Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-10
INVADING GREEKS.
Reports Concerning Yesterdays En-
saetmtnt on The RrOntIsr
MAY PREClPlrATE nOsTILIrIEs.
The Creian Crisis Reviewed BY The
Italian Minister OF Foreign Affairs
in the Parliament.

LONDON, April GA Dispatch to
the Daily News from Bllassona, date
$50 y. m. today, says: The invading
Greeks number LOCO and are holding
their own. Teiegrams are proceeding
necessarily between Grevena and
Constantipoplo.
LARIssA, April Cit Is rumored
here that three bands of insurgents,
each numbering about 800 men, have
appeared at difftreot points In Mace
uonia. It is believed that these bands
may force an outbreak OF nostilities.
LONDON, April 9.-Ths Daily
ChronicIe's Athena correspondent
telegraphing OF Midnight sayt:
Tue following is all that Is known
here OF the iron tier affair near Krania
and 9reveua: The commander OF the
frontier post at Tsoufni telegraphed
10 the commander OF the Eighth bat
talon at Evesonep, near Trikkala, that
the Turks, alter a band OF insurgents
had crossed the frontier anu ATTACKED
the Greek positions, namely, those NJ
FonIKa, Ptilanizs anu the Tomb OF
Bumbashi.
The commander added that firing
wsB still In progress. Az, however, he
asked for only one company oil REIN
iorcements, he evidently did not con-
siuer the affair grave one.
The correspondent OF the Times at
Grevena says that At o'clock this
(Friuay) morning l,50O Greek bandits
crossed inc frontier between MelZefo
and Dlskata, ,where tthey encountered
the Turkish troops. The fighting
lasted through the dsy, with some loss
OF life and number OF minor casual
ties.
ATHENS, April l0.-l:3O ANA
private dispatch just received here
from kalsmbaka, says thata band Of
irreguIars, who wero compelled TO
return to Greek territory, heard q
SHARP iusilaue between the Greeks and
the Turkish outp0sts. the official
dispatches merely report that three
Greek bands invaded the Turkish
territory, But the sensation OF the
incident is increasing here aud there lie
no telling what the effect OF 1t Will be
in the present lnnammoDio cohuitioh
Of the pubic MIMI.
LONDON, April 9.-The Daily Tee.
Rraph viii publish tomorrow die
patch irom its war correspondent at
Elassona Q Jn,e rnirg he reported In
yaslon OIL Albania between Grevena
apu Krsnia. The correspondent says:
the invasion took place early in the
morning and a desultory fusilade has
followed all day. 1t is thought firing
will break cut along the entirefrontier.
A Turkish council OF war was heii
here today.
The Daily News will print tomor-
row the following dispatch from lis
cnrrespoudeut at Larissa: The rela-
lions between the British authorities
and the Greek consulate here arc be.
cominu somu W hat strained. The con-
suia,e is accused OF espionage OF the
Greek military operations In the
locality. Many persons OF doubtful
character have been arrested at various
mes as Turkish spies.
The Turkish consul up TO today has
been allowed 10 send regularly long
cipher kilograms to the Iurkith head
quarters at ElGssona. He applied yes
t.rduy 10 tue Greek project for pass
mort to cross the frontier to Ella soma.
The project sent him the passport, but
he intimaIe1 at the same time to the
consul that 1t would be safer to avoid
such Journeys, leat he might come 10
grief ~ tho MINUS VI GUNS oeoh
sentinel on the outposle, WHO was not
versed in diplomatic complaisances.
The fact that the consul has not yet
started shows that he comprehenda the
full s,Qnificance OF this suggestion,
THE BLOCKADE.
ATHENS, April 9.-The conviction
s,,li nrsyails here that the blockade OF
Greece will not be enforced, although
come diplomatists believe 1t will soon
b, an accepted fact. The Ministerial
Ptomia indignantly denies today the
charge that the government is pre-
paIeI TO barrier Crete ior the territory
assigned t. Greece by the Berlin con-
fereucs.
IL is urged here that the powers