The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-14


poncr Thinks Efforts Are on Foot
70 Effect IA Compromised Reign
Of fTerrOr Reported in Epirus With
the Turks Laying the Country
Waste With Fire and SwOrd-An-
otber Council of Ministers at Com
stnntinOple.
Trilxbala, April 13.-10 p. m.-The insur-
cont hands have returned to Greek terri
,orv with the exception of one or two,
which are composed of only small num-
Der.
London. April 1S.-The Athens cores
snondent of the Daily Chronicle, says
that a compromise is evidently in the air.
Turkey is showing herself exceptionally
friendly to Greece, and it is believed in
dipIomatc circles that the two parties, if
left alone, would settle the affairs them
selves in as many days.
Reports from Epirus represent the sit
nation there as a reign of terror. The
Turks are laying the country waste with
fire and sword. The vail of Janah has
ordered every Christian to give the Turk
ish army ten sheep, and a bullock.
A dispatch to the Daily News from Con-
stantinople says that the Turkish YER
sion of the lighting at Baltino has been
published in the newspapers.
Constantlnople, April 13.-Another coun-
Gil of ministers is now in progress at the
Yidiz Kiosk, and it is expected that it
will result in an important decision with
respect to the recent incursion upon
Turkish territory.
Additional battalions are being despatch
ed from Anatola to reinforce the Turk
ish army at Salonlca-
Athens, Greece, April 13.-The frontier
situation is developing slowly for two rea-
sons, in the first place, bad weather
SHOWS rain and bitterly cold winds have
made campaigning in the mountainous
districts anything but a picnic, and have
retarded all movements. In the second
place intentional or otherwise, all dis
patches are being considerably delayed,
d not unusual occurrence since the be-
ginning of the present crisis, but, if the
development is slow, it is none the less
menacng and an open outbreak of hos
tilitias or a back down upon the part of
one or the other or both of the countries
most interested cannot be much longer
DELAYED, as the strain of maintaining
armies of about 100000 men each in the
field is being felt with a steadily growing
pressure by both Turks and Greeks, so
that a declaration of war would be well
coined by either side with a feeling of re-
lief The powers are still trying to avert
war with little prospect of success.
Here and at Constantinople there are
daily prolonged meetings of councils of
mi nf tore ,F--7fI
that there must be a decided change be-
i0re long.
Both Greece and Turkey are trying to
AVOID if possible being classed as the ag
gressor in the conflict which is apparent
y impending and for this reason they
are acting with the greatest caution. The
Greek national league of Ethnike Hetairia
Is a party to this attitude and has been
active in pushing forward a force of 5000
Hfeguars, well armed, supplied, and
| equipped, accompanied by an ample com
4 mssariat corps through the center of
& the Turkish lines with the twofold object
Of cutting off communication between the
turkish headquarters in Macedonia at
Eassona, where Edhem Pasha is in COM
mand, and the Turkish headquarters in
Albania, at Janina where Haiku Pasha
Is IN command, and in getting in the rear
d the Turks, holding Macedonia against
me rule of the sultan, and forming bands
Fl d irregulars, who will harrass the Turk
Rn rear while the regular Greek army
aoes the real fighting in front. In spite
q all official denals nobody doubts that
ne Greek officials were fully cognizant of
me movement of the Ethnil1e Hetairia,
mich has been openly prepared for and
reeiy discussed for a long time.
IA Inc 5,OOO heroic He.lenes who entered
Macedonia have taken the towns of Baltlno
Sad Crania, driving out garrison of 800
urks at the latter place. They are now
dvancing along the snowy ridges of the
INDUS mountains toward Grovena. They
aaVe already cut the telegraph line be-
Neen Macedonia and Epirus,
osmg communication between the
"o divisions of the Turkish
army The enterprise is daring even to
le point OF madness and will go down to
nStory as the bravest act of the century.
mere are 5000 irregulars confronting a
Tained army of 10000 Turks. The war
plrlt mere has reached fever heat. Five
uhdred volunteers arrived to-day from
yprus and marched through the city,
headed by priests with long flowing hair
bearing flags.
Canea, c., April 1s.-while fifty Turk
lsn soldiers were landing to reinforce the
lorts at Kissamo, the Greeks fired on the
uoat Several shots struck an Austrian
ooat which was assisting, whereupon
t"o Austrian and one Turkish gunboat
EoHparded the Greeks and repulsed them.
~ ls SAID that the Cretans recently inn
paIel outside the fort a Turkish non-com-
,, S,oned officer, whom they had cap
Atnens, April 13.-It is stated that
W., ,te french ambassador at Constantinople,
.' Nambon, has been instructed to draft
oe autonomous constitution for the island
G crete allowing the Cretans TO
,ruoose their own governor and provid-
s ,us Tor simultaneous Greek and Turkish
sa'udton Of the island. Il IS feared
r o,,Se Efforts will turn out to have been
made to late
,|yInaon' April 13.--At a banquet given by
& Libhty Club tonight, Sir George Trev-
fiyNn presiding sir Kyt1tta,, xr<,,'-,.. ~