The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-15
DELYANNlS FOR PEACE
But He Asks a Credit to Make
Warlike Preparations.
THE TURKS NOTIFY THE GREEKS

That Another Invasion ofTurlsish Ter-
ritory by Irregulars WIN BE Regard
ed as Declaration Of war-Greek
Grown Princess For war.
Athens. April 15.-On the reassem-
bling Of the boule yesterday NJ Dely-
annis the premier introduced in the
presence of a crowded chamber a bill
granting the government a credit of
23.OOO.OOO drachmas for the ministries
Of war and marine
The premier asked the house to ex-
pedite the passage of the budget
Dealing with the development Of the
foreign situation, he declared that the
powers had taken their stand on the
principle of the integrity of Turkey
but up to the present had not eN-
pressed an opinion with regard to the
proposals Greece had made for a pa
cific solution of the difficulty. After
dwelling upon the right of the Cretans
to settle their own destinies he de-
clared that despite all which had hap
pened, Greece still hoped the powers
would agree to a peaceful settlement.
The situation on the frontier was not,
he said. created by Greece, but by the
strange policy of a state which, by
precipitate armaments, had compelled
Greece to assemble an army capable
OF coping with all eventualities and of
/ defending the interests and honor Of
/ the country.
/ In concluding M. Delyannis said that
/ the Greek government was doing its
utmost to repair the imperfections in
/ separahle from an army so hastily
| collected, and he hoped that In the
! course Of a few days an army would
I be concentrated abundantly capable of
/ doing its fun duty to the country.
The Turkish government has formally
Informed the Greek government that
any further raid Of irregulars into
Turkish territory VIII be regarded by
Turkey as a declaration of war upon
the part of Greece.
1t is said that sharp differences have
arisen in the Greek royal family as to
the proper course for the government
to pursue. The crown princess, in de-
flance OF her husband and Of King
George, has gone entirely over to the
war party
According to member of the
Ethnll1e Hetaria, the insurgents who
have returned across the frontier are
/ only those who We're unable to follow
their more active companions They
left a guard at various posts just with
in the frontier. AT Douyaz they were
attacked by an overwhelming force of
Turks, and retreated The band will be
reformed with newly arrived volun-
teers. 1t Is stated that the Turks who
followed the retiring invaders threat
ened to cross the frontier into Greek
territory and the news has had dis
piritlng effect in Athens.
The Turkish troops are now CEN
tered in very strong force at Grevena,
and the insurgents have little chance
of advancing further. Seyfoullah Bey
the officer who was sent by Edhem
Pasha to Krania, with instructions to
ascertain the exact situation in that
! locality, is an eX-attache of the Turk
ish embassy at Athens. He declares
that he recognized among the insur-
gents near Krania, and between that
town and the border several Greek
: officers whom he had met previously
at Athens. He also asserts that the
Greek troops on the frontier made no
attempt whatever to prevent incur
sions upon Turkish territory.
Considerable comment is caused here
by the news from Constantinople that
General Grumbkoff the well known
German military tactieian, is going to
Elassona to inspect the Turkish artill-
cry, and that Admiral Kallay, of the
German fleet, has gone to the Darda-
neIes to inspect the Turkish squadron
and fotilla there. Both officers stand
in the front rank Of the German gov
ernment for this special duty,
A Vienna dispatch says that the best
informed diplomats there regard war az
inevitable. They say the strain canno
much longer be borne by either Turke!
or Greece, and that the time has passed
for the powers to attempt to intervene
In view of the dangerous position as
sumed by Greece, the question is re
iterated whether she docs not coun
upon some power coming to her sup
port at the crucial moment. The situa
ton is regarded here as analogous t,
the time when Servia attacked Turkey
in 1876 when Russia and Great Britain
saved defeated Servia from annihila
tion.
Mr. Henry Norman, the Londoi
Chronicle correspondent, had an inter
view with King George yesterday, ant
telegraphs that paper: "I have had al
audience with King George, He spok
without much hope, but firmly, like
man who can only do his duty ant
leave the rest to Heaven More thai
once he said, If Greece had been
great power and had walked into Cret
I'd long ago her action would have bee
welcomed by the powers as well a
by the rest of the world as a blessing
But she is only a small power, an
seems unable to do anything that wi
satisfy the great powers. "