The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-05
Will the Greeks Break
Out Into Open Warfare?
Tuesday Is Anniversary of
Hellenic Independence.
May Pass Without an Outbreak
Against Turks and II May MOI.

Athens April 5.-All the preparations
for the celebration tomorrow, of.the ami
yersary of the declaration of Greek indie
pcndence In 1912, have been completed.
An important public meeting was held to
protest against the action of the powers
toward Greece and TO pledge support TO
the Greek government in any action IL
may think lit To take in the premises.
The decorations of the city are being COM
pleted and at night Athens will be bril-
Iinntlv Illuminated. In this connection
there has been n belief that the celebra-
tlon OF tomorrow will be followed by
declaration of war against Turkey.
This feeling, however, Is not general
Tuesday in Greece is regarded as I'm un-
lucky day To enter upon anything Of great
importance and for this more than for
other reasons, political or military, IL Is
hoped that the independence celebration
will pass off without any frontier Incl
dents which might precipitate the strug-
gle for which Greece has been preparing
for the past two months
Then, again, although this week is
likely TO be "a fateful one for Greece the
orders of Prince Constantine, the crown
prince and commander In chief of the
Greek forces in Thessally, are most strict
that anything in the shape Of "A demon
stration in the direction of the Turkish
frontier Is to be suppressed. The soldiers
and armed peasants, however, are in no
mood tn be curbed, and nobody would be
astonished TO hear OF an aggressive
movement at least upon the part of the
Greek irrcgulars.
The Turkish commander in chief. Ed
ham Pasha. is fully alive tn the difficulty
and dangers Of the situation, and has al
ready siren gthened the frontier outposts.
In short, If any outbreak occurs the
Turks will be found fully prepared to get
it, Fifty thousand Turkish troops, at
few hours notice, can be sent across the
Greek frontier and according to unbiased
military experts, the Turkish flag might
he flying over LarisSa "a few days later.
The Greeks, while animated by fierce en-
thusiasm and desire for war; are not
nearly so we'll disciplined as the Turkish
troops. and the German officers assisting
EdhGm Pasha IN the campaign anticipate
little difficulty IN winning the first bat
tie. 1t is stated today that the Queen
Of Grccce has decided 10 start i'm
mediately for Thessally in order u
superintend, with her daughter
in-l2w, Crown Princess Sophig. the field
nurses attached to the Greek ambulance
corps. The next actual step anticipated in
tic eastern game Is the PROCLAMATION ly
tic admirals of the foreign fleets of the
blockade Of the Gulf Of Athens. This
was % have taken placc today. but up TO
this morning ther ure no signs OF
Nit il llStIittA'D VI Ol ti.t part q Nilc war
suiIs o1 the powc,,. Nobody here seems
tJ doubt that the blockade OF the Gulf of
Athens wonld be followed II lot preceded
by declaration Of war against Turkey
Numbers of correspondents OF English
newspapers have arrived here and at
Salonica and others are at ElassOn.
These men are tried and true and an out
break of war is regarded as almost Ger.
tain The English correspondents who
landed at Salonica were provided with
letters from the Marquis of Salisbury, hut
whilc they have been accorded every
facility, they have not been allowed to
inspect the Turkish forticatiuns. a
dispatch from the representative of the
Associated Press at ElGsson, the Turkish
headquarters, says that the report that
the Greeks iutondcd 70 mount 20 cannon
on an unuccuried point of the disputed
territory Of Mileuna. three miles distant
non ElaSsun will lead the Turkish officers
in that vicinity 60 fire upon the Greeks at
the FIRST sign Cf oTcn attack.
Later dispatches from the front say that
Edham Pasha has ordered all the Turkish
troops on the frontier 10 be under arms
all day tomorrow