The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-20
DoDGINe RESPONSIBILITY.
Turks Trying Hard to Make Greece
in Error.

Athens, April 19.-M. Skouzes, tbs
Greek minister of foreign affairs, has
sent a reply to the note which Assim
Bey, the retiring Turkish minister
/ handed TO him. announcing that ''in
consequence of the aggressive attitude
of Greece, diplomatic relations between
the king of the Hellenes, the SULTAN of
| Turkey and their respective govern
ments were broken off,
NJ. Skouzes, in his answer, says:
In wishing to make Greece respon-
sible for the rupture of the diplomatic
relations, the imperial government ap-
pears to lose sight of the fact that
Greece, far from proceeding to acts of
hostility against Turkey, has had to
suffer during the last few days from re-
peated acts of aggression on the part
of the Turkish army at several points
on the frontier. Owing to the conflict
at the Prophet Elias on March rs, the
royal government drew the attention of
the imperial government to the atti-
tude of the Turkish troops, but instead
of yielding to the spirit of moderation
debating this step, the imperial govern
ment appeared disposed to precipitate
events. Thus, on Friday. the Turkish
army, without provocation, attempted
to obtain possession of Analysis, which
was mutually agreed to be neutral ter
ritory. 1t was ell owing to the persist
ence of the Greeks that this attempt
to violate neutral territory failed.
THE roval government cannot let
pass in silence this act, before it was
officially notified of the rupture of dip
lomatic relations, and while the kings
minister at Constantinople was only
notified at an advanced hour of the
fight the forts at Prevesa opened fire
at o'clock in the morning on the Hell
lenic position at Actium and sunk the
Greek steamer Macedonia"
In the face of this showing there is
little foundation for the assertion of
the sublime porte to the effect that
Greece committed acts of hostility, the
responsibility for the consequences can
in no way rest with the kings govern
ment''
While the incidents of the day along
the eastern portion of the frontier have
not been of a, notable Importance the
at the Gulf of Aria and in the
vicinity of the Albanian frontier have
become more favorable for the Greeks.
The bombardment of Prevesa was re-
sumed at daybreak with but feeble re-
plies from the Turkish batteries at
Hamidieh and Pantocratores. The DO
sition of the Turks is untenable. and 1t
is believed the town will fall into the
bands of the large Greek force in the
vicinity, which is waiting for the de-
molition of the remaining batteries. |
The Greek battleship Shelzia has taken |
the lead in the hombardment.
By an order received at Prevesa from |
Constantinople at noon today the Gulf |
of Aria was officially closed to all but /
Turkish ships.
Colonel Manos, with $4,000 men hav-
ing crossed the Arakphos under the |
protection of the Greek artillery bat
teries is now in Epirus where. it is |
his force is considerably in ex-
cess of the Turkish force. It is re-
ported here that a large BODY OF AL
banians estimated at upwards of 1000,
Who had crossed the Greek frontier.
with the avowed intention of pushing
IN to Larissa, have recrossed and are
now ravaging EDirus. Arta is prac-
-ically deserted.
The mayor is Transforming the public
,ffices and official records to KoniDote.