Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-21
TODAY'S WAR NEWS,
King GsOrss Says lho ChaStiSsmonI
Of Iurops Has Commenced,
GREEKS lombard phArEHONA
Turkish Authorities Now Admit Heavy
loses Ia III fngagrm' us on
the Frontier.

PARIS, April 2l.-A correspond ent
OF La Journal at Athens hal an in.
terview with King George OF Greece,
at the paIsce yesterday. His majesty
is quoted as saying that he believed to
tue last moment that peace would be
maintained and did his utmost to
bring about pacific settlement OF the
matter In dispute. The king denied
that Greece c,mmeuced the h0sillities
against Turkey and argued that
Turkey was not compelled TO go to
war because Of the incursions OF the
lew insurgents whom nobody could
have restrained.
Continuing, King George said:
"The truth IL, we we're attacked be.
cause Turkey was ordered to attack us.
There never would have been war
but for certain in trigues which will
appear later. All tue powefs are
more or less against ne. II they
wanted war. they have got 1t.
Suon is the result OF the European
concert. Europe muM understand
that ter forcing us TO war there can
be no question Of limiting 1t. Our
fleet Ia destined to take an important
part, as will soon be learned. Greece
understands that she muet either be
victorious or disappear. The war may
be prolonged and bloody, but IL Is now
too late to stop. A great crime has
been committed against right and
humanity la the Cretan question and
the chastisement has now corr.
menced.p
Purifying sALoNICA.
LONDON, April 2l.- Dispatches
from 5slOnics announce that the
officials there are vigilsntly looking
cut for the Greek heet, having been
informed that the war vessels OF Greece
have been ordered to make an attempt
to seize that city, which is the base OF
Turkish supplies for the army operat-
Ing against the Greeks. The military
authorities al Sal0nica have laid 100
torpedo mines in the bay and iurtner
steps have been taken TO protect the
narrow entrance OF the harbor be.
tween Cape Kara and the main land
OF ,Maceuonia.
,PLATEMoEA BoMBAnDED.
ATHENS. April a., l0:8O u. NIT
is reported that the eastern squadron
OF the Greek fleet 10 bomDaIding
Platsmona on the west sids Of the GUT
OF balonica.
OFF FOR voLo.
ATHENS, April 2l.-rhe Greek IRON
clad Special, whicn has been taking
part in the bombaru ment OF the Turk
ish forti locations at Prevesa, has been
ordered to Tsagheri, in the Gulf Of
Volo.
TURKISH LOSSES HEAVY.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 20-(De-
layeu IN transmission THE Turkish
autho critics hel admit hat the losses OF
the Ottoman troops sIJcs the outbreak
of the war with Greece nave been con.
siderable. The Turkish comma uders
expected fairly easy march To
Lstisss, and did not anticipate the
stubborn defense and despsrats vRlor
with which the Greeks have opposed
the invasion. IZzet Boy, the conf.
dental adviser OF the sultan, has been
uisgraced, owing to his opposition to
war with Greece and 10 his cotton In
proposing that the sultan should
negotiate directly with Greece for the
purpose Of bringing about an amioa Bile
settlement OF matters In dispute be.
twsen Greece and Turkey.
While France 10 protecting Greek
Catholics In the Turkish empire,
Great Britain has undertaken to pro-
tect the Orthodox Greeks during the
suspension OF diplomatic relations be.
tween Greece aud Turkey.
REVOLUTION AT ATHENS FEARED.
LONDON, April 2I.-rne Rome cor.
respondent OF the Pail Mall Gazette
teIegraphs his paper TINS sftern ron
that dispatch has been received there
from Athens expressing lear that,
should the Greeks suffer iutther re-.
verses and the Turks occupy Larissa,
revolution will break out At A theus,
GARIBALDI JOINS THE CREEKS.
ROME, April 2l.-Rlcotte Garibaldi,
a son Of the iamous General daribaldi,
accompanied by the GsribaldIan
veteran, Col. Gattarno, has sailed for
Greece where they will take part In
the war against Turkey. several
steamers 81 various places along the
Italian COASTS are EN- barking men who
have volunteered theif service. to
Greece for the war.
COL. MANos ADVANCING.
ATHENS, April ALL p.m.)-Col.
MAnos, Ia command Of the Greek
army operating against the TURKS In
Epirus, teiegraphs that no has des.
troyed the ImsIst Fort ana advanced
without opposition TO Fillipiada, W hich
place the Turks abandoned after burn.
ing II. COL. Mhnos has hoisted the
Greek tias 0vsr Fillipiads.
The Mississippi Rising.
QUINCY, H.. April 2l.-The Missis.
sippI river at tnis poiut ID steadily ris-