The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-06

ATHENS, April Sail the prepaFA'
tons for the celebration tomorrow OF
The anniversary of the declaration OF
Greek independence in 1872 have bsap
completed. A public meeting viii be
held here to protest against the action ot
the powers toward Greece and pledge.
support to the Greek government In any
action It may think proper 20 make in
the premises. The decorations Of the
city arc being completed. At night
Athens will be brilliantly illuminated. In
this connection there has been q belief
that the celebration Of Tomorrow would
BE followed by declaration Of war
against Turkey. This feeling. however,
is not general.
Tuesday IN Greece is regarded 40 an
tinlucty day to enter upon anything Of
great Importance and for this more than
for other reasons political or military. is
based hope tHa4 the Independent cele-
bFatlon Will pass on without the frontier
incidents which are likely to precipitate
the struggle for which Greece mas been
preparing for the past two months.
AlthouEh this week Is likely to be q
fpteful one for Greece the orders Of
Prince Constantine. the crown prince and
commander In chief Of the Greek forceS
In Thessaly are Strict that anything IN
the shape Of a demonstration In the oi"
rectton Of the Turkish frontier must be
suppressed. The Soldier8 and armed
peasants, however, are in no mood 70 pc
curbed and nobody would be astonlShed
- Sn NeSRRhRatVa FnAVnFnkHf Mt
least upon the part OF the Greek cir
GulArB.
Alive 10 the Danger.
The Turkish commander in chief. Ed
hem Pasha, is fully alive to the difficulty
and dangers Of the situation and has al
ready strengthened the troneier outposts.
besides taldnk other means 70 meet any
contingency which may arise. Fifty
thousand Turkish troops, at few hour
notice. can be sent across the Greek ,5E.. 5Eoa-
tier and, according to unbiased military
experts, the Turkish Nag might be nytng
over I,artaGa, a few days later. The
Greeks, while animated by aerce enthu-
yias1 and desire f0r war, are not nearly
90 well disciplined az the Turkish troops
ana the German officers assisting Edhem
PaSha, In the campaign preparations am
tIclpate little difficulty in winning the
Il, is stated to-day that the queen Of
Greece has decided TO start Immediately
for Thessaly In order TO superlntend.
with her daughter. .In-law. the Crown
Princess Sophia, the field nurses 1ttasne
ed to the Greek ambulance corps.
The next actual step anticipated In the
eastern game 10 the proclamation OF the
admiralS OF the foreign fleets to blockade
tile gulf Of Athens. This was 70 have oe--
CURED to-day, but q hitch has occurred
at the last moment. Nobody here seems
10 doubt that the blockade Of the gulf OF
AEhens, would be followed, II not preceded
with & declaration Of war against Tur-
key.
war ReEarIIsd a. Certain.
Numbers OF correspondents of English
newspapers have arrived here and at
salonica and others are at Larissa or at
Elassona. These are men whose advent
on any scene naturally means that war
IL regarded a. almost certain, The Eng
llsh Correspondents Who landed Of SALON.
NJ. were provided with letters from the
MARQUIS Of Saiisbury's secretary, but
while they have been accorded every
courtesy they have not been allowed 20
INSPECT the Turkish fortlhcat1ons.
A diSpatch from the representative OF
the Associated Press at ElRsgoua. the
Turkish headquarters, says that the re-
port that the Greeks intended 70 mount
twenty cannon on the urocoupl dpolnto OF
the disputed territory Of Milesna, fhree
miles distant from ElaSsona, caused Ed=
hem Pasha TO order the Turkish ofieerS
IN that vicinity to FIRE upon the Greeks at
the first sign Of such an attempt
Upon another occasion, an explosion OF
dynamite, caused by q party OF Greek
engineers who were blasting rock TO
make 4 road, 90 excited the Turks that
Turkish officer sent a message warning
the Greeks Of the extreme danger OF Sueh
proceedings, and pointing out that It
MINT BE- impossible to restrain the Turk
Ish troops"
Later dispatches from the front say
tbnt Edhem PaSna has ordered all the
TurtISh troops on the frontier to be unl-
der arms all day tomorrow (the anni-
versary Of the declaration Of independ-