The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-22
EVIDENCE AGAINST GREECE.
A Captured Invader Says the Move
WINS Organized by Greek Officers.


Elassonia, April 16.-(Copyrighted
1897, by the Associated Press. Head
quarters of the Turkish Army in Mace.
donia, Thursday evening, April 16.-Dc,
layed In transmission 1.-The representa-.
tive Of the Associated Press Mt the Turk
ish headquarters has just seen prisoner
who was captured by the Turks during
the fighting which has taken place at
Krania with the Greek irregulars. The
man was dirty, wore tattercd clothes and
had on his head q helmet upon which the
badge Of the Ethnike Hetaria the Ma
tional League Of Greece.
lie declared that he belonged to n band
of irregulars which left Trikhala after
receiving an ovation from the inhabitants
OF the place. under the command of q
captain and two lieutenants of the Greek
regular army and accompanied by medi-
cal officer, who was wounded, This ex-
petition, the prisoner added, was or
ganiscd BY officers of the Greek regular
army and was openly ordered to invade
Turkey, not to harm the villagers, and to
fight the Turkish troops only.
After these statements it is difficult to
deny that the Greek irrcgulars were Or
ganizcd with the knowledge of the Greek
authorities. This confirms the inquiries
made on this subject by Seyfoulah Bey,
an officer on the staff of Edhom Pasha,
the Turkish commander-in-chief, for
mcrly an attachc of the Turkish legation
mt Athens, and, consequently, familiar
with the personal appearance of many
Greek officers, some of whom he recog-
nizcd among the insurgents. The whole
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accusation against Greek good faith.
The representative of the Associated
Press has visited the greater part of the
frontier line in this district and, after in
speeding all the passes, il convinced that
the Turkish forces hold such strong posi-
tons that the Greeks will never be able
10 enter Turkish territory in force. In
fact, The correspondent can not even
imagine the Greeks will make an attempt
to do so, while. on the other hand. the
turkish commander-in-chief could send n
mass Of troops into Greece by several
routes and easily capture Larissa.
Chief Broufas. who was the soul of
the Macedonia rising last year, and upon
whose head Turkey set n price Of 1000
francs, and who was supposed to be
dead, has reappeared. He is now organ
iZing an invasion Of the Chalcidoke pen
insular with view of diverting the
Turkish army in Macedonia. He has
assembled 2200 members of the Ethnike
Hetaria from Chakis. Roumclia, Athens
and Volo and embarked them on cou-
pie Of steamers which were to leave the
gulf Of Volo on Wednesday last for the
coast of Chalcidike, there to raise an in
surrection.
A Turk who was posing as the cor
respondent Of the Journal de st. Peters
burg has been arrested as spy.
Another fight is reported across the
frontier. 1t is said the Turks lost 80
killed and Il small number of prisoners.
\ Turkish corporal and eight soldiers
who had been captured by the invaders
have arrived ut Ergastcria, to which
point they were sent by the order of the
Crown Prince Constantine, where they
were released after being disarmed The
appearance of the Turks excited great
curiosity, but they have not been modest
cd. There are thirty other Turkish
prisoners still at Nolo.