the Powers. If he refuses, the Powers may declare war upon him.

It also seems likely that there may be trouble over Thessaly with the
religious element. The Sultan has been informed by one of the old
Sheiks, or Chiefs, that it is the will of Allah (the Moslem word for
God) that Thessaly shall be reunited to Turkey.

If he listens to this, the followers of Mohammed may rise, and,
unfurling the banner of the prophet, sweep over Thessaly, and take it
from the hands of the Greeks, putting every one who opposes them to the
sword.

Should the Sultan disregard this statement it is possible that the
people may rise against him and demand a new Sultan.

Notwithstanding his successes, the Sultan is not lying on a bed of
roses.

* * * * *

The Fur Seal question is being very actively discussed on all sides, and
many interesting facts have been brought to light in connection with it.

Mr. David Starr Jordan, the President of the Leland Stanford University,
wrote a very fine article on the subject which appeared in _The Forum_
last month.

He said that the shameful practice of killing the mother seals when they
went to their feeding-grounds could be entirely stopped by a means much
simpler than the making of a treaty with Great Britain. This means, he