Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-05-03

of the Cars speech 10 Emperor Francis
Joseph at the recent banquet.
Is DISHEARTENED

LONDON, May 2.-Captain Rabbek. of
King Georges personal staff, wired here
from Athens yesterday that the right wing
Of the Greek army had repulsed the
Turks but that the left wing Lad retreated
behind the old frontier line to avoid be-
ing crcumvented. Captain Rabbek adds:
'The Greek army in Epirus, after defeat
at Pentepegadia, has retired to Arta. All
nope of continuing the war is now vir-
tually abandoned. The fleet has returned
TO Voo for the protection Of the inhab-
itants"
RESULT OF LACK OF LEADERS.
LONDON, May 2.-The Times will pub
lish tomorrow a dispatch from Larissa,
dated Wednesday, which says:
The Christians who are returning here
all say thar during the battle at Mlouna,
Grown Prince Constantine was at Kara
doc. at the foot of the pass. The Greek
army is described as behaving on that oc-
casion like a dsorderly mob. All disci-
pline was flung to the wi-ds and the SOL
diers fired even on their own officers. so
terrible was the panic.
1t IS impossible TO believe the army at
Pharsalos can withstand the Turks in
pitched battle. That the war is now prac-
tically over is plainly apparent.
If THEY HAD A GENERAL.
LONDON. May "A dispatch TO the
Times from Pharsalos says that 5000
troops and sixty guns are concentrated
there. but the Greeks are inactive and
their position is weak.
DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING.
LONDON, May 2.-The Times corre-
spondent at Petras, giving furth details Of
the fighting at Pentepigada, notes the
neglect Of the officers to provide for the
timely arrival of reinforcements. a matter
so difficult in that wild section OF the
country, and proceeds:
when the Turks opened the attack 7
realized that their fierce onslaught might
expe! the mere handful of Greeks. but I
did not realize that this one blow would
throw the entire Greek army In Epirus into
q hopeless panic and cause the loss of al
the positions gained since the opening OF
the campaign.
"SX thousand Turks
SCALED THE MOUNTAIN.
covered rs it is with bushes and rocks and
in the face Of firing which was rapid and
continuous. They lost heavily, in spite OF
the fact that two Greek guns were mex
plicably removed from action shortly after
the fusilade began.
The rest of the Greek positions have
been abandoned. There has been app9r-
emily no stand anywhere and the whole
army is crumbling without firing a shot.
We entered Kumuzades. which 5000 men
with six guns had deserted accompanied
by the terrified villagers carrying their
property. and then we descended the
rough pass. where for four hours we met
no one. The retreating and panic strick-
en- troops were far ahead. About miln'g1t
we and our mournful procession Of vii
layers
OVERLOOK THE ROUTED ARMY
on the road, crowded and in utter con-
fusion. packed with a mass of humanity
tumhling on through the darkness without
hurry and silently. for II was a strange
panic that had seized the men. a sUllen,
unexcited. stubborn determination not %
fight. but to press on toward Arta IN
sluggish irresistible wave. The officers.
like their regiments. walked with ebony
and shame-faced expression, quite unable
to get their men in hand.
at Kanopoulo Col. Botzari and his
staff vanly tried to check the rout anl to
make a stand. but the mass. continually
growing. kept rolling along. Presently
there mingled with the troops the scared
inhabitants of the villages on the line Of
retreat. who. fearing Turkish vengeance
for assisting the Greeks, were fleeing TO
Arta with their families and chatto's,
their cattle sheep and goats bellownG'
blocking. tramping and killing each o-har,
while the glare Of the burning homes be-
hind reminded them of all that they had
lost"
LONDON. May 2.-The Morning Posts
correypondent at Constantinople will say
tomorrow:
"An imperial trade has been issued ap-
proving the telegram sent by the military
council to Edhem Pasha. ordering him TO
advance with the utmost caution. This
curious step is quite in accordance with
Turkish methods. Such orders are OF
nature TO greatly embarrass the general in
command at the front
HAS RENOLTED.
ATHENS. Nay 1T is reported here
that the island Of Mi;yIene. off the coast
of Asia Minor, has revoltcd in favor OF
Greece and that the Greek fleet will be
sent there forthwith.
TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.
LONDON. May 2.-The difficulty IN rec
onciling the utterly conflicting accounts
of the fighting is in no wise diminished.
1t is almost safe to say that Gen. SmoIen-
skis victory at Velestino was much less
important than it has been represented
10 be. and unless the Greeks are able -
make a stand at Pharsala. another dis
.-.--.c,,1 ,ltvlat IS Inevitable