The herald., 1897-05-02
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A GREEK RETREAT

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AGREEK RETREAT
LONDON, May Ia special dispatch
from Athens announces that the Greek
army in Epirus has retreated in thor
ough order to Arta, where 1t is awaiting
reinforcements.
A dispatch to the Observer from Ath-
ems says that last night Saturday five
classes Of the reserves and two classes of
the territorials were making hurried ar
rangements to leave for the front.
TURKISH ADVANCE
CONSTANTINOPLE. May 1.-Rifzi
Pasha, commander Of the Turks at Ja-
nina, yesterday telegraphed a report
to the effect that the troops had occu-
pied, after fight, the heights command
ing Karavan- The Greeks fled, ac-
cording to official Turkish accounts, by
way Of Kunuzades.
Edhem Pasha also sent telegram an
nouncing that after a serious fight at
Veneiteino, the Turks had captured the
forts and four entrenched positions, the
Greeks retiring to Volo.
OFFICIAL ADVICES
WASHINGTON, May 1.-The Turkish
legation here received the following
cablegram from Constantinople tonight:
Marshal Edhem Pasha telegraphs
that after a fight which took place at one
hours distance from Velestino, our troops
took possession of three fortresses and
Of three intrenchments. Hefiz Pasha,
commander-in-chief Of the Ottoman
forces in Epirus, also announces that
the Hellenes who were located at Kara
van-Serai, not being able to resist the
attack Of our troops, were compelled to
abandon the town and that the troops
commanding the pass Of Comdjadis also
have been taken by our troops"
NO WORK TO DO
NEW YORK, May 1.-About three
hundred Greeks sailed from New York
today on the steamship La Gascogne.
They were accompanied by friends who
cheered them as they went aboard.
THE PANIC AT vOLo
NEW YORK, May L. A dispatch to
the Herald from Salonica says: An Eng
lishman who arrived here last night from
Volo said that the scenes Of panic and
confusion are indescribable. Law and or
der have disappeared, and all SEM
'blance Of authority is gone. The whole
beach is strewn with baggage, and peo-
pie are clamoring and wailing for ships
which do not come. Rifles are being
promiscuously served. and cartridges
are thrown in heaps in the streets and
the people fill their pockets with them.
The Englishman saw the Greek troops
alight at Velestino. Fugitives rushing
In without money or provisions inter-
mingled with the soldiers, who had
thrown their arms away so as not to be
impeded in their flight. He also saw
the Captain Of an American ship, who
left Athens on the 2Sth. He said that
the people were terribly bitter against
the royal family, and would kill any Of
its members II they could get at them.
They accused Prince Constantine of hav-
ing betrayed the army and being in COL
fusion with the Russians.
The latest he heard was that the King
Rad taken refuge on Russian warship.
The streets were full of armed men.
The shops were being plundered.
THE PRINCESS HIS FRIEND.
NEW YORK. May IA dispatch to
the Journal from London says: There is
q persistent rumor in London that a
serious disagreement has arisen between
the Princes Of Wales and the rest Of the
court over the situation in Greece. The
Princess arrived in England after visit
to her father. the King Of Denmark, who
Is the father, as she Is the sister, Of the
King Of Greece. Ever since the Cretan
question was first raised the Princess has
been a strong partisan of Greece. She
took pains to make her preferences pub
licly known, and in the Daily Chronicle
started fund in aid Of Greece, by SUBJ
scribing to it eagerly and cheerfully,"
to use her expression.
Since her return from Copenhagen
she has used every means in her power
to induce the government to take her
brothers part against the Turkish op-
pressor. and her action in the matter Is
calculated to lead to serious embarrass-
ment.
OF course 1t would be humiliation to
the Danish royal family II King George
were to lose his throne, and there are
enough of that family in European
courts to effect great Influence to pre-
vent his downfall. It remains to be seen,
however, whether the Princess Of Wales
has sufficient influence to affect Lord
Salisbury's policy with regard to Greece.
NO HOPE LEFT
PARIS, May 1-Telegrams received
from Athens state that the new ministry
acknowledges that 1t will be impossible
for Greece to continue the war with an
empty purse and with discouraged
troops
A dispatch from Arta says that II, 900
Greeks under Col. Bairastairis are again
attacking Pentepigadia. The German
cruiser Augusta Victoria has arrived at
Phalerum.
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