The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-14

ATHENS, April la-The frontIer sit
uatIon Is developing slowly for two rea-
SONS. In the first place bad weather.
rain and bitterly cold winds, have made
campaigning in the mountainous dis
trlcts anything but a picnic, and has
retarded all movements. In the sec
ond place, intentional or otherwise, all
dispatches are being considerably de-
lnyed, a not unusual occurrence since
the beginning of the present crisis. But,
IL the DEVELOPMENT Is SLOW, It Is none the
less TnenacIne, and IN open outbreak OF
hostlllties or u backdown on the part OF
one or both Of the countries most in'
terested cannot be much longer delay
ed, us the strain Of maintaining armies
OF about 1900 men each IN the nelu -
being felt with increasing severity py
both turkey md Greece, so that dec
laration OF war would be welcomed Dy
either side with feeling OF relief
Here and at ConstnntinOple there are
daily prolonged meetings OF the coun-
ellis OF ministers, and II IS generally rec.
ognIzed that there must be decided
change before long. Both Greece and
Turkey are trying to avoid, II possible,
being clnssed as The aggreSsor In the
conflict which Is apparently impending,
and for this reason they are acting with
the greatest caution. The Greek na-
tIounl league, or JGthnlRe Hetiria, is no
party to this attitude OF the govern
ment, and has already pushed forward
u force Of 5000 'iTTegulRrs, well armed
md equipped, accompanied by an elh-
pie commlssRriRt corps, through tne
centre Of the Turkish lines, Wlth tne
two-foid object OF cutting OF communi-
cation batVeen the Turkish headQUnr-
terS in Macedonia, at Elassona- where
Edhem Pashn Is In command, and the
Turkish headquarters In Albania, ut Ja-
nina. where HaklCi Pash iS in command,
nnd Of getting in the rear OF the Turks.
raising Macedonia against the rule OF
the sultan and forming bands OF h-
regulars who will hRrnBS the Turkish
rear while the regular Greek army does
the reRi lighting IN front. In spite OF
all ofiiclni denials nobody doubts that
tho Greek officials were fully cogniz9nt
OF the movement OF the Ethnlke he,
tnirIn, which has been openly prepared
for and freely discussed for a long time.
1t is an open secret here that Dy tne ls
end of the present week ut least lO.VV9
Greek ''irregulRrs" VIII be IN Maceuo.
MIA, Albania and kplFus, havlnS Deen
sent under the pretense OF maintaining
! mn sfrtuE QUO in obedlenea, TO the rep
resentHttons OF the powers:
The Turkish minister ut Atltens yes"
terIay called the attention Of NJ Skou-
zes tho Greek minister Of foreign
uffnlrs, to the departure from Greece
OF further irregular forces into Ma
cedonin complaining OF their being
able to ''evade" the Greek troops, the
reply which was received was similar
10 the one previously made by tho
Greek premier, u. DelyauiB. namely
that Greece might make the same COM
pISIRt as TO the vigilance OF the IuEk-
ish troops, unless there was suBgeS-
tion OF ConnlvOnca between the Two "r-
mics"
he heard will be from the Greek head
quarters at Arta, where the banks and
principal stores, etc, are closing nnd
MmoyIng into the interior, and every
other precaution possible is being made
to get out OF harms way before the
war begins in earnest
Greek GOvsFnmCRCS Orders"
At Arta, It Is well known here. a
force OF about 1000 men organized by
the Ethniko HetaIrIa has either start
ed for Turkish territory or Is making
the finRl preparations for so doing, This
body will bG divided Into six separate
detnchmentS each ably directed ana
having O separate destination with tne
view OF raising the flag OF the cross tn
n certain locality, increasing Its num-
berg as much as possible. and hnrassinS
the rear OF the Turkish force which Will
be directed from JuninR against the
Greek regulars who Will operate
against the Turks from Arta, The
Greek government has given strict or
ders 20 stop the departure Of this force
OF "IrreEulars," but, It Is seml-otiictnlly
eTptained. the Greek commander at Ar
tn Colonel ManOS. is unable to spare
men" 10 do SO. The Ethnlke HetAiria
probably counts him among its devoted
members, as It does nearly nll the ohi-
GERS In the Greek RTmy, and the colonel
can be counted upon not to interfere
with the carefully prepared plans OF the
national league, which VIII make
Greece n country worthy OF its glorious
traditions or perish. bravely struggling
10 the last in Its efforts to bring about
a realization OF the dream for which Its
members have been sworn to sacrifice
their lives and all their belongings, II
need be.
The Greeks position in the vicinity Of
Artn arr much stronger than those OF the
Turks, who, owing 20 the recent heavy
rnIns and bad roads, will have much diff
flculty in communicating with their base
of supplies nt Janina, even II the Greek
''Irrcgulars" are not IN their rear FOR the
purpose OF preventing them from so do
Ing.
from Athens. in twenty-four hours, EiV-
ing them flne base OF supplies, an I'M
tlenEe advantage in n campaign such as
fbe one planned by the Greek leaders.
The volunteers from this city have al
ready reached Artd, and more are on
their way there. II Il the Intention of
tbc Grteks when all is ready, 20 attack
ana capture Janina. which according TO
the treaty Of Berlin, rIghtfully belongs
TO Greece.
Another Raid.
Finally another force OF ''lrrcgulars" is
preparing to cut on the Turkish commu-
ntcations with Saionica. from where the
Turks at Elassona derive their supplies.
IL the attempt IL successful the three
Turkish army divisions. the eastern, near
Salonlca, the central IN Elassona, and the
western Mt Joninn. IN addition 90 the
army corps At GrevCnO, viii be cut on
from communication with each other, In
addition. the Greek tiaat proposes 20
make things lively on Salonica in order
to prevent the landing of any supplies
there,
A strong Greek nert IL OF Aria, ready
to render effective service IN that dlrer-
tion. Another Greek fleet IS of the is-
land Of SkIathOs. prepared to strike at
Salonlca: another Greek iicct Is or the
island OF SkyHo, prepared to attack the