The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-20
THE WARRIORS RESTING
Turks and Greeks Exhausted by
Three Days Fighting.
GREEKS HAVE THE ADVANTAGE,
Turkish Soldiers Wasted Most ofTheir
Ammunition in the Long Contest.
Great Powers Again Discussing the
Propriety of Interference.

IL lAAb AAUnE ANnAGHhs
Great Powers Again Discussing the
Propriety of Interference.
copyright, 1897 by the Associated Pross.l
London, April 2O.-In spite Of the
fact that the hostlities on the Greek
frontier have caused but little excite
ment here, communications have been
IN progress all day long between the
I foreign office and Rome. France and
Athens. 1t is reported that among the
other matters considered is the expe-
| dienoy of ordering the international
/ fleets to leave Cretan waters and to go
in the direction of Salonica and the
Dardanelles to watch the fighting
with a view to localizing it, If neces-
sary, by naval Intervention. Should
this suggestion, which is understood to
emanate from the Italian foreign Of
flee be acted upon it is probable that
only one-half the fleet of foreign war
ships would be withdrawn for such a
purpose, the other half remaining to
continue the Cretan blockade.
There is said to be a sharp difference
Of opinion between the military powers
Russia Austria Hungary and Ger
maryland the maritime powers-Great
Britain, France and Italy-as to the
| most expeditions and least violent
methods of compelling a cessation Of
hostilities should this result not be
reached by the exercise of diplomatic
pressure at Athens and Constantinople.
I The likelihood is that the force to be
( employed by Europe, if a resort to
force becomes necessary, would be by
sea. as the contingencies of military
Intervention might be more serious
than the hostilities now in progress,
1t is reported at the foreign office
that the communications received here
yesterday from the Marquis of Sails
bury, after his interview with Queen
Victoria at Nice, support the theory
that the British government is using
its utmost energy to persuade both the
combatants to make a cessation of the
conflict at the stage it has now reach
ed. NJ. Hanotaux, who received the
Greek minister to France yesterday,
is understood to have assured him
that while France could not tolerate
the indefinite prolongation of war, and
would never consent to any essential
modification Of the existing territories
of Greece and Turkey, she would con-
tinue for the present her policy OF nom
Intervention, except so far as inter-
vention might be necessary to prevent
the spread of the contest to other com
batants.
The situation on the frontier has not,
according to the latest advices, been
materially modified, Both the Turks
and the Greeks are resting from the
tremendous exertions of Friday, Sat
, urday and Sunday. The troops of Ed
hem Pasha were half dead with fa-
tigue and hunger when the firing slack
ened Sunday night Most of them
, flung themselves down where they
stood and slept on the bare ground.
The Turkish commander-in-c pru-
IDENTIFY decided to allow his army to
rest yesterday.
As details come in it becomes more
and more apparent that the fighting in
2 Milouna Pass was of the most stub
born and savage character. The Turks
fought like devils and the Greeks rer
sisted in the spirit of their ancestors.
The most inexplicable fact In connec-
tion with the whole engagement is the
comparatively small number of killed,
All the special correspondents agree as
to this The Turks appear to have
fired as wildly with their rifles at Mil
ouna Pass as they did at Arta, where
the firing consisted of an artillery duel
between the rival batteries on each
side of the river, lasting about four
hours in the afternoon. There they
fired only one out of FIVE shots with
any effect, and their batteries were
soon silenced by the Greeks, whose
marksmanship was very much supe-
rior. The Turkish losses at Arta are
believed to have been very heavy. On
the Greek side there was not a man
killed.
General Smolenitz, ex-minister of
war is in command Of 14OOO Greeks at
Rcvau, rot far from Tyrnavo, north
west O. Larlssa. at this point Edhem
Pasha, closely pressed, was nearly
taken prisoner. His plan was to force
the pass CT 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. General
Demopoulos, at the head of one di-
vision, forced the Turkish line at
Boughazi, close to Tyrnavo, and Gen-
eral MaYromichaie broke through at
Koniskos. The two generals united
their troops near Damasi
The news of the success at Revepi
and of the imminent fall Of Prevesa
has changed the dlsmay caused at
Athens by the loss of Mllouna into
the widest rejoicing. The latest ad-
vices are that the Greek troops are ad-
vancing to reoccupy their positions at
Milouna and Grltzovan, the latter OF
which, It is alleged, was abandoned
owing to a misunderstanding by the
general in command, who interpreted
as an order of retreat what was really
: intended as an order to advance.
The Greeks report that the Turks
lost 7 900 killed and wounded at Reveni
but this estimate Is probably excessive
It is stated that the Turkish forces at
tacking Reveni numbered more than
10000 men.
Dispatches from Elassona say that
the Turkish forces continue to hold
the Milouna Pass, though IL is reported
that the Greeks are advancing, or max
ing ready to advance to reoccupy the
positions from which they were dis
lodged on Sunday The two blecks
mouse have been strongly fortified and
it would take a powerful body OF
r Greek troops to recapture them. Ed
I hem Pasha has entrenched himself on
! all the heights from Papalyvada to
Mackche, and strong bodies Of troops
D are stationed in the dehles between
these two points. The Inhabitants OF
Elassona have left the town Of Masso
and are pushing northward, many OF
them going on to Salonica. Evidently
they fear that the Greeks viii defeat
{ the Turks and actually reach Elassona
{ Edhem Pasha, the Turkish com