The herald., 1897-05-07

the crown prince oeclueo 10 retire.
All the ammunition and supplies have
been transported to Domokos. on the
heights of which the Greek batteries were
prepared for action. The Turks have
burned the village of Tatai and have
ma sacred priest and the entire family
in the village of Dioskani.
PHARSALOS OCCUPIED
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 6.-Edhen
Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chie
lin Thessaly, has sent the following dis
patch to the minister of war, delivered
this morning:
"The imperial army. while marching
to Pharsalos. met the enemy in the vii
Elages of Soubathi. Souledji. Turcomanl
and Lamia. After a severe engagement
lasting fifteen hours, we dislodged then
from their position and advanced t.
Pharsalos, which the imperial army ha!
just victoriously occupied"
PRAISE FOR TURKS
BERLIN, May 6.-An interview will
Grumbkoff Pasha, the German Officer
who reorganized the Turkish artillery
and who entered Larissa at the head OF
the Turkish troops. is published here
Grumbkoff Pasha dwelt upon the splen-
did conduct of the Turks and says the
capture OF Larisea did not cost them q
single man
Continuing, Grumbkoff Pasha says the
works constructed by the Greek engi-
neers of Larissa are deserving of all
praise, and he fails to understand why
they were abandoned. The Turkish army
in the field, he further remarks, is one
of the finest Turkey ever had, and nc
praise is too great for both soldiers and
officers
In regard to the Greeks the general
asserts that both officers and men were
seized with panic, and that great num-
bers of Greeks in the face of the enemy
stripped themselves of their uniforms
donned civilian clothes and beseeched the
Turks to spare their lives. The Turks
treated all their prisoners and wounded d
with the greatest care.
A SOCIALIST AGITATOR
ROME, May GA dispatch from Ath-
ems today announces that Signor Clip
riani, the Italian socialist leader who
headed the first detachment of Italian
volunteers, which crossed the Greek
frontier into Macedonia, and who sub
sequently disbanded his followers in
disgust and returned to Athens. has
been arrested at the Greek capital for
melting the recent demonstrations
against the royal family. Cipriani,
however, was rescued by a mob from
the hands of the police. and is now in
hiding. If he does not succeed in es-
Gaping from Athens, he will be rear
rested and expelled. if the local author
lties have their way
DISORGANIZED TROOPS
LONDON. May 6.-The Daily Mails
correspondent at Palais. under date
of Wednesday. says: The Greek bat
talon today attacked the Turks near
Phillipadia The Turks fought we'll. but
their ammunition was soon exhausted
and they were compelled to retire.
Officers and men in Epirus are bitter
~ displeased with the headquarters
staff, and lately the soldiers have been
plundering their compatriots. A very
unsatisfactory condition of things pre-
walls.
COURAGEOUS CRETANS
ATHENS, May Ga dispatch from
the island of Corigo says 5000 Cretans
are ready to land in Greece for active
service against the Turks, and have
COMES TOO LATE
BOSTON, Mass. May 6-Cofins
Beach, a safe, secluded waste of de-
serted coast line. was yesterday the
scene of some remarkable experiments
with a marvellous new explosive, which
may be destined to yet change the com
plexion of the Graeco-Turkish war. A
mysterious party, including prominent
Greek engineer from New York and
members of the Henchagst, a Cretan
revolutionary society. repaired to the
scene with teams loaded with the ex-
plosive and apparatus. In holes thirty
yards apart, forty pound lots of the
stuff We're planted, with Illuminating
caps connected by heavily insulated
wire, with loop mile long for safety.
When it was ignited by electricity, the
whole beach arose in the air one mass
of sand, while the earth trembled and
the water arose and fell several inches
The second experiment was with a
triple quantity, buried deeper and COW
cred with logs and several hundred
weight of stones When it exploded it
seemed a veritable earthquake. The
stone was shattered to dust and the logs
10 minute SpllDtSIS.
The new explosive was demonstrated
tc be complete success. 1t is composed
of three parts nitro-g -glicerine and one
part secret dust substance of very
high explosive power.
The Greek engineer sails for the seat
of war on Saturday, and will take the
secret with him.
His intention is to mine the roads over
which the Turkish troops will pass.
NO HOPE FOR GREECE
LONDON May 7.-Evidently it was
Edhem Pasha's ability to cut in between
the two Greek armies which led to the
speedy retreats that are the beginning
of the end. The Greek accounts cay
that both retreats were orderly but such
news comes only from official sources
in Athens which is notoricusly unrelia
BILE. 1t is juet possible that, so far from
being orderly, they may both have ended
in a panic as was the case ct Larissa
Edhem Pasha will almost certainly fol
low to prevent Gen. Smolenski from re-
joining the main army.
In any event Gen. Smolenski is now
cut off from all chance Of embarking OF
the Greek vessels at Volo. He mus
either surrender to the Turks or en-
dcavor to reach Lamia by the difficul
mountain paths, so that the situation
now indicates that Greece will be com
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