The Red Cloud chief., 1897-05-21
TURKEYS DEMAND oEvC9E
ThessaIy snd FIFTY million poiiars-suI.

Thessaiy snd FIFTY Million Doliars-sul
tan's Price Of Peace.
CoNsrANTINoPLE, May Is.-The porte
has replied officially to the note Of the
powers. and declines to agree to an
armistice until the following condi.
tons are accepted:
The annexation Of Thessaly, An In.
deinnity Of so, Ooo, 900 and the sboli.
ton Of the capitulations.
The porte proposes that plenipoten-
tiaries Of the powers should meet a,
Pharsalos to dissuss the terms o!
peace, and declares that II these cor.
ditions are declined, the Turkish army
will continue to advance.
The demand for the annexation OF
Thessaly Is based upon the fact tina,
the province was originally coded To
Greece. on the advice of the powers,
with the object Of ending brigandage
and Greek incursions into Ottoman
territory, the porto believing at this
time that the eession would attain
these objects, but the recent incur
sions Of Greek bands and the events
Immediately preceding the war havo
proved to the contrary. This Is, tho
substance Of the reply.
The ambassadors met to-day to con-
slider the porte's answer, which is, re-
garded as raising an extremely grave
issue. 1t Is believed that repre-.
sensations will be made to the sultan
personally to induce a modification Of
these terms, but it Is foreseen that this
will be very difficult, owing to the ut.
titude Of the powerful old Turk war
party.
II the porte should prove obdurate a
European conference is not improba-
Bile, although at present Russia is op.
posed to this.
1t Is regarded as quite certain that
the powers will not consent to a retro
cession OF Thessaly. Even Germany is
believed to be resolute on this point,
because it would involve q violation Of
the Berlin treaty and imperil the peace
Of the Balkans.
LONDON. May ls.-The Times corre-
spondent at Athens says:
To-day M. Rail-, the premier, Wis.
tied the various legations and obtained
assurances that the powers would
undertake to prevent any offensive ac-
ton on the part Of the Turks, provid-
ing tho Greek forces maintained a
strictly defensive attitude. On this
understanding, he Immediately wired
to the commanders of the three Greek
divisions Mt Domokos, Sourpi and
Arta, ~instructing them to abstain from
all hostile action unless attacked by
the enemy.
ATHENS, May - The Greek army
in Epirus has been compelled to fall
back upon Arta, but continues to oc-
cupy a few positions beyond the bridge.
The Greek losses at Criboro were 55s
killed and wound ed, thirty-three be.
ing officers. It Is stated that the gov
eminent hos ordered the forces in
Thessaly and Epirus to remain strict
ly on the defensive.
This morning 30, 900 Turks were 10
sight OF Domokos, and shortly after
Don the battle began.
LARRIssA, May 10. -Edhem Pasha's
plans for the capture Of Domokos are
ooahs AaP'uAy PCrASCtcus hciuIOTCe-
ments are arriving and all tho Greek
positions are carefully watched. Tho
bad condition Of the roads and the
heavy rains delay the operations for
which the Turkish officers are anx.
iusly waiting, but a general advance
began at dawn.
A number of Greek deserters who
have been captured say that IS 1000
Greeks are behind the Notifications
md. intrenchments at Domokos, but
that the whole organization Is rotten
and the medical and transport ser
vices have completely collapsed. They
say that for thirty-six hours the only
ration was q half loaf. and that the
forces are becoming demoralized and
are deserving by the Wholesale.
ST. PETERSBURG, May 1s.-The news
papers Of this city protest vigorously
against the excessive and upaccept-
able" conditions which Turkey de-
mauds as the price of peace with
Greece. They declare that IL Turkey
insists upon them, Europe will be
obliged to abandon mediation.
The Novoe Vremya says that in the
event Of Turkeys insistence upon the
terms she has presented the powers
will have to take practical measures
to preserve Greece from the preten-
sions which threaten her national ex.
istence."