Evening star., 1897-04-12
AND TURKEY
Influence Being E1erted to Prevent
an Advance.
RUSSIA CONDEMNS THE GREEK RAID
Object Of the IreguIars in Crossing
the Border.
STIRRING UP MACEDONIA

LONDON. April 12-The dificultv I'm ot
tanning a coherent story OF the eyents
which have already taken place I'm Mac.
dcnia is partly due to a snow storm and
partly to the cutting of the telegram wires
OF the stoppage of press messages but il
Is evident The influence CT the powers is
eHpioyed 10 prevent ar advance OF the
turkish army until the situation becomes
clearer.
omc:al feeling in ST. Petersburg is strong
ly against Greece.
dispatch from that CITY toa.y .a,.s
that the Turkish attitude is regarded there
as correct and irreproachable. while. on the
ther hand, the Greek raid is condemned
by the Russians as being a fresh yiolatioa
OF international law. as completely alien
atins European sympathy and as exposing
Greece TO the dangerous consequences OF
disregarding The warning note of the pow
ers This note is still unanswered
While Greece is relying on the warning
she gave that irregular bands were likely
to cross the frontier. she disclaims respon-
sibil.ty for their action, and is praha blk
waiting to see whether a chance victory
or the insurgents will provoke the Mace
domains into rising against the Turks
In the meantime Turkey is neylecttng
nothing which will give her an advantage
In the coming struggle. The sultan has
just Issued an trade accepting the Turko-
Rormanian treaty of commerce. which the
Turkish government had hitherto rejected
as being disadvantageous. Its acceptance
was Influenced by political motives.
CONSTANTINoPLE. April II delayed
in transmission).-The Turkish government
informed the representatives Of the foreign
embassies on Saturday last that, in con-
sequence of the Greek invasion of Mace
donia, Edhem PashiI, the Turkish com
mander-in-chief was marching on the
Greek headquarters at Larissa.
According tc authentic Information OBJ
tained today, however, the Turkish army
has not yet started. and II is supposed that
at the last moment Edhem Pasha's orders
to advance were countermanded. Never
theless, the Turkish government still seems
to have the intention OF attempting to seize
and hold Larissa until the Greeks shall
have evacuated the Island of Crete.
II is pointed out that Krania, the town
in Macedonia which Is believed to be in
the hands Of the Greek insurgents. and
the scene of the present invasion Is an
Edhem Pashas communication with
Janina. the Turkish headquarters in AL
bania.
TRIkHALA, ,Thessaly April u (midniehD.
The plan Of the insurgents was TO occupy
Baltino. on the frontier Of Macedonia in
order to prevent the Turks from taking up
a more advanced position Directly the
Greeks crossed the frontier, their leaders
issued a proclamation calling upon the
Macedonians and Epirotes to rise for free
dom.
There is an unconfrmed rumor here at
this hour that the insurgents are continu-
ing their advance unchecked by the Turks.
Twenty-Five of the Italian volunteers
have returned here. being unable TO stand
the cold weather.
LONDON, April PA special dispatch
from Trikhala says that the Turkish gar
rison of Baltino. numbering about $40 men.
which was besicged by the Greek insur-
gents, has cut its way through the Greeks
with a loss of thirty men killed. 1t is add
ed that the fighting was stubborn. IL was
only al the fourth attempt that the Turks
were able to issue from their barracks.
The insurgents. the special dispatch fur
ther states. continued their march into
Macedonia and have captured the town of
krania. Further. they pursued the Turks
close to Cipria. which is only two hours
distant from Grevena. Throughout the
operations, which have hitherto been so
successful fer the Insurgents, the latter
lost only three chiefs killed and four men
wounded, according to the special dis
patch.
1t is reported that the Turkish frontier
detachment yesterday fired on and killed
carrying dispatches TO Calcolirri.