The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-20

drive the Greeks back over the frontier.
The Turkish army outnumbers that Of
Greece. two to one, and is better equip
ned. The entire army of Greece, in
| Guiding reserves consists of about $4,000
| troops and | do not think it has been
possible for them to have been equipped
with the most modern munitions Of war.
| Greece has n deplorable financial condi-
| ton and cannot stand a protncted con-
| fict [ very much fear she will be badly
whipped but do not believe the powers
| will allow the Sultan to overrun Greece,
or to take possession of Athens.
TO LOCALIZB CONFLICT.
Copyright, 1897, by Associated Press)
| London, April 1877 =. MIN spite of
( the fact that the bostilitios on the Greek
| frontier have caused but little excite
| ment here, communications have been
| in progress all day long between the for
eign office ait Rome, France. and Athens.
| 1t is reported tonight that among the
| other matters considered is the eXpe-
| diency of ordering the international
| fleets to leave Cretan waters and to go
in the direction of Salonica and the Oar
denelles, to watch the fighting, with
view to localizing it, if necessary by
| naval intervention. Should this suggeS-
| ton, which is understood to emanate
| from the Italian foreign office, be acted
| upon, it is probable that only half the
| fleet of foreign warships would be with
drawn for such purpose, the other half
| remaining to continue the Cretan block
AIDE.
There is said to be sharp difference
of opinion between the military powers,
Russia, Australia, Hungary, and Ger
! many and the Maritime Powers, Great
Britain, France, and Italy, as to the
| most expeditions and least violent meth
DDS of compelling a cessation of hostili-
reached by the exercise OF diplo-
matte pressure at Athens and CONSTANT
nopIe. The likelihood is that the force
| to be employed by Europe if a resort to
force becomes necessary, would be by
sea, SIS the contingencies of military in
vention might be more serious than the
hostilities now in progress.
ENGLAND A PEACEAIAKER.
It is reported at the foreign office that
| the communications received here to-day
| from the Marquis Of Salisbury after his
| interview with Queen Victoria at Nice,
support the theory that the British gov
| eminent is using its utmost energy to
persuade both the combatants to make n
cessation of the conflict at the stage al
which it has now reached. NJ. HanoteauE.
who received the Greek Minister to
France to-day, is understood to have as
sured him that while France could not
| tolerate the indefinite prolongation of
war, and would never consent to any es-
sential modification of the existing terri
tories OF Greece and Turkey, she would
| continue for the present her policy of nom
| intervention, except so far as Intervention
might be necessary to prevent the spread
| of the contest to other combaants
| THEY FOUGHT LIKE DEVILS.
| The siuation on the frontier has not,
| according to the latest advices, been ma
| terially modified to-day. Both the Turks
] and the Greeks are resting from tremen-
| lous exertions of Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. The troops of Edhem Pasha
| were half dead with fatigue and hunger
| when the fight ended last night. Most of
| them flung themselves down where they
stood on the bare ground to sleep. The
Turkish Commander in Chief PTudently
decided to allow his army to rest to-day.
| AS details come in it becomes more and
/ ulUTe apparent tIldI the USulIuS III NIl1ou-
Ina Pass was Of the most stubborn ana
savage character. TIE Turks fought
like devils and the Greeks resisted in the
spirit of their ancestors. The most mex
ptcable fact in connection with the whole
engagement is the comparatively small
number Of killed. All the special CORES
pondents agree as to this. The Turkish
losses at Arta are believed to have been
very heavy. On the Greek side there was
not a man killed.
DDHEM'S NARROW ESCAPE.
Later g p. m.-Gen. SmOlenitz, ex
Minister Of War, is in command Of H.
600 Greeks at Reveni, not far from Tyr
navos, northwest of Larissa. At this
point Edhem, closely pressed was nearly
taken prisoner. His plan was to force
the pass of Reveni, 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. DemopOu-
los, ut the head of one Greek division.
forced the Turkish line at Boughaz,
close to Tyrnavos, and Gen. Mavr0mo-
chale broke through at Koniskos. The
Generals united their troops near Demasi.
GREEK JOY OVER REVENI.
The news Of the success at Reveni, and
of the imminent fall of Prevesa, has
changed the dismay caused at Athens by
the loss of Mlouna into the widest re-
joicing. The latest ad,lces tonight are
that the Greek troops are advancing to
their positions at MiTouna and at Gritz-
ovali, the latter of which, it is alleged,
was abandoned owing to misunder-
standing by the General in command who
interpreted as an order Of retreat what
was really an order to advance.
Capt Tagarde, who was wounded at
GritzovaH, shot himself in order to avoid
| falling into the hands of the Turks. The
Greeks report that the Turks lost 1000
Killed and wounded at Reveni, but this
estimate is probably excessive. The
| Greek engineers constructed a bridge az
| Pachyskalos, to enable their troops to
| cross the river.
EDHEM PASHA'S GENERALSHIP.
! Headquarters of the Turkish Army in
Macedonia, Elassona, April 19-(Iven-
ing.)-The Turkish forces continue to