The record-union., 1897-04-15

on the frontier make no attempt what
ever to prevent incursions upon Turk
ish territory.
The Turks complain that the Greek
troops are trying to provoke an attack.
Yesterday a detachment crossed the
frontier and for a brief period occu-
pied the monastery near Damasi, sub
sequently retiring. A communication
has been sent by Edhem Pasha to the
Greek commander informing him that
these tactics will be stopped by force
| if necessary.
WAR INEVITABLE.
VIENNA, April 1.-THE best in
formed diplomats here regard war as
inevitable. They say the strain can
not much longer be borne by either
Turkey or Greece and that the time
has passed for the Powers to attempt
to intervene. In view of the danger
Gus position assumed by Greece, the
question is reiterated whether she does
not count upon some Power coming to
her support at the crucial moment The
situation is regarded here as analogous
to the time when Servia attacked Tur-
key in 1876, when Russia and Great
Britain saved defeated Servia from an
Inhalation.
WAS ONLY A JOKE.
ATHENS, April 14.-Colonel Metazas,
the Greek Minister of War, received to-
day a letter containing a mysterious
substance which subsequently proved
to be gelatine The first supposition
was that it was the act of an anar-
chist but is now believed to have been
practical joke.
1t is stated here tonight that a
strong band has entered Macedonia
near Kalambaka
GERMANS WILL AID THE TURKS.
LONDON, April 1.-THE Athens cor
| respondent of the Times" will say to-
morrow:
Considerable comment is caused here
by the news from Constantinople that
General Grumkoff, the well-known Ger
man military tactician, is going to
ElaSsona to inspect the Turkish artil-
lery ,and that Admiral Kallay of the
German fleet has gone to the Darda-
nelles to inspect the Turkish squadron
and flotilla there. Both officers stand
in the front rank of the German SER
vice, and obtained permission of the
German Government for this special
DUTY.
The Crown Princess and the Princess
Maria have started for Volo and will
go from there to Larissa
INSURGENTS RETREAT.
LONDON, April 14.-The Athens cor
respondent of the Times" says that
according to a member of the Ethenike
Hetairia, the insurgents who have re-
turned across the frontier are only
those who We're unable to follow their
more active companions. They left
guard at various posts just within the
frontier. AT Douyazi they were attack
ed by an overwhelming force of Turks
and retreated. The band will be re-
formed with newly arrived volunteers
According to the news from Kalamba-
ka, the hospital there is entirely made
quate for the great number of wound
ed.
Guossi, the principal organizer of the
raid, had an audience with King George
yesterday.
DIFFERENCES IN THE ROYAL
FAMILY.
VIENNA, April 1.-THE 'Tageblatt"
says to-day 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-
fiance of her husband and of King
George, has gone entirely over to the
war party.
WAVERING POLICY OF EUROPE.
LONDON, April IA dispatch to
the Times" from ConstantinopIe saws
1t is evident from the Porte's language
to the Powers, while courteous and
plausible, is tinged with a perciptible
scorn; that the concert of the Powers
is not regarded there with the consid-
cratic paid to it prior to the wavering
poHty OF Europe in dealing with
Greece
The Vienna correspondent of the
Times" says that one of the least ia
vorable convictions of the course of
action taken by the Powers is that
they not only failed to overawe the
Greeks, but there are unmistaka BILE
signs that it has diminished the pres
tige of the European concert.
The Daily Chronicle" will publish
the following tomorrow from it's
Athens correspondent, Henry Norman:
Il have had an audience with King
George He spoke without much hope.
but firmly, like man who can onlv
do his duty and leave the rest to heay-
en-. More than once he said: If Greece
had been great Power, and had walk
ed into Crete long ago, her action would
have been welcomed by the Powers. as
well as by the rest of the world as a
blessing. But she is only small Pow
er, and seems unable to do anything
that will satisfy the great Powers
SINEWS OF WAR.
ATHENS, April 14.-On the reas-
sembling of the Boufe to-day M. Del
yannis. the Premier, introduced in the
presence of a crowded chamber. a bill
granting the Government a credit of
% ,000, 900 drachmas for the Ministers
Of War and Marine. The Premier asked
the House to expedite the passage of
the bill.
Dealing with the development of the
foreign situation. he declared the Pow
ers had taken their stand on the prin-
ciple of the integrity of Turkey, but up
to the present had not expressed an
opinion with regard to the proposals
Greece had made for a pacific solution
of the difficulty
After dwelling upon the right of the
Cretans to settle their own destinies.
he declared that in spite of all that
had happened Greece still hoped that
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 armament
army capable of coping with all eventu-
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