Mr. Goschen has visited Prince Bismarck at Berlin, and Baron
Haymerle at Vienna, on his way to Constantinople, but no definite result has been made public. The popular theory among Correspondents is that the Sultan is absolutely determined not to surrender Janina, that the Powers will press for the largest concession possible short of this, and that at the twelfth hour Greece will accept, only insisting on actual delivery .of the territories. This statement is, however, hopelessly inconsistent with the public professions of M. Cou- moundouros,—who has called out the National Guard,—with the national feeling of Greece, and with the Turkish pre- parations. The Porte has oven ordered a forced loan to be levied in Constantinople, and a five years' collection of the land-tax,—impossible orders, unless war is at hand. The most probable account of the situation is still that one or two Powers have decided to risk the war, and that Turkey is secretly encouraged to resist, and Greece to adhere to its claims. Lord Granville has, it is declared, insisted successfully that in the event of this negotiation failing, the settlement arranged by the Conference at Berlin shall revive in full force, a proviso which, if correct, reveals his opinion. He hopes nothing from the negotiations.
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