THE GRECO-TURKISH WAR. 652 the king's officers, made a raid over the border at Karya in more determined fashion than in any previous attempt. The day was Good Friday in the West, though the East keeps it later; and, though the official declaration of -war and the general advanceof the Turks did not come till the following Sunday,April 18th, the war really began when the raiders crossed the border at Karya on that Friday evening— a most unlucky Fridayfor the Greeks.

It is curious that up to the very last moment many of those who were supposed to be the best judges ot the situation— some of them observers at the headquarters of the armiesrefused to believe that war was imminent.' There is a persistent optimism in such cases. It was the same when the Cuban crisis and the destruction of theMaine had brought Spain and the United States to the verge of war,and when the Korean crisis had made a struggle between China and Japan inevitable. Most modern wars begin while men are crying " Peace, peace!"

and, as a rule, a belated declaration of was comes when hostilities are already- in progress.

TURKISH TVPES.