Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-11
ALL GREECE IN ARMS.
Active and Energetic Preparations
for War.
NO Signs of the Nation Reeeding from the
Bold Stand Taken by King George and
His Premier-Ammunftion and Stores
Being Supplied Disarmed.

derakllon number 49, 900 men. The in
surgents have stopped all communica-
ton with the town by land and it is
certain that unless the foreign war
ships actively intervene in behalf OF
the Moslems the town will shortly be
compelled to surrender.
The small detachments of sailors and
marines landed from the various war
ships still occupy the town, but with
out the aid of the fleets they could
make but feeble defense against the
overwhelming numbers of the insur-
gents.
a. The greatest activity is being dis
played in Athens in making prepare
tions to give battle to the Turks should
they cross the Greek frontier. The
ministry of war presents a most ami
mated scene. Officers in uniform throng
the corridors and orderlies are coz
stantly being dispatched in every direc-
ton with orders to different command
ers- The telegraph wires are constantly
busy with dispatches to officers in dis
tant places. The most energetic meas
ures are being taken for the mobilize
ton of the forces
There is a similar scene OF activity in
the ministry of marine, where every
thing possible is being done to place
the fleet in readiness for any contin-
gency.
There is no sign anywhere OF the
king or government receding from the
position they have taken, and it is ON
nous that, in the face of the threat of
combined Europe, the warlike prepare
tions are being carried on with fe-
verish activity. The most intense
enthusiasm is everywhere displayed,
and the people evince no
fear of the result of an appeal to arms.
They know full well that the Greek
army by itself is no match for the nu-
merically superior Turkish forces, but
they ;4-5o know that in the event of
war the whole of southern Europe
would be set on fire. 1t is this that
the powers wish to prevent If they at
tempt to use force to compel Greece to
accede to their demands there is a
very strong probability that Greece
will apply the torch that will start a
confagration, the result of which no
one can foretell. 1t is believed here
that the powers, seeing the chance of
their becoming involved in general
war will, owing to their conflicting in
terests, make haste slowly in attempt
ing to force the Greeks to withdraw
their support from the Cretan Chris
tians. 1t has been decided that there
shall be a general mobilization of the
Greek forces, and to this end the two
classes of reserves that had not been
summoned previously have now been
called out.
E.. Il ~Ar,1
of 1O4, 500 men, and behind this is what
is called the territorial army, which
numbers upwards of LAG, 900 men, not
by any means an insignificant force.
Ammunition and supplies for the
troops are being supplied as rapidly as
possible and in few days the whole
available war strength of the nation
will have been prepared for any event
uality that may occur.
Turkish Soldiers Surrounded and Disarmed
CoNsTANTINOPLE, March 6.-Evidence
was given yesterday of the feeling that
has been created in Albania by Greece's
defiance of the powers. A strong force
of A1oanians who were all prepared fOl
active hostilities surrounded, at FL Bias
san, two battalions of Turkish reserves
who were marching to the Greek from
tier. The reserves were disarmed by
their captors, who appropriated tc
themselves the captured rifles and waI
material carried by the reserves
Greece VIII Stand Her Ground.
PARIS, March 6.-The Figaro pub
fishes report of an interview with NJ.
Delyannis, prime minister of Greece,
had by the correspondent of the pape
inAthens. The Greek PRIMER is quoted
as saying that the Greek troops would
not, under any circumstances, be with
drawn from Crete. They were there &c
stay. he declared, and in addition to
that the temper of the people of Greece
would compel the invasion of Turkey.
Greece, NJ. Delyannis said, merely
asked for plebiscite to show that the
inhabitants of the island of Crete are
overwhelmingly in favor Of the union
with the Greek kingdom. Anyway, he
declared, Greece would prefer to disap
pear from the map of Europe rather
than draw back from the position she
has taken.
Turkey Agrees to Autonomy.
VIENNA. March ct is stated here
upon authority that the porte accepted
the settlement of the Cretan difficulties
agreed upon by the powers, which con-
templates the establishment of an
l.