The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-18

men screaming, and the men disputing, Some wounded were brought along, and one way or another they were put on the boat especially chartered for them by the English Red Cross,
 Then came the great siege guns dragged along by the soldiers, It was impossible to get them on board be- cause the davits were not strong enough, Only the field pieces could be put aboard; the others were rolled Into the sea. How sad! A more heartrend- ing spectacle than this defeat could not be imagined. In an ordinary Eu- ropean war there is not as a rule at least, this complication of fleeing pop ulatlons. But here the terror is eX- treme. All sorts of atrocities are at trbuted to the Turks. True or false, the stories produce the widest panic.
 To reach Dhomoko from Stilida it Is necessary to pass through Lamta. On the road we met long files of wagons, flocks of sheep, cattle, and horses. AL ready and panic has reached Lamla. The population had lost all confidence in the army and fled before the battle began. At Lamia there was eXtraor- dinary agitation. There the troops re- treating from Volo were taken aboard steamers, There the Red Cross was waiting for the first arrivals of the wounded and there, finally the in- habtants of all the neighborlng vil- lages were assembled to seek the means of fleeing toward the interior
 | There was no more enthusiasm. Too l too much cowardice had been unmask- J ed, and certainly the morale of the 1 troops was affected. As matter of fact. everything had been done to de- moralize them. Immediately after some | little victory a retreat was always or ! dered, and the soldiers, who had fought to gain certain positions, were afterward compelled to abandon them by the order of the Crown Prince. That Crown Prince! It is impossible | to reproduce the expressions of those who have seen him during this cam paign, or to give an idea of the pro- found contempt that they have for him. Without recalling the incidents of Lar issa, which are now known by every body, it is well, nevertheless to point
 
 to me by witnesses absolutely trust 4 worthy. and which will serve to place a the responsibility where it belongs when l the day comes for the liquidation of this miserable adventure. While I fighting was going on at the frontier I the Prince was at Larissa, smoking l cigarettes and reading novels. Then one I night, without any motive, he became 5I afraid and gave the erder to evacuate Larissa without attempting d second struggle. Now, in the opinion of every body, Larissa, well fortified as it was, could have held out at least forty eight hours, the time necessary for a retreat which would not be a rout. The Greeks might have carried everything away instead of leaving in the hands of the enemy the guns, the rifles, the ammun- ition, the money, and even the material of the Red Cross, But the disgraceful order to abandon the town was fol lowed by conduct more shameful At o'clock in the morning the first train was at the railway station loaded with women and children. To make room for the Prince and his horses, the soldiers drove out the unfortunate wo. men and children, and he started of the first with the Prefect and the Mayor, abandoning the population ant his troops.
 Unfortunately he was not alone ir acting In this way, and the truth mus
 be told, however painful 1t may be- Al the morning the most repulsive scenes could be witnessed. Officers, follow. ing the eXamDlp of their nrnce droVt
 women and children from the train: that they might take their places
 Hundreds of witnesses can testify tt this, and among them people whose
 word cannot possibly be doubted T( me they have given the same testimony On leaving Velestino l myself saw twt officers boarding the train for Volo an( forcibly taking the places of twt wounded soldiers. Unable to contain 1, myself, I reprooched them with ex
 treme bitterness insulting them, il fact; but they pretended not to be abl ; to understand me.
 At Velestino I saw whole battalion
 abandoned by officers who returned ; from the front by rail, while the mel continued to fight. Certainly such con duct Is simply abominable; but I hav always told the truth, the good deed as well as the bad, and my friend know very well that I do not hold then } responsible for the blunders, the crimes and the cowardice of the few.--L' Eclail Reduced Rates to Milwaukee via Penn sylvania Kailroad.
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