nrtangi inents. The Hub garlnur. Servians. Itoutiinnlnris, Creeks and Albanians ate warring among themselves In Macedonia, hut the lendern of the revolutionary movement move-ment assert Hint these difference will disappear when tho moment arrives for a generul Christian movement against the Turk. Thn attitude of the sultan of Turkey Tur-key Is described an being extremely recalcitrant. It Is doubtful :! !e will recognize Interference of any nature. It Is represented to be his belief that the crisis In his Kuropeun possession hna now arrived na.l be feels better aide to lltiilerlake the Inevitable struggle strug-gle now than al any future, time. The Turk bus no money, but plenty of good fighting material. He Is able 10 feed his troops and does not nerd to pay them. He Is amply able to ' suppress any Insurrection in Mace- 0 ( ih u f TURKEY, V I 1.000,000 j ; J - s y 1 bringing strong pressure to bear on tliu sultan to agree tu audi reform of the ilvll and military administration In Macedonia as will guarantee tbe subsidence of tbe agitation. There Is nu truth In the report that England and Ceriniiny aro encouraging encourag-ing the sultan to resist the demuuds glared that Cngluud uud (elli.un) merely specify that Ottomnu aovor-eighty aovor-eighty must not be assailed 11 11 less a nioro grsve situation should arise and then only In accordance with Ironclnd I dottle, and even control llulgnrla If the gteal powers do not Interfere. It remains to bo seen how a failure to effect a full agreement with Austria-Hungary and the hostile attitude of ltouiunula will affect Htisala'a plan. Tho natural Inference la thla will bavo a deterrent Influence, but after all It Is hv no means IniTsiMslltln that tha Wlt -misyni.. - 'Mi... 1 !. Ill, Ulltllllil tile situation eligKo-'-'H tho attention of Kuropcan diplomacy. At no tlmn since 1878 has tho lasuo of peace or war hung so evenly In the hniuhce. |