The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-05-04

Inc commander OF the TURKISH FORCES
at Janina, Epirus telegraphs that the
forces have recaptured and occupied
Louros.
ATHENS, May "a dispatch from
Arta says the Turks have occupied the
bridge at Louros.
NO REQUEST FOR PEACE.
ATHENS, May 3.-The diplomatic
situation may be summed up as fol-
lows: No request for mediation has
been or will be addressed by Greece to
the Powers until the Ministers of War
and Marine report ZION the state of
the Greek o. at rsalos and else
where. The lowers have not offered
mediation, although they do not con-
ceal the fact that a request for inter
vention would be highly acceptable to
them.
Minister of Foreign Affairs NJ. Skou-
loudis, says that the military situation
has greatly improved in both Epirus
and Thessaly and that the victory of
the Greeks over the Turks at Velestino
was brilliant
KING GEORGE ILL.
PARIS, May 3.-An Athens dispatch
to Figaro" asserts that King George
is suffering from cardiacal spasms, and
his physician insists that a change Of
air to the island of Milo or Syria is
necessary
CREEKS DISHEARTENED.
LONDON, May 3.-The dispatches to-
day denote little change in the Eastern
situation. Intervention is in the air.
and will probably take definite form
speedily. There is no doubt the Greeks
are about ready to confess failure, and
the reported sickness of King George
perhaps foretells his departure from the
country. The representatives of the
Powers at Athens have held frequent
meetings, and it is believed are drawing
up plan to terminate the war.
PREMIER DELYANNIS DESERVED
DISMISSAL.
ATHENS (via Brindisi, italy,, May 8
The following dispatch to the Asso-
ciated Press has been sent from Athens
by way of Brindsi, in order to escape
the censor:
1T is probable that no Minister ever
better deserved humiliation and dis
missal than M. Delyannis, the former
Premier. little more than three weeks
ago he declared that everything was
prepared for war, but until the begin
ming of the fighting no preparations We're
made to resist a possible invasion of
Thessaly. A few trenches We're dug in
front of Larissa, and one or two earth
works were erected, but ten days ago
(the date the dispatch left Athens is not
givem not a spade had been used to
erect batteries or earthworks to defend
ha Of .
Thessalian plains. All the preparations
made were to invade Macedonia, but
these were hopelessly inadequate
"A military expert who made a tour
of the centers where serious prepara-
tons might have been expected says
that in one arsenal, commanded by a
Colonel of artillery, there were less than
fifty cases of shells and only one field
and one mountain battery. The prin-
cipal depot supplying ammunition to the
army in Thessaly only had a reserve of
100000 rounds of shells and a few
cases of cartridges. Near Athens there
is good powder factory, but the cart
ridges have to be imported and there is
an imperative demand for them 1t is
understood that many hundreds of
thousands were ordered in Austria, but
it is not known where they are, their
transport being delayed by the Austrian
Government The gun ammunition is
almost exhausted, and a Scotch foundry
at the Piraeus has been ordered to cast
shells in haste.
There are now in Athens $1,000 re-
servists who have been called to the
colors, and who are wandering in the
streets in tattered civilian clothes The
Government has not uniforms and
clothes, and the Government stores are
without rifles. The Government for a
week past has been appealing to merch-
ants to sell rifles, of which 200 of the old
Gras pattern, discarded by the French
army. and imported by spectators, are
being sold to mem bers of the Ethnike
Hetairia Society National League) at
about 81 81 each. 1t was the inability
of the Government to provide rifles for
the recruits which led to the riot of
Tuesday.
"A French steamer brought a cargo of
rifles, and a mob seized lighter full
of weapons. On Tuesday a revolution
seemed inevitable, the whole bay quar-
ter being looted and the guard of the
the barracks. Affairs We're so serious
that many officers from the warships at
the Piraeus landed in plain clothes, but
with uniforms in their portmanteaux,
in order to be in readiness to disembark
from the warships at a moments no.
tice. 1t is understood that the policy of
the new Government will be immediate
peace on terms not too unfavorable, and
il is further said that the King has al
ready sounded his relations among the
sovereign"
VASSOS RECALLED
ATHENS. May 3.-The Greek Govern
ment has recalled Colonel Vassos from
Crete. He will be replaced in command
of the Greek forces in the islands by
Colonel Staikos.
ANNEXATION OR DEATH
GAMBIA Crete May 3-The Ad-
mirals commanding the fleets of the
! foreign Powers in Cretan waters had a
conference yesterday with the insur-
gent leaders at Paleokastro
| The Cretans We're promised complete
autonomy, including the condition that
the nomination of their ruler should be
subject to the ratification of the Cretan
| Assembly.
| The insurgent leaders. however, cut
the discussion short and reiterated that
/ their motto remained, Annexation to
| Greece or Death
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.
The Movement to Shorten the Hours