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Greeks, especially near the station.
The Turks continued to advance until
they came into close quarters, and then
the crown prince decided to retire to
more commanding positions. All the
ammunition and supplies have been
transported to Domokos, on the heights
Of which the Greek batteries are pre-
pared for action. The Turks have
burned the village of Tatri, and have
massacred a priest and an entire FAM
lily in the village Of Dioskani.''
: PHARsALos, May 6, dnorning).-
was ascertained at daybreak that the
Greeks had evacuated Pharsalos dur
ing the night. The majority of the
Greek forces are retreating on Domo-
kos. The baggage and artillery took
the main road and the infantry crossed
the hills. This would enable the Turk
ish commander-in-chieft to attack sep
arately either Of the two Greek armies
and overwhelm them with his i'm
mensely superior forces, as 1t is not
believed either of the Greek commands
would venture from its entrenched
position into the open if the other were
attacked in force.
The second piece Of bad news for
the Greeks is the cutting of the rail-
road between Pharsalos and Velestino
by the Turks. The interruption cf
railroad communication between Phar-
SaloS and Volo means a very great
deal to the Greeks, as the road be-
tween the two places was a good one,
and a source from which the Greeks
derive their supplies. Then again, the
cutting Of the railroad makes it much
more difficult to defend Velestino, and
the loss of that place would mean
that the Greeks would have to depend
on a difficult road across portion
Of the Othyris range of mountains.
through the Phourka and Malouka
passes. each nearly three thousand feet
high, for their supplies.
1t will thus be seen that positions
of the Greeks are already half taken,
and it would seem that if mastery
retreat could be carried out, it would
perhaps be the best way out of the
difficulty, for Edhem Pasha seems to
hold the key to the situation and is
slowly and cleverly closing around the
Greeks, who, from what the correspon-
dent can judge, are almost at his mercy
unless the great unexpected happens.
The bravery displayed by Grown
Prince Constantine and his brother
Prince Nicholas yesterday have had a
GOOD effect upon the troops, but there
was considerable resentment felt
among The Greeks against their Of
feers in generale sess sss,,.s
LONDON, May 6.-According to spe-
cial dispatch from Athens this evening
the news of the evacuation of Pharsa-
les has caused unqualified despair at
the Greek capital and the irritation is
finding vent against the powers for
non-interferenee and threatens to be-
come so strong as to compel M. Ralli,
the Greek premier to ask the anbassa-
doris to intervene. Special dispatches
received from Athens this afternoon
say that Prince Constantine has occu-
pied an entrenched position at Domok-
os, dominating the plain. Greece, the
dispatches add, is willing to accept an
afmistice.
ATHENS, May GO p. m.-Gen Smo'-
enskis brigade of Greek troops is
about to retreat from Velestino. Smo-
lenski may fall back on Volo and try
to hold that place with the protection
of the Greek fleet, or he may retreat on
Almyro Halmyros) with the view pos
sibly Of effecting a junction later with
the main body of the Greek army. The
report that the powers are intervening
is confirmed. The ministers of Great
Britain, France, Russia and Italy have
been instructed to propose mediation
between Greece and Turkey, and sim
liar instructions to the German and
Austrian ministers are expected every
moment.
The Losses of the Greeks in the fight
ing of Velestino and Pharsalos yester-
day were certainly fully 1000 killed
and wounded, while the Turks lost fully
5000 killed and wounded.
LONDON, May IA dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Rome says that the
pact of the powers constituting the
Triple Alliance was renewed yeSter-
day Thursday for a period of six
a under
the terms of the original agreement,
expired on May 6, and Germany has
succeeded in persuading Italy not to
exercise the right of withdrawal
LONDON, May 1.-THE Daily Tele-
graph prints dispatch from Vienna.
saying that the condition of the king
of Greece is precarious.