The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-11
THE CREEKS Will Yield
To the Conditions Insisted Upon by
Germany.
AUTONOMY FOR THE CRETANs.
Affairs at Volo Are Now Fast Assume
Ing Their Normal Condltion-The In
mbitants Indignant at the Greek
Troops Desertion of the Town.

Ing Their Normal Condltion-The In
mbitants Indignant at the Greek
Troops Desertion of the Town.
Athens, May 1.-THE conditions in.
sisted upon by Germany, the chief OF
which Is that Greece shall give her
formal consent to the principal of au-
tonomy for Crete, will be accepted by
the Greek government. The note of the
powers has not yet been presented. but
1t has been drawn, and Is to the fol-
lowing effect:
Upon formal declaration by Greece
that she will recall her troops and
agree to such an autonomous regime
for Crete as the powers in their wisdom
shall deem best, and accept unre-
servedly the counsels of the powers,
they viii intervene in the interests of
peace.
The note will probably be presented
this afternoon, after the German min
lister has received final instructions. 1t
is understood that Greece in her re-
ply will assent to all of these condi-
tions.
NJ. Ralli, the premier, and M. Skou-
loudis, minister of foreign affairs, had
a long interview last evening with Mr..
Egerton. the British representative,
which has caused considerable COM
ment. 1t Is believed to be connected
with the expected intervention of the
powers.
A dispatch from Domokos says that
the heavy rains there prevent fighting.
Affairs at VolO are fast assuming
their normal condition, but the inhab-
itants are very indignant at the way
in which they were deserted by the
Greek troops. 1t is said that when
the municipal authorities asked the
military commandant what they were
to do when the Turks arrived he re-
piled: DO what you like; it's no con-
cern of mine"
The Greeks at Almyros are in
state of panic. The newspaper corre-
spondents with the Greek forces are
subjected to the severest censorship.
General Smolenski is highly praised,
but the prevailing opinion is that the
majority of Greek officers have had
only the smallest practical training,
and entirely fail to command the con-
fidence of their men.
The Turks found a quantity of rail-
road material at the Volo railroad sta
tton, but they were unable to use the
engines, as the Greeks had removed
essential parts.
The Turkish officers complain of the
non-resistance Of the Greeks, and de-
clare it is not war, but merely mill
tary promenade. The opinion is ex-
pressed that the Greeks are avoiding
a serious fight in order to spare their
troops, who may be NEEDED at Athens in
the event of a revolution.
1t is reported that Turkeys terms of
peace include the pay of an indemnity
of $4,000, 900 ($l5, 900, ,OOO), a rearrange-
ment of the Greek frontier, the arnul-
ing of the treaties favoring the Greeks,
the cession of the Greek fleet to Tur-
key and the settlement of the Cretan
question.
Mr.. Stevens, the special correspor-
dent of the London Daily Mail with
the Turkish forces in Thessaly, de-
clares that the province has been lost
through rank cowardice. Everything
is ripe for serious political crisis or
for revolution The army Is dis
gusted, and the armed peasantry are
universally discontented. The Greek
National society could not have a
better opportunity.
The recall of the forces from Crete
has been received with resignation by
the public. The Delyannis organs at