The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-15

| ARTA, May IA g p. m.)-The fighting
at Griboro has ceased, and the Greeks
have occupied various heights in the
neighborhood. Twenty-Five officers and
400 men are hors he combat. The bat
tie will be resumed tomorrow. Since
4 o'clock p. m. the gunboat fiotilla has
been attacking Nicopolis from inside
| the gulf of Ambracsia, with stimuli
taneous attack proceeding from the
| land side. The Turkish batteries re-
piled vigorously and firmly resisted the
| attack. The coming on Of darkness
stopped the engagement. All the Greek
efforts are now concentrated upon cap
| turing Nicopolis and Preusa before ad-
| vancing to Pentepighadia.
Arta, May IA C p. m.)-Desperate
| fighting has been in progress all day
near Griboro on the road to Fillippidia.
Two brigades of Greeks with many
guns, two companies of sappers and
squadron Of cavalry attacked the
Turks, who were almost without artil-
lery The Greeks forced the first Turk
ish line of defense, but met with a
stubborn resistance at the second. In
several places the bayonets were SO
close to the cannon that they (the
bayonets) could not be used. Already
500 of the Greeks are hors de combat.
The battle still continues as this dis
patch Is being sent.
DOMOKOS, May IA e p. m.eThe
Turks have retired in the direction of
Pharsalos.
LONDON, May 1.-THE correspon-
dent of the Times at Athens says: The
resumption of offensive operations in
Epirus greatly complicates the situa-
ton and tends to hamper the negotia-
tions for peace. The evident intention
Of the Greek commanders is to capture
the Turkish positions there in order to
show that they have not been defeated.
In an interview today, M. Ralli, the
premier, repeated his statement that
humanitarian motives are responsible
for the advance on Epirus, but he did
not deny the advantages which might
be hoped for from the capture of Pre-
vesa and the occupation Of the adjoin-
ing Turkish territory. 1--WE are still at
war; he said, land until an armistice
is concluded, Greece retains her liberty
of action. We cannot allow our activ-
ity to be confined to Thessaly, where
the Turkish are preponderant. The
powers have hindered us from acting in
CTete, OUT 0FeecG Cd1lIGOC D6 DdIT6Q
everywhere nor compelled to restrict
her opration to limitd area. We have
done our best to obtain an armistice;
and until it is accorded we must act
where and when we can. If we have
not already prosecuted the war at
various points and among the islands
of the Aegean, it is only because we
have taken into consideration the suf-
ferings to which the Greek population
might be subjected
The government apparently thinks
that a renewal Of the war will hasten
instead of retard the armistice. This
calculation may prove to be correct;
but it is more likely that Turkey will
seize upon it as an excuse for delaying
the armistice and will deal crushing
blow in Thessaly.
Except for the fighting in Epirus the
Turco-Hellenic situation is virtually
! unchanged from what it was yester-
day. 1t is tolerably certain that only
few Greek troops remain in Domokos.
the bulk of Constantine's army having
! withdrawn to Lamia, where it will be
in closer communication with Gen.
Smolenski This probably explains the
reported movements of the Turkish
army, as number of Edhem Pasha S
troops have been marching from Trik-
kala to Volo. Without doubt the re-
spite of the feast of Bairam is very
welcome to the fatigued men. The
fighting in Epirus has been indecisive.
1t is believed that Nicopolis is not yet