Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-05-01
FURIOUS GREEKS.
Revolutionary Sentiment Aroused
by Recent Defeats.
Angry Crowds Parade the Streets of
Athens-King George, Late the
Popular Idol, Is Mennccd--
blamed for the Reverses.

gency is the revolutionary feeling dis
played at Athens. Ex-Minister Ralli,
leader of the principal opposition group
in the Legislative assembly, threatened
that unless the military staff was
changed he would issue n proclamation
to the people. His statements acted
like oil upon fire, and the popular eX-
cltement has flared up. Crowds assem-
bled in the streets to discuss them and
wanted to march to the palace to read
them to King George. Fortunately,
heavy showers drove the people in
doors.
M. Delyannis, keenly alive to the ne
cessity of immediate action, had an
audience with the king, and after the
interview announced that the staff of
the crown prince would be recalled and
that ex-Minister Ralli, with three of
his nominees-Gen. Smolensli, Gen.
| Mavromichali and Col. Dimopoulo-
would be appointed to replace them.
NJ. Ralli, in n published interview,
says: "The moment Constantine ar
rived at the seat of war the sole thought
of the responsible commanders was
| not to attack or to withstand the Turks,
| but to effect safe retreat if neces-
sary. All orders emanated from the
| palace. Those issued by anyone else
were ignored"
The Daily Telegraph's Athens corre-
spondent says: "All of M. Ralli's con-
ditions have been accepted. The king
gives carte blanche to his ministers.
As the public begins to learn the truth,
anger against the palace party in
creases, and n feeling of hostility
against NJ. Delyannis is steadily grow
ing"
| 1t is reported on good authority that
arrangements are being made to enable
the royal family to leave the country
hastily in case of necessity. People had
generally credited the rumors that the
crown prince would be recalled and
that the government was willing to con-
slider peace overtures. 1t is impossi-
BILE 10 say what will happen when it is
known that the war is to be continued
and the crown prince retained in COM
| mand.
The Athens correspondent of the
Times confirms the report of the ap-
pointment of Gen. Smolenski as chief
of staff of the Greek army in Thcssaly
In an interview NJ. Ralli unsparing
ly denounced Constantine's staff, which
he holds responsible for all that has
happened. He denies that there was
any real battle at Matt; says the Greek
troops were never defeated at that
point, and attributed the sudden de-
cision to abandon Tyrnavos and Laris-
So to the cowardice and incapacity of
the general staff.
Whatever may be the value of NJ.
Ralli's structures, they seem for the
moment echoed by the oice of the null
titude. Newspapers which only the
other day were eulogizing King George
and NJ. Delyannis for having placed
themselves at the head of n national
crusade are now bounding on the peo-
pie against the constituted authorities.
Some are openly attacking the crown
prince. Others go so far as to announce
that he has been recalled, the wish APP
parently being father to the thought.
Journals which formerly made war are
now trying to make revolution. What
may be the result of the present storm
of obloquy it is difficult to foresee.
Tyrnavos and Larissa TO have been not
only unnecessary but most ill-advised,
as it endangered the safety of Gen.
Smolenski's column, which, however,
fortunately succeeded in making its
way to Pharsala. One Greek battalion,
entering Tyrnavos after the Turkish
occupation, was compelled to surrender
The army, as whole, retreated in
small detachments to Pharsala. There
is no doubt now that Crown Prince Con-
stantine ordered the bridges to be de-
stroyed before the Greeks abandoned
Lar;ssa, but damage could not be done
beyond what could be easily repaired
by the Turks. 1t seems equally certain
that the Greeks only escaped a crushing
defeat with returning daylight by pre-.
cipitate flight.
Athens, April 27.-A dispatch from
Arta filed at 2:45 Monday afternoon
says the left wing of the Greek army
at Epirus, under the command of Col
Goliphinopulos, was advancing victo-
riously on Prevesa. 1t was garrisoned
by $500 Turks. For two days there had
been heard the continual booming Oh
cannon from the Greek war ships, but
the garrison still held out.
The Turks, the dispatch says, were
: apparently panic-stricken. On the
march toward Prevesa the Greeks
found coffee still boiling on the fire
in the barracks of the Turkish soldiers
The Turks left everything behind
Thousands of sheep and many more
thousands of bags of wheat fell into
the hands of the Greeks.
The correspondent of the Times a
Volo, in dispatch dated Saturday, says
the general impression there is tha
the campaign is ended and that the cen
ter of interest has been transferred from
the seat of war to the diplomatic chan
celleries of Europe.
/ Try TO Trick Lucky Baldwin.
San Francisco, April 27.-Miss Lillian
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