independent nation, but a slave to the countries that control her
treasury. While she still has her King seated on the throne, his power
is no longer what it was. He can carry out no great schemes for his
country's good, for he can enter into no plans, that involve the
spending of money, without the consent of the Powers that are to manage
his affairs.

The plan that the Powers should control the treasury of Greece was not
agreed upon until Germany, prompted by the financiers, insisted that
Greece must lay money by to take care of her old debts, as well as of
the new war payment.

This is the story of the Greco-Turkish war. The great Powers stood
quietly by and let Greece be sacrificed, and then insisted upon a
shameful treaty, that will bring ruin and distress to a sister country,
because the financiers were unwilling to lose money they had invested.

The Powers are, however, by no means satisfied with the result of their
fifteen weeks of deliberation and discussion. They feel that the Sultan
has got much the best of them at every point, and even though he has
agreed to do so, they are uncertain whether he intends to keep faith
with them about either Crete or Thessaly.

It is said that as soon as the first five million dollars is paid he
will invent some fresh excuse for keeping his soldiers in Thessaly a
little longer, and that he will lengthen the time little by little,
until, in the end, he will retain possession of Thessaly altogether.

He has already hinted that he does not mean to keep faith about Crete.