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AN A21-lSTlCE.
Turkey Has Yielded to the De-
nands OF the Powers.
BOTH ARMIES CEASE FIGHTING.

Peace Negotiations to BE Undertaken
in Real Earnest-GreeIk Troops
Abandon Their Position Mt
Domokos.
Constantinople, May 19.-There was
a sudden and unexpected change in the
political situation shortly before noon
Tuesday. Russia quietly showed her
hand and thereby forced Germany and
Turkey out of the game to all intents
and purposes. Monday night and early
Tuesday morning Turkey, supported by
Germany, was practically defying Rus
STA, France, Austria, Great Britain and
Italy, insisting upon the annexation of
Thessaly in addition to huge war In
demnity and seemingly was determined
to march upon Athens. The ministers
received official adyices from Sofia
Tuesday announcing that orders had
been issued for the partial mobilization
of the Bulgarian army, possibly at the
instigation of Russia. There was hur-
ried consultation of the ministers. The
war party was for further defiance, but
in the end pacific counsels seemed to
have prevailed, for, at 1888 a. IN, or
ders were telegraphed to Edhem Pasha,
the Turkish commander in chief in
Thcssaly, to cease hostilities.
The peace negotiations will now be
undertaken in real earnest, and the
Greeks will most likely be spared any
further humiliation.
Gar Makes an Appeal.
1t transpires that the czar made d.
rect appeal to the sultan to order his
troops to cease hostilities and arrange
an armistice, and this coupled with the
fact that most serious results would
have ensued if Turkey had persisted In
her defiant attitude brought about the
present state of affairs. Tewfik Pasha,
the Turkish minister for foreign affairs,
called upon the doyen of the diplo-
matte corps, Baron Won Calico, to convey
to the foreign ministers the sultan's
decision to arrange an armistice. It 10
now believed that the terms of peace
will be negotiated directly between
Turkey and Greece.
Hoist n White F1ag.
Athens, May 1o.-The Turks have
hoisted the white flag at Arta, from
which it is judged that the Turkish
commander has received instructions
that an armistice has been agreed
upon.
Greeks Cease Fighting.
Athens, May 1o.-Orders have been
sent to the Greek commander In Epirus
to cease fighting, in view Of the ar
mistice.
Athens, May 19.-The communication
from the Turkish to the Greek COM
mander at Arta, which followed the
raising of the flag OF truce by the for
Nor, was in Turkish and ran as follows:
"On condition that no Greek soldier be-
longing to any arm of the service re-
mains on territory of the Ottoman en-
pire, we have orders that an armistice
shall be concluded on sea and land with
view of arriving at an understanding"
Sultan Ready to Yield.
London, May 19.-The harmony Of the
European press on the subject of the
conditions of peace is remarkable. The
semi-official papers, the Times, the
Novoe Vremya, the Temps, the North
German Gazette, and the Fremdenblatt,
are as one in the vigorous terms in
which they denounce Turkeys preten-
sions. Now that the last obstacle to q
speedy armistice is removed by Ger
many, which temporarily blocked the
negotiations, having instructed her am
bassador at Constantinople, Baron Won
Saurma-J eltech, to join the other am
bassadors in pressing upon the porte
the necessity of agreeing upon an armis-
tice, it can be taken for granted that
with the innumerable forms of coer-
cion ready to the hands Of the powers
the sultan will yield to the inevitable
within day or two, especially as the
capture of the Greek positions at Domo-
kos will go far to satisfy the Turkish
war party. An order telegraphed to
Edhem Pasha to cease hostilities prob
ably indicates that the Turkish govern
ment is about to yield to the demands Of
the powers. 1t is further stated that
the porte is now disposed to enter into
negotiations to bring about permanent
peace with Greece upon terms less
| onerous than those which have been
heretofore demanded. There is no con-
frmation here of the report of dis
turbances at Athens, though no doubt
there ure grounds to fear a popular
manifestation.
Abandon Domokos.
Lamia, Thessaly, May 10. = The
Greeks have abandoned Domol1os.
Constantinople May 10.-Luter in the
day it was officially announced that the
Turks occupied Domolsos Monday even
ing after great battle.
The Retreat from Domohos.
London, May 19.-The correspondent
of the Times at Athens says it appears
that the retrent from Domokos was or.
derby, in spite of the fact that the order
was given at three o'clock in the morn
ing. All the artillery was brought away
except some heavy guns that were left
at the Acropolis of Domokos. A con.
siderable quantity of war material, how.
ever. was abandoned.
Postal Congress.
Washington, May ia committe,
Of the universal postal congress wa
in session Tuesday discussing interna
tional money orders. The debate owe
several of the propositions was at time
quite animated. There was no genera
reduction of rates agreed upon, but
number of countries having specia
money order agreements between them
selves abandoned their separate ar