The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-20

pefiinS cessation Vi tIoStihlieo'
Should Force Become Necessary.
LONDON, April 10, I p. m. Copy
rghted 1897, by the Associated Press.)
in spite of the fact that the hostlll-
ties on the Greece frontier have caused
but little excitement here, commun1ca-
tons have been in progress all day
long between the Foreign Office and
Rome, France and Athens 1t is re
ported tonight that among the other
matters considered is the expectancy
of ordering the international fleets 10
leave Cretan waters and to go in the
direction of Salonica and The OAR
danelles to watch the fighting, with a
view to localizing it, if necessary. by
naval intervention. Should this sug-
gestion, which is understood to eman-
ate from the Italian Foreign Office, be
acted upon, it is probable that only
half the fleet of foreign warships would
be Withdrawn for such a purpose, the
other half remaining to continue the
Cretan blockade.
There is said to be a sharp difference
of opinion between the military pow
ers, Russia, Austro- Hungary and Ger
many, and the maritime powers, Great
Britain, France and Italy, as to the
most expeditions and least violent
methods of compelling a cessation of
hostilities, should this result not be
reached by the exercise of diplomatic
pressure at Athens and Constantinople.
The likelihood is that the force to be
employed by Europe, if resort TO
force becomes necessary, would be by
sea, as the contingencies of military
Intervention might be more serious
than the hostilities now in progress.
1t is reported at the Foreign Office
that the communication received here
from the Marquis of Salisbury, after
his interview with Queen Victoria at
Nice, supports the theory that the Brit
ish Government is using its utmost en-
ergy to persuade both the combatants
to make a cessation of the conflict at
the stage which it has now reached.
NJ Hanotaux who received the Greek
Minister to France to-day, is under
stood to have assured him that while
France could not tolerate the indefinite
prolongation of war, and would never
of the existing territories of Greece and
Turkey, she would continue for the
present her policy of non-intervention,
except so far as intervention might be
necessary to prevent the spread of the
contest to other combatants.
The situation on the frontier has not,
according to the latest advices, been
materially modified to-day. Both the
Turks and the Greeks are resting from
the tremendous exertionS of Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. The troops of
Edhem Pasha We're half dead with ia
tigue and hunger when the firing slack
ened last night. Most Of them flung
themselves down where they stood on
the bare ground to sleep. The Turkish
commander-in-chi prudently decided
to allow his army to rest to-day.
AS details come in, it becomes more
and more apparent that the fighting in
Milouna Pass was of the most stubborn
and savage character. The Turks
fought like devils, and the Greeks re-
sisted in the spirit of their ancestors
The most inexplicable fact in connec-
ton with the whole engagement is the
comparatively small number of killed
to this The Turks appeared to have
fired as wildly with their rifles at Mi
louna Pass as they did at Aria, where
the fighting consisted of an artillery
duel between the rival batteries on
each side of the river lasting about
four hours in che afternoon. There
they fired only about one out of four
five shots with any effect, and their
batteries were soon slenced by the
Greeks. whose Workmanship was very
much superior. The Turkish losses at
Arta are believed to have been very
heavy On the Greek side there was
not man killed.
Later-9 D. m.-General Smolenitz
ex-Minister of War is in command of
Il. 600 Greeks at Reveni. not far from
Tirnovas, northwest of Larissa. At
this point Edhem Pasha, closely press
ed. was nearly taken prisoner His
plan was to force the pass of Eeveni, to
enter the plain of Larissa, and to cut
off the retreat of the Greek army with
his cavalry, and thus take Larissa
without resistance. But this plan was
defeated. General Demopoulis, at the
head of one Greek division, forced the
Turkish line at Boughaiz, close to Tir
navos, and General Mavromochale
broke through at Koniskos. The two
Generals united their troops near Da-
mast.
The news of this success at Reveni
and of the imminent fall of Prevesa
has changed the dismay caused at
Athens by the loss of Milouna into the
widest rejoicing. The latest advices
tonight are that the Greek troops are
advancing to reoccupy their positions
at Milouna and Gritzvali, the latter of
which, ii is alleged, was abandoned
owing TO a misunderstanding of the
General in command, who interpreted
as an order to retreat what was really
intended as an order to advance.
| Captain Tagardo, who was wounded
at Gritzovali, shot himself in order to
avoid falling into the hands of the
! Turks.
The Greeks report that the Turks lost
! 1000 killed and wounded at Reveni.
but this estimate is probably excessive.
/ The Greek engineers constructed a
| bridge at Pacyskalos to enable their
forces to cross the river It is said that
| the Turkish forces attacking Reyeni