The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. Thirteenth Year, No. 15, Ed. 1, Monday, April 19, 1897 Page: 1 of 8
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ons at tho Central Ofllce Hotels anii
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GRAIN and
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THmiai thu is and capitol
Phono iS
Seasonable Seeds
Tine Flowers
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MAILABLE EDITION
TODAYS FEATURES
Crete
vraa given
lib passports Asslm
iurklsh mutator m Athens
nuttlod tho city
Hoy
hnstllv
i If AnrtR l rdorcl to hombanl
1 rotrsa
Twtnty
thousand Grwlrs march
on I recfu
1roveil that flormany urged Turkey to
declaro uar and begin hostilities
liJhein l iPlin with an army of 12000
Jiitn attoinptwl to force tho QriHika from
mountain poaltiois towurd Ivailssa
llatt o hotwrcn Turks and OreoltE rasinis
ait Karaja on the Grswk frontier with
jnnny faUillilcs
A hot Ire opened on Aetlum which was
destro > ed by tho Turks
Tho livik
parlJament
accoptiM tho
Turkish Jaratlon of war with nrolonsed
checra from the iroJIiTles
Tlio Oicks captured Turkish positions
In ihtttedly and put the forces to lIlKht
1 urkM batterlca
complotely dostroyed at
hi Jfldiikl
All ijivlt subjects onlered to lcavo
Turkey within two weeks Turks blamed
tho Uivoks ond assume the del rash u
Greek block houso taken at tho point of
liayontts by tho Turks
Greek f ubjocts In Turkey under tho pro
tejtloa of Consul Terrell for America
KlooiN
A break In tin Ml < flFstppl leveo ex
jiejtcj In Conconlia parish Louisiana
Tho sltUiix > n In JlalJion txirlkh irroulnc
worse but tho rtvw has fallon at Vlcks
bunTliu
Tliu villages of Trlnllal un l AshwooJ
nro overllowml as well as a number of
Un plantations tvround Itlohland Li
No extraordinary ouse for unuislnew
uxlited at New Urluajis but pro iutlons
wuro early taken
Culm
Madrid illppatclios denied that Spain
would withdraw MOW troops from Cuba
Tho steamer Dauntless icaachod by tho
dynumUe erulier V ttuvlus and allowed
to proceed
Ulvern la being well treated In his Cu-
ban prison
Foreign
Heavy withdrawals of bullion madn
fiom tho 13ank of England for Japan
Ilaron Courcel of France to bo substi-
tuted a tho ilftli arbitrator bot n Ven-
ezuela and Great Hrltaln
Cecil Hhodes will bo jrlven a crand re-
ception In South Africa
noiiM4tte
Dr Hunter declined to discuss devel-
opment or plans relating to tho Kentucky
fcenatondilp
National Iteform Press association met
n Grard Kan National convention
called for Nashville Tinn on July 1
Congressman Ki th L Mllllken of Mhinn
died In Washington
Mllle
rirticulars of the jiropOEOd May carni-
val at Waco
E 6t Texas presbytery convenes at Na
coudocbes Tuesday
Lumber jaul buniod at Ergle
I > KlHliitt e
Uniterm tet book ijuestlon will occupy
much time as both friends and opponents
will speak on tho question
Spurt
Oalvorton II llouslon S Austin C Ban
Antonio 13 Dallas 13 Fott Worth 3 Dcn
lfeonSltwman 1 Im Is 0 Allcndjuco at
Dallas was nearly rKA
tttl llriimls
Waco Is counting on securing the Gulf
nnd lirazos Valley mil tho Waco and Sa
blno Pass and will try for extensions of
tlie IVxas JIUlland and the Santa Fo
Iicnl
Tho olwervance of Easter ycslcrdav In
tho churches
Spiritualistic consecration services
Aftoimalh of the Travelers 1iotectvn
PFftOeiatlon conuntlon
Tho mlHtury progrvinimo for San Jacinto
my
Cases sot for tho week In tho district
court
The Chrtellan Erdeavor choir organized
Tim FIITII AitiiiTitvroit
Unroll Coureel nf Trnnee iiml the
Vriiiriiiltiii Set Hirnent
Wnshlnston April IS The name of
Union Courcel tho eminent French Jurist
and Jlplomit at pnwnt French umli n
dor to Grext Uiltaln prolably lll be
eiibititutnl as the fifth or final arbitrator
en llii court of nrbltsation between Ven-
ezuela and Great Britain Tho treaty ct
arbitration iceen ly lutlded by th < sc two
government proposes that tho lifth ar
hilor shall bo cho en b > the four desnr
nttcd to ieprese t the two countries nnd
In thn vrnl of their Inability to ajirco on
u fifth tho king of Norway and Sweden is
to rvuiic tin Until nibltrator Them an
pcare to bo little doubt how over that the
four Arbitrators wll rcich an nrrvoineiit
Daron Coined b one of the foremo
1un f of Europe an I as Mich wia phesii
prcVilent of tho court of arbitrationi be-
tween th3 li > ltel States oral Great Irlt
nn on tho Bering soa oiie tlon Ho comes
from am of the oldest loyalist families
of thn emplio but It a sturdy remib
lleri and has Mkm fipnt mill nmonir
ricieh leaders It M diirlnc the striln
ed onndltlon of liiropeani affair a vea
rio leiiulrlng skPiru dlidomaev that
Kkv vall a hcrelf of h hervlCM an
nmbiHwlor to Ore it Jlrlialn Jle P ks
l nslHi fluotly which wotld materlalU
of ne
aid In a court mado up entirely
urit spcoWng arbitrators
Cliilnis for InilPinnHy
Chicago April IS Accordlnr to tho
TlniesHeralds dispatch from Ann Arbor
Mich Dr Angell tho newly appointed
ii InlVter to Turkey will reccito special
Instructions from tho state department to
ruth the claims for Indemnity brought by
American cillrcni and Ametlcan inlnslon
nrles against Iho sultana Eovcrnment
STEST TRMN OF TEXAS >
EVER RUN OUT
Tie I Q N Fast Mail Train
Uivos Houston daily J55 p m and ar-
rives St Louis 715 p hi next day
connecting in Union Depot with all linos
for Um North and East
c Ticket Office 217 Main Street
correspondent left Karaya more Turkish
woundul were being carried Into tho
camp Tho Greeks appeared to bo content-
ing themselves with occupying tho posi-
tion which they had taken up on tho crest
of tho hills and maintaining a heavy flro
from It without advancing hut at tho sanio
time preventing tho Turkish troops from
crossing tho frontier Tho Turks re-
turned tho flro of tho Greeks with per-
sistent splhlt
While the corespondent ot tho Astlel
atod Press was at Karaya Hamdl Pasha
tho Turkish commander rttelved a dis-
patch from Edhem Pasha saying that a
general advance of the Turkish forces had
been ordered fcr tomorrow war between
Grecco and Turkey having been declared
This news was retohed by tho Turks wth
enthusiasm nnd shouts of Long llvo war
At tho Bamo tlmo that Hamdl Pasha re-
ceived tho news of the declaration ot war
ho received a fresh attack by a Greek forco
n Iho direction of Klcuthochorl to tho
north anil left of Zarkos
During Hi correspondents return hero
ho heard further firing both rlflo and ar-
tillery This was after midnight though
a full moon Was shlnlug Edbem Pasha
at this hour li holding a council of war
Tho Turkish trooja are eager for s general
cneagcmct
wi > ryt
THE GAGE ACCEPTED
inrK ieoisivrritn rovsmijits
TtlltKISH llEUIUIATIOV
Premier 31 Delj iiiiiiIn Milii TurLej
Deelitreil Wnr AKnllmt Us mill
Mt Accept It
Athens April 18 10 p in A late spec-
ial favs at a session of tho legislature today
tho public galleries were crowded Amid
Intense excitement M Delynunla the pre-
mier announced that tho Turkish govern
ment had today notified Greece ot tho nip
ture ot diplomatic relations on the ground
of the aEgrosslvo attitudo of tho Greek gov-
ernment In a1 cool deliberate speech he
reviewcd tho recent events to show on
Uio contrary that Turkey had been thong
grcseor that ber Hoops had attacked the
Greeks and attempted lo occupy nqutral
positions and that her batteries nt Pre vesa
had sunk the Greek ship Macedonia
Tin key bald M Delyannls declared
war against us Wo accept it
This statement was recohed with pro-
longed cheering from tho galleries and the
floor of tho chamber Tho premier Ihen
read dispatches rcritlng tho events which
Lad happened on tho frontier and with ref-
erence to the reported capture of MexenUs
said that the batteries at that Important
position had been brought into action but
bo know nothing as to its alleged capture
He added that tho Turks after repeated
cfforts to force a passao at Uevenla which
commands tho road to Larlssa bad been
drlen back
Tho leader of tho opposition amid cheers
from all parts of the chamber and from
tho galleries eloquently Indorsed tho pa-
triotic declaration ot M Delyannls
GltEEKS CAITlltED THE KIV
Meneil decupled > lie Hellenes
After llnril IlKlltlllHT
Iondon April IS A dispatch to tho
Dally Chroulclo from Athens dated mid-
night says tho Greeks have captured
Mcncxa after severe fighting Tho Turkish
losses were very heavy tho Oroek compar-
atively light Tho correspondent adds
Tho Grcelc fleet has destroyed hnlf ot tho
forlrrea nt Grcvenn and captured tho guns
It is assured that tho bombnrdlng would
bo continued tomorrow Monday morning
The latest news hero tonight Is that the
Greeks havo captured and hold all Iho
positions except Ana and Mlohallnuna
along tho Thorrallan line I havo had ac-
cess to an Important document from an
European capital showing that tho powers
have done nothing for several weeks and
thoy hoped that Gieece would either Iks
financially ruined or soundly beaten by
Turkey If Turkey gets to Larlssa sho will
remain there until Grecco evacuates Crete
IT WAS OEItMANV THAT UIiQED
TOIIKEV TO DECLAHH WAR
tiiiiks hvnnJMHIKIJ
Thu ii lie Imiff UrKlnir Turkey
Cllimlntr iiinmenl
London April 18 Tho Athena corre-
spondent of tho Times says
Tho key to Mllouana pass Is Mpncxa a
position of tho greatest Importance where
tho Turks aro strongly entrenched The
latest news tonight Sunday 11 p m Is
that the Turks still bold their ground at
that point All tho members of tho Legion
and iwtlon of the garrison started for
Volo today
It Is noted that tho communication of
Asslm Per to M Skouzcs does not specify
tho particular act of aggression on which
tho Turkish government professes to rely
It Is now certain however that Edhora
1asba rccolved orders to advance to La
rltsa on the 10th Instant the day following
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8 iirlssa April IS Headquarters ot tho
Greek army In Thcssnly Tho Greeks have
captured the Turkish positions from N o
ros to Koutra and tho Turks nro In lull
retreat toward tho Interior where llielr
foins are massing Tho battcrlen at Meu
exa censed filing nt 11 p til Sumlty
Athens April IS D p m A dispatch
Just received here saB that tho Khafidltl
batteries which were attacked by war
ships shortly before 1 oclock this after
noon lime been completely destroyed The
Greek battery at Kcfallpnnpxhl i cooperat
ed cffectluly rtlth tho flotilla In Iho bom
bar lmcnt
Arts April IS The mnyot of Arta has
distributed ilfles to all malo IiihabltMils
of Iho town The transfer of all public
offices and official records from Aria to
Konlpole Is now proceeding The town la
almost deserted A dispatch from Trlklha
la says that n sharp fusillade was heard
this morning beyond Koutra whlih Is now
occupied by Gleekn
A band ot Insurgents navo entered Mace
donia and are now advancing In tho dine
Hon of KonlBkos
Athens April IS 9 p m In th fight-
ing on the frontier the Turkish orcupled
Ana and Enilouana but they luna not mic
ceeiled In taking Katn
Athens April IS A lcleam from
Trlkkhnla tent at 8 oclock this monlr r
unjs tho Greek brlgado defending Mnvena
has advanced and occupied Vlglla which
commands thu plain after capturing tho
Tuiklsh battery there
It Is also reported that several bands
havo entered Macedonia There Is no all
clal nows ns to Iho repot uul capture ot
Mcncxa
Salonlrn April IN Greek hinds bsvo
landed nt Elovrtheropoll west ot KanH
and are marching on Onynn district
about one kilometer from Dcdegitcli Their
design Is evidently to cut tho nllway lino
to Salonlca The Turkish troops havo been
sent in pursuit nnei there has bn fighting
but tho result Is not known here
IIElAl IONS M VKItMP
Iteiinrfn Gl in < the JIIiiIiIitn of
Holli Ciiuiilrlc
Athens April IS Copyrighted lSii7 by
tho Aspnclnted Press The Turkish min-
ister here Asslm Hoy has asked for his
passports Thcv have been handed him and
b left for Constantinople Tho German
minister at AihenB Ilaron von Plesson has
undertaken lo protect Turkish Interests In
Greece during the severance of diplomatic
relations between the two countries
The Greek minister nt Constantinople
Prlnco Mavrocordato has been recalled
Constantinople April 18 The porte has
handed his nassnorls lo Prince Mavrocor
dato tho Greek minister to Turkey to-
gether with a note announcing the break-
ing off of diplomatic relations betwein tho
two covcrnninnts and tho recall of Asslm
10 and the Turkish consuls It Invites
Prlnco Mnvrocodato nnd all Greek consuls
on Turkish territory to quit tho confines
of tho empire giving the Oreok subjects
fifteen dnvs notice Prlnco Mavrocodato
will leave on Tuesday by tho Austrian luall
bout
coirvcn or mimstehm
The Greelc Heiireirlttflltve In Cun
Mflllllllnplo AVlll Deport
Constantinople April 18 TewfIk Pasha
minister for foreign affairs lsltnd Ihn
foreign envoys yesterday and Informed
them that the Turkish frontier had keen
crossed on Friday night by fresh bands of
Greeks among whom wero a number of
Oroek regulars
It was this news which led to Iho calling
of a council of ministers and preolpltatid
tho decision of Turkey to announce that
war had Lroken out between Tuikcy nnd
Greece
Tho Greek minister Prnco Mavrocorda
to was nt tho samo tlmo nodded of Iho
rupture cf diplomatic relations between
Turkey and Greece In addition nil Iho
Greek merchants In Turkey wero Informed
that they wcro given a fortnights notleo
to leave th Ottoman empire
Ilerlnriidou of Wur
Drusscls April 16 The Independence
has official
IlclEO announces that Turkey
declared war against Oiceco and that a no-
tification lo this effect was tent to tho pow
crs this morning
All Aiiierlenn Iliittery
London April 18 A dispatch to tho
Standard from Constantinople sa > s a bat-
tery of American michlno guns of tho
latest pattern arrived there recently and
wcro secretly conveyed to tho Ylldlz Kiosk
whero It has been placed In position
Furious Iltrtiflnw Artn
Corfu April j8Purlous fighting lias
boon In progress on tho fronUor today near
Arta and it Is rumored Urecks have taken
Mencxa by assault
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THE FIRST SHOTS OF THE WAR HAVE REEN FIRED
ADVANCE TOWARD FRONTIER
The Number of Killed in the First Battle Was Under
Two Hundred
TURKS DROVE BACK GREEKS AND ADVANCED
LMftccn Tliotistind Hellenic Tronps Arc Said to Have Hecn Unnagcd in the
lMflht Troops Hac lkcn Hnoarjcd Thirty Hours
Without Iood or Sleep
the lletarlaaTfild but thcao orders wcro
cancelled six houis later
On the 15th Instant Prince Mavrocordato
warned his government that the porte was
preparing to advatveo without a previous
declaration of war
IT IS lNPEItllED IHOM TACTS AND
ALLEGED IN ltrSlqNSlIlli QUAUTE11S
THAT TWO OF THE TOWEHS UltOED
TUUKEY TO llEOtN HOSTILITIES AND
THE lHESENCE OF KUSSIAN AND
1KUMAN OFPICEltS WITH THE TllHK
1S11 TltOOlS IS UITTEKLY COMMENT
J PON IN ATHENS
Conslantlnoplc April 18 Tho porto has received a dispatch from Edhim Pasha SO
TUHKS KET1U3AT
1 g 2iKS IMlTllUlll TIIEIU lOSI
M = tid > s Aiuiii M xiziitts
O o
tho Turkish commander In chief at Elassoua dated Saturday Baying that In ron ttlili tiBiro > id The
sequenco of nn Invasion of Turkish territory by tho Greeks his troops have seized Injur ot Arm Armed All tho
tho heights of Ilorrar and Volschko Tho fourth dlIslou from Elassona under < j Slnli liilmtiltiinlK
Halda Pasha and a full brlgado under Nam Pasha havo entered Greek territory r i
Elassona
April IS Tho Greeks from all their positions In tho Knraya district
began tho advanco towards tho frontier at 7 oclock Friday evening Tho lighting
lasted all that night and extended on Saturday to within ten tulles ot tho frontier
It Is said that 1D000 Greeks were encaged Tho battlo continued with great Igor
throughout Friday night and Saturday
On Sunday morning tho firing wa3 concentrated toward tho southeast of Ml
louaiia About noon today Sunday tho Greeks began to glo way after the hot-
test fighting ot tho engagement Tho Turks advanced only a little be > ond tho
frontier Into Greek territory Considering tho rapidity ot tho firing ami the gieat
expenditure of ammunition Iho number of killed Is comparatively small probably
under 200
Altogether the behavior of tho Turkish troops was better than that of tho
Greeks Their officers remained collected
Tho firing continues but It Is expected to ceaso at nightfall as tho trooua
havo been engaged thirty hours without food or sleep
A BATTLE AT KAKAYA
HE GItEEKS CltthsS Tim IIVE
VA MS FATAL COIIIIAT
TtlrltlNli Demi mill AVonmleil Xmiter
nils MclllntlN Volunteer mill Alii
lie firceUn tit Victory
Headquarters of tho Turkish Army In
Mncedoula Elassona April IS Copy-
righted 1807 by the Associated Press
The correspondent of the Associated Press
has Just returned from Karaya on the
Greek frontier north of Tyrnmvos and
three hours ride from here A battlo be-
tween tho Turks and Greeks is now raging
at Karaja Tho fighting has bcecn In
progress all day The correspondent left
tho Turkish headquarters oa horsebacfc
yesterday morning and arrived at Karaya
three hours later Tho battlo was then
proceeding and tho correspondent was un
abled to watch the fighting from a point
near tho tent of Hamdt Pasha who Is in
command ot the Sixth army corps tho
Tuiklffh forces there engaged Hatnclt
Pasha currounded by his staff was
watching the movements of tho opposing
forces Tho combatants were posted on
two hills overlooking a small valey a
distance of about a mile
U appeared that the Greek force
which was evidently composed of regular
troops ot Greece crossed tho frontier at
S oclock yesterday evening and advanced
upon tho nley referred to at an early
hour this morning Tho Greeks were en-
gaged by four battalllons of Tuiklsh In-
fantry after somo sharp fighting were
drhen back toward tho frontier Tho
Greek force howccr then took up a po-
sition on tho crest of several hills and tho
combat was resumed at 10 oclock
Among tho invaders are considerable
numbers ot Sicilian volunteers At Inter-
vals ot about two hours tho Greeks re-
newed their attack on tho Turkish posi-
tion Tho Turks remained calm and stood
on the defensive though suffering consld
erablo loss The number killed and
wounded among the Turks could not bo as-
certained at that time but the correspon-
dent saw fortyeight Turks wounded and
brought lo rear with tho bodies of fio
Turkish officers Only tho wounded Turks
and tho bodies of the officers wcro brought
to tho field hospitals from tho front
benco tho numebr of men killed rould tot
bo lcarnncd Tho dead wcro loft where
they fell
At 4 oclock In the afternoon when tho
ORDEREDTO BOMBARD PREVESA
Turkish Fort Fired On and Sank a Grecian Steamer
in Gulf of Amhracia
FOUR GREEK GUNBOATS ENGAGED IN FIRING
Maccdonln Was Attempting to Leave the Port When She Was SunkThe
Crew Was Saved hut the Captain Was Severely Wounded
iort Is Strongly fortified
Athena April 18 11a m Copyrighted 1S97 by the Associated Press The
Turkish batteries nt Previwn on tho noirh shorn of tho entrance of Iho Gulf of
Arta where according to tho treaty ot Ilcrlln tho Turkith had no rlRht to erect
fortifications tired on and sank a Greek steamer tho Macedonia this morning
while sho was attempting to lcao tho Gulf ot Alnliraela Tho crew of tho steamer
wero saved by boats from tho shore but Iho captain of tho Macedonia was se-
verely wounded
Upon receipt ot this news the Greek government sent orders to tho Greek
fleet In tho Gulf of Ambrosia to bombard Provesa Conrcqucntly Iho bombard-
ment of lrcvca1 commenced nt < > oclock this mobility and continues as this
dispatch Is sent Prcvcsu which Is In Eplraeits nnd eighteen miles from Arts Is
strongly fortified
A telegram Just received from Aetlum states that tha Greek flotilla In tho
Gulf of Ambrasla Is now I p in successfully bombarding Iho Skntldakl gar-
rison Four gunboats nro nttacklng AIngoa Tho tiring opened nt long rango
about 2110 p in Tho first shot was scut by the Grcok warship Itislleus Gcorglos
tho cruiser Naunrlchos Mlnulls taking up the tire Tho lluniledch and Puntoka
toros batteries returned the flro but their practice was not good At j p m
a shell from tho Nnuarlchoa Mlnulls fell silly In tho Hamldleh battery
AlliCfiM April 111 lt lie TortH < iotp one ulileti Is lie nlriiii enl
lilise been destroyed u lrennu hy lie liiiiubiiriliileitt of Creclc licet
IREVENT T1113 KIGUTING
IllKXCII M WSPAlEH WANTS THE
POWEItS Tl > lvri IIVEMl
reelc Siilijeels In TurUey fuller
Amerlellll Iriileellim Vtore lie
lulls ill Herein EiiKUKellienlH
Paris April IS Tho Tomi calls upon
tho powers to Interfein by force ot anus to
stop Turkey and Greece fiom further fight-
ing
Loudon April IS A dispatch to the Dis-
patch Irom Constantinople says the Greek
siibjirta there probably will remain under
tho protection of Mr Terrell the AlUcil
can minister It Is belloved tho hostllltleu
will break Iho deadlock and lead to nn ar-
rangement between Grce < o and Turkey
Alliens April IS Tho Asty says the
OreeK troops have occupied tho citadel ot
tho ProMwa and It Is believed tho Turks
aro bombarding Vonltza
Ixmdoii April 18 Tho Tlmco corre-
spondent nt Elassona will say tomorrow
I visited the hospital today Sunday and
found all admirably conducted Hut the
neeno was moat distressing tho wounded
screaming In their nguny and feverishly
tearing tho bedding In their delirium in
the bills Iho fighting Turks had tho ad-
vantage They wero Judiciously iunbiiHliil
nnd from their shcltciod position mado an
Incessant fire Todny Sunday fighting at
Molouna Pats Took place around three out-
lying block houses which wero captured
tlien retaken captured again and again re-
taken Too Greek positions suffered se-
verely from tho splendid shrapnel practice
of Turkish batteries at a rango of 3S00
met no Columns of smoke could bo seen
ilslng in every direction from the Greek
position eaured by the Turkish shell fire
The Greeks defended with thn gnatcst
courage but wero notnblno stand nsalust
ho slow but steady advanco of tho Turkn
As evening oamo on three nt the
Greeks surrendered nnd asked the
Turks lo erase thn shell fire Tho latter
now hold the advanced line except at one
spot Tho principal fighting by tho Turks
was at Skumba and Dumfnl to the right
of Ihn pass
Thn Elassona correspondent rays also
Tho position of nffnlrs seemB lo bo that
tho Turkish movement on Nczeros la a
feint to draw attention from Mlleuns
where It Is olrtent Edhem Pasha Intends
to ndvnnco In force on Larlssa This at-
tempt will lead to severe fighting Tho re-
sults of one days fighting aro Indecisive
Accounts of It are hlased according as thoy
eotno from Greek or Turkish nourccs It
appears however pretty certain tho Turks
had tho ndvantngo
Tho Greeks wero partially successful In
their movement nt Karaya which was
aimed nt cutting off Turkish communica-
tion with Salonlca where tho Greek fleet
Is expected almost Immediately There Is
now nows of land fighting from Enlracus
as tho raiders foiled to bold Kranla
Edhem Poslm Is still In Tanama but
the Greek forces In Eplraous aro belloved
to be superior to Turkish forces
i3hma ixsrnoTiojr
Williams OMrer Ailvl e Turkey < o
Art on Defensive
Constantinople April 18 Tho German
general sent by Emperor William to In-
spect thn armies of tho frontier has re-
turned from Wessons He reports favor-
ably as to tho Turkish army except In
tho mater of transportation Tho Greeks
he considers inferior in armament and less
capable of standing fatlguo and exposure
In tho event of complications in tho Ila
kans ho advises that Turkey should act
oa tho defensive against Beryls Hulgarla
and Montenegro and on tho oHenslvo as
against Ureeco An Irado Just Issued ay
thorlies blm to continue bis Inspection
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THE TPItltS OIIJ A IHIT
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Tluit Imt Itcdureil but lie llut
terles Nenr 1re enu Were Mleuc
eil liy Ibe Greeks
Athens April IS Tho Greek commander
at Aetlum opponllu Prcvcsu telegraphs
tlutL tho Gteek steamer Macedonia which
was flicd upon this morning by tho Turk-
ish battery while loavlug the Gulf of Am
brasla did not sink In deep water but was
able to run ilshoro near tho entrance ot tho
gulf
It iTppcars that tho homhardment of Pro
icon only began at 1130 a m whereas Iho
Turkish foils opened n hot flro upon Ae
tlum at G 0 a in Aetlum was formerly
a telegraph slallon but tho building was
converted into a fort and was garrisoned
by fiOO men
Tho Turkish tlio completely destroyed
It several of tho garrison being killed or
wounded although tho Turkish nlm was
often wide Thu Creel commander re
quested Instant Instructions by telegraph
and Iho minister of war orderid him to
bombard lrevioa Immediately At 10 a
m tho Shafldnkl fort fired a tow allots on
a Greek gunboat which replied effectually
silencing Iho Turkish battery
At 11CO Iho Greeks began to attack tho
Turkish forts outsldo of tho gulf partly to
divert tho enemys attention nnd partly to
tiroeiit the mnssacro of tho Greeks at Pro
vca Tho Greek Ironclad Spetznl has ar
rlcd lo assist In tho liombardment ot Pre
vesa and the gunboats continuo lo bom
bard lusldo tho gulf
According to tho latest telegrams from
Aetlum 10000 Greeks havo crossed tho gult
of Arta from Venltza lo Salngora and are
now marching on Provcna Various ro
porls nro current as to tho landing of In-
surgent handn on tho Chalkls peninsula
Iluglcn are sounding In various quarters
of tho illy soldiers ure hastening to their
barracks nnd bodies of troops are hurried
ly equip and nro being dispatched to
thn front amid onthuslasllc ovations from
the crowds that fill tho streets
Numerous conferences havo taken plaod
toflay between thu king nnd coblnot and as
tho result of them the two last classes of
1881 reserves havo been called out
Turkey I lie A rr or
Athens April 18Midnight Tho gov-
ernment has addressed a nolo to Asslm
ney cxpreslng surprlso at tho allegations
contained In his nolo to M Skouze ao4
liolntlng out facts proving that Turkey
Is tho aggressor The government dls
clalma al ir > l > 6nilhlilty for any events
that may now occur
Tho Metropolitan of Athens boo ordered
prayers 111 all the churches for tho success
of the Greek army
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