The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-04-12
Sultan Expected to Issue Order to
Turkish Army for Offensive Oper-
atiOns at Any Moment.
INCURSION OF THE GREEKS
DELIBERATE ATTACKS ACROSS THE
FRONTIER AT TWO POINTS.
Official News of the Invasion Showing
the Soldiers Took an Oath
Before Setting Out.

| LONDON, April 1.-THE Times will print
| tomorrow the following dispatch from its
| correspondent at Larissa: ''Goussio, the ac-
credited representative of the Ethnike He
| tairia tells me that he looks for important
news to-day (Sunday) He has been in con-
ference with Greek deputies and with lead
| ing supporters of the patriotic movement
who have recently arrived here, and there
| seems TO have been a deliberate plan to
| leave in the hands of the Ethnike Hetairia
| the initiative. The Greek outposts are being
| quietly strengthened. and small detach-
ments are proceeding TO their positions un-
| der cover of the darkness.
| 1.-The latest information received here on
the subject of the raid shows that the IN
vading insurgents first advanced towards
| Chassanga. 1t is reported that the Turks
opposed the attack with artillery. The
| Greek losses were twenty-three killed and
| twenty-seven wounded. The Turkish losses
are said to have been much greater. 1t is
| rumored that yet another attack was made
| on the Turks in the rear of Mount Olym-
pus, where the Greeks succeeded in plant
ing a flag. Stringent orders nave been is
sued against irregular fighting, and the
penalty of death Will be imposed for any
| infraction.
| The general impression here is that war
| will be proclaimed tomorrow Monday) or
| Tuesday. The position of affairs is now
| extremely critical. Although the Turkish
| army has not yet assumed the offensive, or
ders to that effect from the Sultan are ex-
| pected at any moment. All classes of
! troops are full of war enthusiasm.
| Some details are at last at hand as to the
| skirmish near Gravena- On Thursday
| morning 15OO Euzonoi, uniformed and COM
manded by Greek officers, crossed the from
| tier near Baltmon and advanced to point
| near Gravena- Here they met a detach-
| ment of the Fifteenth Chasseurs, on picket
| duty in the woods, and hemmed them in.
After two hours of sharp fighting the Sixth
| Battalion of Chasseurs came to the rescue,
under the command of Islam Pasha, and
| drove the EuZonoi back to the frontier. The
insurgents lost $50 killed. AT the same time
the Greek artillery was firing on a Turkish
| blockhouse, and the firing continued until
midnight yesterday, the combatants retain
ing their respective positions. 1t is not
known how many Turks were killed. but it
is said the number was small
| The Times correspondent at Athens win
| say tomorrow: THE news of the incursion
| into Turkish territory has been received
| here with great jubilation. The general be-
| lief is that nothing now restrain the
army, which is bound TO follow across the
| frontier in few days. The Athens news
| papers reflect the popular enthusiasm and
| contain highly optimistic forecasts of the
| progress of the band in Macedonia, where
its presence is expected to exert a magical
influence on the Christian population and
to be signal for a general uprising. The
| former exploits of the famous insurgent
leaders accompanying the expedition afford,
it is believed, a guarantee of splendid sue
Guess in the future. One newspaper says
that the die is now cast. that a successful
| beginning has been made that it is all over
| with diplomatic negotiations and identical
| notes of blockadeS, and that the eloquent
voice of the rifle has spoken at last A tel
| egram from Arta tonight Sunday says
that the Greek bands are crossing the from
tier at various points. and that war seems
| inevitable"
| A dispatch to the Times from Canea says
that another fire broke out in the vicinity
Of the Italian barracks, but was ex-
| quantity of dynamite bombs was found
| In house adjoining the barracks. and
promptly seized; Since the arrival of the
| more orderly and the Mohammedans have
| ceased to carry arms openly. The British
| vice consul met a number of inSurgent lead
ers In the town yesterday who informed
him that communications addressed TO them
must hereafter be forwarded through
Colonel Vassos. Last evening Saturday
| the insurgents approached the source of the
| water supply on which the European troops
| depend but retreated after five shots from
the field guns. The Greek troops were OBJ
| served yesterday through field glasses plac-
| ing their tents about two miles away
| from the town in the direction of the Ayah
plain. Two shots were fired at them.
| The correspondent of the Times at Con-
| stantinople says that the foreign embaSsa-
| d0rS there consider the three circular ad-
| dresses in the early part of last week by
| the Porte TO its representatives abroad pro-
testing against the suggestions made by
/ cf he fay~t tIfac ion,
| of the Cretan difficulty meddlesome, Of
| fensive and intended as a tn QuoQue argu-
ment in reply to the recent remonstrance
| against the Tokat massacre. The Porte
| has issued two additional circulars to its
| representatives. The first, which went out
lars and Greek artillery commanded by
bugle call, have invaded Turkey, and as
serts the right of Turkey to repel. The
| terday Saturday., announces the retreat
of the aggressors over the frontier and the
| restoration of the status quo. The embaS-
| sadors consider the Turkish procedure in
| this respect correct.
The Porte. in protest to the powers
against the Greek invasion, says that the
regular Greek army entered Turkish terri
tory near Grevana and committed acts of
protest further declares that these acts
| virtually constitute an act of aggression
and casus belli. and denounces Greece as
an aggressor in the affair. The choice of
the moment TO begin the war does not rest
with King George or with the government
| Dut with the Etnnlke ltetalrla. The dctlV
ity OF this organization has been centered
mainly in Macedonia and only incidentally
in Crete The rebellion in Crete was planned
for March. but was precipitated by the
violence of certain Cretan Mohammedans
and broke out six weeks earlier than was
intended. The Cretan movement was de-
signed TO be subsidiary. The Macedonian
was planned for Il much later date owing
TO the greater rigor OF the Macedonian cli-
mate which is not favorable to active oper-
ations much before May. Events however
have travelled faster than was expected
Even if the Cretan question had been ar
ranged there would have been an attempt
TO carry out the scheme for a rising in
Macedonia.
The correspondent of the Daily News at
! Iarrissa will say tomorrow: ''As an al
legged indication of the connivance of the
Greek government at the raid last Friday
IL is pointed out that orders were sent 10
all the telegraph stations in the country
on the day the band started 10 refuse to
accept messages in cipher. while open tele-
grams announcing the fact of the raid were
not accepted. This recalls the sudden de-
rangement OF Greek telegraph communica-
ton on the day when Colonel yassos start
ed for Crete preventing the diplomats from
advising their governments of the ex-
pedition.
1T Is runlored here that the resignat tfon
of NJ. Delyannis and the Cabinet is pos
sible and that the powers have again Of
| fered the governorship of Crete Prince
Waldemar OF Denmark, but that the Due