The accounts from Constantinople are becoming more eon- tradiotory than
ever. According to some authorities, the Turks have agreed to cede all Thessaly, and to give Crete in exchange for Epirus, hoping that as this arrangement recognises the validity of the decision of Conference, it will pacify the Powers; while as no territory inhabited by Mussulmans is surrendered, the mob of Constantinople will not grow excited. According to others, however, the Turks offer Crete, but not all Thessaly, and are absolutely determined not to surrender Prevosa, without which Greece is u.ever safe. The Greeks on this point are resolute, and have called out 30,000 soldiers who have served ; and the balance of evidence is that the Ambassadors expect war. They are, however, waiting instructions, and Europe at the last moment may fix a line, and insist that that shall be accepted. The conferences between the Crown Prince of Germany and the new Czar may produce consequences, and a decided change in the attitude of Count Hatzfeldt would immediately modify Turkish resolutions. The ceremonials at St. Petersburg must end before the precise state of affairs there can be known at Constantinople.
