The Red Cloud chief., 1897-05-07
MEDIATION NOTASKED
GREECE MAY NOT APPEAL
TO THE POWERS.
Favorable Reports Prom the Greek Minis
ters as To the Condition Of the Army and
Navy Means Continued Fighting Gre
tan 1nsurgcnt Leaders.

diation has been or will he addressed
by Greece TO the powers until the min
isters of war and marine shall report
upon the state Of the Greek forces at
Pharssla and elsewhere, and perhaps
not then II the reports shall be favor.
able. Tho powers have not offered
mediation, although they do not con-
ceal the fact that n request OF inter-
vention will be highly acceptable to
tbem, and the italian and Austrian
ministers had q long interview yester-
day with Premier Rail-.
The minister Of foreign affairs. M.
Skouloudis. says that the military sit
uation has greatly improved in both
Epirus and Thcssaly, and that the vic
tory OF the Greeks over tho TURKS nj
Vclestino was brilliant.
Edhcm Pasha, IL is reported, has
sent an officer with a flag of truce to
the Greek headquarters, asking for an
armisticc of Ave days. IL Is again re-
ported that 500 Bulgarian ,rregulars
have crossed the frontier In Mace.
donia.
King George is suffering from cardi.
acal spasms md his physician INSIST
that n change OF air, to the island a.,
Milo or Scyria, is necessary.
The ministers Of war and of the in.
terror arrived at Pharsala Mt noon
yesterday and Immediately reviewed
tho troops. II was stated yesterday
that headquarters will be transferred
to Vomokos. Thus fur the Turks have
captured. IL is estimated, wal material
and provisions OF the value Of 500, 900.
ANNEXATION OR DEATH.
GAMBIA, Island Of Crete, May A.
The admirals commanding the fleets
Of the foreign powers in Cretan wateri
had q conference yesterday with the
insurgcnt leader Mt Palokastro. The
Cretans were promised complete au.
tonomy, including the condition that
the nomination Of their ruler should
DO subject to the ratification Of tho
Crctan assembly.
The insurgent leaders, however, cut
the discussion short and reiterated
that their motto remained ''anncxa-
ton to Greece or DEATH"
TURKEY NOT RENTING work.
CoNsrANrINopLE, May War pre-.
parations 60 on with undated vigor.
Two commissions, composed OF officials
of tho ministsries Of public works and
Of war, have been formed for the pur-
pose of inspecting railways and facili-
tating the dispatch of troops to the
frontier.
PANIC-STRICKEN GREECE.
LONDON, May 1.-The Times CORE.
spondent Mt Patras, giving further dc.
tails of the lighting ut Pcntepigadia,
notes the neglect Of the officers to pro-
vide for the timely arrival Of rein.
fOrcements, q matter so difficult In
that wild section of the country and
proceeds: when the Turks opened
tho attack I realized TINT their fierce
onslaught might expel the mere hand
ful Of Greeks, but l did not realize
that this one blow would throw the
entire Greek army IN Epirus into q
hopeless panic and cause the loss Of NIL
the positions gained since the opening
OF the campaign. Six thousand Turks
scaled the mountain, covered as It Is
with bushes and rocks and In the face
of firing, which was rapid and son.
tinuous. They lost heavily In spite OF
the fact that two Greek guns were In.
~explicably removed from action shortly
after the fusilade began. The Euzones
fought brsvely, but were compelled TO
retire. The rest Of the Greek positions
have been abandoned. There has been
apparently nc stand anywhere and the
whole'army Ia crumbling without fir,
ing q shot We entered Kumuxades,
which 5000 men with six guns had de-
serted, accompanied by tbs terrified
villagers, carrying their property, and
then We descended the rough pass,
where for hours we net no one.
THE retreating md panic stricken
troops were far ahead. About mid.
night We and u mournful procession
OF Villagers overlook the routed army
on the road, crowded and In utter con.
fusion, packed with u mass Of human
ity, 'tumbling on through the darkness
without hurry and silently, for il was
= strange panic that had siezed the
men,, . %sulleu, unexcited. stu b de.
termination not to fight. but to press
on toward Arta in q sluggish, irresist-
ible wave. The officers, like their reg
iments, walked with gloomy and shame
faced expression, quite unable to get
their men In hand. At Kanopoulo,
Colonel Botxari and his STAFF vainly
tried to check tho rou and TO make
. stand, but the mass, continually
growing. kept rolling along. Present
ly there mingled with the troops the
scared Inhabitants Of tho villages on
the line of retreat, who. fearing Turk,
ish vengeance for assisting the Greeks,
were fleeing to Arta with their families
and chattlcs, their cattle. sheep and
goats believing, bleating, tramplinq
and killing each other. while the glare
OF The burning homes behind reminded
them OF all that they had lost"
The correspondent Of the Standard
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