The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-12
NEWS VIA LONDON.
by Gable to The Associated Press. \


LONDON, April IL, 1S97-The difficulty,
in obtaining coherent story of the
events which have recently taken place
in Macedonia is partly due to a snow
storm and partly to the cutting of the
telegraph wires for the stoppage of press
messages; but it is evident the influence
of the powers is employed to prevent an
advance of the Turkish army until the
situation has become clearer.
The official feeling at st. Petersburg is
from that city today says that Turkeys
attitude is regarded there as correct and
lrreproachable, while on the other hand
the Greek raid is condemned by the Rus
slams as being fresh violation of in
ternatlonal law, as completely aiienat-
ing European sympathy and as exposing
disregarding the warning notes of the
powers. This note is still unanswered
While Greece is relying upon the warn-
ing she gave that irregular bands were
likely to cross the frontier, she dis
claims responsibility for their action and
is probably waiting to see whether a
chance victory of the insurgents will pro-
woke the Macedons into rising against the
Turks. In the meantime Turkey is me-
gieeting nothing which will give her an
sultan has just issued an trade accept
ing the Turko- -Roumanian treaty COM
merce which the Turkish governf 1T has
hitherto rejected as being disauyanta-
geous. Its acceptance was Influenced by
political motives
that the Turkish garrison of Baltino,
numbering about 800 men, which was be-
sieged by the Greek insurgents, has cut
of thirty men killed. 1t is added that
the fighting was stubborn. 1t was only
at the, fourth attempt that the Turks
We're able to issue from their barracks.
The insurgents, the special despatch fur
ther states, continued their march into
Macedonia and have captured the town
Of Krania. Further, they, pursued the
Turks close to Cipria, which is only two
hours distant from Grevena.
;, ,TIlhroughout the operations which have
surgents, the latter lost only three chiefs
killed and had four men wounded, ac-
cording to the special despatch
1t is reported that Turkish frontier de.
tachments, yesterday. fired on and killed
Greek private and a peasant who were
carrying dispatches to Calcolivri
A despatch to the Evening News'r
from Larissa says the fighting at Baltino
lasted throughout Saturday, and, late
that afternoon, the Turks were reported
to have capitulated. The casualties on
both sides were under one hundred. There
is no news regarding the Turkish prison-
ers.
The insurgents, according to the "Even-
ing News despatch, are without comrnis-
sariat, and are not supported by the
Greek regulars. The idea of the insur.
gents, it appears, is to cut off the Turk
ish communications between Macedonia
and Epirus. If it Is true that the insur-
gents have pursued the Turks to within
a short distance of Grcvena, they are in
fair way to accomplish this object.
The Arta correspondent of the "Even-
ing News telegraphs that the war prep
arations of the Greeks there are being
finally perfected. Troops have been adj
vanced to the frontier, and the military
depots have been moved back to posi-
tions of safety in the rear
Thirty English volunteers have arrived
at Arta. They include among their nun-
Der Young Harris, the son of the British
Admiral in Cretan waters.