The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-03
VICTORIOUS TURKS.
, No Declaration Of Peace, but the
War Practically Ended.
THE GREEK ARMY oRUMBLING.

London, May S.-Dlspetches from the
4eat of war in Greece give no indication
Iof cessation of hostilities, though
there Ia still much talk of Intervention
lby the great powers. A Constantine
lple dispatch says that war prepara-
a Itions go on with unabated vigor. Two
commissions COMPOSED of officials of
the ministries of the public works and
OF war have been formed for the pur-
pose of inspecting railways and facili-
hating the dispatch of troops to the
frontier.
:. 1t has been decided by Turkey to
yextinguish the torches In all the light
houses on the Gulf Of Smyrna as far
As Karaburun during the continuance
Vf the war. 1t Is officially announced
that the Greeks resident in Turkey
may become naturalized as an alterna-
Hive to leaving the country. This will
he compulsory for all Greeks officially
Employed in Turkey.
After remaining inactive for two
Hays the Greek troops on Friday re-
Invaded Epirus. The Sixth regiment
advanced and occupied Philippiada for
The third time without fighting. The
Turks are still at Pentepigada and
fmaret has been fortified, the military
g bridge over the river Arta having been
destroyed The streets of Arta pre-
eent strange scene, with the contin-
eous exodus OF citizens and the steady
Incoming Of the peasantry. who camp
put in the streets around fires, with
thousands Of sheep and cattle.
The Times correspondent at Patras.
giving further details of the fighting
.ht pnnfopIoo la np
the officers to provide for the timely
arrival Of reinforcements. a matter so
lHiftlcult in that wild section of the
country, and proceeds
when the Turks opened the attack
\ j realized that their fierce onset might
expel the mere handful Of Greeks, but
i did not realize that this one blow
would throw the entire Greek army
Ia E2irus into hopeless panic and
htause the loss of all the positions
ngnined since the opening of the cam
Spsign.
"Six thousand Turks scaled the
mountain, covered as it is with brush
and rocks, and in the face of firing
which was rapid and continuous. They
qost heavily, in spite of the fact that
two Greek guns were ineXplcably re-
moved from action shortly after the
fuslllade began. The Evzones fought
bravely but were compelled to retire.
"The rest of the Greek positions have
been abandoned There has been ap-
parently no stand anywhere, and the
whole army is crumbling without fir
Ing a shot. We entered Kumuzades,
(which 5000 men with six guns had de-
serted, : accompanied by the terrified
Villagers carrying their property, and
then we descended the rough pass,
where for hours we met no one, The
iretreating and panic stricken troops
Iwere far ahead.
"About midnight we and our MOURN
9ul procession Of villagers overlook the
Jrorted army on the readp crowded and
In utter conf,hon packed with a mass
OF humanlty tumbling onN through the
Iarkness, without hurry and silently,
tor II was a strange panic that had
gelzed the men, sullen. unexcited.
Stubborn determination not to fight,
but to press on toward Aria in a slug
gish, irresistible wave. The officers,
fike their regiments, walked with
gloomy and shamefaced expression,
quite unable to get their men in hand
At Kanopoulo Colonel Botzari and his
staff vainly tried to check the rout and
to make stand"
Captain Rabbek, of King Georges
personal staff. wired here from Athens
Saturday that the right wing Of the
Greek rmy had repulsed the Turks.
but that the left wing had retreated
Behind the old frontier line to avoid
being circumvented. Captain Rabbek
- To-,
after defeat at Pentepegadia, has re-
Aired to Arta, All hope VI continuing
fhs war is now virtually abandoned.
The fleet has returned to Volo for tho
pr1tectlon of the inhabitants"
The Times publishes dispatch from
Larissa which says: The Christians
who ale returning here all say that
During the battle at Milouna Crown
Prince Constantin was at Karadere.
at the foot of the pass. The Greek
army Is dscribed as behaving on that
occasion like a disorderly mob. All
discipline was flung to the winds and
the soldiers fired even on their own
officers, so terrific was the panic. 1t
10 impossible to believe that the army
at Pharsalos can Withstand the Turks
In pitched battle. That the war is
'now practically over is plainly ap-
parent
A dispatch from Lamia says: "since
Friday the whole body Of Greek troops
near Pharsalos and DOmokos has been
drawn up In order of battle, but at this
hour there has been no fighting. The
Inhabitants of Pharsalos have aban-
doned the town In fear of a Turkish
attack, and an exodus has begun from
Domokos in the direction of Lamia, the
refugees pitching their tents in the
open country.
Ismall Pasha, governor of the Island
'of Crete, has protested against the de-
Cision of the admirals allowing food
TO be supplied to Inhabitants in the in
terror. He demands cessation of the
blockade or its complete re-establsh-
ment.
The Athens correspondent of The
Daily Mail telegraphs: Both the fleets
rhsmain idle. The populace continues
Indignant at the filling of the railway
carriages with Crown Prince Con-
} stantin's baggage in the flight from
Earissa, despite the protests of the rail-
way officials. The people say that they
have been cheated and betrayed They
are also angry at the neglect of the
Eovernment to call out the exempted
reserves. who are for the most part
relatives of ministers, deputies and
'aristeorats.
A band Of 1000 irregulars Is about to
start for the front, their standard
bearer, a 19-year-old girl named Helen
! .constantinidis dressed in the same
uniform as the men.
1t is semt-offlcially stated that Lord
Halisbury's proposal to the powers for
u conference at Paris to discuss meas
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