San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-30
San Antonio, Texas, Friday, April 80, 1897.

pistol in hand, kept his division from
stampeding, shooting down five of his
men.
Mavromichaelis was about to be cleo
ted, when he rose and said: Gentle
men, my comrade, Gen. Smolenski, is
better versed in military schemes than
/ and retire in his favor"
The people are anxious to try issues
again under these two patriotic lead
ers, and another great battle is prob
able.
Ex-Prime Minister Delyannis said in
an interview making an attack on the
king: Il was never in favor of war.
l permitted it to save the crown"
New York, April 3O.-A dispatch to
the Journal from Salonica says:
From Vienna to Nish, in Servia, and
to the Turkish frontier all the news
of Greeks was of defeats and every
where there was great rejoicing, be-
cause the Greek is detested in all of
Southern Europe.
In Austria Hungary and in Servia
it is said that the Greek individual is
equal to three Oriental Jews, therefore
Austria Hungary and Servia all pre-
scented a broad grin at the news of
Greek reverses.
In Servia the said: We are delight
ed; we are happy and at peace for the
first time in our history"
But when Salonica was reached all
this was changed. There were two
sides to the story. While it is true the
Turks gained a great victory at Mil
Ouna and at Larissa, yet the Greeks
had been Vanquishing the Turks at
other points and destroying towns
along the coast near this place. So
great was Turkish discomfort with the
way the war is carried on that they
actually started Osman Pasha, Tur-
keys sole marshal, to infuse new cour-
age into the army.
The hero of Plevna is very old. 1t
is like asking Bismarck to take the
field or sending Victoria around Eng
land stump speaking at a general cleo
ton, but he is idolized by the Turks.
His mere name is a tower of strength.
Salonica is quiet among it's own people
but all say: The quiet is only today.
God knows what will be tomorrow"
A Greek fleet of ten war vessels is
OlllN twenty lllitS uiSldili anu has al
ready bombarded two towns. 1t is
likely any moment to give sixteen
hours notice to the people to leave the
town before bombardment.
Austrian and Italian ships of war lie
in the harbor ready to take care of
their fellow cOuntrymen and all stran-
gers needing protection. In all houses
of the better classes men have their
wives and children in readiness for
flight, Curios boxed up and valuables
of all sorts put in portable packages,
and yet nothing of a panic meets the
eye.
Jews swarm the streets selling goods
and counting money and in the concert
halls music and beer flew together and
men and women flirt drink and smoke
together as if the fate of Babylon will
never be repeated.
Cablegrams from the field of battle
are all alike-all Turkish practically
dictated by a member of the staff of
the COMMUNICATIVE chief. All dispatch
es thus belated and dictated must go
via Constantinople and are subjected
to strict censorship. This seems quite
necessary because after Turkey must
win quickly, unless the Powers inter-
fere. Today she has almost double as
many men in the field as Greece and
millions behind ready to take arms,
while Greece has no more men.
Other correspondents here are Pierre
Mile, of the Journal des Debats, of
Paris; Stanhope, of the Herald; Rob-
erts, Of the American legation and the
London News. They are buying tents,
horses and canned goods and arrang-
ing to secure a military guard for the
three days journey to Larissa, one
day Of which is by rail.