The Portland daily press., 1897-04-20
GREEKS ARE GAINING.
Situation Much More Favorable 10
King George.
PREYOSA LIKELY TO FALL INTO
HANDS OF GREEKS.

Gulf of Arta Officially Closed to All But
| Offered Government Over a Million
| Pounds--Greek Steamer Sunk.
| Athens, April a0.-1 a. m.-The Greeks
have occupied several i'm portant positions
around Damasi including Viailial Three
Thousand armed peasants have joiued
rte troops 1t is alleged the 22, 900 Turks
attacked Raveni.
| The situation at the Gulf of Arta and
in the vicinity of the Albanian frontier
has become more favorable for the
Greeks. The bombardment of Preyesa was
resumed at daybreak with but feable re-
Giles from the Turks sh batteries at
Hamidieh and Pantooratoros. The DO
sition of the Turks is untenable and it Is
believed that the town will fall into the
| hands of the Greek force in the vicinity,
Which is waiting for the demolition of
the remaining batteries.
= AT noon today the Gulf of Arta was
officially declared closed to all but Turk
| ish ships.
| 1t is feared that a massacre has taken
place at Prevesa during tue bonn bnri-
mens. Patriotio bankers and others have
offered the government over 1,Ou0 200
pounds.
Headquarters of the Turkish Army in
Macedonia, Elassona, April l9.-Evening
The Turkish forces continue to hold
the Milouna PASS. though it is reported
that the Greeks ale advancing or max
| ing ready to advance to occupy the posit
ions from " hich they wera dislodged
SUNDAY. Edhem Pasha was entrenched
himself on all the heights from Papaly-
vada to Meckche and strong bodies of
| arr cta i'm. hA anH1 h,
/ tween these two points.
| Salonica, April 19..-A Turkish torpedo
boat has sunk the Greek steamer Athena
in the Gulf of Salonica. On board were
insurgents ana members of various Sc
cret societies. The Turks have seized
| the Greek steamer Kephaleion.
ATTITUDE OF THE POWERS.
Policy of Non Intervention Likely to Be
| Pursued.
Situation in the East copyrig ht 1897 by
the Associated Press London, A pril 19-
Communications have been in progress
all day long between the foreign office
and Rome, France and Athens. 1t is
reported tonight that among the other
| matters considered is the expediency OF
ordering the international fleets to leave
| Ctetans waters and go in the direction of
4
the tigntlng with view to localizing if
neA@ @sary by naval intervention.
\ - mere is said to be sharp difference Of
! opinion between ths military powers
4 Russia, Austria-H H unRary and Germany
ana the maritime powers, Great Britain,
france and Italy IS to heEmost expedient
and least violent nethods of compelling
a cess tion of hostilities should this re-
suit not be reached by the exercise of
diplomatic pressure at Athens and Con-
stintinople.
1t is reported at the foreign office that
the communications received hsre today
from the Marquis OF Salisbury after his
Interview with Queen Victoria at Nice,
support tne theory that the British gov
eminent is using it's utmost energy to
persuade both the c0mbatants to make
4 cessation of the conflict at the sta ge
| which it has now reached
Ii. Hanotaux who received the Greek
minister to France today, is understood
to have assured him THAI while France
could not tolerate the Indefinite prolenga-
4 tiGn of war and would never consent to
any essential modification of the existing
territories of Greece and Turkey. she
would continue for the present har poll
cy of non-interyentiOn.
Later--9 p. m.-Gen. SmolenitZ, ex-
Minister of war, Ia I'D command Of IA 600
GrBsks at Rsveni not far from Tyrna,
northwest of Larissa. At this point
Edhem Pasha, closely pressed was nearly
taken prisoner. His plan was to force
the pass OF Revena, TO enter the plain of
Larissa, to cut off the retreat of the
Greek army with his cavalry and thus
to take Larissa without resistance. But
this plan was defeated.
Gen. Demopoulos at the head of one
Grek division, f1rced the Turkish line
at tBouRhazi, close to Tyrnavo, and Gen.
Mhvromichale broke through Koniskos.
The two generals united sEeir troops near
Kamasi.
The news of this success at Revena and
imminent fall Of Prevoss has changed
the dismay caused at Athens by the loss
OF Milouna into the widest rejoicing.
FROM TuRKlSH SOIJRCE