The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-10
TURKISH SOIL IS INVADED.
Greek Irregulars Cross the Border
and Attack the Troops of
the Sultan.
FIGHTING ALONG THE FRONTIER
General Hostilities Are the Probable
Result of the Movement.
SITUATION AT ATHENS CRITICAL.
Results of the Incident Are at Present Impossible to
Observation-Disclosures Stormy Scene in the
Italian Chamber of Deputies
Aspect r1ost Warke.
SITUATION AT ATHENS CRITICAL

ATHENS, April 10 q 80 a. MA pri-
| vate dispatch just received here from
Kalamabaka says that a band of ir-
| regulars, who were compelled to return
to Greek territory, heard a sharp fusi-
lade between the Greek and the Turk
ish outposts. The official dispatches
| merely report that three Greek bands
invaded the Turkish territory The SEN
sation of the incident is increasing
here, and there is no telling what the
effect of it will be In the present In
| fammable condition of the public mind.
London April 9.-The correspondent
of the Times at Grevena says that at
o'clock this (Friday) morning 1,500
| Greek bandits crossed the frontier be-
tween Metsorro and Diskata, where they
encountered the Turkish troops. The
fighting lasted throughout the day,
with some loss of life and number of
casualties. The Athens correspondent
of the Times says it is reported there
that the invaders consisted of $500
carefully picked men, who had been
equipped by the Ethnike Hetaira
The Daily Chronicles Athens cores
pendent, telegraphing at midnight says:
The following is all that is known here
of the frontier affair near Krania and
Grevena. The commander of the from
tier post telegraphed to the commander
of the eighth battalion at EVzones
| that the Turks after a band of insur-
gents, had crossed the frontier, attack
ed three Greek positions namely those
at Fonika, PrilantZa and the tomb of
Bimbashi. The commander added that
fighting was still in progress.
The Daily Telegraph will publish to-
n
spondent at ElaSsOna, the headquar-
tiers of the Turkish forces on the Mace
dCnia frontier, confirming the reported
invasion of Albania between GreVena
and Krania. The correspondent says:
THE invasion took place early in the
morning, and a deSultory fusilade has
proceeded all day long 1t is thought
probable that fighting will now break
out along the entire frontier. A Turk
ish council of war was held here to-
day"
LONDON. April "a dispatch to
the Evening News from Elassona dat
ed 1920 p. m. today, says: THE in
vading Greeks number 1,00O and are
holding their own. kilograms are pro-
ceeding necessarily between Grevene
and COnstantinople."
Larissa, April ct is rumOred here
that three bands of insurgents, each
numbering about 900 men, have ap-
peared at different points in Mace
donna. 1t is believed that these bands
may force an outbreak of hostilities.
Canea, Island of Crete, April 9-The
Mussulmans and others who had
sought refuge in the fortress Of Kiss
amO arrived here today on board an
Austrian transport The garrison of
the place, however, remained there I'M
deI a continuous fusillade from the in
surgents, who killed two soldiers today.
Later in the day a Russian gunboat
bCmbarded the insurgents, and com
PEELED them to retire to the heights In
the vicinity Of Kissamo.
ELASSONA, Macedonia, April @
Bands of brigands, supposedly Greeks,