Evening star., 1897-03-19
Few Reserves Fail to Respond to Their
Country's Call.
THREATENING OUTLOOK IN THESSALY
Alleged Plot Against the Govern
ment at ConstantinopIe.
GRAVE STATE OF AFFAIRS

ATHENS. March 10. 3 a.m-The Greek
government has decided to recall the gum
boats Alpheios and Pinios from Cretan
waters. The former is now coaling at
Cerigo.
The cabinet was in session until am.
II is officially stated that only 1900 out
of the $1,000 army reserve men called out
have failed to respond. thus setting at rest
the stories circulated of wholesale failure
to answer the call to arms.
a dispatch from Canea today says that
an Austrian newspaper man. Herr Pinter.
who recently visited the camp of Col. Vas
sos. commander of the Greek army of oc-
cupation. has been arrested and there de-
tanned under close guard
Col Nassos remains at Alikangu.
The Greek warship Nanarchos Miaulis
has arrived at the Piraeus. having on board
twelve prisoners. who were captured there
during recent attack which the Turks
made upon Monodendri. near Platania.
Three emissaries of the Turkish legation
at Athens have been arrested in the camp
of Col. Nassos.
An engagement is expected TODAY at
Menexe. on the frontier of Thessaly, owing
10 the reinforcing of the Turkish garrison
there
LONDON, March ia dispatch from
Canea TO the Daily News says that the
note communicated to Col. Vassos by the
French and Italian officers yesterday did
not order him to leave the island, but mere
ly informed him of the blockade and re-
qIested him to promote the distribution of
he admirals' proclamation.
CONSTANTINOPLE March 19-The Ser
Wan minister here has called the serious
attention of the Turkish government to the
situation of affairs existing in the province
of kossovo, where, il is asserted, the Chris
tians panic suficken in consequence of
the mobilizing of the Turkish reserves and
BashibaZoukS.
The minister also drew the porte's atten-
ton 10 the recent attack upon the Servian
and Austrian consuls in a cafe at Uskub
Situated about 1tD miles northwest of Sa-
lonicab. and referred to the correct attitude
observed by Servia during the present
crisis, expressing the hope that the porte
would put stop to the existing situation.
"A continuation of which," II was added
may have serious consequences.
The Turkish officials in Epirus are fore
ibly preventing the Greek Bayans (persons
not Mohammedans who pay the capitation
tax, who are Ottoman subjects, from leav-
ing Epirus 10 Join the Greek forces.
BERLIN. March 19-Accordiag 20 a dis
patch received here from Larissa, the
Turkish consuls in Thessaly. having point
ed out to the Turkish government the
threatening attitude of the Greeks, have
heen authorized by the porte, if they con-
slider il advisable. to vacate their posts and
return to Constantinople.
LONDON, March ia special dispatch
from GalatZ, Roumania, says it Is an
nounced there in Greek circles that plot
Is being Matched among the Greeks at Con-
stantinople, where there are 10000 we'll
armed Greeks living. to revolt against the
government 1t is added that there are
few Turkish troops now at Constantinople.
except the sultan's body guard. and that it
would be impossible to hurriedly recall
troops from the Greek frontier III the event
OF a revolt at Constantinople.