Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-20
OFFICIAL DECLA RAT ON Of War Between Greece and
 Turkey Not Made, THOUGH DAILY LOOKED FOR Minister Terrell's Cablegram Says There Is No Danger to American Interests in
 Either Country as Yet.

Washington April 19.-After much ef- fort, oIwing probably to some confNion in wire transmission, the state depart ment officials have succeeded in translat- ing The cipher cable dispatch received last night from United States Minister Terrell at Constantinople. The result was the efollowing official statement:
 "The department of state had received dispatch from the United States min ister to Turkey concerning the rupture of the lela,rions between that sl.ate and Greece and the Turkish declaration Of war.
 s"Mr Terrell states that the minister for Greece has been informed that he must leave before next Wednesday. He Is not permitted to communicate by telegraph With the Greek government. There afe perhaps 4 900 male subjects of Greece in Turkey. All subjects of Greece are re- quLred to leave Cons. .antn0ple in fifteen days lIhs note of the porte to the for eieqS powers dfsclailns any desire for ter r'Itoilal acquisition. The Greek minister informs MT. Terrell that tlle Greek gov- ernlneIt requfres all subjects of Greece of nlila-aTy age reserved for military dalty The Turkish government claims that regular Greek troops seized and were r.rtifying Anlysis in violation of an agreement prohibiting it, hence an att tack th:re by the Turks on the 15.h. The Turkish troops re scattered along the borders Of ThessaQly and cannot quickly conec-trate for decisive battle. This enables the Greek government to fight them in detail''
 Another b. hated dispatch from MT. Ter rell was also given oli, at the state de- partment. lit bears date of Saturday, at Pera the diplomatic suburb of Constar- tinople and AIr Terrell confirms the ec fo1 breaking old. of hoEtilities. He says That several parties of troops from Greece had invaded the Turkish province of Mace donna. Responsibility for this mcwe- merit, however, was denied by the Greek minister at COnes,a Htinople An advance on Larssa, the Greek headquarters in nor hem Greece, had been ordered by the Turkish government, which had recalled Its representatives in Greece.
 The United States navy is prepared to do all that is required of 1t in protecting American property, but that is not ex- pected to be a very gerat task. Ad- miral Selfridge, in charge of the squad ron of four ships in the eastern Medit- terranean, has been on the scene expect irg the outbreak of hostlities and has advised the navy department of the state of affairs from time to time. He is now under general instructions to look after American property. The movements of the vessels of the squadron will be left entirely to his discretion, the depart- ment believing that as he is at the seat of war he is better prepared than any one here to act ,c the best advantage.
 The first sign that the admiral has be- gun the disposition of his little squadron to meet the war epoch was the receipt of cablegram at the navy department to- day announcing the arrival of the United States cruiser Minneapolis at Syria. The officials of both the state and navy de- partments. however. have little appre- hension of the treatment of American citizens in either Turkey or Greece. which is regarded as about the only possible cause of friction now. Possibly at a later stage in the war. in the event that the Turks are defeated there may be riot ing at Constantinop1e CT some of the Iarger Turkish cities, but that is not ffccared at present.
 Tho Turkish minister, Moustapha Bey has communicated with Secretary Sher- man on the status of the Turkish-Greek conflict He officially informed the sec retary of state of the termination of dip- lomatic relations between Turkey and Greece and the hostile attitude Turkey had been obliged to take through the