The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-24

| to the Journal from ConstantinopIe
says: There is a rumor tonight that
the sultan will refuse the demands of
| Bulgaria for five additional berats, or
| b1shoprfcs. Such a refusal will surely
| result in war with Bulgaria. 1t is
| asserted, however, that the sultan
| would never have refused such re-
quest from Bulgaria, unsupported by
| some power, in the face of recent re-
| verses on the Greek frontier The Rou-
| man1an government is preparing for
| war by announcing the issue of bills
to the amount Of 100000 francs for an
extraordinary war credit.
| ATHENS, April a. Q:30 a. m-)-The
Western squadron which bombarded
| Santi Quaranta left Corfu yesterday
| morning Friday). Immediately on ar
! irving at the Bay Of Santi Quaranta
the line Of battle was taken up, the
| Warships spreading out in fan shape
| with the torpedo boats occupying the
outlying points with the advantage Of
lire. The cannonade opened in the
liveliest fashion and continued at high
pressure for two hours. The great de-
structiveness of the shells was soon
observed in the dismantling of build
1ngs in every direction, while flames
burst out in many places.
LONDON, April 23.-The Athens cor
respondent of the Daily Chronicle saws
that the Crown Prince Constantine
has wired to King George as follows:
THE Turks are quiet today, owing to
our success yesterday CThursday) We
have destroyed the Turkish battery at
Ligeria. The Turks have retired from
Nezeros and Rapsani. The action Of
our fleet at Katerina was excellent. I
was in the first line of fire yesterday"
The Chronicle correspondent adds:
THE Turks are greatly dismayed by
the destruction Of their stores at Kat
erina and at Litochorion. Commodore
Sachtouris destroyed the stores from
the coast to the foot of Mount Olympus
! Nothing remains, therefore for Edhem
Pasha to carry away but hunger. The
coast road being barred, the only re-
| naming road from Salonica is the
Verri road, eight days from Elassona.
The reports of the injury to the rail-
way line by the blowing up of bridges
and a tunnel are confirmed. Finan-
cially everything is going we'll, and the
value of paper money has risen 1t is
reported here (Athens) that the Turk
ish troops will be withdrawn from
Crete. Private advices from Volo say
that all the villages between Katerina
and Veria have risen.
Among the wounded who have ar
rived here are several who state that
number of Greeks wounded at Grit
ZOVali and unable to follow the Greek
retreat were shut up in a small church
by the Turks, who set fire to the build
ing and burned them to death"
A dispatch to the Times from Mi
louna pass, dated today says: Edhem
Pasha continues to pursue cautious
policy. His plan seems to be to cap
ture in succession a number of small
positions held by the Greeks, but to
avoid general engagement. The Turks
are making a good military road
through the pass. The cannonade con-
tinues from the Turks who are adj
Vancing on the left wing; but in the
direction of Tyrnavo matters are quiet,
the Turks having taken and occupied
the town.
The Athens correspondent of the
Times will say tomorrow: Those in
authority here regard the situation as
highly critical, despite the favorable
news from Epirus. Fighting continues
at Matt. Crown Prince Constantine has
ordered his troops to maintain a strict
~ defensive attitude A portion of the
western squadron has been detached to
| lombard the fortress Parga. opposite
Pax Island.
The Athens correspondent of the
Daily Mail says it is reported that the
Greek army in Epirus has left a con-
tingent to attack Pentepogavdia, while
the main body is in progress.
| A dispatch to the Daily News from
Larissa, dated Wednesday, says the
Greeks are about to assume the often
sive against Vigla and Salonica; that
the Greeks have occupied Karya, and
that the Turks have suffered uneX-
pectedly severe reverses.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April %
Gheszi Osman Pasha VINO is to succeed
Edhem -Pasha as misunderstanding
of the Turkish army in Thessaly,
started with his suite for the frontier
this evening
kilograms from the Sporades and the
Island Of Samoa, off the coast of Asia
Minor, declare that the inhabitants
are impatiently awaiting the arrival of
the Greek fleet as a signal to shake off
the Turkish yoke.
Salonica. April 23.-The news is re-
ceived here that on Tuesday, after a
fierce battle, the Greeks occupied
Kharya. Fighting continues all along
|
CONSTANTINOPLE, April % latter
noon)-An additional force of Rediffs.
or army reserves, has been called out
to reinforce the Turkish troops oper-
ating against the Greeks. They con-
SiSt of the koniah brigade from
Cesaria, delegation from Smyrna, be-
longing to the third army corps; three
brigades from the fourth army corps
and a division of the fifth army corps.
These men will total up seventy-two
additional battalions of troops. num-
bering so, 400 men. 1t is now definitely
announced that Osman Pasha, the hero
of Plevna, has been appointed COM
mander-in-chief of the Turkish army
having its headquarters at Elassona
Edhem Pasha has been recalled. In
addition Saas Edin Pasha has been
appointed to command the Turkish
army having its headquarters at
Janina, replacing Ahmed Hifzi Pasha.
who is also recalled. The new Turkish