The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-04-10
GREEKS AS INVADERS.
Brigands Have a Fight With Turks
on Turkish Soil.
The INVASION UNAUTHORIZED.
4 Belief In Athens That tho Threat
ened Blockade of Greek Ports VIII
Not Be Enforced--war Will Probg-
bly, lie Averted.

ened Blockade of Greek Ports VIII
Not Be Enforced--war will Probs-
bly, lie Averted.
London. April 1O.-The Daily Chron-
lcle's Athens correspondent, telegraph
ing at midnight. says: "The following
Is all that is known here of the from
Her affair near Kranis and Grevena.
The commander of the frontier post
1T Ts9uf,iani telegraphed to the COM
nander Of the Eighth battalion at
.Cvzones, near Trikkala. that the Turks.
lfter band Of insurgents, had crossed
the frontier. attacked three Greek po.
htions. those of Fonika, Prilantzs and
Me tomb of Bimbashi. The command
sr added that fighting was still in pro.
grsss. AS. however. he asked for only
Shs company of reinforcements. he evil
IDENTITY did not consider the affair d
&fAvs one"
The correspondent of The Times at
Hrevena says that at o'clock yester-
fay morning 1,5O0 Greek bandits crossed
the frontier between Metzoro and Dis
kata, where they encountered the
Turkish troops. The fighting lasted
throughout the day. with some loss Of
life and number of minor casualties.
II 10 reported that the invaders con-
listed of $500 carefully picked men,
khe had been equipped by The Ethnike
Hstairia.
|, Nhe Larissa correspondent of The
Eimes says, II visited Volo yesterday
Rnd found that the last consignment
II supplies. mainly heavy ammunition,
10 being hurried to the front All the
Preparations which can be made are
now practically finished. The troops
continue to arrive. A part of the spe-
eial corps Mauromi Chalides came in
yesterday evening. 1t gets its name
from It's leader, member of family
famous in the war Of 1921, Tho body is
composed entirely Of picked men OF
good position, who give their services
without pay. The corps is self support
Ing. its members wear upon their caps
lht fnette, "Unton or Death" They
Hill probably act as Franc Tirreurs."
h The Daily Telegraphs war corre-
Dpendent at Larissa. the headquarters
H the Greek army. says that much
1atisfaction Is felt there that Russia
has agreed to a plebescte for Crete.
Binder the circumstances 1t is possible
MAT war may yet be averted, for the
nreeles are beginning to fear that they
are not so well prepared to take the
held as the Turks. The reports that
lhe latter now have a formidable force
1t Elassona with which they might
Invade Thessaly. has caused consider
lble uneaslness in the Greek camp.
The conviction still prevails In Ath-
EMS that the blockade of Greece viii
not be enforced though some of the
diplomats believe 1t will soon be an
accomplished fact. The Proia, the
brgan Of the Greek ministry, indignant
" denies the charge that the govern
snent is prepared to barter Crete for
territory assigned to Greece by the
Berlin conference. 1t Is urged that the
powers cannot lawfully prevent Greece
from advancing to the frontier line
granted her by the decision Of united
Europe. and Of which she was de-
prived by the contumacious refusal Of
s Turkey TO conform.
The Vienna correspondent of The
Times learns from private sources that
the prospects are improving In one di-
teetlon, at least. 1t Is believed that
Russia is disposed to give her approval
10 the French scheme of reorganizing
the finances of Turkey. The supposl-
Den Is that as a result Of the influence
OF Count Muravieff, the Russian for
eign minister, an important group of
French fnanciers Is about to submit
to the Russian government a compre-
hensiVe scheme which would provide
for all the requirements of the Otto
man budget and whatever funds might
be necessary to execute the Turkish
reforms insisted upon by Europe.
The Times publishes the following
dispatch from its correspondent at
Canea; The pillaging around Canea
continues. The p'lagers are for the most
part Mohammedan refugees from Can
damo and Slono, 1t is rumored that
Arrangements are being made to emil
CRATE these refugees TO Asin Minor.
The Austrian consul, who has returned
from Kissamo, reports that the Aus
trian admiral on his arrival there sent
boats from the British and Austrian
ships to embark the fugitive Moslems.
Az the boats approached the shore the
Insurgents fired volleys whereupon
the warships bombarded them, firing
over so shells. About 30 Mohamme-
dan women and children then ran down
the beach from the fort and promptly
embarked. The Insurgents continued
to fire upon the boats while these were
returning to the ships. 1t ia believed
that some Of the insurgents were killed