The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-10
BEGINNING OF WAR;
Fifteen Hundred Greeks Cross Frontier
and Fight Ensnes.
Invaders Were Surrounded by
Turkish Troops.
Reserves Ordered to Be Ready For Instant
Action-.-M Canea.

fsassona, April 10.-Bands OF Greek
brigands entered Turkey at Kramia
near Grevana, at o'clock yesterday
mOrning. The Turkish troops engaged
with them. and fighting was going on all
day.
A dispatch from Grevana, received at
the Turkish headquarters yesterday
afternoon, stated that the Turks, follow
ing out the instructions from Edhem
Pasha. had surrounded the Greek ir-
regulars and greater part Of the Turk
ish division stationed at Grevana. under
Hskki Pasha. was then advancing.
IL was impossible, the dispatch said,
to distinguish whether the invaders were
supporAd by any substantial portion of
the Greek regular army, as the Greeks
had taken up position I'm the middle Of
q forest, but the moment the Turkish
officers ascertain the presence of the
uniforms OF the Greek regulars in the
ranks OF the aggressors Edhem Pasha
VIII order the advance Of the entire
Turkish army.
Edhem Pasha has already notified his
generals of division to hold themselves
in readiness for instant action. and the
reserves have already left the encamp-
hrst line OF defense.
London Advioes.
London, April 10.-Advices from the
Albanian frontier say that the Greeks
and Turks have begun fighting. and that
a general outbreak is about to occur.
The correspondent of The Times at
Grevena says that yesterday morning
1900 Greek bandits crossed the frontier
between Metsoro and Diskata, where
they encountered the Turkish troops
The fighting lasted throughout the day.
with some loss of life and a number of
minor casualties.
The Athens correspondent of The
Times says IL Is reported there that the
invaders consisted Of 2500 carefully
picked men. who had been equipped by
the Ethnike Hetairia.
The Paris correspondent of The Times
says:
friend who knows and likes the King
Of Greece, and who is well acquainted
with his views on the present complica-
tions. assures me that King George has
made and Is making every effort to pre-
vent war. / am convinced that this
statement is the exact truth. The Greeks
know as well as anybody that If war
broke out 1t would be, according to the
expression OF a prominent diplomat i'm
Paris, mot battle, but massacre"
No one has any Illusions on this mat.
ter or fails to understand the difficulty
there would be in stopping massacres.
I'm preventing the Turks from giving free
rein TO their thirst for carnage and pre-
serving the Greeks from the barbarities
Of their conquerors.
M one arinnnsac $or
the Greeks could resist the Turkish army
i'm Thessaly. The most sanguine of their
supporters merely hope that at GER
tain well fortified and we'll chosen points
the Greek army might delay for a few
hours or few days the advance of the
conquerors. The surprising thing is that
King George, his counsellors and Greece
herself. knowing this, should run the risk
of such horrors by marching to the from
tier and seeking a collision with the
Turks.
The Larissa correspondent of The
Times says:
L visited Volo yesterday and found
that the last consignment of supplies.
mainly heavy ammunition, is being hur-
Iied to the front. All the preparations
which can be made are now practically
nnished. The reserves continue to ar
rive. A part Of the special corps.
Mauromi ChalideS, came in Thursday
evening. 1t gets its name from it's leader.
member of family famous in the war
of 1871. The body is composed entirely
OF picked men of good positions, who
give their services without pay. The
corps is seif-supporting. It's members
wear upon their caps the motto. Union
or Death" They will probably act as
franc tireurs
The Times publishes the following dis
patch from its correspondent at Canea:
The pillaging around Canea continues.
The pillagers for the most part are Mo-
hammedan refugees from Candamo and
Seiino. 1t is rumored that arrangements
are being made to migrate these ref
ngees to Asia Minor The Austrian
consul, who has returned from Kissamo.
reports that the Austrian admiral on
his arrival there sent boats from the
British and Austrian ships TO embark
the fugitive Moslems. AS the boats
approached the shore the insurgents
fired voileys whereupon the warships
bombarded them. firing over so shells.
About 30 Mohammedan women and
children them ran down the beach from
the fort and promptly embarked. The
insurgents continued to fire upon the
boats while they were returning to the
ships. 1t Is believed that some of the
insurgents were killed.
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