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Since the Greek Boulé accepted the terms of the treaty of peace, the
business of settling these unfortunate affairs has been proceeding
without any further hitch.

The new Prime Minister declared on his accepting office that his first
act should be to secure the evacuation of Thessaly, that is, the removal
of the Turkish troops.

He has set himself a task that would seem to be very difficult to
perform, for it is reported that the Sultan has sent twenty thousand
fresh troops into the territory within the last few days.

The explanation he gives for this act, which looks very like a breach of
faith with the Powers, is that he has sent these men to replace the
invalid and disabled soldiers who are among his troops.

The necessity for such action is not apparent to the European
governments, as the terms of peace had been agreed on, and Greece had
accepted them, so it did not seem as though the Sultan needed to keep a
strong fighting force in Thessaly.

People in Europe are daily growing more fearful that the Sultan does
not mean to keep his promises, and that he will force Greece to pay the
large war indemnity, while he keeps possession of Thessaly, and rules
the Cretans in exactly the same cruel manner that he did before the war.

A French journal has published an interesting account of the Sultan as a
man.