The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-04-26
GLOOMY FOR GREECE.
Turks Now OF Top Even in
| EpiruS.
|DNSTANTINE UNDER A CLOUD.
Retreats Ordered When Victory
Seemed Nigh.
TURKS SAVAGE In TRIUMPH
Fires IiOhtad m thg b0dieS 0f
TURKS SAVAGE IN TRIUMPH
Fires Lighted on the Bodies Of
Wounded Beasts.

Maddened by the Burning of Their
Comrades In n Church, wounded
Greeks at Athens Longing to he
turn to the FrOntier-Many Curl
Gus Reports In Circulation About
the Movements of the Greek Fleet.
Foreign Residents of VOIO Appre-
hensive of An Attack From the
Turks-COl. COumaudOurOs Meets "a
Severe Rcverses at Patepigia.
Copyrght, 1897 by the Associated Press
"a Athens, April %. noon.--It is useless to
deny that a very gloomy view of the war
prospects is taken here by the better in
Formed. There are, however, no signs of
b panic The city exhibits an attitude of
Aignifed endurance, while many persons
still show an unabated enthusiasm for
Eight This symptom is particularly no.
tieeable- among the wounded now in
Athens. Their one desire seems to be
8hea!ed in order that they may rejoin their
*eolors. Naturally the spirit is much fos-
tered by the confirmation of the reports
that the Turks have burned the Greek
wounded in church at Kurtzioli The
Turks lighted fires on the bodies of
wounded beasts. Many of the Greek
wounded implored their comrades to kill
them; others committed suicide.
Although 1t is said that the Greeks car
ted off all their guns from Tyrnavos and
Arissa and also destroyed the provisions
Doth places. they could not. however.
1ansport the guns to Pharsala. IT is re-
N'antly believed by some in Athenian
Eeles that the retreat was somewhat
@orderly. and that some of the guns
'ere abandoned with but feeble defense
! seems probable, however, that in the
NNNANNN was III ROOU OfQGf.
Ihis morning the word goes forth here
aat the government will persevere in the
aFuggle with greater determination. The
fport' however, has not served to ally
ae growing irritation at the belief that,
wen II Greece could not hold her own,
ue hon-ofensive policy manifested in the
Nders OF the crown prince not to attack
sas idiotic and un-Grecian. The retreat to
"arsaia Is considered a poor response to
NE hery speeches Nof Crown Prince Con-
"antine to his troops
Naturally all sorts of reasons are ad-
'ahced to explain why the Greeks retreat
ea' the more candid admitted that the
urAs We're too strong. It is also pointed
olt that the Turkish cavalry did much to
urn the scale in favor of Edhem Pasha.
Inc Greek fleet is also the subject of
many curious reports. one of which asserts
mat the eastern squadron has bombarded
Dedeagach. 1t is known that the Turks
Yesterday ordered that all the lanterns on
'he hght houses on the Gulf of salonlca
should remain unlighted. Five cruisers and
4our torpedo boats are operating along the
coast between Platamona and Katerina.
Inc British and French subjects resid-
ing at Volo have wired TO their respective
ENJOYS here begging for the dispatch Of
"arships to Volo to protect them. The en-
Noys nave wired to their governments and
70 the admlrals at Canea, but at Athens IL
Us considered Unnecessary to comply with
the request as an attack upon Volo is no
part OF the Turkish programme.
Dispatches from Arta somewhat mod,rv
yesterdays reports and tone down the
glowing prospects, although the Atheulans
are still hoping that the capture of Tanina
may come as an offset to the retreat fror,
Inesaaly. There Is no confirmation Of Tho
report that white flag has been seen
hylng over the Prevesa citadel ana po,.
sadia has not yet been captured.
Nol Coumaudouros, with a battollon 80
l'2'o engaged $500 Turks at $3.50 D. M ves.
,efday Saturday on the eastern from, =,
!, ! ,.n,loplgia. The battle lasted until 7.9o
e'oek 10 the evening. II Is undorstoog
nat the Greeks lost 100 killed and wound
.u' Col coumaudouros had no artillery
COL Manoa has returned 70 Aria win
'ne 'hird division. The Second brigade
I"''r COL bozares. Is twenty kliometres
rom Aria it, forward movement Is re-.
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